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2002-10-07 CC Minutes . . -- ALBERTVILLE CITY COUNCIL October 7, 2002 Albertville City Hall 7:00 PM PRESENT: Mayor Scott Wallace, Councilmembers LeRoy Berning, Keith Franklin, Tom Fay, and John Vetsch, City Engineer Pete Carlson, City Attorney Mike Couri, and City Administrator Linda Goeb Mayor Wallace called the regular meeting of the Albertville City Council to order. The agenda was amended as follows: Add Item 4c - Void Check #16886 and add Check #16938 Add Item 5f(3) -Discussion - Purchase ofPraught property Add Item 5d(5) - Don Barthel property Add Item 5( e)2 - RJ Marco trailer Franklin made a motion to approve the agenda as amended. Berning seconded the motion. All voted aye. Fay made a motion to approve the minutes of the September 16, 2002, regular meeting as presented. Franklin seconded the motion. All voted aye. Mayor Wallace asked if anyone wished to address the Council under Citizen Forum. Kathy Audette supervises the skate park on a volunteer basis. A few kids are ruining the park for the rest of the kids. Most incidents happen after dark. There have been incidents of vandalism, destruction of fences, as well as older users intimidating younger and more respectful kids. Audette feels the park needs to be policed more. She suggests having participants signing waivers for injury and a contract relating to behavior. . Berning suggests that maybe the skate park should be closed from Labor Day until Memorial Day at dusk. The Wright County Deputy in attendance thinks that would enable the police to have more authority. However, the hockey rink is used until much later. Couri explained that the destruction of property is a crime that the County could prosecute. The level of destruction and/or problems may be reduced ifthe skateboard is staffed. Berning made a motion to close the skate park at 7:00 PM from Labor Day until Memorial Day. Franklin seconded the motion. All voted aye. Berning requested Check #'s 16868 and16916 be removed from the Consent Agenda. Berning made a motion to approve the Consent Agenda as follows: · Approve payment of claims (Check #' s 16866 -16937) · Approve reduction in the Letter of Credit for Heuring Meadows to $41,500 · Void Check #16886 and add Check #16938 . . Albertville City Council Minutes October 7, 2002 Page 2 of 4 Vetsch seconded the motion. All voted aye. Fire Chief Roden discussed prices on Fire House software. Network (Enterprise) software is $4,795, plus $850 support. The benefit to purchasing the network software is that city hall staff could access and update the data. For single user software, the price is $3,190 including one year support. Bill Valerius thinks the network may be overkill. Franklin agrees that maybe the fire hall computer should be a single user. Berning suggested that the City look into networking costs and security safeguards before making a decision on which software to purchase. The Council agreed. Public Works Head Tim Guimont reported that dumping at the Compost Site has decreased since hours were established. However, he prefers to have it open all the time. Some garbage will still get in, but the cleanup is generally less difficult than attempting to man the site. Vetsch suggested that the Compost Site should be open at all times. Berning motion to have the Compost site open continually but it will be unmanned. Fay seconded the motion. All voted aye. Councilmember Vetsch reported that St. Albert's Church would like to have a 26' sidewalk between church and fire hall parking lot because the asphalt is too low and need to be leveled off so that drainage flows off the path. The church would be interested in sharing in the costs. Berning suggests church should pay all the costs. Tim estimates the costs between $1,000 and $2,000. Staff will verify the possibility of correcting the issue. Eull Concrete Products will rent the City two heated stalls in their building for $1,000 per month. The Council directed Tim to check into renting Eull' s cold storage as well for next meeting. Tim reported that Hackenmueller's tie advertising signs on reflective signs at comer of 62nd Street and CSAH 37. The signs are being bent over and it does not look good. Linda will call Hack's regarding removal of his signs from right of way. Vetsch questioned whether the City should spend more time mowing along main streets where weeds are too high. Vetsch believes that the City should contract a weed inspector who would cover the city impartially. Tim suggests someone on staff should be educated to identify noxious weeds. The Council directed that the Public Works Department identify the areas that need to be mowed and attempt to get a price for having the job done two times a year. Berning made a motion to accept the Public W orkslParks Maintenance Report as presented. Vetsch seconded the motion. All voted aye. . aye. Franklin made a motion to accept the WWTF Report. Fay seconded the motion. All voted . Albertville City Council Minutes October 7, 2002 Page 3 of 4 The Council discussed the request from CDCP for a joint meeting on the Town Lakes Concept Plan meeting on Wednesday, October 16th at 7:00 PM. Staff has not seen the revised concept plan at this point. The consensus of the Council is to have should have the staff review the concept prior to scheduling a meeting. Carlson reported on the discussion with the Wright County Transportation Committee on a scaled down CSAH 19 upgrade from sih Street to outlet mall. The City was taking on $100,000 of tax abatement with the County providing an additional $SO,OOO per year. Pete met with the County Engineer and the County Auditor. Auditor Gruber appeared to be neutral, although Gruber agrees that tax abatement is the County's best options since tax abatement fall outside of the levy limits. The City is on the Wright County Commissioners agenda tomorrow morning to discuss tax abatement Carlson reported that the Northwest Commercial Park construction of curb, gutter and Class S has been begun. Hopefully, paving will start by the end ofthe week. . Carlson has been working with the DRN to allow an emergency discharge to get Mud Lake's level down. Otsego does not have any problems with the Emergency Discharge, but requested that the City address a more permanent discharge. Pete thinks this should be included in the Storm Water Management Plan. He suggested the City wait and address the issue again in December after the list is provided from the DRN. Councilmember Berning questioned if the City has agreed to assist Don Barthel one buildable lot on his property across from the ice arena. Carlson explained that it had been discussed previously that if the City helped Barthel get a buildable lot, Barthel would give the City another lot as an addition to City Park. Nothing has been done further at this point. Couri reported about the request from Christian Builders for a technical amendment to Albert Villas 3rd Developer's Agreement to allow a fence to be constructed on the Amoco Pipeline Easement. The property owner has gotten the permission from Edina Development and supposedly has gotten permission from Amoco, although Couri has not seen the letter. This amendment does not allow them to construct a fence, but rather removes the prohibition on fences. The property owners will be required to reimburse the City for its expenses involved in amending the Developer's Agreement. Berning made a motion to approve an amendment to the Albert Villas 3rd Addition Developers Agreement as discussed. Vetsch seconded the motion. All voted aye. . City Attorney Couri explained that the lot that the R. J. Marco trailer is sitting on is an outlet and the Developer's Agreement does not allow use of an outlet. The R.J. Marco trailer is being used for advertising. Couri thinks a strongly worded letter is the best option at this time, giving them until October 16th to remove the trailer. The Council agreed. The Council reviewed the list of fees that were waived for the Outlets of Albertville. . . . Albertville City Council Minutes October 7, 2002 Page 4 of 4 The Council Negotiating Committee reported on the meeting with Steve Praught and Beatrice Praught. Franklin believes it was a positive meeting. Franklin requested the Council authorize the negotiating committee to make a purchase offer based on the same basis as the purchase of the Barthel property to the west of City Hall. Berning made a motion to approve payment of Check #'s 16866 & #16916 as presented. Fay seconded the motion. All voted aye. Vetsch made a motion to adjourn at,?:40 PM. Fay seconded the motion. All voted aye. '- j rcrffl / /..1.. /J /J/'/'''))\ II h h -1___))1 ",-- -",. Zffifj-cr lA/~ Scott Wallace, Mayor ~.. l!' , , / ,. ( "~~L~ /tff-L/-- Linda Goeb, Administrator