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2003-01-21 CC Minutes . ALBERTVILLE CITY COUNCIL January 21,2003 Albertville City Hall 7:00 PM PRESENT: Mayor Don Peterson, Councilmembers LeRoy Berning, Tim Sweeney, and Tom Fay, City Engineer Pete Carlson, City Planner Al Brixius, and City Administrator Linda Goeb Mayor Peterson called the regular meeting of the Albertville City Council to order. The agenda was amended as follows: · Delete Item 6d(4) - Capital Improvements Budget · Add Item 6d(7) - Wetland Mitigation Recommendation from TEP panel - Outlets at Albertville Phase III · Add Item 6D(8) - Authorize preparation of the AURA for the Darkenwald property · Add Item 6F(3)- Discussion Highland Development In Albertville ~ David Sebold · Add Item 6c(2) - Kevin Conway - Discuss Heuring Property Concept · Possible shared municipal services with Otsego Fay made a motion to approve the agenda as amended. Sweeney seconded the motion. All voted aye. . Berning made a motion to approve the minutes of the January 6, 2003, regular meeting as presented. Fay seconded the motion. All voted aye. Mayor Peterson asked if anyone wished to address the Council under Citizen Forum. No one in the audience chose to address the Council. Councilmember Berning asked to pull Check #'s 17429, 17430, 17432, 17439, and 17455 from the Consent Agenda. Berning made a motion to approve the Consent Agenda as follows: · Approve payment of claims Check #'s 17428, Check #17431, Check #17433 - 17438, Check #' s 17440-17454, and Check #' s 17456 - 17460 · Approve reduction in Letter of Credit for Cedar Creek South 4th Addition to $5,000 Fay seconded the motion. All voted aye. . Lynn Jurens, President, and Doug Foster, Vice President of the STMA Youth Hockey Association, told the Council that they are working on fundraising for locker rooms in conjunction with the STMA Hockey Arena Board. They need additional locker space at the arena in order to increase tournament revenues. They also requested that the Hockey Association is allowed to operate the concession stand during Friendly City Days as they originally have done. They will work with the FYCC in some areas during the FCD. The Council agreed to contact FYCC that contract to operate the concession stand at City Park is only for week-night concessions. . . . Albertville City Council Minutes January 21, 2003 Page 2 of 4 STMA Youth Hockey will be contacting Spectators Bar & Grill in attempt to negotiate. rental of a pulltabs booth at the new restaurant. Lt. Dan Anselment and Sheriff Gary Miller addressed concerns from the Council regarding the traffic at the CSAH 37 ramp and 62nd Street. Lt. Anselment will have his deputies make a more obvious presence at the ramp, but he does not know what effect added presence will make because of the increased volume of traffic. MNDOT recognizes the need for a traffic signal, but with the state budget crisis, Pete is not sure when the signals will be installed. Sheriff Miller will contact Bill Cordell about the traffic and patrol hours situation to determine when most calls for services- perhaps patrol hours can be adjusted Sweeney made a motion to accept the WWTF Report as presented. Berning seconded the motion. All voted aye. Planner Al Brixius reviewed the Findings of Fact for the Conditional Use Permit and variances for Gary Vetsch at Smackdown's Bar & Grill. The Findings for approving the requests has been drafted with nine conditions. Berning questioned how drainage can be handled. City Engineer Carlson recommends that the area be drain tiled by City staff at a cost of around $1,000. Payment can be funded through the Storm Water Fund. Berning made a motion to amend the Findings of Fact & Decision by removing Conditions 3 and 4, and by amend item 9 to state the City will pay for drain tile from Storm Water Fund. Fay seconded the motion. Berning, Fay, and Peterson voted aye. Sweeney voted no. The motion carried and the requested approvals were granted. Kevin Conway and Dean Johnson asked for input from the Council on how to develop approximately 17.5 acres of the Bob Heuring property into residential. The area is currently zoned R-1A, but the developer suggested that since there are many constraints in developing the property as single family, he would be interested in rezoning the property to a higher density. Councilmember Sweeney indicated he feels the City is already saturated with townhouses and needs to protect the R-1A lands. The consensus is that perhaps the area cannot accommodate single R-1A standards, but the developer needs to show the Council exactly how he proposes to develop the property with higher densities. Sweeney made a motion to authorize the city engineer to proceed with a Hydrology Study and a Storm Water Management Plan at an estimated cost of $36,000. Berning seconded the motion. All voted aye. City Engineer Pete Carlson presented two options for creating lots in the Barthel Industrial Park. Option shows a cuI de sac at the end of 52nd Street. The option is relatively easy to create and inexpensive. The downside to the option is that it will be more difficult to access the . Albertville City Council Minutes January 21, 2003 Page 3 of 4 remainder of the property. Option 2 is the 52nd Street extension to Marlowe Avenue NE. The cost of Option 2 is more expensive and there is little land to assessed. The Council asked the engineer to revise his sketches showing an extension of a new street (5151 Street) through the property. Carlson asked if the Council wishes to proceed with PW facility, either singly or as a shared facility with County. The 12,600 square foot apparatus room and a two stall garage for work space is required for the City alone. The consensus of the Council is to proceed on the assumption that the facility will be exclusively for City use. Carlson reported that the City will need to acquire easements along the high school property and along the Finken property on the west side of CSAH 19 in order to construct the trail system along CSAH 19. . Dave Commers, representing Carpet Country, requested that the City reduce the sale price for Lot 1. Block 2, Northwest Commercial Park, from $411,642 to $393,642. The $18,000 deduction allows the City to keep its stockpile of fill and use it on another area of the plat. Berning feels the Carpet Country's offer is acceptable Sweeney made a motion to approve the sale of Lot, 1, Block 2, for $393,642. Berning seconded the motion. All voted aye. The Council reviewed the draft EA W for the Towne Lakes Phase II. The EA W addresses the environmental issues associated with the development. Carlson recommends the Council authorize publication of the EA W in the EQB for comment and review. The developer will mail out the EA W's to all concerned parties and will provide the City with affidavits of mailing and publication. Sweeney made a motion to authorize the publication of the EA W for the Towne Lakes Phase II development in the EQB as recommended. Berning seconded the motion. All voted aye. Sweeney made a motion to approve the Wetland Replacement Plan for the Outlets at Albertville Phase III as recommended by the TEP Panel including the list of five conditions. Berning seconded the motion. All voted aye. Darkenwald Realty I proposing to prepare an Alternative Urban Area Review (AUAR) for their entire project. The AUAR has more details on specific issues than an EA W but not in the detail required by an EIS. . Fay made a motion to direct preparation of the AUAR and authorize publication of it as requested by Darkenwa1d Realty. Berning seconded the motion. All voted aye. As part of the assistance, the City will need to put together a Capital Improvements Program, based on the capital improvements budgeted for annually. . . . Albertville City Council Minutes January 21, 2003 Page 4 of 4 Councilmember Berning questioned if the City is interested in sharing municipal services with Otsego. He suggested that if it is cheaper for Otsego properties to connect to the Albertville system, perhaps the savings afforded to the developer could be recouped to use for transportation improvements. Staff will contact Otsego' s staff for input. Berning made a motion to approve the checks removed from the Consent Agenda. Sweeney seconded the motion. All voted aye. The Council directed staff begin the process to prosecute those sign owners with off- premise signs who have failed to have the sings removed by January 17,2003. Sweeney made a motion to adjourn at 10:05 PM. Berning seconded the motion. All voted aye. ~~-: . ,.::el7". ry Mayor ( ~-- /~ .... _.. .-' y 1.- ;< /, , J /1<'/ .;( /. __.1 b' <. ( --- Linda Goeb, City Administrator