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2003-06-16 CC Minutes . ALBERTVILLE CITY COUNCIL June 16,2003 Albertville City Hall 7:00 PM PRESENT: Mayor Don Peterson, Councilmembers LeRoy Berning, Tim Sweeney, Tom Fay, and Ron Klecker, City Engineer Pete Carlson, City Attorney Mike Couri, and City Administrator Linda Goeb Mayor Peterson called the regular meeting ofthe Albertville City Council to order. The agenda was amended as follows: . Add Item 5d(3) - Resolution #2003-22 . Add Item 5f(4) - Hours of liquor sales . Add Item 5f(5) - Fire Department Funds . Add item 5f(6) - Follow-up on Councilmember items · Add Item 5d( 4) - Laura Anderson property by go If course · Add Item 5c(1) - P & Z - Outside sales . Add Item 5f(7) - FCD Sweeney made a motion to approve the agenda as amended. Berning seconded the motion. All voted aye. Klecker made a motion to approve the minutes of the June 2, 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. Bob Heuring told the Council that 12 of his cows broke through the gates and fences in reaction to fireworks from the Friendly City Days event. He asked that the City reimburse him for damages. City Attorney Couri explained that the City did not create the problem and has no responsibility for his damages. He then asked to meet with the Friendly City Days Committee to request compensation. Councilmember Berning requested that Check # 18121 be pulled from the Consent Agenda. Councilmember Klecker asked for information on Check #'s 18109 and 18110. Both were pulled from the Consent Agenda. Fay made a motion to approve the Consent Agenda as follows: · Approve payment of claims (Check #' s 18076 - 18108, Check #' s 18111- 18120, and Check #'s 18122 - 18127) Sweeney seconded the motion. All voted aye. Sweeny made a motion to approve the purchase of a Cub Cadet utility vehicle for the Parks Department at a cost of $5,760 plus tax. Berning seconded the motion. All voted aye. . City Engineer Pete Carlson told the Council that more clean-up of the ditches west of the outlet mall has been scheduled for Thursday and Friday of this week. The outlet to the lakes will also been cleaned of cattails. . Albertville City Council Minutes June 16, 2003 Page 2 of3 Erwin Greninger stated that the water is not going down as it should, but rather through simple evaporation. Carlson showed the Council aerial photos of the area that were taken before the outlet mall was constructed that show the area that have historically been wet areas. He then transposed a current aerial shot of the property on the older photo to show that the wet areas are nearly identical in size and configuration. Carlson believes that the additional cleaning of the ditches and the outlet will speed the process of drainage from the areas. The Council heard that the Planning and Zoning Commission have requested a temporary 60 day moratorium on residential fences more that six feet in height. Sweeny made a motion to adopt ORDINANCE #2003-12 titled AN ORDINANCE PLACING A 60 DAY MORATORIUM ON FENCES IN RESIDENTIA DISTRICTS EXCEEDING SIX FEET IN HEIGHT. Berning seconded the motion. All voted aye. The Council discussed our ordinance on outdoor sales. It appears that several businesses are in violation of the ordinance. The Council agreed to have the planner begin a review of the outdoor sales ordinance. The planner is also directed to prepare an ordinance dealing with realty, garage sales sign, etc. . City Engineer Carlson reported that the Wright County Assessor has appraised the current County Garage at $512,000. The preliminary cost for a joint city/county public works building is $4,000,000. Pete asked fro direction from the Council on how to proceed. The consensus of Council is that County will have to pay for all the costs associated with their portion of the building. Pete will meet with the Wright County Engineer to discuss the proposal. Berning made a motion to adopt RESOLUTION #2003-22 titled A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF ALBERTVILLE, MINNESOTA, ACCEPTING THE ATLTERNATIVE URBAN AREAWIDE REVIEW (AUAR) FOR PROPOSED ALBERTVILLE BUSINESS PARK. Sweeney seconded the motion. All voted aye. Sweeney reported at drainage problem in the rear yard of the Anderson property on 51 st Street. Pete has been looking at the situation already, but will continue to work on the problem. Issue City Attorney Couri reported that he has sent a letter to the developer requesting that the berm behind Coborn's on Outlet B, Albertville Crossings, be sodded or seeded within 30 days. Lots 1, 2, and 3 of the plat are required to pay the maintenance costs of Outlot B. In other discussions, the Council directed staff to notify several commercial property owners that they must mow their weeds on vacant parcels within two weeks, or the City will have the properties mowed and assess the charges to the parcels. . Couri reported that he still has not received the technical report on the Fire Department investigation from Wayne Jorgenson. He will again contact Jorgenson about the report. . . . Albertville City Council Minutes June 16, 2003 Page 3 of3 The Council decided to schedule a closed session to discuss the Fire Department Personnel Evaluation Report at the next regular meeting on Monday, July 7. The Council agreed to set a joint Council meeting with St. Michael on Tuesday, July 29' 2003. The Council agreed to meet in a joint session with the Otsego City Council on Thursday, July 1 i\ 2003, at 6:30 PM. The Council scheduled a special meeting for a bond sale for several improvements projects on Wednesday, July 23,2003, at 6:00 PM . City Administrator Linda Goeb explained that the City's liquor ordinance adopts State Statutes regarding the hours of sale of alcohol. The new state law allows establishments to sell liquor until 2:00 AM. If the Council chooses to maintain a 1 :00 AM closing, the ordinance should be amended. The Council directed staff to prepare an ordinance amendment to require that liquor sales end at 1 :00 AM. The administrator was directed to establish a reserved general fund item line for donations made to the Fire Department. Linda will check on getting cable access to the Fire Hall. The administrator was directed to prepare a Follow-up of Items Discussed list to be included in each agenda packet. The Council will recognize Elaine Engstrom and Edna Weber for their years of service on the Albertville Royalty Committee by placing an article in the upcoming newsletter, as well as presenting a plaque and adopting a resolution in honor of their service. Klecker made a motion to approve payment of Check #s 18109, 18110 and 18121. Berning seconded the motion. All voted aye. Fay made a motion to adjourn at 8:55 PM. Sweeney seconded the motion. All voted aye. /~ \ ' i /,' '-----. "- \ '. Don Peterson, Mayor .. '-'t~--C~~ Lirida\~o(eb: Ci~ ~dminist~~t~;' '