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1990-04-16 CC Agenda/PacketCITY OF ALBERTVILLE P. O. BOX 131 ALBERTVILLE, MINNESOTA 55301 PHONE: (612) 497-3384 CITY WJNCIL AGENDA APRIL 16, 1990 I. CALL MEETING TO ORDER I I . APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA III. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES April 2, 1990 April 10, 1990 I V . C( MCIN I TY FORUM 7:05 Joint Meeting for Public Hearing for The Lamp Post In -to Allow for Replacement of Sign V. DEPARTMENT BUSINESS a. MAINTENANCE - Pond Transfer Pump - Installation of Waterline for Four Season's Park - Project Updates - Other Business b. ENGINEERING - Other Business c. LEGAL - Update on Building Permit Issue - Q)uick Claim Deed for Meat Market Property - Ordinance Pertaining to Annual Inspections of Rental Property - Ordinance Pertaining to Condemnation Proceedings - Other Business d. ADMINISTRATION - Income Received and Bills to be Paid - Approval of Purchase of New Copy Machine and Sale of Toshiba 4111 to the ,Joint Powers Board - River Of Hope Informational Meeting - Additional Items Make our City........ Your Citv We invite Home, Industry, Business COUNCIL AGENDA PAGE 2 - Beer License for Vetsch Cabinet's Softball Touriament May 18, 19 & 20th - Board of Review -- April 17th at 7:W p.m. - Approval of Recycling Hauler"s Bids VII. MEMBERS REPORTS VIII. tYlTfER BUSINESS IX . ADJOURNMENT COUNCIL MINUTES APRIL 16, 1990 The regular meeting of the Albertville City Council was called to order by Mayor Gary Schwenzfeier. Members present included Jim Krystosek, Donatus Vetsch, Don Cornelius and Bob Braun. Others present included Maureen Andrews, Bob Miller, Thore Meyer, Ken Lindsay and Lorie Villareal. The agenda for the evening's meeting were reviewed by the Council. A motion was made by Donatus Vetsch and seconded by Don Cornelius to approve the agenda. All were in favor and the motion carried. The minutes of the April 2, 1990 meeting were reviewed. Hearing no comment a motion was made by Ion Cornelius and seconded by Jim Krystosek to approve the minutes. All were in favor and the motion carried. The first item on the agenda was a joint public hearing for the consideration of passing a variance for the placement of a new sign within the right-of-way area of the Lamp Post In. The Planning Commission was celled to order by Acting Chairman Lbnatus Vetsch. Members present included Mark Daleiden, Rick Bishop, LeRoy Berning and Tom Haller. The Public Hearing was called to order by the Chairman and the notice for the hearing was read. Maureen presented the Planning Commission and the Council with the background information pertaining to the variance request. They were informed that the request was to allow the replacement of the existing sign in its same location. The sign would measure 48" X 100" and that there would be at least 12 feet of clearance from the bottom of the sign to the ground. It was noted that the purpose for the variance was to allow the sign to be placed in the same location as the existing sign because of the lot layout. Noting that there is not any other feasible location on said site. Hearing no questions or comments, a motion was made to close the hearing. The motion was made by Mark Daleiden and seconded by Rick Bishop. All were in favor and the motion carried. A motion was then made to recommend to the Council the approval of the variance to allow the sign to be located in the same location as the existing sign location. The motion was made by Mark Daleiden and seconded by LeRoy Berning. All were in favor and the motion carried. There was then a motion to adjourn the Planning Commission meeting. The motion was made by LeRoy Berning and seconded by Rick Bishop. All were in favor and the meeting was adjourned. The Council next reviewed the findings of the Planning Commission. There were no other comments regarding the findings. A motion was made to approve the variance for the placement of the sign within the setback requirement of the lot,. The motion was made by Don Cornelius and seconded by Jim Krystosek. All were in favor and the motion carried. The next item on the agenda were maintenance items. The first item Ken discussed was regarding the new pump for the waste water treatment facility. It was pointed out that he had checked into several different types of pumps including: 1. An electric pimp and electric generator. 2. Diesel powered generator and hydraulic pump. Thore was asked what his recommendation would be regarding the pump. He noted that their firm had not had a great deal of experience with the hydraulic pumps but felt that the pump would work as well as any other. There benefits in using this type of pump, it is smaller and light weight so that it would be easier to move around. There was some discussion regarding the Norther Dewatering pump. It was question how long the firm had been around and would they be able to service the pump if we purchased it from them. It was noted that the company has been around for several years, being located in the Rochester area. They have assured Ken that they will be able to service the equipment whenever needed. There was some discussion regarding whether or riot the pump would be able to be used for dewatering purposes. Ken noted that the this is really a different type of use Not, that if the pump was not being used at the waste water treatment facility that, it could likely be used for dewatering. The Council noted that they had been impressed with the pump demonstration and felt that, the pimp would meet the City's needs. Ken was asked if the firm would have a pump that, the City could use in the meantime until the City's pump was built and sent to the City. Ken stated the the representative he had been working with said that they would be able to help us out, . Ken was asked to check on the warranty for the pump and the generator. It was noted that, the City would like to see some type of extended warranty on the pump. The quotes for the pond transfer pump were next reviewed by the Council. The City had received 5 quotes in all, they included: PAGE 2 1. NORTHERN DEWATERING $11,984.00 2. TECHNIFLOW CORPORATION (PUMP ONLY) 3,173.00 OR 4,375.00 INTERSTATE DETROIT (DIESEL) 12,632.00 3. WALDOR PUMP 14,000.00 4. TRI-STATE 12,157.00 WITH DEDUCT 1,900.00 There was some discussion regarding whether or not the City should decide on the purchase of a pump and then have Ken check out the warranty issue to see if an extended warranty would be available and at what cost or if they should wait until the information was available. It was decided that the City should make the decision pending Ken's findings. It was further noted that the Council wanted to know if the pump could be used to by-pass a sewerline break in an emergency basis. Hearing no other questions or comments a motion was made to accept the bid from Northern Dewatering, pending the information regarding the warranty and the loaner pump being available until ours comes in. The motion was made by Don Cornelius and seconded by Jim Krystosek. All were in favor and the motion carried. Ken next informed the Council that he was planning to start the pond transfer the following day and that. it, should be completed within a week. There was some minor discussion of the impliers. No action was taken on the matter. The Council next reviewed the quotes for the installation of the water line to serve the sprinkling system for the Four Season Park. Three quotes had been received from the following firms: Bonine Excavation $6,362.38 Meiny's Diggers 6,995.00 Lindenfelser Excavation 3,800.00 It was noted that the City would pick up the Joint Powers fees if they are not willing to wave them. It was also pointed out that the City would be responsible for restoring the area once the work had been completed. Bob was asked to prepare two temporary construction easements for the effected property so that work could begin or, the project. Hearing no other questions or comments, a motion was made to accept the bid from Lindenfelser Excavation. Tree motion was made by Jim Krystosek and seconded by Don Cornelius. All were in favor and the motion carried. PAGE 3 Ken informed the Council that the sprinkling system had been installed in the ball fields at the City Park. He also noted that the street sweeping was held off because of weather conditions. The first Engineering item was the discussion regarding a curb settlement on 55th Street at its intersection with Large Avenue. It was pointed out that this settlement is one section down from the problem area last year and the Council wanted the Engineers to look at it. It, was pointed out that there must be a water problem and they want to know were it is coming from or else it is because of poor compaction. There was also some discussion regarding whether or not the the problem would be covered under the warranty work from the 1989 improvement, project. Thore stated that they would look at it, but if the problem is in a different location, Buffalo Bituminous may object to having to correct the problem. He noted that both Ken and Bob Sullentrop had inspected the problem last year and did not find any problem. Thore update the Council on the work being done in relationship with the drainage ditch in the industrial park. He noted that Fehn Gravel is blading the area now and that it will then be dragged and seeded. It was noted that the companies adjacent to the land should be maintaining the area once the work is completed. Several items were discussed regarding some of Barthel lots, including the need for a retaining wall behind Fehn"s property in Barthel Manor 2nd Addition and the lots that, have construction material left on them when home are being constructed on adjacent, lots. Thore informed the Council that he had received a letter from Wright County denying the request to open cut the road for the installation of the sewer and storm sewer lines across C.S.A.H. #19. There was some discussion regarding whether or not the City should request the County Boards review of this matter. After some additional discussion it was decided to let it go at this time. The Council was informed that there was a meeting scheduled for Tuesday morning at 10:00 a.m. with Allied and the oil company regarding the stripping that has occurred in the areas sealcoated. Thore will report back to the Council his findings. In a related matter, Donatus stated that he was not impressed with the red rock and would like to Council to consider not using it again. Don stated that he disagreed with this statement, noting he likes the red rock. The Council next, reviewed the Legal items on the agenda. In the matter relating to the payment of building inspection to Loren Kohnen, bob noted that, Kohnen's attorney would be out of the office until the next week. Bob will contact him when tie is back in his office. PAGE 4 The Council was informed that, there was a problem with a Quick Claim deed for the Beaudry property. There is a question regarding the overlapping of the property description for Pats 66 and the property in question. The correction of this matter will then be waived by the title company. Bob noted that the Council would need to approve a new Quick Claim Deed to correct the problem. A motion was made by Don Cornelius and seconded by Jim Krystosek to approve the Quick Claim Deed. All were in favor and the motion carried. The Council next reviewed the issues of Rental inspections and a policy for the demolition of property which deemed unsafe for habitation. There was some discussion on the matter and it, was agreed that Bob would look into the matter and get back to the Council at the next meeting. The income and bills were reviewed next. Hearing no questions or comments on the matter a motion was made to approve the bills. The motion was made by Donatus Vetsch and seconded by Don Cornelius. All were in favor and checks 10385 through 10442 were approved, The next item on the agenda was the sale of the copy machine to the Joint Powers. A motion was made by Don Cornelius and seconded by Jim Krystosek to sell the machine for $1,800.00 and purchase a new machine from Minnesota Copy for $2,400.00. All were in favor and the motion carried. The Council was reminded that the Board of Review was scheduled for the next evening at 7:00 p.m. The recycling matter was tabled until a later date. A beer license was approved for the Vetsch Cabinet Softball Tournament, pending payment and proof of insurance. The motion was made by Jim Krystosek and seconded by Bob Braun. All were in favor and the motion carried. Hearing no other questions or comments a motion was made to adjourn the meeting. The motion was made by Donatus Vetsch and seconded by Don Cornelius. All were in favor and the motion carried. PAGE 5 CITY OF ALBERTVILLE P. O. BOX 131 ALBERTVILLE, MINNESOTA 55301 PHONE: (612) 497-3384 OOUNCIL MINUTES APRIL 2, 1990 The regular meeting of the Albertville City Council was called to order by Mayor Gary Schwenzfeier. Members present included Bob Braun, Donatus Vetsch and Jim Krystosek. Council member Dori Cornelius was absent. Others present included Mauiy-,en Andrews, Lorie Villareal, Bob Miller, Thore Meyer and Ken Lindsay. The agenda for the evening`s meeting was reviewed by the Council. A motion was made by Jim Krystosek and seconded by Bob Braun. All were in favor and the motion carried. The minutes of the March 19th meeting were reviewed by the Cx-�uncil. Ken brought to the Gxancil"s attention that a correction needed to be made on page 5, the 4th paragraph. The sentence should read: "They need to make sure the stub is on the end one." Hearing no other corrections or additions, Donatus Vetsch made a motion to approve the minutes of March 19th. Bob Braun seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried. The Council first heard from the Lions President, Tony Bistodeau concerning the City Park. Tony told the Council that the Lions were approached by the Park Board and were asked to donate shelters for the Four Seasons Park. The Lions want ta, know if the City is finished with the City Park. The service organizations feel that they should donate where the donation is most needed. The City Park is done as it is now. It is possible that the City may be looking at another field and perhaps some inrprrovement to the hockey rink some time in the future. Right now, we are really out of room but there may be some options in park dedication land from the storm water drainage issue. A Council member asked about the dugouts and bleachers. The Jaycees are donating these items to the City Park. Tony asked the Council if there would be any additional buildings added to the City Park. He was answered that there could possibly be some upgrading of the current buildings but no new buildings are proposed for the near future. Make our City ........ Your City We invite Home, Industry, !Business G:uncil member Jim Krystosek told Lions President Tony Bistodeau that the Lions were doing a good job and that the City appreciates their support in the c,Wrxryun ity. . The G�m.incil heard from the Maintenance Department. Ken discussed the pond transfer pump with the Codicil. He is not satisfied with the results he is getting from the quotes he has requested on the cast of the pond transfer pump. He would like more time to look at more options. He rioted that the old pump was again operational so that he can move water. The single phase 20 horsepower motor will not fit and he will wait until Bob Sullentrop is available to find out about the generator. Some of the costs being looked at right now are from $13,000 to $17,000 and are way too big and much tAxi expensive. Ken has fey ind two units for between $8,020 tom, $10,000 and he is looking into these. Donatus asked whether or not Ken has checked on a pump for the Ford tractor and Ken replied that it is not fusible - we can not tie up the tractor for that long of a time period. Ken mentioned to the Council that Jim Becher is working 5 1/2 hours a day and all day on Friday. Ken would like the ('.ouncil to authorize overtime for Jim if tie is needed to work some extra hours. He would be paid his straight t i.me . GarY ccxmierited that he saw no reed for any overtime for Jim at this time The drainage problem along I-94 and in Frankfort Township was discussed. Ken told the Council that approximately $2,000 was spent last Year draining water from this ditch. It now appears that this could be a continuing problem and the City should meet with Frankfort's Town Board to discuss what cdr► be dome about repairing this drainage problem since Frankfort Township is also responsible. Thore said that he feels it could possibly be a crushed drain tile Out in the Township seriewhere. Lrcating just where the plug up is will prove to be difficult. The r-Azicil agreed that Maureen should set up a meeting wit Township soon as this problem needs to be h Frankfort resolved. Ken updated the Council on the prrjects at hand. Ken reported that in a conversation with Meir�y's Diggers about the irrigation syste.,m for the new park, they could put a 6" water main into the Four Seasons Park off of the hydrant behind the ,iurb. The line will come off of the northwest corner of the cul-de-sac and across the easement. This would be a straight shot of 170 feet of iron and two shut off valves. They will not have to break int,:, the street. The cost would be $6,995 which Would not -2- include the restoration. It is possible that the City will have to furnish the water to the Park. It was noted that the cost for this project will come out of the Equipment Certificate. Before making any decisions on this issue, the Council agreed that Ken should get a couple of more quotes on this project. No further action was taken. The Maintenance overtime was reviewed by the Ccxancil. The overtime for the Park was questioned. It was stated that what sense did it make to have a Park Board to get these jobs done and instead they were being done on overtime. It was felt that the overtime for these kinds of things was getting out of hand. Ken replied that the overtime for the Park was for putting together the playground equipment list and park irrigation conversations. He said that there are just too many interruptions during the day to accomplish these things. He tried for three meetings with the Park Board to get them to structure the equipment list but they did not even discuss. Ken also told the C-4:A.incil that he donates enough time to the City that he does not charge and he is extremely unhappy about the overtime that he does put in being scrutinized all the time. The Council decided that the time was put in so Ken should be paid for it, but the Park Board should handle some of these things from now on. A motion was made by Drnatus Vetsch and seconded by Jim Kiystosek to approve the Maintenance overtime. All were in favor and the motion carried. Thore Meyer of Meyer-Rohlin reviewed with the Council two potential footprints for a future City Hall on the same site as our existing building as requested by the City Ccxxncil. Thore noted that he had laid out two different proposals demonstrating two different parking configurations. The first design, showed art access off of Main Avenue and the alley in the rater of the property. With this design the maximum footprint of the biuilding can not exceed 2,800 square feet tx--) allow for adequate parking. The other footprint presented has the parking access off the alley and allows for a building to be sized at 3,400 square feet. In both of these instances the basic assumption is the the property could be rezoned from R.-3 to a B-4 Zoning District, which would allow for no front yard setbacks. No action was taken on this information since it was an informational item only. The two representatives of the Council who met with the different min service organizations will take this footprint back to their next meeting to show that the City will not likely need any additional land for a future building site. Dennis Fehn informed the City that there will enough excess dirt from the Fraser Steel project to use along the storm drainage sewer line that runs from H.G.P. and Truss. They will charge $1.95 a cubic yard installed and leveled out. 52nd Stint will probably have to be bridged in order to accomplish this task. The CoLu,cil agreed that the City should go ahead and utilize this dirt. Thore will be in touch with Fehn before the work begins to determine the Yardage. It was also noted that the cost will come out of the Tax Increment Financing money that was allotted for this project. Jim Krystosek made the motion to approve the purchase of the dirt from the Fraser Steel project at a cost of $1.95 a cubic yard in place. Bob Braun seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried. The next item on the agenda was legal. Bob informed the Council that there were some issues that had arisen regarding the Barthel Industrial Park. It was rioted that there were several documents that needed to approved by the Council so that the H(P Glass Ck-wT-erty could be resold. Bob reviewed with the Council the documents that needed to be approved prior to their adoption. Donatus Vetsch made a motion which was seconded by Bob Braun to approve the resolution to ratify the action of the City of Albertville in transferring Lot 4, Block 2 of Barthel's Industrial Park as evidenced by Deed Document No 391765 to W & B Development Partnership. All were in favor and the motion married. A motion was then made by Jim Krystosek and seconded by Donatus Vetsch to release Lot 4, Block 2 of any restrictions from the Developer's Agreement for the imprY,vements associated with Barthel Industrial Park. All were in favor and the motion carried. A motion was made by Bob Braun and seconded by Jim Krystosek to approve - the extracts of the minutes from the November 19, 1984. All were in favor and the rw-)tion carried. Mr. and Mrs. Ron Becker were present to express their concern regarding the home that is currently cinder construction at 5146 Lannon because of the fact that they still own a small section of land at the corner or Lannon Avenue and 51st Street. In reviewing the Building Permit for the site it was noted that Barthel Construction has the services coming across the Becker's property. Thore noted -4- that he believed that the propertie.,s services are located on Lannon Avenue and not 51st.. It was noted that there appeared to be several problems with the building site and it was suggested that Kevin hold off on making any additional inspections on the property until the issue could be cleared up. A motion was made to have Kevin put a stop work order on the construction of the hoiuse at 5146 Lannon Avenue until the issue is clarified. The motion was made by Donatus Vetsch and seconded by Jim Krystosek. All were in favor and the motion carried. The income received and the bills to be paid were reviewed by the Council. There were no pertinent questions so a motion was made by Bob Braun and seconded by Jim Krystosek to approve the income received and the bills to be paid. All were in favor and checks 10350 through 10384 were paid. The Council discussed briefly the forming of a St. Michael -Albertville - Hanover Area Chamber of Commerce. There is a meeting scheduled for Wednesday, April 4th at 7 p.m. at Russel's in St. Michael to talk about the forming of this chamber. There appears to be some controversy with Albertville's Development Corporation. The Development Corporation feels that the City should take a stand against forming any Chamber of Commerce in our area because we have our own Development Corporation. It was brought out that, a Development Corporation is operated through the purchase of shares and anybody can purchase the shares. A Development Corporation does not do all of the same things that Chambers do. Under a Chamber of Commerce title, cities would qualify for available money from the National Chambers. It was felt that the City of Albertville should not take a stand one way or another at this point. The City will be approached, but the Council felt it was best if the City does not offer too much opinion at this time. It, was agreed that Maureen should attend this meeting and that she should check with St. Michael and Hanover to see if they are attending. Maureen updated the Council on the garbage collection and recycling issue. Maureen will put an information item in the paper to let people know what is going on with garbage collection and recycling. The city will be paying an $82.50 cost for a hot stamp for the recycling containers that says "Albertville Recycles." We will be getting bids from polka Dot and Wright Recycling to do the recycling pick up in Albertville. The City would recommend every other week pick up and not two times a month. -5- The Counc i 1 recommended that Maureen prepare a notice to be put in the local newspaper and a notice to residents explaining what will be happening with the garbage collection and recycling issue. The Council also suggested that a three month calendar showing the recycling dates be prepared for the residents to have at their disposal in order to make it easier for them to remember the recycling dates. Approval of a 3.2 limited beer license for the Albertville Lions was handled next. Donatus Vetsch made a motion to approve a limited 3.2 beer license for the Albertville Lions Spring Dinner Dance on April 21st at the Parish Center. Jim Krystosek seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried. It was noted that application and payment have already been made. Maureen updated the Council on the progress of the intern. Right now the situation is on hold. There are several cities interested in Diane as she is the only intern available right now. Maureen will be kept posted on what is happening. It was brought to the Council's attention that the residents are confused about the se_,alcoating. It was suggested that se.,alcoating information should be put in the newspaper to make people more aware of the sealcoating process. The 1989 Planning and Zoning Annual Report was included in the packet for the Council's review. There was no other business so a motion to adjourn was made by Donatus Vetsch and seconded by Jim Krystosek. All were in favor and the meeting adjourned. !=M INCOME RECEIVED APRIL 16, 1990 SEWER A(XXXJNTS 106.08 REGISTERED CLOSERS, INC. 570.76 DON'S AUTO SERVICE 25.00 NORTHLAND BUILDERS 1,570.50 WRIGHT TITLE GUARANTEE 10.00 VEHICLE MOTOR REGISTRATION 10.00 ALBERTVILLE LIONS 400.00 JILL MERGES (Hall Rental) 25.00 SHERBURNE COUNTY ABSTRACT 10.00 WRIGHT TITLE GUARANTEE 10.00 WRIGHT TITLE GUARANTEE 6,666.66 WRIGHT TITLE GUARANTEE 6,666.66 THOMAS WISWELL 106.23 BARTHEL CONSTRUCTION, INC. 750.00 G & F INVESTMENTS, INC. 1,026.25 HACKENMUELLER'S 100.00 TOTAL $18,053.14 BILLS TO BE PAID APRIL 16, 1990 CHECK NUMBER 10385 ALBERTVILLE QUEEN COMMITTEE 400.00 10386 KEN LINDSAY 645.19 10387 RAY VARNER 415.49 10388 JIM BEC HER 182.50 10389 MAUREEN ANDREWS 773.67 10390 LORIE VILLAREAL 471.19 10391 DON CORNELIUS 75.00 10392 ALBERTVILLE FRIENDLY CITY DAYS 20.00 10393 MEDCENTERS HEALTH PLAN 790.80 10394 NORTHWESTERN FINANCIAL REVIEW 98.20 10395 HACKS, INC. 91.78 10396 KEVIN ZACHMAN 46.95 10397 BRAUN ENGINEERING TESTING 1,210.25 INCOME RECEIVED/BILLS TO BE PAID PAGE 2 CHECK NUMBER 10398 KEVIN MEALHOUSE 1,134.60 10399 CROW RIVER NEWS 19.55 10400 JACKS SMALL ENGINE, INC. 91.10 10401 St ESTERN TECHNICAL COLLEGE FIRE DIVISION 680.00 10402 CROW RIVER FARM EQUIPMENT 133.97 10403 ALBERTVILLE FIRE DEPARTMENT 49.00 10404 BRIGS & MORGAN 4,282.80 10405 CHOUINARD'S 332.33 10406 ROBERT J. MILLER 1,959.00 10407 MONTICELLO PRINTING, INC. 159.20 10408 QUEST DATA SYSTEMS INC. 65.00 10409 NORTHWEST ASSOCIATED CONSULTANTS, INC. 336.59 10410 MINNESOTA POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY 290.00 10420 KILIAN HARDWARE HANK 7.48 10430 BERGSTROMS 18.75 10431 WELTERS, INC. 9.50 10432 COMMUNICATION AUDITORS 214.57 10433 PERA 9.00 10434 PERA 10435 VOID 10436 FRASER BUILDING LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 120,000.00 10437 WRIGHT COUNTY MAYORS ASSOCIATION 80.00 10438 ROTO-ROOTER 200.00 10439 KEVIN MEALHOUSE 333.20 TOTAL $135,626.66