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2001-06-26MOUND CITY COUNCIL MINUTES JUNE Z§, Z001 The City Council of the City of Mound, Hennepin County, Minnesota, met in regular session on Tuesday, June 26, 2001, at 7:30 p.m. in the council chambers at 5341 Maywood Road, in said City. Councilmembers Present: Mayor Pat Meisel; Councilmember;s Bob Brown, Mark Hanus, Klm Anderson and Peter Meyer. Others Present: City Manager, Kandis Hanson; Acting City Clerk, Bonnie Ritter; city Attorney, John Dean; City Planner, Loren Gordon; City Engineer, John Cameron; Todd Warner, Dorothy & Bill Netka, Jo Longpre, Dotty O'Brien, Gene & Marty Garvais, Betty Strong, Ben Withhart, Bob & Sharon Riebe, Marilyn Byrnes, Marion Poteete, Patty Guttormson, Cathy Bailey, Jack Weist, Sharon Cook, Roger Westman, John Costello. Consent Agenda: All items listed under the Consent Agenda are considered to be routine in nature by the Council and will be enacted by a roll call vote. There will be no separate discussion on these items unless a Councilmember or citizen so requests, in which event the item will be removed from the Consent Agenda and considered in normal sequence. 1. OPEN MEETING AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Mayor Meisel called the meeting to order at 7:36 p.m., and the Pledge of Allegiance was recited. 2. APPROVE AGENDA City Manager, Kandis Hanson, removed #9, Watershed District Agreement, and #5, public hearings, from the agenda. Item #5 will be replaced by item H under the consent agenda. MOTION by Brown, seconded by Meyer to approve the agenda as amended. All voted in favor. Motion carried. 3. CONSENT AGENDA Brown requested that item E be pulled from the consent agenda. MOTION by Hanus, seconded by Brown to approve the consent agenda as amended. All voted in favor. Motion carried. A. Approve minutes: June 12, 2001 regular meeting; June 13, 2001 meeting continuation; and June 13, 2001 special meeting B. Approve payment of claims in the amount of $186,426.50 C. Approve recommendation for financial system hardware and software update D. Approve tree removal license for Roger's Tree Service E. Removed F. Approve Stormwater Facility Maintenance Agreement for Langdon Woods G. Approve Development Agreement with Brenshell Development Corporation Mound City council Minutes - June 26, 2001 Ho Reschedule public hearings: July 24, 2001, 7:30 p.m. for RD Development: Langdon Bay (Case 01-20: slope easement vacation and Case 01-23: Butternut St. vacation) 3E. CONTRACT FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES WITH LAKE MINNETONKA CONSERVATION DISTRICT Brown expressed concern that more enforcement and deputies were not visible during the City Days fireworks. Hanson informed him that the licensing agreement called for four patrol boats, but not that they had to be sheriff's boats. MOTION by Brown, seconded by Meyer to approve the contract which expires December 31, 2001, subject to the City Manager following up on the sources and reductions of future funding. Ayes: Brown, Anderson and Meyer. Nayes: Hanus and Meisel. Motion carried. 4. COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS FROM CITIZENS PRESENT Dreamwood Addition Commons Bob Riebe appeared as a representative of the residents in Dreamwood Addition, to officially notify the Council that they have formed a lakeshore committee for settlement of the commons issue in their area. City Manager Hanson informed him that she is aware of a meeting scheduled at the Mound Depot for July 12, but that the city's intention is to provide assistance with the assembly of data, provide a meeting space, but not participate in the initial meetings. John Dean indicated that Leah Weycker has been notified and is willing to sit on these meetings and help with resolution of the issue. MahoQanv Bay Todd Warner approached the Council with questions regarding his current conditional use permit that involves blacktopping at his business. Hanus suggested that with the complexity of this issue, being more than one property owner involved, that it go back to Staff and the Planning Commission for their recommendation. 5. Removed. 6. PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION MOTION by Brown, seconded by Meyer to adopt the following resolution. All voted in favor. Motion carried. RESOLUTION NO. 01-54: RESOLUTION TO DENY A MINOR SUBDIVISION AND VARIANCE ON THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 6024 CHERRYWOOD ROAD, PID #23-117-24-34-0104, P & Z CASE #01-06 AND #01-08. 2 7. MAHOGANY BAY- OPERATIONS PERMIT Todd Warner informed the Council that he wants to lease space in the Balboa building for his operation. This would be used for sales, service, restoration and storage of vintage boats. It was determined that the operation is environmentally approved because everything is varnished and painted by hand. A pressurized system using walnut shells is used instead of chemicals for all stripping. MOTION by Brown, seconded by Hanus to adopt the following resolution. All voted in favor. Motion carried. RESOLUTION NO. 01-55: A RESOLUTION APPROVING AN OPERATIONS PERMIT FOR MAHOGANY BAY LOCATED AT 5300 SHORELINE DRIVE (BALBOA BUILDING) 8. WESTEDGE BOULEVARD IMPROVEMENT PROJECT City Engineer, John Cameron, explained that the city only received one bid for the Westedge Project and that he recommends rejecting this bid and re-bidding in the Spring, in the hopes of receiving more bids, and lower bids. This will not hold up the Rottlund Homes development process, because their first phase will enter from County Road 15. MOTION by Brown, seconded by adopt the following resolution. All voted in favor. Motion carried. RESOLUTION NO. 01-56: RESOLUTION REJECTING BID FOR WESTEDGE BOULEVARD IMPROVEMENT PROJECT 9. Removed. 10. FISHING DOCK PROGRAM MOTION by Hanus, seconded by Brown to table this item until a report is received from the Parks Commission. All voted in favor. Motion carried. 11. BUDGET REQUEST BY SENIOR COMMUNITY SERVICES Ben Withhart addressed the Council with a request for $20,000 for the budget year 2002. He stated that there is less money in the pool than previous years, with more competition for these funds. Hanus questioned the value of being a member of this pool, and if the City could pull out of it. City Manager Hanson will check on the length of the pool and the possibility of withdrawing from it. MOTION by Meyer to support the Senior Center with $20,000 in the budget year 2002. Motion died for lack of a second. Discussion followed with regard to the importance of considering this request with the rest of the City budget process, which is beginning shortly. Mayor Meisel informed the Seniors that the request will be considered during budget negotiations. 3 Mou~ C~ Council Minut~ - Jun~ 2~, 2001 12. CHAPTER V- NUISANCE ORDINANCE City Manager Hanson~informed the Council that staff is concerned with the present ordinance because of the enforcement language. It is felt that the reason enforcement is not taking place is because the policy is not airtight. Staff feels it's broke the way it is and needs to'be fixed. After discussion it was decided that Hanus, Anderson, Police Chief Len Harrell, and City Prosecutor Craig Mertz should meet to go over the ordinance and fine tune it for Council consideration. Mayor Meisel called for a 10 minutes recess at 8:40 p.m., with executive session to follow the break. 13. EXECUTIVE SESSION - CITY MANAGER PERFORMANCE EVALUATION MOTION by Meisel, seconded by Meyer to adopt the following resolution. All voted in favor. Motion carried. RESOLUTION NO. 01-57: RESOLUTION AMENDING EMPLOYEE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF MOUND AND CITY MANAGER, KANDIS HANSON. 14. ADJOURNMENT MOTION by Brown, seconded by Hanus to adjourn the meeting at 10:25 p.m. All voted in favor. Motion carried. Attest: Acting City Clerk 4