2001-07-10MOUND CITY COUNCIL MINUTES
JULY 10, 2001
The City Council of the City of Mound, Hennepin County, Minnesota, met in
regular session on Tuesday, July 10, 2001, at 7:30 p.m. in the council chambers at
5341 Maywood Road, in said City.
Councilmembers Present: Mayor Pat Meisel, Councilmembers Bob Brown, Mark
Hanus, Kim Anderson and Peter Meyer.
Others Present: City Manager, Kandis Hanson, Acting City Clerk, Bonnie Ritter;
City Attorney, John Dean; City Planner, Bruce Chamberlain; Jim Prosser of
Ehlers & Associates; Michael Mueller, Lorrie Ham, Michael Piepkorn, Bill and
Dorothy Netka.
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 MEETNG AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Mayor Meisel called the meeting to order at 7:35 p.m. and the Pledge of
Allegiance was recited.
2. APPROVE AGENDA, WITH ANY AMENDMENTS
City Manager Hanson requested to remove item #10 with reference to the fishing
dock program and replace it with 10A, proposed watering ban ordinance, along
with approval of watering ban. She also requested to add 4A, City Manager's
Report. Meyer requested discussion of Item 12M.
MOTION by Hanus, seconded by Brown to approve the agenda as amended. All
voted in favor. Motion carried.
3. CONSENT AGENDA
MOTION by Brown, seconded by Hanus to approve the consent agenda.
in favor. Motion carried.
All voted
A. Approval of Minutes: June 26, 2001 regular meeting; June 27, 2001
special meeting at 6:00 p.m.; June 27, 2001 special meeting at 7:00
p.m.; June 28, 201 special meeting.
B. Approve payment of claims in the amount of $246,516.43
Pass Ordinance No. 05-2001: Ordinance Amending Sections 260:00
and 260:10 of the City Code Relating to the Economic Development
Commission.
D. Set date for dedication of Don Scherven Memorial Park for August
11, 2001.
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4, COMMENTS & SUGGESTIONS FROM CITIZENS
Michael Mueller of Mueller-Lansing Properties stated that his father received a letter
from the City Finance Director, informing them that the CBD Parking Program is no
longer in effect and expired June 30, 2001. He stated that he found it disconcerting
when the Public Works people recently pounded parking signs into a private parking lot.
He feels that the council should reinstate the CBD Program until the development is
completed, since the City is utilizing the lot and has signs on private property at this
time. He asked who gave the City the right to put signage up on private property if the
CBD program is gone.
Mayor Meisel informed him that there is a hearing scheduled for October and the
program will be retroactive, if that is what is determined.
4A. CITY MANAGER'S REPORT
Hanson announced that Sarah Smith has been secured as the Community
Development Director and will being the week of July 30th. She comes with years of
experience from the City of Watertown and Wayzata.
5. MOUND LIQUOR STORE UPDATE
Jim Prosser reported on the status of the liquor store and a need for developing Plan B.
The initial plan was to locate the liquor store in the MetroPlains Development. That
development has been delayed and as a result there hasn't been any investment in the
building design aspects yet. Prosser believes that there is still time to pursue that, and
suggests reviewing the status on a month-to-month basis. He feels there is time to
allow the MetroPlains issue to be resolved, and this is the best location for the liquor
store from a marketing standpoint. Discussions are ongoing with the present landlord
for lease extensions. Prosser will include the liquor store in the weekly update that he
provides the City.
Meyer is concerned that with the MetroPlains case not going to court until October, a
contingency plan should be in place.
6. COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WITH MINNEHAHA WATERSHED DISTRICT
MOTION by Brown, seconded by Anderson to approve the cooperative agreement with
the Minnehaha Watershed District. Discussion followed with Hanus stating that the
entire scenario has changed since they first looked at it. Variances and minor repairs
will take longer if this is adopted. The only advantage to this agreement is if the Council
wants to be stricter than the Watershed District, and if not, we're only hurting our
residents and spending money unnecessarily. The Mayor stated that it was her
understanding from when Dan Parks was before the Council, that only new
developments and subdivisions would be affected. Hanus stated that this agreement is
different than what originally presented.
After further discussion, Brown withdrew his motion.
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MOTION by Brown, seconded by Hanus to tabl& this item until the first meeting in
August, to get Sara Smith's input on how the City of Wayzata has reacted to this
agreement. Ayes: Brown, Hanus, Meisel and Anderson. Nayes: Meyer. Motion
carried.
7. ACTION ON ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 350:505 OF THE CITY CODE
RELATING TO ADMINISTRATION OF THE ZONING CODE.
MOTION by Hanus, seconded by Brown to refer this proposed ordinance to the
Planning Commission for their review and recommendation. All voted in favor. Motion
carried.
8, ETHICS GUIDELINES
City Manager Hanson explained that the proposed change is basically deleting the
requirement for Boards and Commissions to fill out the Financial Disclosure Statement.
Hanus stated that it was his perception that the disclosure was being done away with for
elected officials also.
Meyer feels that it is important to keep some form of disclosure intact for the Council.
He thinks this is a common practice and should the Council should be measured on a
little higher standard than the general public.
After further discussion, there was a MOTION by Brown, seconded by Hanus to table
this item until the City Attorney can further investigate the legality of gathering the
information asked for on the Financial Disclosure Statement. Ayes: Brown, Hanus,
Meisel and Meyer. Nayes: Anderson. Motion carried.
9. POLICY ON APPOINTMENTS AND REAPPOINTMENTS TO ADVISORY
COMMISSIONS
Discussion took place regarding the appointment and reappointment process, including
what questions can be asked at candidate interviews. John Dean suggested that
Department Heads meet with the Commission members before the interview process,
to determine what questions should be asked, and what procedure should be followed.
Meyer suggested going back to the procedure that was used before this January 1st.
The interview process can be coordinated between the Chair and the Department Head,
and there is no need for the Council or Legal to get involved.
10. Removed
10A. WATERING BAN
City Manager Kandis Hanson informed the council that she and the Public Works
Superintendent have determined that with the heat and watering going on, a water ban
is needed to stop depletion of the water supply.
MOTION by Brown, seconded by Meyer to adopt the following resolution. All voted in
favor. Motion carried.
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RESOLUTION NO. 01-58: RESOLUTION DECLARING WATER SHORTAGE IN THE
CITY OF MOUND.
Hanson also presented an ordinance to the Council that, because of time constraints,
would put authority to declare a water shortage or water pressure emergency into the
hands of the City Manager and Public Works Superintendent.
MOTION by Meyer, seconded by Hanus to pass the following ordinance. All voted in
favor. Motion carried.
ORDINANCE NO. 04-2001: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 610:55 OF THE
CITY CODE RELATING TO DECLARATION OF WATER
SHORTAGE OR WATER PRESSURE EMERGENCY.
11. DOCK PROGRAM FEES WORKSHOP
The Council will hold a dock program fees workshop on July 17, 2001, at 7:00 p.m.
12. INFORMATION/MISCELLANEOUS
A. LMC correspondence
B. AMM Fax News
C. LMCD communications
D. Police Department Report: June, 2001
E. Reports: Coordinated pool CBDG Program
F. Fire Commission minutes
G. FYI: 2001 Elected Officials Salary Survey
H. Mediacom newsletter
I. Report: 2001 Water Patrol participation
J. Report: May, 2001, Recycling Day
K. CompSource newsletter by Riley, Dettmann & Kelsey
L. Report: 2001 Zoning Activity
M. FYI: Request of Refund of Moving Permit Fee
Meyer is requesting that the $100 fee for moving the warming house from
Haddorf Field to Grandview be refunded to the Hockey Association. It was
the consensus not to waive this fee, lest a precedent be set.
13. ADJOURNMENT
MOTION by Brown, seconded by Hanus to adjourn at 9:05 p.m. All voted in favor.
Motion carried.
Attest: Acting City Clerk
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Mayor Pat Meisel