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2006-01-24^ MOUND CITY COUNCIL MINUTES JANUARY 24, 2006 The City Council of the City of Mound, Hennepin County, Minnesota, met in regular session on Tuesday, January 24, 2006, at 7:30 p.m. in the council chambers of city hall. Members Present: Mayor Pat Meisel; Councilmembers Bob Brown, John Beise and David Osmek. Members Absent: Mike Specht Others Present: City Attorney John Dean, City Manager Kandis Hanson, City Clerk Bonnie Ritter, Community Development Director Sarah Smith, Public Works Director Carlton Moore, Parks Superintendent Jim Fackler, City Planner Bruce Chamberlain, Robert and Carol Lien, June McCarthy, Mark Hanus. 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 Mayor Meisel called the meeting to order at 7:32 p.m. 2. Pledge of Allegiance 3. Approve Agenda Meisel requested the addition of Item 4L, 2006 Pay Equity Implementation Report. Osmek requested the addition of Item 11A, Discussion on Advisory Committee for Public Works building, to be discussed before Item 11. Sarah Smith requested the removal of item 4G from the agenda, to be considered at a later meeting. MOTION by Brown, seconded by Beise to approve the agenda as amended. All voted in favor. Motion carried. 4. Consent Agenda MOTION by Brown, seconded by Osmek to approve the Consent Agenda, with the exception of 4G, and adding 4L. Upon roll call vote, all voted in favor. Motion carried. A. Approve minutes of January 10, 2006 meeting. B. Approve payment of claims in the amount of $487,229.03. ^ Mound Ciry Council Minutes -January 24, 2006 C. Accept recommendation of MFRA on Ridgewood Road, to continue to fill potholes and do major patching for the next few years until the street can be reconstructed with state aid funds. D. Approve Payment Request #1 from Widmer Construction in the amount of $32,107.50 for 2005 Storm Sewer Improvements E. Approve Payment #5 to Veit & Company in the amount of $18,247.12 for the Lost Lake Dump and Maxwell Properties response actions F. Approve Change Order #2 in the amount of $2,047.50 for Response Actions at Lost lake Dump and Maxwell Properties G. (removed) H. RESOLUTION NO. 06-16: RESOLUTION APPROVING FRONT SETBACK VARIANCE FOR UPPER ADDITION FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1609 PARADISE LANE. P&Z CASE #05-79. PID #13-117- 24-11-0077. I. Approve DCAC 2006 Dock Location Map as presented J. RESOLUTION NO. 06-17: RESOLUTION RECOMMENDING FUNDING OF SENIOR PROGRAMS THROUGH THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT K. RESOLUTION N0.06-18: RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING EXECUTION __ OF AN AMENDMENT TO COOPERATION AGREEMENT L. Approve 2006 Pay Equity Implementation Report 5. Comments and suggestions from citizens present on anv item not on the agenda. -none were offered. 6. Public Hearings A. Case #05-84 -Rezoning proposal from Gillespie Senior Center Sarah Smith informed the Council that this public hearing is continued from January 10th meeting. The applicant has withdrawn the rezoning application. Mayor Meisel closed the public hearing and the Council recognized withdrawal of the application. B. Case #06-01 -Proposed Zoning Amendment -Application: City of Mound Sarah Smith explained that this is a housekeeping item so that our code complies with state statutes as it relates to non-conforming uses. MOTION by Beise, seconded by Brown to pass the following ordinance. All voted in favor. Motion carried. ORDINANCE NO. 02-2006: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 350 OF THE CITY CODE AS IT RELATES TO THE ZONING ORDINANCE 2 Mound City Council Minutes -January 24, 2006 7. Approval of Park Dedication Funds for Skate Park and Park Planning Jim Fackler reviewed the request to use $10,000 of park dedication funds for general upgrade and completion of the skate park, as recommended by the Parks and Open Space Commission. Discussion followed regarding the use of these funds for this purpose versus improvements in other parks that benefit more of the city's citizens. MOTION by Osmek, seconded by Brown to approve $10,000 to come from parks dedication funds, to go towards work needed on the Zero Gravity Skate Park. All voted in favor. Motion carried. Facker continued by stating that Hoisington Koegler Group has presented a proposal in the amount of $21,030 to prepare a master plan for Mound Bay Park. Discussion followed centering around the question if this was good use of funds when so many other areas in the city park system could use improvement. It was also expressed that the Parks, Open Space, and Docks Commission should be given direction to work on a master plan. MOTION by Osmek, seconded by Brown to deny the expenditure for a master plan for Mound Bay Park and remand this back to the Parks, Open Space and Docks Commission with intent for them to meet with the City Council at a future date to work on a master plan for the parks system. All voted in favor. Motion carried. 8. Action on Cooperative Agreement for Shorewood Wetland Mitigation Plan MOTION by Osmek, seconded by Beise to adopt the following resolution. All voted in favor. Motion carried. RESOLUTION NO. 06-19: RESOLUTION APPROVING COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT FOR SHOREWOOD WETLAND MITIGATION PROJECT 9. Action on resolution for new Wetland at 7601 County Road 110, Minnetrista MOTION by Osmek, seconded by Beise to adopt the following resolution. All voted in favor. Motion carried. RESOLUTION NO. 06-20: RESOLUTION APPROVING THE DECLARATION OF COVENANTS FOR NEW WETLAND TO BE CONSTRUCTED ON PROPERTY LOCATED AT 7601 COUNTY ROAD NO. 110 IN MINNETRISTA, MINNESOTA 3 ^ -- Mound City Council Minutes -January 24, 2006 10. Action on Resolution Accepting Bid for Dredaing of Lost Lake MOTION by Brown, seconded by Osmek to adopt the following resolution. All voted in favor. Motion carried. RESOLUTION NO. 06-21: RESOLUTION ACCEPTING BID FOR DREDGING OF LOST LAKE 11A. Discussion on Advisory Committee for Proposed Public Works Facili Osmek requested the addition of this item after finding out after the fact that there was a meeting with council representatives present, to discuss the proposed Public Works facility. He was not aware that there was an advisory committee, or a meeting. Meisel explained that when the bid was accepted for an architect, it was also indicated that the next step would be space needs study, and that's what this group is doing. Beise was asked to join the group because of his proximity and availability during the day, and Brown because he served on the Public Safety facility space needs committee. No one was intentionally left out. Osmek indicated that he believes that the entire council needs to be aware of this type of meeting. Dean indicated that if formal action is taken to appoint members of the Council to a committee, the meetings of that committee may then subject --- to the open meeting law. MOTION by Osmek, seconded by Brown to formally recognize Beise and Brown to the Maintenance Facility Space Needs Study task force. All voted in favor. Motion carried. 11. Discussion on Monthly Calendar Following along with the discussion above, Osmek had requested a monthly calendar indicating all meetings, where they take place and who is involved. He would like to know, for instance, when staff is meeting with the DNR, or the LMCD, or Hennepin County. He suggested an update bi-monthly. Kandis Hanson asked if he wanted the calendar to include each meeting that department heads go to, because that gets to be a lot. John Dean suggested that the calendar include meetings where formulation of city policy or matters that will be presented to the City Council for action, be included. He stated that breathing room should be given because some meetings are sensitive in nature. Hanson will work on improving the present calendar. 12. Miscellaneous/Correspondence A. Questions and comments from Councilmembers 1. Mayor's SRA Report- Meisel reported on the latest SRA meeting and proposed increase in rates. Further information will follow. B. Correspondence: American Community Survey 4 Mound City Council Minutes -January 24, 2006 13. Adiourn MOTION by Osmek, seconded by Brown to adjourn at 9:00 p.m. All voted in favor. Motion carried. ~~ ~ Attest: Bonnie Ritter, City Clerk Mayor Pat Meisel 5