2002-11-26MOUND CITY COUNCIL MINUTES
NOVEMBER 26, 2002
The City Council of the City of Mound, Hennepin County, Minnesota, met in regular
session on Tuesday, November 26, 2002, at 7:30 p.m. in the council chambers of City
Hall.
Members Present: Mayor Pat Meisel, Councilmembers Bob Brown, Mark Hanus, David
Osmek, and Peter Meyer.
Others Present: City Attorney John Dean, City Manager Kandis Hanson, City Clerk
Bonnie Ritter, Community Development Director Sarah Smith, City Engineer John
Cameron, Tom Stokes, Chuck Alcon, Peter Flom, Dave Newman, Rick and Susan
Bloomquist, Michael Buelow, Al Jussim, Jim Dailey, Dean Lotter, Deb Grand, Ann
Eberhart, Greg Pederson
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 7:56 p.m.
2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
3. APPROVE AGENDA
MOTION by Osmek, seconded by Hanus to approve the agenda as presented. All
voted in favor. Motion carried.
4. CONSENT AGENDA
Meyer requested that item 4C be pulled from the consent agenda for discussion.
MOTION by Brown, seconded by Hanus to approve the consent agenda as amended.
Upon roll call vote taken, all voted in favor. Motion carried.
A. Approve minutes of the November 12, 2002 meeting.
B. Approve payment of claims in the amount of $510,437.13.
C. (removed)
D. RESOLUTION NO. 02-1'12: RESOLUTION APPROVING AN EXTENSION OF
THE LICENSE AGREEMENT (#A14569) WITH HENNEPIN COUNTY
REGARDING ELECTRONIC PROPRIETARY GEOGRAPHICAL DIGITIZED
DATA BASE (EPDB) AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO SIGN
THE EXTENSION AGREEMENT.
E. Approve on-sale 3.2 Beer and on-sale Wine licenses for Carbone's Pizzaria.
F. ORDINANCE NO. 17-2002: AN ORDINANCE PLACING TEMPORARY
LOCATION RQUIREMENTS ON ADULT USES IN THE CITY OF MOUND AND
DIRECTING A STUDY TO BE CONDUCTED.
G. Approve Change Order #3 for Post Indicator Lines on MetroPlains Development
Project.
H. RESOLUTION NO. 02-'1'13: RESOLUTION ADOPTING ASSESSMENT FOR
IMPROVEMENT PROJECT 2002 (MOUND VISIONS 2ND ADDITION) - LEVY
#15605
4C. PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION
Case #02-38: Tom & Tara Stokes - 5201 Waterbury Road - variance.
Meyer stated that he wanted this removed from the consent agenda to state that this
item is vote for approval of a variance, after staff and the Planning Commission
recommended denial. Meyer continued by stating that Mr. Stokes is the president of
Mound Renaissance, who has development rights to all of downtown Mound.
Hanus suggested language change to the subject resolution.
MOTION by Hanus, seconded by Brown to adopt the following resolution as amended.
The following voted in favor: Brown, Hanus, Meisel and Osmek. The following voted
against: Meyer. Motion carried.
RESOLUTION NO. 02-111: RESOLUTION APPROVING A VARIANCE FOR A SIX
(6) FOOT FRONT YARD FENCE AT 5201 WATERBURY ROAD, LOTS 1,2, & 3,
BLOCK 19, WHIPPLE, HENNEPIN COUNTY, MINNESOTA. PID #25-117-24-21-
0058, P & Z CASE #02-38.
5. COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS FROM CITIZENS PRESENT ON ANY ITEM
NOT ON THE AGENDA.
None were offered.
6. REQUEST BY DEVELOPERS FOR DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT EXTENSION
Mayor Meisel stepped down for this discussion because she owns property in the Lake
Langdon Redevelopment District. Acting Mayor Hanus presided.
It was noted that discussion and background information for this item occurred during
the HRA meeting earlier this evening.
MOTION by Osmek, seconded by Brown to approve the extension of the Development
Agreement of July 23, 2002 between the HRA, the City, and Mound Harbor
Renaissance, LLC, until February 25, 2003. The following voted in favor: Brown,
Hanus, Osmek and Meyer. The following voted against: None. Mayor Meisel did not
vote. Motion carried.
Mayor Meisel returned to preside over the rest of the meeting.
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7. LETTER OF UNDERSTANDING REGARDING FIRE SERVICE BETWEEN THE
CITIES OF MOUND AND MINNETRISTA.
Fire Chief Greg Pederson gave the history of fire coverage with regards to the City of
Minnetrista.
Dean Lotter, representing the City of Minnetrista, reviewed their present fire coverage
and what changes will occur in the next year.
MOTION by Osmek, seconded by Hanus to agree to the Letter of Understanding as
amended. All voted in favor. Motion carried.
8. DRAFT #2 OF STREET ASSESSMENT POLICIES
MOTION by Osmek, seconded by Brown to table this item until December 10th, SO that
the City Engineer can gather more information. All voted in favor. Motion carried.
9. CHANGE ORDER #1 TO 2002 STORM SEWER IMPROVEMENT PROJECT
City Engineer Cameron reviewed the request for change order #1.
MOTION by Hanus, seconded by Brown to approve Change Order #1 for the 2002
Storm Sewer Improvements in the amount of $20,629, and approve the Easement
Agreement with Hennepin County Regional Railroad Authority (Agreement #73-37522).
All voted in favor. Motion carried.
10. INFORMATION/MISCELLANEOUS
A. Correspondence: Mound Westonka Schools
B. Newsletter: Metropolitan Council
C. Newsletter: Hennepin County Sheriff's Dept.
D. Report: Public Safety Facility
E. Newsletter: Ehlers Advisor
F. Correspondence: LMCD
G. Newsletter: Xcel Energy
H. Notice; met Council Infiltration and Inflow Meetings
I. LMCC Dec 2002 calendar
J. Letter: Gillespie Center
K. Report: Finance Dept through Oct 2002
L. FYI: Correspondence with the City of Orono
Attest: Bonnie Ritter, City Clerk
11. ADJOURN
MOTION by Brown, seconded by Osmek to adjourn at 9:45 p.m. All voted in favor.
Motion carried.
Mayor Pat Meisel
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