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April 17, 1990
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Members present: Mayor Steve Smith, Andrea Ahrens, Phyllis
Jessen, Liz Jensen and Skip Johnson. Absent: None. Also
present: City Manager Ed Shukle, City Engineer John Cameron, Jim
Ventura from the Shoreline Beautification Committee, Keith
Rennerfeldt from Hennepin County, David Arndorfer of Arndorfer
and Associates and Tom Reese Mound's LMCD representative. The
meeting was called to order at 6:30 PM.
Jim Ventura presented a proposal regarding matching funds for
plantings along Shoreline Drive, Hennepin County Road 15. The
Beautification Committee is asking the cities of Mound, Spring
Park and Orono to participate in this matching funds program to
encourage plantings along Shoreline Drive. The Committee is
asking each of the cities to dedicate $3000 or $4000, but feels
that a minimum of $2000 per city is essential for the program to
have any impact. These matching funds would be available to
residential or commercial landowners abutting Shoreline Drive.
He presented other basic rules of the program and then answered
questions from the Council and the City Manager. The City
Manager pointed out that he had discussed this proposal with Curt
Pearson, city attorney, and it was the opinion of the city
attorney that this type of a program could not be done. The
primary reason for this opinion was the fact that the majority of
the properties along Shoreline Drive are private and it would be
against state law for the City to provide public monies to locate
plants on private property. Curt did suggest, however, that
under Minnesota State Statutes, Chapter 429, that a project could
be started and easements could be obtained and the plantings
could be done through an assessment type basis. The Council
asked several different questions that were questions to be
directed to the city attorney. It was recommended that this item
be placed on the April 24, 1990 agenda for discussion with the
city attorney.
Keith Rennerfeldt, Hennepin County Assessor's Office, was present
to review information relating to the upcoming Board of Review to
be held May 8th, at 7 PM. Keith provided data regarding the
sales of properties during 1989 and other information.
John Cameron, city engineer and Ed Shukle, city manager,
discussed with the Council the never-ending issue of public works
material storage. At the April 10, 1990, regular meeting, the
Council did not pass a proposed zoning amendment which would have
allowed outdoor storage of materials in a B-1 zone. It was
requested by the Council that at the Committee of the Whole
meeting, a list of properties of one acre or more, located in the
B-1 zone should be provided to discuss possible options dealing
with the storage of public works materials. After considerable
discussion, it was recommended that the B-1 property located
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adjacent to lake Langdon behind the old Mound State Bank be
investigated for possible storage. This item will be discussed
again at the next Committee of the Whole meeting, May 15th. A
petition from residents north of the railroad tracks and south of
County Road 15 on Westedge Blvd. was briefly discussed. The
residents in the Mound and Minnetrista areas on this street have
petitioned the Council to blacktop a portion of the Westedge
Blvd. roadway. Costs from 1986, which were calculated to do such
a project as well as additional public improvements were
reviewed. It was suggested that this item be placed on the April
24th agenda for official action. The Council intends to accept
the petition and direct the city engineer to update the
feasibility reports that were prepared in 1986.
Proposed improvements to the Mound Bay Park Depot and the park
were discussed. Ed Shukle presented information that the Depot
needs to be improved for safety and building code reasons. He
presented information that had been developed by Steve Jantzen,
architect from McCombs Frank Roos, regarding improvements to the
Depot which are estimated at $80,700. He specifically addressed
the deck area, which the building official has deemed to be
unusable. In addition, he reviewed a concept plan developed by
the city planner at the direction of the Park and Open Space
Commission. The plan involves expanded parking and swimming
beach areas, shifting the playground area to another location and
moving the volleyball court. In addition, walkways would also be
located within the park. Estimated cost to do both the Depot
improvements and the Mound Bay Park improvements are $243,000.
The Park and Open Space Commission has discussed this and has
recommended to the Council that the Depot be improved at the
estimated cost of $80,700 and to direct the city planner to
develop a more detailed site plan for Mound Bay Park.· The
Council discussed this and suggested that the item be placed on
the April 24th agenda.
Tom Reese, LMCD representative, and David Arndorfer of Andorfer
and Associates, were present to highlight the draft of the LMCD
Lake Management Plan. Following their remarks, it was suggested
that each meeting of the Council between now and the public
hearing date of June 6, 1990, that the item be discussed, so many
sections per meeting, so that comments could be provided to the
LMCD and submitted on to the Metropolitan Council.
The compost site for Eurasian Milfoil was discussed. City
Manager, Ed Shukle had indicated that at the April 10th meeting
the Council had briefly discussed this and they had suggested
that it be on the Committee of the Whole agenda. It was the
opinion of the Council that although the Milfoil is a major
issue, which the City is involved in in trying to eradicate, the
City of Mound does not have adequate space to store permanent
compost from the Milfoil removal project. Therefore, they
suggested that the city manager contact the LMCD to indicate that
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they would not be able to provide a site. In addition, they
asked the city manager to advise the LMCD that a property owner
in Mound might be interested in the material.
There being no other business, the meeting adjourned at 10:10 PM.
The next meeting of the Committee of the Whole is scheduled for
Tuesday, May 15, 1990, 6:30 PM.
City Manager
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