1988-03-0827
March 8, 1988
MINUTES - MOUND CITY COUNCIL - MARGH 8, 1988
The City Council of Mound, Hennepin County, Minnesota, met in
regular session on Tuesday, March 8, 1988, at 7:30 P.M. in the
Council Chambers at 5341 Maywood Road, in said City.
Those present were: Mayor Steve Smith, Councilmembers Don Abel,
Liz Jensen, Phyllis Jessen and Skip Johnson. Also present were:
City Manager Edward J. Shukle, Jr., City Clerk Fran Clark, City
Attorney Curt Pearson, City Engineer John Cameron, Building Offi-
cial Jan Bertrand, Finance Director John Norman, Liquor Store
Manager Joel Krumm, Police Chief Len Harrell Street Superinten-
dent Geno Hoff, and the following interested citizens: Joyce
Nelson, Jerry Longpre, Bernice Putt, Howard and Delores Hodges,
Susan Wilkens, Dotty O'Brien, Valerie Hessburg, Cathy Bailey,
Nancy Lanz, Kim Yilek, Eva .and Phil Hasch, Ron Johnson, Vern and
Shirley Andersen, Esther Fenton, Emil and Cecelia Fischer, Emily
Flaten, Louise Anderson, Kathleen and Jim Fox, Mark Anderson,
Aaron Applequist, Mary Pacholke, Harlan true, Wayne Barkley,
Wayne Storlien, Sharon Tauber, Charles and Laura Smith, Bryan
Clem, Orval Fenstad, John Simons, Dudley Fitz, Eve Bedell, Bernie
Lister, and Gary Paulsen.
The Pledge of Allegiance was recited.
PROCLAMATION
The Mayor presented a Proclamation for the annual sale of Buddy
Poppies by the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Smith moved and Jessen seconded the following:
RESOLUTION #88-39 A RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING THE ANNUAL SALE
OF BUDDY POPPIES BY THE VETERANS OF FOR-
EIGN WARS
The vote was unanimously in favor. Motion carried.
MINIITES
MOTION made by Jensen, secoaded by Abel to approve the
minutes of the. February 20, 1988, Special Meeting and the
February 24, 1988, Regular Meeting, as submitted. The vote
was unanimously in favor. Motion carried.
PUBLIC HEARING: YEAR XIV (1988) URBAN HENNEPIN COUNTY COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM (CDBG)
The City Manager explained that the following programs are being
recommended for approval for funding from Year XIV CDBG funds.
1. Westonka Senior Center/operation $ 14,783
2. Senior Citizen Counseling 4,457
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3. Rehabilitation of Private Property
4. Economic Development Fund
5. Comprehensive Plan Follow-Up
6. Westonka Intervention
TOTAL
14,349
15,000
?,500
5.700
$ 61,789
Abel moved and Johnson seconded the following resolution:
RESOLIITION #88-40 RESOLUTION APPROVING THE PROPOSED
PROGRAM FOR YEAR XIV URBAN HENNEPIN
COUNTY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT
FUNDS AND AUTHORIZING ITS SUBMITTAL
The Mayor opened the public hearing. There was no response.
The Mayor closed the public, hearing.
The vote was unanimously in favor. Motion carried. .
COMMENTS & SUGGESTIONS FROM CITIZENS PRESENT
Dotty O'Brien, representing the Westonka Senior Center,
thanked the Council for their support in the Block Grant
funding.
Mr. Frank Buysse, Case.#8.8-701, presented the City Council
with a letter and requested that the denial of a parking lot
setback variance request be reconsidered. The City Attor-
ney advised the Council not to comment on this item because
it is scheduled to go to court on March 14, 1988. The
Council took no action.
REQUEST FOR A ONE YEAR EXTENSION (RESOLUTION #8?-48), CASE #87-
614
Mr. & Mrs. Hasch were presented requesting the extension.
Jensen moved and Jensen seconded the following resolution:
RESOLUTION #88-41 RESOLUTION GRANTING A ONE YEAR EXTENSION
FOR RESOLUTION #87-48, ENTITLED
~fRESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A CONDITIONAL
USE PERMIT AND VARIANCE FOR THE CON-
STRUCTION OF A MULTIPLE FAMILY DWELLING
AT 4810 NORTHERN ROAD
The vote~was unanimously in favor. Motion carried.
BID AWARD: NEW PUBLIC WORKS FACILITY
The City Engineer explained that 13 bids were received ranging
from $679,000 to $785,000. These were base bids. The
Architect's estimate was $639,200. There were also 9
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• alternatives. Of the alternatives, they are recommending accept-
ance of #5, #7 and #8 as follows, to be done as change orders:
#5 - is for bollards (guard posts} to protect the edges of
the overhead door openings, which would add $3,300 to
the base bid.
#7 - is for a less expensive make of infrared heaters, which
would be a deduct of $6,600 from the base bid. The
Mechanical Engineer will need to review and approve the
substitution. cf manufacture before they can definitely
state that a full deduction of $6,600 can be realized.
#8 - is for an interior roof drain system connected directly
to the storm sewer in lieu of down spouts discharging
directly onto the adjacent streets. There was an error
by the contractor in bidding this item at $500. In
reviewing, the bid should have been $5,000 which was
still the lowest bid received for this alternate.
If the 3 alternates were approved, $1,700 would be added to the
base bid of $679,000 for a total of $680,700. The cost of the
project would be increased by approximately $42,000, for an es-
timated total cost of $984,000.
He further stated .that they have investigated the past perfor-
mance of the low bidder, Loeffel-Engstrand, and have received
favorable reports. •
The City Manager stated that the additional estimated $194,000
would be covered by the Capital Improvements Fund that was set up
by the Council in January, 1988.
There was considerable discussion regarding the estimated cost
overrun of $194,000 and whether the additional amount should be
submitted to the voters for a referendum vote.
Abei moved and Johnson seconded the following resolution:
RESOLUTION #88-42 RESOLUTION TO AWARD THE BID CONTRACT FOR
THE NEW PUBLIC WORKS FACILITY TO
LOEFFEL-ENGSTRAND COMPANY IN THE AMOUNT
OF $679,000
The following persons in the audience objected to proceeding
with the project: Orv Fenstad, Eve Bedell, Brian Clem,
Bernie Lister, Wayne Storlien, Ron Johnson, Kim Yilek, Phil
Hasch, Mark Anderson, Mr. Storlien submitted a petition
to the Council which read as follows: "As citizens of the
City of Mound we wholeheartly object to any additional cost
for the public works facility. We feel the referendum was a
legal contract between the voters and city government."
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The following persons in the audience were in favor of
moving ahead with the project: Sharon Tauber, Jerry
Longpre, Mary Pacholke, Bernice Putt.
The following Councilmembers were in favor of proceeding
with the project and not delaying it any further: Abel,
Jensen, Jensen and Johnson. Mayor Smith stated that he did
not buy the arguments to proceed without a referendum vote
and that he would vote no on the proposed resolution.
The vote was 4 in favor with Mayor Smith voting nay. Motion
carried.
DEPARTMENT HEAD ANNUAL REPORTS
The following Department Heads presented their annual reports to
the City Council: Joel Krumm, Liguor Store Manager; Len Harrell,
Police Chief; John Norman, Finance Director.
REVIEW OF GAMBLING LICENSE APPLICATION
The Council took no action on the renewal of VFW Post #5113's
State Charitable Gambling License.
PAYMENT OF BILLS
MOTION made by Jessen, seconded by Abel to authorize the
payment of bills as presented~on the pre-list in the amount
of $145,691.?6, when funds are available. A roll call vote
was unanimously in favor. Motion carried.
COMPARABLE WORTH/PAY RANGE UPDATE
The City Manager reported that he .is finishing up the work on
comparable worth and the pay ranges. He also indicated that he
would be meeting with Department Heads on March 11th regarding
this issue. He would like to have the Council set up a special
meeting to go over these items later in the month. The Council
agreed to hold a special Council Meeting on Tuesday, March 29,
1988, at 7:30 P.M.
INFORMATION/MISCELLANEOUS
A. Department Head Monthly Reports for February, 1988.
B. Copy of check in the amount of $1,000, dated February 23,
1988, payable to the City of Mound from NSP. Marlowe Peter-
son, NSP, learned that the City had hired a consultant to
assist us with developing an economic development program
and asked if NSP could contribute financially to assist us
in our economic development activities. The City Attorney
advised that this is proper and so we have accepted this
amount and placed it in the General Fund. It will be used
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as partial payment in our contract with Business Development
Services (BDS}, our consultant.
C. Lake level, flow and precipitation summary for January 1988
as published by the Minnehaha Creek Watershed District.
D. REMINDER: Team Building/Goal Setting Session
Lafayette Club
8:00 A.M. to Noon
Saturday, March 26, 1988
Council only
E. Letter from Steve Keefe, Chair, Metropolitan Council,
responding to my letter of February 22, 1988, which sum-
marized your action
on the proposed boat launch/parking lot in the Beachwood
Road area. I will provide copies of the draft report from
the Metro Council to you when I receive it.
MOTION made by Abel, seconded by Jensen to adjourn at 11:15
P.M. The vote was unanimously in favor. Motion carried.
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Fran Clark, CMC, City Clerk