1995-02-28February 28, 1995
MINUTES - MOUND CITY COUNCIL - FEBRUARY 28, 1995
The City Council of Mound, Hennepin County, Minnesota, met in regular session on Tuesday,
February 28, 1995, in the Council Chambers at 5341 Maywood Road, in said City.
Those present were: Mayor Bob Polston, Councilmembers Andrea Ahrens, and Mark Hanus.
Councilmember Liz Jensen and Phyllis Jessen were absent and excused. Also present were:
City Manager Edward J. Shukle, Jr., City Clerk Fran Clark, Liquor Store Manager Joel
Krumm, Acting Police Chief John McKinley, Finance Director Gino Businaro, Building Official
Jon Sutherland, City Attorney Curt Pearson, and the following interested citizens: Kiki Sonnen,
Bernice Putt, Cathy Bailey, Bill Pinegar, Dave Lanz, Lance B. Anderson, Chuck Hilbelink,
Dotty O'Brien, Elta Erickson, Otvella Hanson, Susan Wilkens, Peter Meyer, Mary Goode,
Diane Maloney, Dan & Sandi Strot, Mary & Bernie Malcheski, Charlie Warner, Larry Shaw,
Larry Peterson, Dave Laube, and the following Camp Fire girls, boys and leaders: Dorian
Thompson, Vicky Seymour, Kevin Seymour, Joey Thorson, Casey Kelly, Patricia Koerner,
Emily Berger, Amiee Berger, and Carol Kelly.
The Mayor opened the meeting and welcomed the people in attendance.
The Camp Fire girls and boys lead the Pledge of Allegiance.
Representative Steve Smith addressed the Council regarding Governor Carlson's budget message.
MOTION made by Hanus, seconded by Ahrens to approve the Minutes of the
February 14, 1995, Regular Meeting, and the February 21, 1995, Committee of the
Whole Meeting, as submitted. The vote was unanimously in favor. Motion carried.
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PROCLAMATION - MARCH 13 - 19, 1995 - CAMP FIRE BIRTHDAY WEEK IN
THE CITY OF MOUND
The Mayor presented the Camp Fire girls and boys with a proclamation, proclaiming March 13-
19, 1995, Camp Fire Birthday week in the City of Mound.
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PUBLIC HEARING: 1995 URBAN HENNEPIN COUNTY COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM
The City Manager presented the proposals from the following organizations for the $72,239 that
is available for Year XXI of the Community Development Block Grant Program.
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Rehabilitation of Private Property
Westonka Senior Center - Operations
West0nka Community Action Network (WECAN)
Westonka Intervention
Community Action for Suburban I-Iennepin (CA$I-I)
29,539
25,500
9,000
5
2,500
The Mayor opened the public hearing. The following persons spoke: Kiki Sonnen (WECAbO,
Charlie Warner (CASH), Sue Wilkens (Westonka Rides), Cathy Bailey (Westonka Senior
Center), Dave Lanze (Westonka Intervention).
The Mayor closed the public heating.
Hanus moved and Polston seconded the following resolution:
RESOLUTION//95-23
RESOLUTION APPROVING THE PROJECTED USE
OF FUNDS FOR 1995 URBAN HENNEPIN COUNTY
DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM
The vote was unanimously in favor. Motion carded.
1.3 PUBLIC HEARING CASE #95-06: LAWRENCE C. SHAW, 5200 MAYWOOD
ROAD, COMPONENTS SYSTEMS, INC. AND/OR LEEDS ELECTRONICS, INC.,
LOTS 16 & 17, BLOCK 2, SHIRLEY HILLS UNIT F, PID//13-117-24 43 0145:
CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR WHOLESALE & ASSEMBLY OPERATIONS;
AND VARIANCE FOR ENTRANCE STRUCTURE
The Building Official explained the request. The Planning Commission recommended approval.
The Mayor opened the public heating.
Dave Laube, 2391 Fairview Lane, asked about the hours of operation and whether there would
be manufacturing or assembly in either business. Larry Shaw and Larry Peterson, owners of
the two businesses stated they would have normal office hours 7 or 8 A.M. to 4:30 or 5 P.M.,
Monday thru Friday. There may be occasional 1/2 day on Saturday. They further stated there
would be no manufacturing or assembly on site.
The Mayor closed the public heating.
Ahrens moved and I.-Ianus seconded the following resolution:
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RESOLUTION//95-24
RESOLUTION TO APPROVE A CONDITIONAL USE
PERMIT TO ALLOW THE USE OF TWO (2)
WHOLESALE AND ASSEMBLY OPERATIONS IN
THE B-1 CENTRAL BUSINESS ZONING DISTRICT
FOR COMPONENT SYSTEMS, INC. (CS) & LEEDS
ELECTRONICS, INC., AT 5200 MAYWOOD ROAD,
LOTS 16 & 17, BLOCK 2, SHIRLEY HILLS UNIT F,
PID//13-117-24 43 0145, P & Z CASE g95-06
The vote was unanimously in favor. Motion carded.
1.4 Ahrens moved and Hanus seconded the following resolution:
RESOLUTION g95-25
RESOLUTION TO APPROVE A VARIANCE TO
RECOGNIZE AN EXISTING NONCONFORMING
SETBACK AND NONCONFORMING IMPERVIOUS
SURFACE COVERAGE TO ALLOW
CONSTRUCTION OF A CONFORMING COVERED
ENTRANCE AT 5200 MAYWOOD ROAD, LOTS 16 &
17, BLOCK 2, SHIRLEY HILLS UNIT F, PID//13-117-
24 43 0145, P & Z CASE g95-06
The vote was unanimously in favor. Motion carried.
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CASE//95-03: DANIEL C. STROT, 1466 EAGLE LANE, LOTS 3, 4 & 5, BLOCK
2, WOODLAND POINT, PID//12-117-24 43 0002, VARIANCE TO CONSTRUCT
A DETACHED GARAGE
The Building Official explained the request. The Planning Commission recommended approval.
Hanus moved and Ahrens seconded the following resolution:
RESOLUTION//95-26
RESOLUTION TO APPROVE A VARIANCE TO
RECOGNIZE EXISTING NONCONFORMING
SETBACKS TO ALLOW CONSTRUCTION OF A
CONFORMING DETACHED GARAGE AND DECK
AT 1566 EAGLE LANE, LOTS 3, 4, AND 5, BLOCK
2, WOODLAND POINT, PID//12-117-24 43 0002, P &
Z CASE//95-03
The vote was unanimously in favor. Motion carried.
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CASE g95-04: LANCE B, ANDERSON, $220 LYNWOOD BLvD., P/LOTS 1 &
2, BLOCK 2, & P/LOTS 3 & 4, BIA)CK 1, REARR. BLOCK 10, ABRAHAM
LINCOLN ADDITION TO, LAKESIDE PARK, PID #13-117-24 31 0070,
VARIANCE TO CONSTRUCT A PORCH
The Building Official explained the request. The Planning Commission recommended denial on
a 5-1 vote at its February 13, 1995, Meeting.. He further explained that Since the Planning
Commission Meeting, the applicant has modified the proposal decreasing the size of the porch
2 feet so the 5 foot variance to the lake setback will only be 3 feet. He has also agreed to plant
some trees for screening the area from the lake.
The Council discussed the screening requirement and decided there is enough screening existing.
MOTION made by Ahrens, 'secon. ded by .P01ston to direct 'staff to prepare a
resolution approving Case #95-04, a variance 'to construct a porch as revised and
presented tonight, deleting the requirement, for extra plant screening on the lake side
of the property. This resolution to be. bri~ught back to the next regular meeting for
formal approval. The vote was unanimously in favor. Motion carried.
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CASE//95-05: STEVE & LAUREE FEGERS ,' 5001 SPARROW ROAD, LOTS 1-4,
9 & N. 11' OF 5. BLOCK 2, LINDEN HEIGHTS, PID #13-11%24 13 0027,
VARIANCE TO CONSTRUCT A DECK
The Building Official explained the request. The Planning Commissi6n recommended approval.
Ahrens moved and Hanus seconded the'following resolution:
RESOLUTION g95-27
RESOLUTION TO 'APPROVE A VARIANCE TO
RECOGNIZE AN EXISTING NONCONFORMING
DETACHED GARAGE TO ALLOW CONSTRUCTION
OF A CONFORMING DECK AT 5001 SPARROW
ROAD, I~TS 1, 2, 3, 4 & THE NORTH 11 FEET OF
LOT 5, AND LOT 9, BLOCK 2, LINDEN HEIGHTS
ADDITION, PID #13-117-24 13 0027, P & Z CASE//95-
05 ·
The vote was unanimously in favor. Motion carried.
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1.8 PRF~ENTATION OF 1994 DEPARTMENT HEAD ANNUAL REPORTS
The following Department Heads presented their 1994 annual reports to the City Council: Joel
Krumm, Liquor Store Manager; John Mc Kinley, Acting Police Chief; Gino Businaro, Finance
Director; and Jon Sutherland, Building Official.
COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS FRoM CITIZENS PRESENT
There were none.
1.9 BID AWARD - VACALL - PUBLIC WORKS EQI, IIPMENT
The City Manager explained that one bid was received on this equipment. Mayor Polston and
Councilmember Hanus asked if it would be feasible to contract out for the cleaning of the sewers
and the catch basins, The City Manager submitted a report from the Public Works
Superintendent which gave a comparison of owning the equipment versus contracting showing
that contracting the work out did not appear to be cheaper. The other factor that would be a
problem if the work was contracted out would be emergency situations.
Ahrens moved Hanus seconded the following resolution:
RESOLUTION g95-28
RESOLUTION TO AWARD THE BID FOR THE
VACALL TO ABM EQUIPMENT OF HOPKINS, IN
THE AMOUNT OF $111,771.75
The vote was unanimously in favor. Motion carried.
1.10 SET BID OPENING DATE FOR PURCHASE OF 1995 FIRE APPARATUS,
SUGGESTED DATE: WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29, 1995 - 11 AM
MOTION made by Ahrens, seconded by Hanus to set March 29, 1995, at 11:00
A.M. as the bid opening for a 1995 fire truck, triple combination pumper, 1250
gallon per minute, hosebody, booster tank, and all other appurtenances, as specified.
The vote was unanimously in favor. Motion carried.
1.11
RF~OL~ON TO SUPPORT INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT//277 AND
OTHERS IN AN EFFORT TO STUDY THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW
COMMUNITY CENTER FOR THE WESTONKA AREA AND ASSIST IN
FUNDING A COMMUNITY SURVEY NOT TO EXCEED $1500
The City Manager explained that at the COW Meeting last Tuesday Mike Looby, Director
Community Education Services, and Bert Haglund, an architect with TIP/EOS Architects, were
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present to discuss the findings and i:ec°mmendations of the Westonka Community Center Task
Force regarding the eiisting community center. The charge for the Task Force was to look at
the feasibility of spending the amount of money ($1.9 million) allocated from the 1993 school
district bond referendum on required code upgrades, necessary maintenance, and desired
building modifications to meet school district and community needs.. The Task Force came up
with a number of options and one of those was to have the cities in the school district take a
look at COnstructing a new community .center tha. t would be recreation oriented. It would serve
the entire Westonka area for the existing types of uses that are in the building now. and adding
other types of uses from a recreational %tandpoint. The Task Force recommended that the school
district and the cities involved conduct a statistically acciarate survey done by a professional
research firm, Decision Resources, Ltd. This firm would contact residents within the cities and
school district at random, by phone, about their .interest ih a new community center to replace
what is there and get their ideas on what would be fippropriate uses for that kind of facility. The
cost of this survey would be $6,000 and that would be shared by the school district and the cities
involved. They are asking for $1.500 from Mound for. funding this survey. Input for the survey
would come from all the entities.
The other option was to spend a little more money than the $1.9 million'on the existing building
and do some remodeling and some changing to acctmmodate what is already there.
The only action tonight would be to authorize spending up to $1500 to assist in the funding for
this community' survey to be cond.ueted by a professional research company.
The Mayor asked if there were comments 'on this.
Mary Goode, Park Commissioner, stated that Mound is beloTM the national average on facilities
for our youth. She stated this information was obtained by ~i survey from a task force that she
was involved with. She encouraged the Council to move .forward with the survey.
Councilmember Hanus stated that he was very concerned about this survey because it can be
made to come out whatever way they want 'it to. He stated.that he did not think that at this time
the public would support the amount'of funds that would be required for this project. He further
stated that at the COW Meeting, Councilmember Jensen was one of the strongest commenters
on this survey, i.e. how it is constructed and having input on what the questions are. He stated
he feels the survey needs to be painfully honest by showing the up side of what a wonderful
facility this could be but it also needs to show the down side of how this faci. lity will be paid for.
He stated that this is why the City needs heavy input into the questions on the survey.
Councilmember Hanus suggested that this be tabled to the next meeting when Councilmember
Jensen will be here because she had some specific ideas regarding some of the input into the
survey.
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The City Manager pointed out that approving this funding tonight would only mean that you are
going forward with the survey. This apProval would not inhibit the input the Council wants to
have into the survey.
The Mayor stated that even if the survey came back positive, he would not be in favor of
committing $13 million with several other cities without a public referendum. Councilmember
Hanus agreed.
Bill Pinegar, District g277 School Board Member, addressed the Council regarding what
information Decision Resources may gather, i.e. if the public supported the concept, how much
are they willing to spend, etc. They do a very thorough job in assessing the survey results. He
stated this is an opportunity for the School District and the various 'cities to work together on
a project. It doesn't mean we will complete it but it means if we work together we may learn
some things about each other and the community. He admitted that he did not know if the
public would support this either. He stated this survey, if done right, would indicate if this
community would like to have something like a community center described. He reassured the
Council that Decision Resources will listen to the Council's concerns and is looking for input
on what needs to be asked. He agreed that the survey needs to be specific so that people
understand and are not sold something.
Councilmember Ahrens asked Mr. Pinegar, "The first survey that this company did, the one on
the building, was that the survey that ended up with the $1.9 million for update to the building?"
Mr. Pinegar replied, "The project is long and drawn out, there was the design phase which came
up with all the various projects that could be included, then which one out of all those projects
did the community agree with and how much money were they willing to spend in total. So yes,
those were all included as part of that survey process." Councilmember Ahrens then stated,
"Now I'm potentially voting to spend $1500, 'agreed it is not a lot of money, to do a survey to
say - "Maybe you didn't know you said the first time around, maybe you didn't understand what
you were doing the first time around, when you said that this community, i.e. Westonka, should
spend $1.9 million to (rejuvenate) bring that building up to certain codes."
MOTION made by Hanus, seconded by Ahrens to table this item to the next
meeting, March 14, 1995, when we can have more Council input. The vote was
unanimously in favor. Motion carried.
Councilmember Hanus suggested that the Council needs to come up with some guidelines as to
what types of questions they feel might be important and determining how much input they will
have on getting their questions into the survey.
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1.12 PAYMENT OF BILLS
MOTION made by Hanus, seconded by Polston to authorize the payment of bills as
presented on the pre-list in the amount of $1'18,4.57.77, when funds are available.
A roll call vote was unanimously in favor. Motion carried.
1.13 ADD-ON - BASS TOURNAMENT - MOUND BAY PARK - WEIGH-IN ONLY
MOTION made by Polston, seconded by Ahrens to approve' a request by the Rick
& Sue Culver, '5548 Spruce-Road, (for I *. N * Bass Team Tournaments) to use
Mound Bay Park on Saturday; June 11,' 1995, for a weigh-in only for their f'mhing
tournament. The 'vote was unanimously in favor. Motion carried.
INFORMATIONAL/MISCELLA~." OUS
A. Financial Report for Jantiary 1995, as pr~oa~ed by Gino Businaro, Finance Director.
B. Minutes of the Planning Commission February 13, 1,995.
C. LMCD Mailings.
D. Parks and Open. Space Commission Minutes -. February 9, 1995.
Notice from Hennepin County re:
hauler licensing program.
A regional county mixed municipal solid Waste
F. Letter from Governor Arne Carlson on his. supplemental budget message;
Notice of the 1995 LMC Legislative Conference in St. Paul, Thursday, March 30, 1995,
at the Radisson St. Paul Hotel. Please let Fran know before March 15; 1995, if you
wish 'to attend.
Mr, & Mrs. Rodney Beystxom, were present asking about when the Public Lands Permits
would be coming before the Council. The City Manager explained that those would be
before the Council on March 14, 1995. Councilmember Hanus stated that at the COW
Meeting last week the Council discussed putting a moratorium, on actions regarding the
public lands permits and on further ordinances and rules pertaining to those until they can
be discussed further. Discussions o.n these policies are not completed and they are being
continued until March 14, 1995. Mr. Beystrom explained that at the Park Meeting they
reluctantly went along with their recommendation, but have changed their minds since
and do not agree 6eith the recommendation.
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MOTION mode by Hanus, seconded by Ahrens to adjourn at 9:45 P~M.
was unanimously in favor. Motion carried.
Attest: City Clerk
The vote
Jr., City Manager ~
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BILLS'
February 28, 1995
Batch 5022 $118,457.77
Total Bills $118,457.77