City Council Minutes 07-22-1985MINUTES
REGULAR MEETING - MINTICELLO CITY COUNCIL
July 22, 1985 - 7:30 P.M.
Members Present: Arve A. Grimsmo, Fran Fair, Bill Fair, Dan
Blonigen.
Members Absent: Jack Maxwell
1. Call to Order.
2. Approval of Minutes.
Motion was made by Bill Fair, secconded by Blonigen, and unanimously
carried to approve the minutes of the special meeting held July
8 and the regular meeting held July 8, 1985.
4. Consideration of a Proposal to do an Annexation Study.
After a recent joint meeting of City Officials along with the
township or Chairman and County Zoning Administrator to discuss
the future of the Orderly Annexation area, City requested its
consulting planning firm to present a proposal on the cost and
requirements to prepare a study and review of the Orderly Annexation
area as to whether the City should in the future pursue annexation
of a portion or all of this area.
The Council briefly reviewed a proposal submitted by Dahlgren,
Shardlow, and Uban, Inc. which outlined 13 points that they felt
the City should review in order to successfully analyze the pros
and cons of annexation. The planners felt that these 13 areas
will be required by the Minnesota Municipal Board if annexation
issues are ever brought before them. The initial estimated cost
of the planner and consulting engineer to prepare a report on
orderly annexation was estimated at between $22-26,000.00 for
the planner and $20-23,000.00 for the engineering services.
Additional expenses above these estimates would be incurred to publish
copies of the report and for attendance at meetings that would
be required as part of the study.
It was the general consensus of the Council to have a special
meeting on Monday, July 29, at 6:30 P.M. to review with the City
Planner and City Engineer the proposal submitted and to review
the 13 items listed in the proposal before actually authorizing
the study to be commenced.
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5. Development Plan for a Planned Unit Development - John Kornovich
Mr. Lionel Kull and Mr. Steve Upgren, partners in the proposed
PUD development to be called Westcello apartments presented to
the Council their development stage and final stage of their
planned unit development consisting of four, twelve unit apartment
buildings to be located on West County Road 39. The City Staff
along with the Planning Commission have been reviewing this proposal
for a number of months and the developers have made changes as
required and recommended by the City Staff.
City Engineer, John Badalich, noted two concerns in regards to
the final plat that he recommended be initiated prior to final
recording. First item suggested was that the easement shown
on the plat for a portion of County Road 39 be dedicated as a
public street to clear up the actual property line descriptions.
In addition, Mr. Badalich noted that there was a conflict in
surveys of this parcel which abuts property owned by the City
of Monticello Maintenance Garage and Northern States Power's
facility. Due to an adjustment made by the County Surveyor a
few years ago where a section line starting point was relocated,
there becomes a small sliver of land on the East side of their
property approximately 13 ft. wide at the North end and 4 ft.
wide at the South end which overlaps a survey the City had on
its property in 1978. It was recommended by the Engineer that
the small sliver of land noted, be deeded over to the City as
part of a platting process to eliminate the discrepancy and the
City in turn would deed over a portion of this sliver to Northern
States Power Company. The developers were aware of the discrepancy
and agreed to amend their final plat to initiate the corrections
noted.
The motion was made by Blonigen, seconded by Fran Fair, and asked
to be carried approve the development stage of the Planned Unit
Development as presented contingent upon the two corrections
being made regarding County Road 39 dedication and through deeding
of the small sliver of land on the East end to the City of Monticello.
6. Consideration of Furnace Replacement at the Monticello Library.
During the past several winters, the new Public Library has numerous
problems with its air to air heat pump system which have failed
to operate at very low temperatures. It has been recommended
by the Public Works Director and the Building Inspector that
a new gas furnace be installed to supplement the existing air
to air heat pump systems at an estimated cost of approximately
$4,000.00. The present system will continue to be used for cooling
but the high maintenance and operating deficiencies in the winter
make the air to air system impractical for heating purposes.
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Motion was made by Bill Fair, seconded by Fran Fair and asked
to be carried to authorize the City Staff to obtain quotes from at
least two suppliers and installers of gas furnaces and to make
a changeover in the furnace system not to exceed $4,000.00.
7. Consideration of Approving Cable Communications Budget.
Recently the SWC4 Cable Communications Commission approved its
1986 operating budget of $37,250.00. The budget is financed
from initial contributions of the Cities involved in the commission
and the three percent franchise fees that will be received from
Wright Cable. The joint powers agreement for the commission
requires each City to approve the budget annually.
Motion was made by Bill Fair, seconded by Fran Fair and asked
to be carried to approve the 1986 budget for the Sherburne/Wright
County Cable Commission as submitted.
8. Consideration of Bills for the Month of July.
Motion was made by Fran Fair, seconded by Blonigen and asked
to be carried to approve the bills for the month of July as presented.
9. Adjourn.
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Rick Wolfste ler
Assistant Administrator
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