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City Council Minutes 10-22-1984MINUTES
REGULAR MEETING - MONTICELLO CITY COUNCIL
October 22, 1984 - 7:30 P.M.
Members Present: Fran Fair, Ken Maus, Jack Maxwell, Dan Blonigen
Members Absent: Mayor Arve Grimsmo
Acting Mayor, Ken Maus, presided.
1. Call to Order.
2. Approval of Minutes.
Motion was made by Maxwell, seconded by Fair, and unanimously
carried to approve the minutes of the regular meeting held October 9
and the special meeting held October 15, 1984.
4. Public Hearing - Consideration of Request to Vacate Utility
Easement - Applicant, Fulfillment Systems, Inc.
and
5. Public Hearing - Consideration of Request to Vacate Utility
Easement - Applicant, Burger King Corporation.
Burger King Corporation recently purchased Lots 1 and 2, Block 2,
Lauring Hillside Terrace, and wishes to develop the two lots
as a single parcel. Fulfillments Systems, Inc., also purchased
Lots 6 and 7, Block 2, Lauring Hillside Terrace, and are currently
building a large structure right over the lot line between Lots 6
and 7.
At the time the Lauring Hillside Terrace plat was recorded,
the City retained easements around the perimeter of each lot
for drainage and utility purposes. The above two firms requested
that the City vacate the easements located between each lot,
as they would no longer be necessary since both parties plan
to develop them as a single parcel.
Motion was made by Fair, seconded by Maxwell, and unanimously
carried to vacate the utility and drainage easements lying on
the south line of Lot 1 and the north line of Lot 2, Block 2,
Lauring Hillside Terrace for Burger King Corporation.
Motion was also made by Maxwell, seconded by Blonigen, and unanimously
carried to vacate the utility and drainage easements that lie
on the east lot line of Lot 7 and the west lot line of Lot 8,
Block 2, Lauring Hillside Terrace, for Fulfillment Systems,
Inc.
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6. Consideration of Ordinance Amendment - Liquor Sales on Election
Days.
During the 1983 Legislative Session, Minnesota Statutes pertaining
to sales of non -intoxicating and intoxicating liquor on election
days were amended to allow for liquor sales during statewide
elections.
City of Monticello's ordinances pertaining to non -intoxicating
beer sales and Municipal Liquor Store off -sales specifically
state that no sales shall occur during the hours of 1 a.m. and
8 p.m. on any election day. In order for the City to allow
beer and a municipal store to sell, the City ordinances would
have to be amended to coincide with the revised State Statutes.
Motion was made by Fair, seconded by Blonigen, and unanimously
carried to adopt Ordinance Amendment 1984 #143 deleting the
sentences that prohibit sales on election days for non -intoxicating
liquor and sales at a municipal liquor store.
7. Consideration of Authorizing the Publication of a Summary of
the Cable Franchising Ordinance.
In September, 1984, the City Council adopted a Cable Franchising
Ordinance. State Statutes allow for this ordinance to be published
in a summary form. A 10 -page summary document was prepared
by Mr. Tom Creighton, Legal Counsel for the Cable Commission.
At this point during the meeting, Mayor Grimsmo arrived and
began to chair the meeting.
Motion was made by Maus, seconded by Fair, and unanimously carried
to authorize a 10 -page summary of the recently adopted Cable
Franchising Ordinance to be published as allowed by Minnesota
State Statutes. See Exhibit #1 for Ordinance summary.
8. Consideration of Giving Final Approval to the Concept Plan and
the Development Stage Plan for Plaza Partners, a Planned Unit
Development.
The Planning Commission, at its last meeting, gave final approval
to the Concept Plan and final approval to the Development Stage
Plan for the Plaza Partners PUD contingent upon a final sign
off by the City's Consulting Engineer regarding the design of
the public utility improvements and drainage plan. The developers
were informed that no final action would be considered by the
Council unless the entire package was in acceptable, recordable
form and approved by the City Engineer.
Mr. Brad Larson, attorney representing the developers, indicated
that not all of the documents would be completed by Monday's
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meeting; and as a result, it was recommended by the staff that
no action be taken for final approval on the Development Stage
Plan or the Concept Plan. In regards to the public utility
improvements, it was recommended by the City Administrator that
approval be granted on this item so the developers could begin
construction yet this fall. Consulting Engineer, John Badalich,
indicated that he is working out the final details with the
developers' engineer and is agreeable with approval being granted
for the public utilities portion only.
Motion was made by Maxwell, seconded by Blonigen, and unanimously
carried to allow the developers to start construction of the
public sewer and water utilities prior to the final Concept
Plan and Development Stage Plan being approved. The balance
of the approvals will be postponed until the November 13, 1984,
meeting.
9. Review of the Amended Comprehensive Plan and Consideration of
Adoption.
The City staff, along with Consulting Planners and Engineers,
have been revising the Comprehensive Plan sections that refer
to goals and policies. These sections were reviewed by the
HRA, Planning Commission, and City Council previously. A revision
of the Guide Plan section was recently completed incorporating
the comments and suggestions that resulted from the amended
Goals and Policies sections.
The revised Guide Plan did have some sections totally removed
from it such as references to a ring road system through the
downtown. Councilmember Fair questioned why the ring road terminology
was eliminated, as she felt the City should be encouraging commercial
construction on the ring roads such as Walnut Street and Cedar
Street connecting the downtown area to the Interstate. It was
noted that the reason for eliminating the ring road terminology
in the downtown area was that both Walnut Street and Cedar Street
have been opened. across the railroad tracks and are currently
being developed, thus the Guide Plan did not have to address
ring roads anymore. Questions were also raised concerning transportation
policies and the statement that the City shall pursue a cooperative
airport between the cities of Elk River, Big Lake, and Monticello.
It was suggested that the wording be changed to indicate that
the City would be receptive in the future if a need arose to
study a possible cooperative airport with surrounding adjacent
communities.
After further review, motion was made by Fair, seconded by Maus,
and unanimously carried to adopt the 1984 Revised Comprehensive
Plan Land Use Guide as amended.
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10. Consideration of Setting a Special Meeting to Canvass Election
Returns and Declare the Results of the Election.
By consensus of the Council, a special meeting will be held
on Wednesday at 5:00 P.M., November 7, for the purpose of canvassing
the election returns.
11. Consideration of Bills for the Month of October.
Motion was made by Blonigen, seconded by Maxwell, and unanimously
carried to approve the bills for the month of October as presented.
See Exhibit #2.
12. Discussion on Future Fire Hall Building Site.
Councilmember Maxwell informed the Council that he has been
in contact with Mr. Robert Americk, owner of the property being
proposed for the new Fire Hall location. Mr. Maxwell noted
that Mr. Americk appears willing to sell the property in the
future, although a final negotiated price has not yet been firmly
established. Councilman Maxwell recommended to the Council
that no action be taken on the actual purchase of Block 15 for
the Fire Hall site until the election is held regarding the
bond sale for a new Fire Hall.
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Rick
Wolfstell
Assistant Admi istrator
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