City Council Minutes 07-27-1977
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REGULAR CITY C UNCIL MEEI'ING
July 27, 1977 7:30 P. M.
Members present: C. JOMson, A. Grimsmo, D. Blonigen, G. Walters, P. White
1. Consideration of Site for Senior Cit' zens Center.
At the last council meeting held Jul 11, 1977, A. Grimsmo and P. White
were appointed to a committee to re 'ew the proposed plans to expand the
present city hall for both Senior Ci izens and the Fire Dept. use. The
Fire Dept. personnel had requested t at they be allowed the use of the
entire city hall rather than sharing the facility with the Senior Citizens.
After reviewing the situation, the CI mmittee recommended that the city
council approve the purchase of Dent; n Erickson's Moon Motors building
for $44,600 as a Senior Citizens cen er as opposed to the expansion of
the present city hall.
P. White made a motion, second by D. Blonigen and unanimously carried to
approve the purchase of the Moon Mot rs building for $44,600.00 for
use as the new Senior Citizens Cente , with a possession date of
October 1, 1977.
G. Walters then made a motion, second by A. Grimsmo and unanimously carried
to pqy cash for the Moon Motors building as opposed to possible financing
over a few years.
Citizens comments:
Dave Kranz of Monticello Printing,
would be interested in renting a po
building for his business if the sp
senior citizens. Council consensus
next council meeting a written prop
possibly an agreement could be reac
roposed to the council that he
ion of the new senior citizens
ce was not needed entirely by the
as to have Mr. Kranz present at the
sal outlining his intentions, as
ed on a 5 year lease.
Permit - Cedarcrest Housin
2. Consideratinn of A roval of Buil '
for the Elderly.
rcrest Housing for the Elderly,
permit for his thirty-eight
Construction is expected to
Mr. JOM Bergstad, developer of Ced
is requesting approval of a buildin
(38) unit apartment on Fourth Stree .
start in August.
It appears that all ordinances incl ding landscaping provisions are
adhered to including the requiremen that elderly housing projects
provide one (1) parking space for e ery two units with future ex-
pansion of parking lot on a one-to- ne ratio.
A. Grimsmo made a motion, second by G. Walters and unanimously carried
to approve the building permit for he 38 unit elderly housing project
to Mr. JOM Bergstad.
Because Mqyor Johnson had to attend the O. A. A. Board Meeting at 8:00 P.M.,
the meeting was turned over to Acting M or Gene Walters.
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3.
Consideration of Amendin Ordinance
for Certain Subdivisions.
Monticello ordinance 11-1-7 relative to subdivision requirements reads
as follows:
11-1-7: EXCEPTIONS: When re
either of the two fo
the City Administrator shall br'
attention of the Planning Commis
review said request and exempt t,
with any inappropriate requireme
A) In the case of a request to
of a recorded plat where the
adding of a parcel of land t
create two lots and the newl
not cause the other remainin
in violation with this Ordin
B)
Such division results in par
(5) acres or more with front
measuring three hundred (300
division does not necessitat
right-of-way; or if a lot wh
in the office of the Registe
is to be divided and such di
structure on the lot to be '
ordinance or said new portio
ordinances.
1. Review by the Planning
by the City Council.
esting a subdivision, if
lowing conditions exist,
g the request to the
ion whereupon, they shall
e subdivider from complYing
ts of this ordinance.
'vide a lot which is a part
division is to permit the
an abutting lot or to
created property line will
portion of the lot to be
ce of the Zoning Ordinance.
els having an area of five
ge on a public right-of-way
feet or more and when such
the dedication of a public
ch is part of a plat recorded
of Deeds of Wr~ght County
'sion will not cause any
violation of the zoning
s of lots to be in violation of city
The Planning Commission had recommen ed that when a subdivision request
falls under either Section A or B, t e following requirements would
be appropriate:
2. Certificate of Survey.
and review and approval
3. Park dedication requirements as spelled out in Ordinance
Section 11-6-1 through 11-6-5.
It is recommended that all othE?r req 'rements such as soil surveys,
public hearings, topographic mapping, etc. will be eliminated in
these cases. Howard Dahlgren, the ci y's planner, has reviewed the
proposed amendments and concurs.
P. White made a motion, second by D. lonigen and unanimously carried
to amend ordinance Section 11-1-7 rel tive to subdivision regulations
to require Planning commission review, City Council review and ap-
proval, a certificate of survey and pi k dedication requirements for
any subdivision request that falls un er A or B of the section.
(See Ordinance amendment 8-15-75 #32.
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4. Consideration of A roval of John S
East
Mr. John Sandberg owned a parcel of east side of Highway
25 that was originally 4.28 acres an has sold a parcel of approxi-
mately .89 acre for a home site. No plat or subdivision was ever
approved on this sale.
Addi tionally, Mr. Sandberg would now like to subdivide the remaining 3.39
acres into two parcels, one of 1.36 cres and one of 2.03 acres.
Mr. Sandberg is seeking to fall unde Section 11-1-7 as amended and
has agreed to the requirements propo, ed, including calculating the
park dedication on the entire 4.28 a res.
P. White entered a motion, second by A. Grimsmo and unanimously carried
to approve the subdivision of the 3. 9 acre parcel owned by John
Sandberg into (2) parcels consisting of 1.36 and 2.03 acres. Park
dedicati0n requirements would be bas d on the original 4.28 acre parcel.
5. Review of Su lemental Re ort on Per anent Street I l'ovement.
City Engineer, John Badalich, review d with the council a supplemental
report on a permanent street improve ent project recently presented.
Mr. Badalich estimates that the cost of a 2" bituminous overlay would
be $342,000 compared with a cost of 2,557,600 for a permanent street
program. (See supplement 7-27-77 #l .
By eliminating portions of storm sew r improvements in the permanent
improvement proposal, the original c st estimate could be reduced
from approximately 3 million to 2.56 million.
At a previous meeting, the council d cided to order plans and speci-
fications for a 2" overlay. In orde to provide the council more
time to review the supplemental repo t, consensus was to table any
decision at the present time on a pe manent street program. The
council also instructed Mr. Badalich to delay preparing the pre-
viously ordered plans and specs for 2" overlay until a final de-
cision can be reached.
6. Review of 11 uor Store Financial Sta ements.
The Liquor Store financial statement for the ~ year ended June 30,
1977 was reviewed by the liquor stor manager, Mark Irmiter. (See
supplement July 27, 1977 #2). It wo d appear that sales will meet
the projected 1977 figure of $475,00 and operating income should
approach approximately $32,000, or $ ,000 more than originally projected.
The financial statements were accept d as presented.
7. Approval of Bills.
Blonigen and unanimously
as presented.
Motion was made by A. Grimsmo, secon
carried to approve the bills for Jul
(See supplement July 27, 1977 #3).
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8. The minutes of July 7, 1977 and July 11, 1977 council meetings were
approved as read.
9.
Review of John Sandber 's Prelimin
Plat.
Mr. John Sandberg requested approval of his preliminary plat consisting
of 30 lots. The plat is located jus west of Hillcrest and south of
Prairie Road.
The plat has been reviewed and appro ed by the city planner and Planning
Commission with minor alterations.
John Badalich, city engineer, review d with the council some minor
requirements still needed and recomm ded that a small portion of
storm sewer be added to the drainage plan, rather than overland
drainage of the entire plat.
A. Grimsmo made a motion, second by . Blonigen and unanimously carried
to approve the preliminary plat as p esented with the city engineer's
recommendations being implemented by Mr. Sandberg.
10.
Review of NPDES Permit Renewal b
A meeting was recently held with the MPCA in regard to MOnticello's
renewal of its NPDES permit. A repo t was prepared by the city
engineer recommending that the city ould be willing to treat the
raw sewage with chemicals in an effo t to reduce the current effluent
levels to an acceptable level. The hemical treatment would be the
most cost effective method as an int rim solution.
The MPCA has agreed to the chemical reatment process as an interim
solution and has set a new BOD5 limi ation of 60 in the summer and
80 during the winter months.
G. Walters made a motion, second by . Blonigen and unanimously carried
to adopt a resolution approving the hemical treatment of the sewage
as an interi m solution and agreeing to the new NPDES effluent levels
of 60/30 and 80/40 for summer and wi ter months as recommended by
the PCA. (See Resolution 1977 #10).
The MPCA has also indicated that app oval would be granted to future
sewer extensions in Monticello if th chemical treatment process was
implemented.
John Badalich also reviewed with the council the current status of
MOnticello's application for upgra . g the treatment plant and in-
stallation of sewer lines under the acili ties Planning Grant program.
The MPCA has reviewed and eliminated portions of the proposed sewer
lines from the interceptor classific, tion which would have been
eligible for 9Cf/o Federal funding. us the city can now expect its
share of the costs to rise to about 1,000,000 as compared to previous
estimates of $351,000.
Federal and State grants for construction and upgrading are still
anticipated for approximately $2 mil ion of the costs.
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11.
Miscellaneous.
Paul Klein, fire chief, reported tha he had inspected a vacant house
at the corner of Cedar Street & 3rd d recommended to the council
that the city consider informing the owners to clean up the building
or tear it down. The Administrator as instructed to contact the
owners and inform them that the buil . g must either be cleaned
and boarded up or the city will cond mn the building.
Motion to adjourn by P. White and se ond G. Walters and unanimously
carried.
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Adm. Asst.
RW/ns