City Council Minutes 05-12-1986MINUTES
REGULAR MEETING - MONTICELLO CITY COUNCIL
Monday, May 12, 1986 - 7:30 p.m.
Members Present: Arve Grimsmo, Fran Fair, Bill Fair, Jack Maxwell,
Dan Blonigen.
Members Absent: None.
2. Approval of Minutes.
Motion was made by Blonigen, seconded by Maxwell, and unanimously
carried to approve the minutes of the regular meeting held April 28,
1986.
4. Consideration of Granting a Single Event Gambling License, Raffle -
Applicant, Alano Society.
Motion was made by Bill Fair, seconded by Fran Fair, and unanimously
carried to approve issuing a raffle gambling license to the Alano
Society to be held July 4, 1986.
5. Consideration of Making Appointment to Fill Vacancy at Wastewater
Treatment Plant.
The City of Monticello recently advertised to fill a vacancy at the
Wastewater Treatment Plant and received 41 applications. Of the
41, five were interviewed; and it was recommended by the City Administrator,
along with the Public Works Director and Plant Superintendent, that
Mr. Allan Holtberg, Assistant Public Works Director in Stewartville,
Minnesota, be offered the position as Wastewater Treatment Plant
Operator and Lab Technician. The position would be a union scale
position.
Motion was made by Fran Fair, seconded by Maxwell, and unanimously
carried to offer the position of Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator
to Mr. Allan Holtberg.
6. Union Contract (Tentative).
This item was dropped from the agenda, as no new information was
available for review.
7. Consideration of Granting a Seasonal 3.2 Beer License to the Softball
Ac ,nr�i ati nn _
Motion was made by Maxwell, seconded by Blonigen, and unanimously
carried to approve issuing a 3.2 Beer On -sale License to the Monticello
Softball Association contingent upon proper certificate of insurance
coverage and annual fee of $125.00 being paid.
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8. Petitions.
A petition was received from the Wright County State Bank requesting
the City Council authorize the installation of a sewer line repair
on Pine Street that would connect the Wright County State Bank to
the sewer main. The Wright County State Bank has been experiencing
sewer line difficulties over the past number of years,and as part
of the Highway 25 Improvement Project requested that a new service
line be installed and assessed to their property.
Motion was made by Blonigen, seconded by Fran Fair, and unanimously
carried to accept the petition and to order the installation of the
sewer service line in conjunction with the Highway 25 construction
project.
A petition was also received from Construction 5 petitioning for
sanitary sewer, water, storm sewer, and street improvements through
the Construction 5 Addition extending Lauring Lane to Fallon Avenue.
The petition requested the improvements to allow the developers to
proceed with their plans to build two 24 -unit apartment complexes
within the development. It was noted by the petitioner that conditional
use permits will be required for the apartment complexes; and if
the conditional use permits are not approved, the request for improvements
would be withdrawn; as without the apartment buildings being constructed,
the developer would not be able to pay the proposed assessments for
the improvments. It was noted that because of the extra amount of
work that would be involved in constructing a street through this
area, a tax increment district was previously formed within this
subdivision to help defray some of the cost of the street and utility
extensions.
As part of the petition request, the City Council discussed whether
more apartment units are necessary within the City of Monticello;
and it was Council member Blonigen's opinion that there may already
be too many multiple family units available in the City, and it could
be bad for the community in the long run. Mr. Blonigen also noted
that additional multiple family housing units would exceed the recommended
percentage of multiple units vs. single family units as suggested
in the City's Comprehensive Plan and felt the City should be slowing
down on the number of units approved in the future.
It was noted by the City staff that the property in question has
always been zoned for multiple and appears to be the best use for
the property near the freeway.
As a result, a motion was made by Bill Fair, seconded by Fran Fair,
to accept the petition for street and utility improvements contingent
upon final approval being granted for the conditional use request
for the two 24 -unit apartment complexes. Voting in favor was Fran
Fair, Bill Fair, Grimsmo, Maxwell. Opposed was Blonigen.
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A petition was also received from Jim and Beverly Boyle requesting
annexation of 120 acres of land south of the present City limits,
80 acres of which is proposed for the new middle school site.
As part of the annexation request, the City Administrator recommended
to the Council that additional areas surrounding Mr. Boyle's property
be also considered for annexation at this time. Some of the areas
included the Monte Club Hill, which is the proposed site for a new
City water tower, and areas adjacent to this site which have been
initially proposed as residential subdivisions. In addition, a small
area of land north of the freeway is currently 75% surrounded by
the City limits, and it was recommended to square off the boundaries
that this parcel also be annexed during this process.
At the present time, motion was made by Fran Fair, seconded by Maxwell,
and unanimously carried to accept the petition from Mr. Boyle requesting
annexation of 120 acres and to review the additional areas recommended
by the City Administrator with a decision to be made at the next
regular Council meeting. Once an area is determined for annexation,
the proper papers would be filed with the Municipal Board and Township
Board for approval.
Rick Wolfsteler
Assistant Ad`inistrator
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