Loading...
City Council Minutes 10-09-2000MINUTES REGULAR MEETING - MONTICELLO CITY COUNCIL OCTOBER 9, 2000 - 7 P.M. Members Present: Roger Belsaas, Clint Herbst, Brian Stumpf and Bruce Thielen. Members Absent: Roger Carlson Mayor Belsaas called the meeting to order at 7:10 p.m. and declared a quorum present. 2A. AVprove minutes of September 25, 2000 informational meeting. BRIAN STUMPF MOVED TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE SEPTEMBER 25T" INFORMATIONAL MEETING ON CSAH 75. BRUCE THIELEN SECONDED THE MOTION. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. 2B. Approve minutes of September 25, 2000 regular council meeting. BRUCE THIELEN MOVED TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE SEPTEMBER 25, 2000 MEETING WITH TYPOGRAPHICAL CORRECTIONS. CLINT HERBST SECONDED THE MOTION. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. 3. Consideration of adding items to the agenda. Roger Belsaas requested that a time extension for Monticello Ford be placed on the agenda. Clint Herbst asked that a question on the skate park use be added. John Simola noted that an update on a council agenda item had been submitted at the meeting. 4. Citizen comments/petitions, requests and complaints. None 5. Consent agenda. A. Consideration of appointing additional election judges for the general election on November 7, 2000. Recommendation: Appoint Bob Rohland, Roger Isaacson and Harriet Lefebvre as election judges to serve at the general election. B. Consideration of a conditional use permit allowing a shopping center development in a CCD, Central Community District and a subdivision dividing the new development from the municipal liquor store. Applicant : Silver Creek Real Estate Development. Recommendation: Approve the conditional use permit based on a finding that the proposed use is consistent with the revitalization plan and the CCD zoning requirements Council Minutes - 10/9/00 with the condition that the applicant prepare site landscaping, signage and building plans for review and recommendation by DAT prior to final approval and approve the subdivision of the subject property into two parcels creating a new parcel between Walnut Street and the west wall of the Liquor Store based on the a finding that the subdivision will facilitate development consistent with the Comprehensive Plan. C. Consideration of a request for a conditional use permit allowing an auto body/repair shop in the B-3 District. Applicant: John Johnson, Monticello Auto Body. Recommendation: Approve the conditional use permit subject to conditions #1-5 in Exhibit Z. D. Consideration of an amendment to the parking regulations in the CCD District. Applicant: City of Monticello. Recommendation: Move to approve the change in text giving the City the option of offering the fee -in -lieu of parking option. Also change fee amount from $1,025 to no more than $1,400 per stall. E. Consideration of approving new hires and departures for the Community Center, Liquor Store and City Hall. Recommendation: Ratify hiring of the five part-time employees listed. F. Consideration of resolution supporting a fee increase for Deputy Registrars. Recommendation: Approve resolution supporting an increase the deputy registrar fees. G. Consideration of ratifying appointment of replacement Parks Department employee. Recommendation: Ratify appointment of Leo Schroden to the Parks Department. H. Consideration of a request for simple subdivision in requesting that Lots 6 and 7, Manhattan Lots, 321 Riverview Drive be split into separate parcels. Applicant: Michael and Pamela Wigen. Recommendation: Approve the simple subdivision for Lots 6 and 7, Manhattan Lots to create two parcels. I. Consideration of approval of Change Order No. 1 to the Chelsea Road West and Brentwood Circle Improvement Project No. 98-25C. Recommendation: Approve Change Order No. 1 in the amount of $8,386.00 to Project No. 98-25C, Chelsea Road West and Brentwood Circle. J. Consideration of appointments of MCC Advisory Board members. Recommendation: Approve appointing Harvey Kendall and Bob Murray to 39 month term, Roger Belsaas as Council representative and voting member to a 27 month term, Wanda Kraemer to the 27 month term and Idella Ziegler to the 15 month term. K. Consideration of final plat and development agreement for Klein Farms Estates 4t' Addition. Recommendation: Approve the development agreement and final plat for 0 Council Minutes - 10/9/00 Klein Farms Estates 4" Addition contingent upon submittal of homeowners association documentation. Res. 2000-72. CLINT HERBST MOVED TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. BRUCE THIELEN SECONDED THE MOTION. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. 6. Consideration of items removed from the consent agenda for discussion. None 7. Review and discussion of options for rebuilding County Road 75 (Broadway). Prior to the regular meeting a workshop on the CSAR 75 Improvement Project was conducted. Information was received from the City Engineer, Wright County Highway officials and Sheriff's Department. Comments were also heard from residents and business people who were in attendance at the workshop. Based on the information received, the Council was providing direction for obtaining additional information needed to determine the design for the improvements to CSAH 75. The Council felt that items such as the construction of the Fallon Avenue Bridge, 7t" Street and CSAR 18 interchange would have significant impact on the amount of traffic on CSAH 75. The Council directed the engineer to provide information on the cost for these improvements. It was felt that to come up with the appropriate design for CSAH 75, the City has to look at it comprehensively and Fallon Avenue, 7t" Street and CSAH 18 interchange are part of the whole picture. Another major concern was the parking on Broadway. Residents argued that while the intent of the City's Comprehensive Plan was to retain, if possible, the residential aspects of the area along Broadway eliminating the parking would be detrimental to the residential neighborhood. Residents also expressed concern about the safety of backing out of their driveways onto Broadway if they were backing directly into a lane of traffic. Snow removal was also a concern. The Council directed the engineer to look at other options relative to the medians and their design. John Simola, Public Works Director, indicated that they would try to bring preliminary information on these issues back to the Council at a November meeting. Wayne Fingalson, Wright County Engineer emphasized the importance of continuing work on this project. He noted that the condition of the roadway was deteriorating and the County could not delay indefinitely making improvements to the road. He felt it was likely that the County would not delay making improvements to CSAH 75 beyond 2002. BRIAN STUMPF MOVED TO TABLE ACTION ON THE APPROVAL OF THE DESIGN OF THE ROADWAY PENDING FURTHER STUDY AND ANALYSIS AND SUBMITTAL OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BY THE CITY ENGINEER. BRUCE THIELEN SECONDED THE MOTION. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. J Council Minutes - 10/9/00 8. Presentation - Central Minnesota Initiative - Connie Marcyes. Connie Marcyes gave a brief presentation on the Central Minnesota Initiative Foundation and their request for financial support. The foundation serves 14 counties including Wright County and she presented an updated list of projects the foundation participated in. She asked the City to consider a financial contribution of $2,000 for the year 2001. The Council indicated that this request would be considered at a future budget workshop. 9. Consideration of establishing ordinance regulating pawn shops. The Council reviewed the proposed ordinance regulating pawn shops and questioned what regulations were covered by state statutes. Paul Johnson, a detective with the Wright County Sheriff's Department explained the reason for the ordinance and how having pawn transactions automated would aid law enforcement officials in locating stolen property. If the ordinance was adopted by the City, the pawn shop would have 6 months to comply with the provisions of the ordinance. BRUCE THIELEN MOVED TO ADOPT THE ORDINANCE REGULATING PAWN SHOPS AND REQUIRING PARTICIPATION IN THE AUTOMATED PAWN SYSTEM SERVICE OFFERED BY THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. CLINT HERBST SECONDED THE MOTION. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. 10. Consideration of contract renewal with PSF (US Filter) for additional five -years or ci operations. John Simola, Public Works Director, presented information comparing the cost of contract operation of the wastewater treatment plant to city operation of the facility. He noted that there were some items that the city couldn't come up with as far as determining a cost. These intangibles include: 1) technical resources; 2) expertise gained from operating a range of treatment plants and facilities; 3) guaranteed compliance with PCA regulations; 4) training of staff, 5) the PSG budget amount is fixed over the term of the contract. After noting the intangible items, John Simola stated that the estimated cost for operation of the wastewater facility by the City would be $501,819. PSG's cost for operating the system would be $521,026 which is a difference of $19,207. John Simola emphasized that the $501,819 is an estimate while PSG's figure was fixed. Mayor Belsaas asked about proposals from other contracting firms. John Simola stated that another firm who had been interested in providing a quote for operating the facility had gone bankrupt. John Simola stated it would be difficult to find somebody that knew the plant as well and it would be difficult to hire staff that would be as knowledgeable. John Simola also briefly updated the Council on the operations of the treatment facility and the problems with the sludge storage. He noted that PSG had prepared a report on this issue and 0 Council Meeting - 10/9/00 that this would be considered in more detail at another meeting. Peg Becker and Chuck Keyes from PSG spoke briefly on the working relationship between PSG and the City and hoped that this could continue. Bruce Thielen felt this one situation where it made sense to contract out just because of the expertise needed to operate the facility. CLINT HERBST MOVED TO APPROVE A NEW CONTRACT WITH PSG FOR FIVE YEARS COMMENCING JANUARY 1, 2001 TO JANUARY 1, 2006 WITH A FIRST YEAR PRICE OF THE CONTRACT FIXED AT $521,026. BRIAN STUMPF SECONDED THE MOTION. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. Additional Items: Monticello Ford was requesting a time extension on the conditions of their conditional use permit which included the parking lot to be completed by December 1, 2000. Clint Herbst asked if anything had been done on the site up to this time to complete any of the conditions of the permit. He didn't feel it was appropriate to request a time extension if no attempt had been made to comply with the conditions. Monticello Ford was requesting an extension until June 1, 2001. Jeff O' Neill stated that the City had received complaints from the day care facility about the conditions of the conditional use permit not be met. He also noted that the City had not yet gotten the engineering plans they had requested. Steve Johnson stated that information on the drainage studies was forwarded to WSB. Inc. previously. WSB is now requesting a storm sewer study be done. He noted that they could have been doing the grading work had WSB indicated that the drainage plans were adequate. He stated that they were trying to comply with what the City required but the City's requirements were like a moving target. Bret Weiss, City Engineer, responded that the City had received nothing that showed what the proposed grades would be. The information received showed only the existing grades. Bret Weiss asked for the name of Monticello's Ford engineering firm so they could contact thetas directly and get the information that is needed. BRUCE THIELEN MOVED TO TABLE ANY ACTION ON THE REQUEST FOR AN EXTENSION UNTIL DECEMBER 1, 2000 WHICH WOULD ALLOW THE COUNCIL TO SEE IF A GOOD FAITH EFFORT WAS BEING MADE TO MEET THE CONDITIONS SET FORTH AS PART OF THE APPROVAL OF THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT. CLINT HERBST SECONDED THE MOTION. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. Mayor Belsaas requested that staff provide feedback on how Monticello Fords was progressing with complying to the conditions of the conditional use permit. Clint Herbst asked about the use of bikes at the skate park noting he had seen bikes using the facility. Kitty Baltos indicated that the skate park was not meant for bike use and that type of use is not allowed. 5 Council Meeting - 10/9/00 11. Approve payment of bills for October. BRUCE THIELEN MOVED TO APPROVE PAYMENT OF THE BILLS FOR OCTOBER. CLINT HERBST SECONDED THE MOTION. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. 12. Adjourn. BRIAN STUMPF MOVED TO ADJOURN AT 8 P.M. CLINT HERBST SECONDED THE MOTION. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. Recording Secretary I