City Council Minutes 01-14-2002MINUTES
REGULAR MEETING- MONTICELLO CITY COUNCIL
Monday, January 1=1, 2002 - 7 p.m.
Members Present: Roger Belsaas, Roger Carlson. Clint Herbst, Brian Stumpf and Bruce Thielen.
Members Absent: None
1. Call to Order and Pledge of Allegiance.
Mayor Belsaas called the meeting to order at 7 p.m. aild declared a quorum present. The Pledge
of Alleg; rc0 was s icl.
2. Approve minutes of December 10, 2001 regular Council meeting_
BRIAN STUMPF MOVED TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE DECEMBER 10, 2001
REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING. BRUCE THIELEN SECONDED THE MOTION.
MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
3. Consideration of adding items to the agenda.
Clint Herbst asked that a discussion of the pedestrian bridge. the library and the revised RI
district standards be added to the agenda. Bruce Thielen requested that a discussion of the
intersection of Prairie Road and West River Street be added.
4. Citizens comments/Petitions, requests and complaints.
None.
5. Consent agenda.
A. Consideration of resolution approving renewal of gambling license for Land Of Lakes
Choir Boys. Recommendation: Approve renewal of charitable gambling license for
Land Of Lakes Choir Boys at J.P.'s. Res. 42002-1.
B. Consideration of ratifying new hires for Community Center and liquor store.
Recommendation: Ratifv the hiring of the employees for the community center and
liquor store as identified.
C. Consideration of resolution adding an additional deferred compensation provider.
Recommendation: Adopt_ a resolution allowing Wenzel & Associates to provide deferred
compensation plan options to all eligible city employees. Res. 42002-2.
D. Consideration of issuing a pawn shop license at 149 West Broadway. Recommendation:
Approve the issuance of a pawn shop license for 149 `'Fest Broadway.
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Economic Development Authority: 1.
Roger Carlson, Council
12/2006
(6 -year staggered terms) 2.
Clint Herbst. Council
12/2002
3.
Ken Maus
12/2002
4.
Darrin Lahr
12/2003
5.
Barb Schwientek
12/2004
6.
Bill Demeules
12/2005
7.
Ron Ho0und
12/2007
Engineer:
WSB & Associates
Police Advisory Commission:
1.
Brian Stumpf. Council
12/2002
(3 -year staggered terms)
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Dick Slais
12/2003
3.
David Gerads
12/2003
4.
Brad Fvle
121/2004
5.
Liz DeMarais
12/2002
Parks Commission:
1.
Earl Smith
12/2004
(3- year staggered terms)
2.
Larry Nolan
12,2002
3.
Fran Fair
12/2003
4.
Nancy McCaffrey
12/2002
5.
Rick Traver
12/2004
DAT (Design Advisory Team)
1.
Pam Campbell
12/2002
(2 -year staggered terms)
2.
Susie Wojchouski
12/2002
3.
Dennis Sullivan
12/200'
4.
Carl Sorenson
J2!2003
5.
Ron Hovland
12/2003
6.
Mike Cvr
12/2003
7.
Vacant
12/2001
MCC Advisory Board
1.
Harvey Kendall
12/2003
(3 -year staggered terms)
2.
Bob Murray
12;2003
MCC established 9/111/00 and members
3.
Wanda Kraemer
121/2002
appointed 10/9/00.
4.
Roger Belsaas
12/2002
5.
Idella Ziegler
1.2/2004
Council liaison (ex -officio) appointments
to City committees:
HRA
Brian Stumpf
Planning Commission:
Clint Herbst
Parks Commission:
Roger Carlson
Police Commission:
Brian Stumpf
Library Board:
Bruce Thielen
MCP:
Bruce Thielen
G. Consideration of change order =+1 to the Liquor Store Expansion Project. Recommendation:
Approve change order &'1 in the amount to the Liquor Store Expansion Project in the amount of
$13.885.00.
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$1,200 +materials
2"
$1,534 + materials
3"
$1,97 + materials
4"
$2,600 + materials
6"
$3,27 + materials
8"
$4,300 + materials
Mayor Belsaas noted that Gordy Jacobson who was on the Library Board had moved out of town and
the City would need to find a replacement. Bruce Thielen requested that agenda item #7 be added to
the consent a�c2enda.
BRUCE THIELEN MOVED TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA WITH THE ADDITION
OF AGENDA ITEM 47. CLINT HERBST SECONDED THE MOTION. MOTION CARRIED
UNANIMOUSLY.
6. Consideration of items removed from the consent aggenda for discussion.
None.
7. Consideration of modification to snow/ice removal policy.
Included with consent agenda.
8. Consideration of a request for payment of MOAA expenses.
BRUCE THIELEN MOVED TO NOT AUTHORIZE PAYMENT OF REQUESTED AMOUNTS
FOR THE MOAA MEETINGS HELD AFTER JUNE 25, 2001.
Clint Herbst stated that he didn't care if he received his meeting reimbursement because he felt
someone should be at the meetings for the City until the courts determined whether the MOAA was a
valid entity but he did feel the City should reimburse the clerk and the county supervisor for their
meetings. Mayor Belsaas concurred with this. Bruce Thielen noted that the City had sent a letter to
the MOAA stating that the City no longer recognized the MOAA Board as a valid entity. To
reimburse them for meetings conducted after that point would acknowledge the MOAA's existence
and Give it credibility.
ROGER CARLSON SECONDED THE MOTION. MOTION CARRIED WITH CLINT HERBST
AND ROGER BELSAAS VOTING IN OPPOSITION.
9. Review current application of trunk fees and project administration fees for redevelopment
projects in the core area of the City.
In response to a letter from Mike Cyr regarding fees associated with his proposed development. the
UCity Council was asked to review the manner in which trunk fees and project administrative costs
were applied particularly for redevelopment projects in the "core" areas of the City.
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Engineer, Bret Weiss did not feel these fees should be written off because these fees finance the
expansion of new infrastructure as well as replacement of existing infrastructure. Redevelopment as
well as new development places demands on the system. The City charges an administrative fee on
developments, currently 8% of the estimated cost of improvements. to cover costs of engineering,
planning, inspection and legal. It was noted that on smaller projects the 8% does not cover the actual
costs the City incurs. Brian Stumpf suggested reducing the percent on the administrative fee for this
project by 2%. Rick Wolfsteller pointed out that reducing the administrative fee would not greatly
reduce project costs since this would only come to $4,000 (2% x $200,000, estimated cost of
improvements).
BRUCE THIELEN MOVED TO 1) REDUCE THE PARK DEDICATION FEES BY 50%; 2)
REDUCE THE ADMINISTRATIVE FEES BY 2% WITH A CAP OF $5,000 AND 3) HAVE THE
HRA REVIEW THE OTHER FEES AND DETERMINE IF THEY ARE ELIGIBLE COSTS FOR
TIF ASSISTANCE. CLINT HERBST SECONDED THE MOTION. MOTION CARRIED
UNANIMOUSLY.
10. Consideration of request for approval of a parking lot in the CCD district that would provide
less than the required 60% of joint parking stalls and determine source of funds offsetting stall
deficiency.
City Administrator, Rick Wolfsteller, provided the background information on this item. It was noted
that the proposed development will have a parking stall deficiency of 19 stalls. Earlier the City had
considered another proposal for this site which had a 22 parking stall deficiency and at that time the
City had agreed to waive the parking deficit fee and to use general hinds to cover this deficit fee. The
proposed development has changed in scope from what was originally considered and the question
was whether the Council would waive the parking deficit fee and propose to use general fields to
cover it.
Clint Herbst noted that the Planning Commission had discussed this issue at length. While it was felt
this was a good project there was concern that there was no joint parking agreement in place. There
was also concern about the number of stalls for the 8 residential units. He felt that there should be 8
stalls marked for the residential use.
Brad Johnson spoke to the Council noting that this was a major redevelopment project in the City.
He felt there was all kinds of parking downtown that was not being utilized and felt that the survey
done by Steve Grittman the City Planner supported this view. Mr. Johnson gave the Council a
history of the parcel including the previous development proposal as well as the current proposal. He
noted theN, have an easement through the Hammond property. He stated he felt that getting the letter
from Foster/Franzen on the shared parking was the City staff s responsibility. Clint Herbst reiterated
his belief that the 8 residential units should have individual stalls that they could access at an- time.
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Library: There has been discussion of a future site for the library. Possible sites that have been mentioned
are the Marquette Bank Building, the old St. Henry's Church and adding a second floor to the existing city
hall building. Concerns noted in these discussions included taking additional property off the tax roll and the
cost for relocating the library oR upgrading the existing building. It was suggested that the City consider a
firm that could look at the various options available and provide a recommendation on the feasibility of the
various options.
Residential Standar(Is: Clint Herbst noted that revised standards have been prepared for the R1 district and
also standards for a new RI -A district which have been presented to the Planning Commission and are being
reviewed by the City Attorney.
CLINT HERBST MOVED TO APPROVE A 60 DAY MORATORIUM ON ALL SINGLE FAMILY
HOUSING THAT DOES NOT MEET THE PROPOSED STANDARDS FOR THE RI DISTRICT. BRIAN
STUMPF SECONDED THE MOTION. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
12. Consideration of approving payment of hills for .Tanuary, 2002.
BRUCE THIELEN MOVED TO APPROVE PAYMENT OF BILLS FOR JANUARY, 2002.
ROGER CARLSON SECONDED THE MOTION. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
13. Ad-journ.
CLINT HERBST MOVED TO ADJOURN AT 8:55 P.M. BRIAN STUMPF SECONDED THE
MOTION. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
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Recording Secretary
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