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City Council Minutes 01-28-1980MINUTES REGULAR MEETING - MONTICELLO CITY COUNCIL January 28, 1980 - 7:30 P. M. MEMBERS PRESENT: Arve Grimsmo, Dan Blonigen, Fran Fair, Ken Maus, Phil White. MEMBERS ABSENT: None 1. Consideration of Reimbursement for Dewatering Costs for Sewer Service Connections for Certain Lots in Ritze Manor Addition. This item was previously discussed at the January 14, 1980 Council Meeting when three property owners indicated to the Council that they had incurred additional expenses when they tried to hook up to their sewer services in Ritze Manor. The additional cost was for dewatering before their sewer service connections, because the sewer service stub was below the existing water table. At that time, no action was taken by the Council, to allow the City staff to discuss with the developer, Charles Ritze, as to whether additional lots in the area may also require dewatering for sewer service connections. A meeting was held with Mr. Ritze prior to the Council meeting, whereby Mr. Ritze indicated he would like to see a couple of his lots, plus his own home be reimbursed by the City for half the cost of any extra expense for dewatering to hook up to these services. The City Engineer, John Badalich, explained that the services were put in at a 9' depth on all lots, which is standard engineering practice, so that all future homes can be served should they put in a full basement. He noted that although some of the test borings done during the project indi- cated the water level might be above the 9' depth, standard procedure was still to put the services at a 9' depth. The Council discussed what precedent this reimbursement procedure would establish for future or past sewer connections where dewatering was a problem. It was noted that the real issue is whether the City should be held responsible for always making sure that the sewer pipes are above the water table when, in the future, we have no control over how the water table may fluctuate. Because of the precedent it would establish, motion was made by Dan Blonigen, seconded by Phil White to not offer reimbursement to any of the property owners for dewatering costs in Ritze Manor. Voting in favor: Dan Blonigen, Phil White, Arve Grimsmo, Fran Fair. Opposed: Ken Maus. 2. Consideration of Approval of Revised Preliminary Plat for "The "-Meadows" Subdivision. The Council reviewed a revised subdivision plat previously approved for Jim Maus for The Meadows subdivision on June 25, 1979. COUNCIL MINUTES - 1/28/80 The basic reason for the revised subdivision plat was that the previous plat had a provision for permanent storm sewer system that would outlet into a creek behind Hillcrest First Addition, but City Engineer, John Badalich, has indicated that approval for this type of storm sewer outlet may not be granted by the State. As a result, the developer has revised his plan whereby 64 residential lots would be developed, with a ponding area being constructed to hold the runoff from storm water. The City Engineer indicated that this type of ponding would be acceptable for the subdivision, but that it should be large enough to hold the anti- cipated water runoff with additional lands dedicated for park purposes. The developer was proposing that the ponding area be accepted as the requirement for the 10/ park dedication. Because the proposed ponding area and park area was more than 10% of the land in the subdivision, motion was made by Phil White, seconded by Fran Fair to approve the revised preliminary plat as presented with the ponding area being accepted as part of the 10% park dedication requirement. Voting in favor: Phil White, Fran Fair, Arve Grimsmo, Dan Blonigen. Abstaining: Ken Maus. 3. Consideration of Wetlands Area West of State Highway 25 and South of Sandbera^South Addition in Monticello. At a previous Council meeting, the Council considered the possible acquisi- tion of land owned by Mel Wolters to serve as a future ponding area south of Sandberg South Addition. At that time, Mr. Wolters had offered to sell the City the parcel of land for $32,000 while an appraisal was received on the property for only $20,000 by the City at that time. Mr. Wolters has now indicated that he would be willing to sell this land for the appraised value of $20,000. The City Engineer has recommended that it would be most cost effective to utilize this wetlands area for ponding in lieu of construction of separate storm water system underneath the freeway to ultimately outlet into the Mississippi River. It was also the engineer's recommendation that the City eventually acquire approximately 40 acres of this wetlands area for ponding. Since Mr. Wolters acreage only amounted to approximately 8 of the 40 acres needed, motion was made by Ken Maus, seconded by Dan Blonigen and unani- mously carried to have the City try to obtain options on all the property needed for ponding areas before any action would be taken on a specific parcel, and also to check into the legalities of assessing back the cost of acquiring the ponding areas to the benefitted property owners. 4. Consideration of Ho_lding_a Hearing on the Issuance of Industrial Revenue Bonds for a ScotWood Motel. The Brutger Companies of St. Cloud, "linnesota have requested that the City Council hold a public hearing to consider issuing industrial revenue bonds for the development of a 36 -unit ScotWood Motel on a site just east of Perkins Cake & Steak House. - 2 - COUNCIL MINUTES - 1/28/80 Mr. Jerry Hertel, of Juran & Moody fiscal consultants, requested that the Council set February 25, 1980 as the public hearing date to consider issuing approximately 3/4 of a Million Dollars in industrial revenue bonds. In addition, the Brutger Companies is also indicated they would be in favor of vacating Cedar Street, abutting their property, and purchasing one-half of this parcel to add to their property. The public hearing for vacating Cedar Street would also be held on February 25, 1980 Council Meeting. Motion was made by Phil White, seconded by Fran Fair and unanimously carried to set February 25, 1980 as the date for a public hearing on the consideration of Industrial Revenue Bonds for a ScotWood Motel by the Monticello ScotWood Partnership. 5. Approval of Minutes and Bills for January, 1980. Motion was made by Phil White, seconded by Ken Maus and unanimously carried to approve the bills for January 1980 and the Minutes of the regular meeting held January 14, 1980, as presented. (See Supplement #1/28/80 #1). Meeting adjourned. k Wolfste er, Assistant Administrator RW/ns - 3 -