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ORDER CHECKS - FEBRUARY O1, 1994
12844 Agency Services $ 29.73
12845 Allstar Electric 332.38
12846 Alpha Power Systems 419.25
12847 American Public Works Assn. 100.00
12848 Anne Heideman 110.00
12849 Banyon Data Systems 225.00
12850 Bonestroo, Rosene, Anderlik 16,652.98
12851 Bruce Workman 80.00
12852 Classic Cleaning 191.70
12853 Commercial Life Ins. Co. 57.55
12854 Commissioner of Revenue 853.18
12855 Connelly Ind. Elect. 158.84
12856 Copy Duplicating Products 98.27
12857 Corner House/Interagency Ctr. 640.00
12858 Delta Dental 680.45
12859 Doradus Corp. 234.00
12860 Duane Ritter Exc. 515.50
12861 E-Z-Recycling 2,070.00
12862 Farmers State Bank of Hamel 3,616.55
12863 Fred Keller 648.69
12864 Grafix Shoppe 585.75
12865 Greater N.W. Office of R.E. Assess. 2,217.60
12866 Hennepin County 417.40
12867 Hennepin County Treasurer 281.77
12868 Holmes & Graven 8,036.26
12869 Humane Society of Wright County 47.50
12870 Jim Hatch Sales 145.37
12871 Lake Business Supply 942.20
12872 Leonard Leuer 20.00
12873 MacQueen Equipment 751.53
12874 Medcenter Health Care, Inc. 1,595.76
12875 Medica 3,704.83
12876 Metropolitan Waste Control 8,312.00
12877 Minnegasco 440.16
12878 Minnesota Mayors Assn. 20.00
12879 State of Minnesota 9.00
12880 Mobil 157.23
12881 Northern States Power 1,595.76
12882 Northern States Power 685.12
12883 Northwest League of Municipalities 569.67
12884 City of Orono 4,036.32
12885 P.E.R.A. 2,404.92
12886 Penny Elsenpeter 110.00
12887 Pioneer -Sarah Creek 473.00
12888 Pitney Bowes 51.81
12889 Pump & Meter Service 2,898.77
12890 Quill Corp. 286.21
12891 Randy's Sanitation 73.12
12892 Senior Community Services 1,556.00
12893 Susan Mackay 70.00
12894 U.S. West Cellular 37.49
12895 U.S. West Communications 249.10
12896 Uniforms Unlimited 177.13
12897 Walt's Garage 152.83
12898 West Hennepin Human Services 681.00
12899 Westburne Supply, Inc.-Plym. 58.12
12900 Westside Wholesale Tire 15.00
12901 Wright -Hennepin Electric 888.86
$ 72,627.11
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PAYROLL CHECKS - FEBRUARY 01, 1994
13752 Anne E. Theis $ 207.79
13753 Ann C. Thies 138.52
13754 John B. Ferris 138.52
13755 Philip K. Zietlow 138.52
13756 James R. Johnson 138.52
13757 Wayne C. Wallace 987.74
13758 Richard R. Rabenort 1,177.44
13759 Michael J. Rouillard 997.84
13760 Scott A. Stillman 972.48
13761 James D. Dillman 1,152.11
13762 Robert P. Dressel 1,205.67
13763 Edgar J. Belland 964.38
13764 Jeffrey E. Karlson 1,094.34
13765 Cecilia Vieau 625.61
13766 Ivan Dingmann 72.03
13767 Laura L. Monroe 771.00
13768 Sandra L. Larson 715.48
13769 Joseph R. Heyman 775.40
13770 Benedict E. Young 1,101.49
$13,374.88
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MINUTES
The City Council of Medina, Minnesota met in regular session on
February 1, 1994 at 7:30 p.m. in the City Hall Council Chambers.
Present: Council Members John Ferris, Ann Thies, Philip Zietlow
and Mayor Anne Theis.
Absent: Council Member James Johnson.
Also Present: Police Chief Rick Rabenort, Public Works Director
Jim Dillman, City Engineers Glenn Cook and Shawn
Gustafson, Zoning Administrator Loren Kohnen, City
Attorney Ron Batty and Clerk -Treasurer Jeff Karlson.
1. ADDITIONS TO THE AGENDA
Moved by Thies, seconded by Ferris, to approve the addition of the
following agenda items:
a. Discussion of Loretto's Sewer Problem
b. Notice from LaPlant Sanitation Regarding Change of Rates
Motion carried unanimously.
2. CONSENT AGENDA
Moved by Thies, seconded by Zietlow, to adopt the consent agenda,
as follows:
a. Approval of Lawful Gambling License and One -day Beer Permit
for Holy Name Church
b. Resolution No. 94-06, "Resolution Approving a Premises Permit
Renewal Application to the Hamel Volunteer Fire Department to
Conduct Lawful Charitable Gambling"
Motion carried unanimously.
3. MINUTES
Moved by Mayor Theis, seconded by Thies, to approve the minutes of
the regular meeting of January 18, 1994, as amended, as follows:
Page 1, item 4, paragraph 3, to read, "...the Orono City Council
had directed staff to advice Medina that they are 'neither
interested nor willing to amend the (Medina/Orono/Long Lake)
agreement to provide sewer units for additional development.'"
Page 3, paragraph 7, line 3, to read, "Keller pointed out that he
had submitted a petition at the last council meeting in which 75%
of the residents in Medina Morningside had signed to show support
for the Planning Commission's recommendation that the Comprehensive
Plan be amended and that Keller's property be rezoned from rural
residential to suburban residential."
Motion carried unanimously.
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4. ASSESSMENT HEARING ON PART III OF MEDINA ROAD IMPROVEMENT
PROJECT
Mayor Theis stated that the purpose of this public hearing was to
consider objections to the proposed assessments for the
construction of Medina Road from Tamarack Drive to County Road 24.
City Attorney Ron Batty stated that a written objection had to
presented before the close of the hearing or a property owner would
lose his or her right to appeal the assessment. Batty said an
owner of property could then serve notice of the appeal upon the
mayor or clerk within 30 days after the adoption of the assessment
and filing such notice with the district court of Hennepin County
within ten days after service upon the mayor or clerk.
Project Engineer Shawn Gustafson said the subdrain tile, grading,
stabilization fabric and gravel base would be constructed by the
city's public works department and the street surfacing, gravel
shoulders and restoration would be contracted. The roadway would
have a 24 foot wide bituminous surface with six foot gravel
shoulders. Gustafson said the total cost of the project was
estimated at $545,460. Gustafson said the city's policy was to
assess 75% of the contracted costs to the benefiting properties on
a unit basis. The assessed cost per unit was $4,615.
Mayor Theis pointed out that the assessment would be payable in
equal assessments extended over a period of 10 years.
Phil Zietlow asked Public Works Director Jim Dillman what it cost
the city to maintain the gravel base on the west section of Medina
Road.
Dillman estimated that the city spent about $25,000 to $30,000 a
year maintaining this section of Medina Road. Dillman compared
this to Tamarack Drive which was paved nine years ago. He said
Tamarack was seal -coated once since it was paved. Dillman added
that there was usually very little maintenance costs for a paved
road the first ten years.
John Ferris said another factor to consider was having an
additional paved access through the city. Ferris said the cost of
the road would be a one-time occurrence. He added that the cost
would be considerably higher in the future if the road were not
paved this year.
Richard Linck, 1762 Morgan Road, asked what the likelihood would be
of the city going outside of the right-of-way and if a property
owner received any kind of compensation for the taking of right-of-
way.
Jim Dillman said it was possible that the city would have to go
outside of the right-of-way in some spots. Dillman said the city
had not provided compensation for right-of-way.
Linck asked if the speed limit would be affected by the new road.
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Gustafson said the road would accommodate a 40 mile per hour speed
limit.
Dan Pelak, 880 Navajo Road, said he was assessed for Part II of the
Medina Road project. Pelak said the property owners included in
Part II were over -assessed based on the dollars that were actually
expended for the construction of the road.
John Ferris pointed out that when the construction of Medina Road
was originally proposed in 1992, the assumption was that the entire
road would be completed in three parts. Ferris said the
assessments were based on the premise that everyone should be
assessed the same for the construction of all of Medina Road.
Palek said if this was the case, then why didn't the construction
begin on the east section of the road and move west?
Ferris said the property owners in the middle portion of the road
between Tamarack Drive and Hunter Drive expressed the most interest
in having the road paved when the project was originally proposed.
Dick Townsend, 650 Navajo Road, asked if the assessment rate for
Part III, in relation to the total cost of the project, was the
same as Part II.
City Engineer Glenn Cook said each property owner would share in
the entire cost of the road. Cook said the council's intention was
to treat everyone along Medina Road the same.
Holly Leuer, 1522 Medina Road, said there was considerably more
homes on the west end of Medina Road and only one home on the east
end that would benefit from the road. Leuer expressed her support
for the paving of the west section of the road. Leuer felt the
off -road assessments were fair. She reminded everyone that
property owners off of Tamarack were also assessed for the paving
of that road.
Jim Fenning, 1151 Hunter Drive, said the council should consider
paving the east portion of Medina Road.
Ann Thies said she was not in favor of paving the east section
because it would open up the road to Plymouth and increase the
amount of traffic into Medina.
Ed Lundgren, 1582 Medina Road, said he had lived on Medina Road
since 1972 and was ready for a change.
Mary Osgood, 2120 Mohawk Drive, said she had lived in Medina for a
year and a half and had used Medina Road once. Osgood said she
objected to the assessment because the paving did not benefit
their property at all. She asked if the council would be taking a
vote on whether to pave the road.
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Ron Batty said the first step in the process was the public hearing
to consider any objections from the property owners being assessed
and then to adopt the assessment roll. Batty said if too many
property owners appealed their assessment within 30 days after the
hearing, the council would not order the project.
Dale Kunz, 1752 Morgan Road, said he favored the paving of Medina
Road. He asked if the council would consider paving the small
portion of Morgan Road to complete the process. Kunz also asked
the council to consider reducing the speed limit to 30 miles per
hour because of poor visibility from the west going east on Medina
Road.
Glenn Cook said the only way to change the speed limit would be to
have MnDOT prepare a traffic study. Cook said there were advisory
plates underneath warning signs with 30 miles per hour posted along
the hills and curves.
Bud Eisinger, 1832 Medina Road, said Morgan Road would have to be
rebuilt before being paved and would be an expensive project.
John Schulz, 2100 Mohawk Drive, asked why his property was included
in the project when there were no plans to resurface Mohawk Drive.
Schulz said he did not use Medina Road and had no reason to use it.
Cook said when the city's assessment policy was established in
1987, the intent was to try to include every property owner in an
assessment for a collector road. Cook said the same amount is
assessed to on -road and off -road properties.
Schulz said if the policy of the city was to assess every property,
why weren't more residents on County Road 24 being assessed for the
project?
Cook said it was possible that some property owners would never be
assessed for a road.
Ann Thies said it came as a surprise to her that not every property
would be assessed for a collector road. Thies said if this was the
case, the council needed to take a closer look at the policy of
assessing every property.
Moved by Mayor Theis, seconded by Thies, to close the public
hearing at 8:51 p.m.
Moved by Ferris, seconded by Zietlow, to adopt Resolution No. 94-
05, "Resolution Adopting Assessment Roll for the Improvement of
Medina Road between Tamarack Drive and County Road 24."
Ayes: Ferris, Thies, Zietlow and Mayor Theis. Nays: None.
Resolution No. 94-05 adopted on 4-aye and 0-nay vote.
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5. KELLER COMPREHENSIVE PLAN APPLICATION
City Attorney had prepared a resolution denying Fred Keller's
request for a comprehensive plan amendment for the council to
consider.
Keller asked why the council's denial of his request was stated in
the form of a resolution.
Batty said it was consistent with past practice. Batty said a
resolution would have likewise been adopted if the amendment had
been approved.
Keller said a statement in the resolution regarding Orono's
opposition to an amendment to the Medina/Orono/Long Lake sewer
agreement should not be included because Orono was not the one
providing sewer units.
Phil Zietlow said the Met Council's statement that it did not
support further urban development in the Medina Morningside area
should be added to the resolution.
Moved by Mayor Theis, seconded by Thies, to table the adoption of
the resolution denying Fred Keller's request for a Comprehensive
Plan amendment and to direct City Attorney Ron Batty to redraft the
resolution.
Motion carried unanimously.
6. APPOINTMENT OF ALTERNATE COMMISSIONER TO PIONEER-SARAH CREEK
Moved by Mayor Theis, seconded by Ferris, to appoint Mary Ann
Huseth, 2715 County Road 19, as Medina's alternate commissioner to
the Pioneer -Sarah Creek Watershed Management Commission.
Motion carried unanimously.
7. LONG LAKE CLEANWATER IMPROVEMENT PROJECT
Ellen Sones, district administrator for the Minnehaha Creek
Watershed District, gave an overview of the Long Lake Cleanwater
Improvement project which focused primarily on improving the water
quality in Long Lake. As part of the implementation plan for the
Long Lake Clean Water program, the District intended to establish
a Public Information Committee which would assist in the
development of public education and lake monitoring programs.
Sones said the District needed local support in establishing a
public education program in order to sell the project to the MPCA.
Sones added that the District expected to receive substantial
funding in 1995 from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA).
Mayor Theis appointed Phil Zietlow as Medina's representative on
the Public Information Committee.
8. PLANNING COMMISSIONER APPOINTMENTS
In a memo to the council, Planning & Zoning Assistant Sandie Larson
informed the council that the terms of Planning Commissioners Penny
Elsenpeter, Dave Onan and Frank Mignone would expire in March.
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John Ferris said the council should stick with the policy of
advertising all openings, including those members who wished to be
reappointed. Commissioners desiring to serve another term would
have to reapply for the position.
Moved by Ferris, second by Zietlow, to direct Clerk -Treasurer
Karlson to place an advertisement in the city's official newspaper
announcing that the city would be receiving applications for three
openings on the planning commission.
Motion carried unanimously.
9. RATE INCREASE FOR PROSECUTING ATTORNEY
Prosecuting Attorney Steve Tallen said the prosecution rates had
remained unchanged since January of 1991. Tallen proposed that the
hourly rates be increased from $70 to $75, effective February 1,
1994 and from $75 to $77 per hour, effective January 1, 1995.
Tallen said this amount reflected the "going rate" for prosecution
services in Hennepin County.
Moved by Thies, seconded by Mayor Theis, to approve the fee
schedule proposed by City Prosecutor Steve Tallen, as follows:
1. Hourly rate to be increased from $70 to $75, effective February
1, 1994.
2. Hourly rate to be increased from $75 to $77, effective January
1, 1995.
Motion carried unanimously.
10. PARK COMMISSIONER APPOINTMENT
Galen Bruer, 2815 Capriole Drive, said he was interested in serving
on the Park Commission because of his desire to make a contribution
to Medina and to help the city achieve some of its short and long-
term goals.
Mayor Theis said there was another resident who had applied for the
opening on the park commission but he had left early due to the
lateness of the meeting. Theis informed Bruer that the council
strived to balance representation on the commission geographically.
Theis said she would like to give the other candidate another
opportunity to address the council before a decision was made.
Moved by Ferris, seconded by Thies, to table the appointment of a
park commissioner until the next meeting on February 15, 1994.
Motion carried unanimously.
11. UPDATED FEE SCHEDULE
Moved by Mayor Theis, seconded by Ferris, to authorize Ron Batty to
prepare a resolution with the city's updated fee schedule.
Motion carried unanimously.
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12. APPOINTMENT OF WEEKLY NEWS AS MEDINA'S LEGAL NEWSPAPER
Moved by Thies, seconded by Zietlow, to appoint the Weekly News as
the city's legal newspaper.
Motion carried unanimously.
13. PROPOSAL FOR NETWORK CABLING
Moved by Mayor Theis, seconded by Zietlow, to approve a proposal
from Banyon Data Systems to replace the existing coaxial computer
network cabling with an 8-Port Ethernet Hub network cabling
configuration at a cost of $1,025.
Motion carried unanimously.
14. 1994 LOCAL BOARD OF REVIEW
Moved by Mayor Theis, seconded by Thies, to establish Wednesday,
April 6, 1994 at 7:00 p.m. as the date and time of the 1994 Local
Board of Review.
Motion carried unanimously.
15. MEETING CHANGE
Moved by Mayor Theis, seconded by Zietlow, to change the date of
the first council meeting in March to March 2, 1994 due to the
precinct caucuses being held on the first Tuesday of the month.
Motion carried unanimously.
16. NOTICE FROM LAPLANT SANITATION REGARDING CHANGE OF RATES
Mayor Theis submitted a letter she received from LaPlant Sanitation
which asked the city to approve their new basic rates.
Ron Batty said the city has an agreement with the garbage haulers
which states how much the rates could increase. Batty said
according to the agreement, the haulers could increase their rates
each succeeding year only by the cost of living. Batty said
LaPlant had simply sent a notification showing what the new rates
would be which was in compliance with the agreement. He said no
action had to be taken.
17. CITY OF LORETTO'S SEWER PROBLEM
In a letter to Mayor Theis, Loretto Mayor Tom Van Beusekom said
Medina's decision to not actively support Loretto's efforts in
trying to gain approval from the Met Council to discharge into the
Medina Interceptor could significantly damage their proposal. Van
Beusekom added that Medina's support was pivotal to Loretto's
success with the Met Council. He asked that Medina outline its
position to the Met Council of not wanting to give up sewer units
and offer conditional support on that basis.
Phil Zietlow said he was uncomfortable not knowing all the pieces
of the puzzle in regard to Loretto's plans for sewer expansion.
Mayor Theis said she would contact Van Beusekom and ask that he
meet with the council to discuss Loretto's plans.
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18. PAYMENT OF BILLS
Moved by Zietlow, seconded by Ferris, to approve payment of Order
Check Numbers 12844-12901 for $72,627.11 and Payroll Check Numbers
13752-13770 for $13,374.88.
Motion carried unanimously.
19. ADJOURNMENT
Moved by Zietlow, seconded by Mayor Theis, to adjourn the meeting
at 10:26 p.m.
Motion carried unanimously.
Anne E. Theis, Mayor
ATTEST:
y . Karlson, Clerk -Treasurer
February 1, 1994