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ORDER CHECKS - MARCH 2, 1993
11747 Delta Dental $ 603.20
11748 Medica 3,147.00
11749 Postmaster 400.00
11750 Budget Printing 51.74
11751 Hennepin County Treasurer 99.69
11752 CDP 151.27
11753 CDP 80.00
11754 Greater N.W.Office of R.E. Assess. 2,102.60
11755 Medcenters 1,899.35
11756 Quill Corp. 175.02
11757 Mothers Motors 53.26
11758 Metro Waste Control 9,308.00
11759 NSP 1,478.72
11760 NFPA 75.00
11761 Commercial Life Ins. 47.40
11762 St. Paul Stamp Works 18.30
11763 NSP 687.67
11764 LMCIT 31,243.00
11765 Office Max 48.42
11766 Hennepin County Sheriff 7.13
11767 Dolphin Temporary 740.88
11768 Bryan Rock Products 5,726.89
11769 Hwy. 55 Rental 69.81
11770 ESS Bros. 29.82
11771 First Trust 233,467.50
11772 Metro Legal Services 1,978.00
11773 Pitney Bowes 89.46
11774 Long Lake Fire Dept. 1,900.00
11775 Loretto Fire Dept. 6,025.00
11776 Maple Plain Fire Dept. 775.00
11777 Hamel Fire Dept. 15,067.50
11778 Ziegler, Inc. 29.39
11779 Randy's Sanitation 78.81
11780 Lake Business 174.84
11781 Senior Community Services 1,496.00
11782 Minnegasco 285.60
11783 West Hennepin Human Services 681.00
11784 Holmes & Graven 7,256.01
11785 Minn. Dept. of Health 75.00
11786 The Software Library 421.74
11787 Pitney Bowes 65.00
11788 System One Management Adivsors 3,421.00
11789 BCL Appraisals 1,170.00
11790 Minnesota Sex Crimes 15.00
11791 Twin City Water Clinic 200.00
11792 E-Z-Recycling 2,070.00
11793 Fortin Hardware 72.77
11794 U.S. West Communications 243.39
11795 Genuine Parts 169.16
11796 Warning Lites 40.00
11797 John's Auto 64.82
11798 Mid America Meter 29.61
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ORDER CHECKS - MARCH 2, 1993 (CONT'D)
11799 Copy Mate 8.09
11800 Zee Medical 66.62
11801 A T & T 121.42
11802 Farmers State Bank of Hamel (S.S.) 731.34
11803 A T & T 40.72
11804 Minn Comm 38.60
11805 P.E.R.A. 1,350.03
11806 Crow River News 94.88
11807 Bonestroo, Rosene, Anderlik 10,568.71
11808 West Hennepin Auto 143.03
11809 Westside Wholesale Tire 10.00
$348,779.25
PAYROLL CHECKS - MARCH 2, 1993
13206 Anne E. Theis $ 207.79
13207 Ann C. Thies 138.52
13208 John Ferris 138.52
13209 Philip Zietlow 138.52
13210 James Johnson 138.52
13211 Wayne Wallace 959.94
13212 Jill McRae 974.16
13213 Richard Rabenort 1,101.51
13214 Michael Rouillard 892.48
13215 Scott Stillman 774.40
13216 James Dillman 1,050.23
13217 Robert Dressel 901.23
13218 Edgar Belland 890.76
13219 Jeffrey Karlson 857.92
13220 Cecilia vieau 556.52
13221 Laura Monroe 656.03
13222 Sandra Larson 532.74
13223 Benedict Young 878.79
13224 Commissioner of Revenue 795.31
13225 Farmers State Bank of Hamel (Fed.) 1,965.68
13226 Farmers State Bank of Hamel (S.S.) 731.34
13227 P.E.R.A. 995.52
$16,276.43
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The City
March 2,
Present:
Absent:
MINUTES
Council of Medina, Minnesota met in regular session on
1993 at 7:30 p.m. in the City Hall Council Chambers.
Councilmembers John Ferris, James Johnson, Ann Thies,
Philip Zietlow and Mayor Anne Theis.
None.
Others Present: Public Works Director Jim Dillman, City Engineer
Glenn Cook, Zoning Administrator Loren Kohnen,
Clerk -Treasurer Jeff Karlson and City Attorney
Ron Batty.
Additions to Agenda
1. Discuss meeting between Councilmember Zietlow and Dave
Wessin.
2. Establish a public hearing on the proposed use of $12,632
from the Hennepin County Development Block Grant Program.
1. MINUTES
Moved by Thies, seconded by Zietlow, to approve the minutes of
the regular meeting of February 16, 1993, as presented.
Motion carried unanimously.
2. PLANNING COMMISSIONER APPOINTMENTS
Mayor Theis read a list of the candidates who applied for a
three-year position on the planning commission. Applying for
one of the three seats were Val Higgins, Thomas Wakefield, Robert
Bradley, James Lane, Jorgen Hoglund, Susan Mackey and Anne
Heideman. Heideman was seeking to be reappointed.
The council heard from Susan Mackey, 1505 Hunter Drive. Mackey
said she would work to ensure that the views of all Medina
citizens were heard and considered as objectively and fairly as
possible in accordance with the city's ordinances. Mackey said
she would pay close attention to details and look at issues with
an open mind.
The council voted for three candidates by secret ballot. Susan
Mackey and James Lane were elected on the first ballot and Anne
Heideman was elected on the second ballot.
Moved by Thies, seconded by Mayor Theis, to approve the
appointment of Susan Mackey, 1505 Hunter Drive, and James Lane,
2605 Hamel Road, and the reappointment of Anne Heideman to three-
year terms.
Motion carried unanimously.
Councilmember Johnson said the council should express their
appreciation to outgoing planning commissioners, Ron Rogers and
Lenny Leuer, for their nine years of dedicated service on the
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planning commission.
Councilmember Thies suggested the council invite Ron Rogers and
Lenny Leuer to the next council meeting and award them a
certificate of appreciation.
Mayor Theis instructed staff to have the certificates prepared
for the next meeting.
3. THORPE DISTRIBUTING REQUEST FOR TIF ASSISTANCE
Clerk -Treasurer Karlson introduced Jack Reis, owner and president
of Thorpe Distributing Co., a beer distributing company. Also
present was Bob Walter, Reis's attorney, Dena Simmons, an
engineering consultant with the Anheuser-Busch Wholesaler
Planning Facility Dept., and Rick Sathre of Sathre-Bergquist in
Wayzata.
Karlson said that he, Jim Dillman and Loren Kohnen met with Jack
Reis about Thorpe Distributing relocating to Medina. Karlson
said Reis would like to purchase a 16-acre parcel owned by Alpana
Aluminum Products, zoned multi -family residential and that he was
interested in obtaining tax increment financing assistance.
Karlson pointed out that the city's comprehensive plan allowed
for commercial -industrial development on the proposed building
site.
Reis said he would like to relocate in Medina because Medina is
centrally located in the company's distribution area. Reis said
the company would employ 40 people, of which ten would work on
the premises.
Dena Simmons presented sketches of the proposed building project.
Simmons said the building project would require 7 to 8 acres of
land which included ample greenspace.
Dick Lecy, vice-president of finance for Alpana Alumimum
Products, said Alpana had negotiated with Thorpe Distributing on
the sale of the land and was very much in favor of having the
beer distributing company relocate next to them.
Bob Walter said Thorpe Distributing was under a lease agreement
and originally had hoped to begin construction of a building in
May of 1993, but realized that this was too ambitious.
City Attorney Batty gave a brief overview of the City's tax
increment financing guidelines. Batty said even though the TIF
guidelines include land write -down as a permissible expense, the
city has declined to allow land write -down expenses in a
development agreement because previous councils did not want to
contribute toward potentially inflated land values.
Bob Walter said that under Medina's current TIF policy, Thorpe
would not be eligible for any private assistance because the
proposed building site is located in an "urban sewered"
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development area.
Councilmember Ferris said the council needed to rethink its
policy of providing tax increment financing assistance for
private development in "rural unsewered" areas and no private
development assistance in "urban sewered" areas.
Batty said three things had to occur before the building project
could move forward. First, the city would need to determine how
much tax increment would be generated. Secondly, the city would
have to create a tax increment district. Thirdly, the city would
need to execute a development agreement with Thorpe.
Batty told Jack Reis he should specify the amount of dollars he
would need in order to make it economically feasible for his
company relocate in Medina.
The council agreed that Reis and his attorney, Bob Walter, should
put together a list of development costs and meet with city staff
to discuss which costs would be eligible for private assistance.
Councilmember Zietlow left the meeting at 8:30 p.m.
4. APPOINTMENTS TO PIONEER CREEK WATERSHED COMMISSION
Moved by Mayor Theis, seconded by Thies, to appoint Donald
Johnston as a representative and Anne Theis as an alternate to
the Pioneer Creek Watershed Management Commission.
Motion carried unanimously.
5. LUNDGREN BROTHERS REQUEST FOR REZONING
Zoning Administrator Kohnen read memos he had written to the
planning commission and the city council related to a proposal
from Lundgren Brothers, a real estate developer, to develop 166
acres of the Doerr property by creating a subdivision of 136 lots
under the City's planned unit development (PUD) ordinance.
Lundgren requested that the property be rezoned from Rural
Residential to PUD-Suburban Residential. Kohnen said Lundgren
Brothers had submitted a revised proposal which met the
requirements of the PUD-Suburban Residential district, including
the minimum 30,000 square foot lot area. Kohnen said the
planning commission recommended approval of the rezoning to
Suburban Residential under a PUD and the preliminary plat with
the inclusion of 28 conditions.
Councilmember Thies asked if all the concerns expressed by the
City's planning consultant, David Licht, in a memo dated January
26, 1993, had been considered by the planning commission and
included in the 28 conditions.
Kohnen felt the planning commission had adequately addressed each
of the conditions recommended by Licht for the preliminary plat
to be approved.
Kohnen said the number of cul-de-sacs had been reduced and that
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school buses would not have to turn around in a cul-de-sac.
Kohnen added that trees would be planted in the center of the
cul-de-sacs instead of shrubs to provide better visibility for
motorists.
Mayor Theis asked about the staging plan laid out in Medina's
comprehensive plan and how it would affect the Lundgren
development.
Kohnen said that final approval would be given for Phase I which
allows for 60 units to the year 1996 as specified in the staging
plan. Kohnen added that the remainder of the property would be
an outlot until the property included in Phase II could be
platted beginning in 1996.
Councilmember Johnson asked why the City was using a two-step
phasing plan instead of a four -step plan as originally planned.
City Engineer Cook said Lundgren's original plan was to develop
180 lots, but they had to reduce the number of lots to 136
because of a minimum lot size requirement of 30,000 square feet
in a Suburban Residential district.
Concern was raised about the preservation of trees in the area.
Terry Forbord of Lundgren Bros. said they had the same concerns
of the City in trying to preserve the wooded areas. Forbord said
there would be a threefold tree preservation plan. One, the
Homeowner's Association would prohibit the cutting down of trees
in the neighborhood. Two, a deed restriction would be imposed
prohibiting the cutting down of trees in construction zones,
including driveway areas. Three, property owners would enter
into covenants which would also include restrictions on the
cutting down of trees.
City Attorney Batty asked what kind of permission the City was
giving to Lundgren Bros. in relation to Phase II of the staging
plan allowing for an additional 76 units beginning in 1996.
Planning Commissioner Anne Heideman responded by saying that it
was the intention of the planning commission that the City
approve additional units in 1996 only if the sewered area had not
reached its capacity. Heideman said the City would have to
closely monitor sewer flow and could postpone further development
in the Lundgren subdivision if flow rates would surpass what is
permitted in the comprehensive plan.
Terry Forbord acknowledged that he understood this would be the
City's policy in accordance with the comprehensive plan.
Moved by Thies, seconded by Johnson, to direct staff to prepare a
resolution approving the rezoning of 166 acres of the Wally Doerr
property from Rural Residential to Suburban Residential--PUD.
Motion carried unanimously.
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Moved by Thies, seconded by Johnson, to approve a preliminary
plat of a subdivision from Lundgren Brothers, Inc. subject to 28
conditions and any other subject matter such as Title.
Motion carried unanimously.
6. EMIL JUBERT LOT DIVISION
Moved by Johnson, seconded by Mayor Theis, to approve a lot
division for Emil Jubert, 1182 Highway 55, with the following
conditions:
1. Appropriate right-of-way obtained for Tamarack Drive.
2. Recognize that the parcel will now be non -conforming and
no development will take place unless it is rezoned.
Motion carried unanimously.
7. TODD BARTELS CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT
Moved by Johnson, seconded by Thies, to approve a conditional use
permit for Todd Bartels, 420 Ridgeview Circle, for a home
occupation with the following four conditions:
1. Not more than one person not residing in the dwelling
may employed on -site.
2. No signs shall be allowed.
3. Vehicles displaying the name of the home occupation must
be parked in the garage overnight.
4. Hours of operation shall be from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
seven days a week.
Motion carried unanimously.
8. AT&T SERVICE PROTECTION AGREEMENT
Moved by Ferris, seconded by Mayor Theis, to not renew a 36-month
Service Protection Agreement with AT&T for post warranty
maintenance of the city's AT&T Spirit phone system.
Motion carried unanimously.
9. W.W. FARM NEGOTIATIONS
The council authorized Councilmember Zietlow to meet with Dave
Wessin in order to settle a dispute between the City and the
partnership of W.W. Farm pertaining to special assessments levied
against real estate owned by W.W. Farm for the construction of a
sewage collection system in the Hamel area.
The council agreed that City Attorney Batty should be contacted
if the two parties could not come to an agreement on the
assessments.
10. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM FOR 1993
Moved by Thies, seconded by Ferris, to establish a public hearing
date of Tuesday, March 16, 1993 at 8:00 p.m. to obtain the views
of citizens on local and Urban Hennepin County housing and
community development needs and the City's proposed use of
$12,632 from the Year XIX Urban Hennepin County Community
Development Block Grant.
Motion carried unanimously.
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11. PAYMENT OF BILLS
Moved by Thies, seconded by Mayor Theis, to approve Order Check
Numbers 11747-11809 for $348,779.25 and Payroll Check Numbers
13206-13227 for $16,276.43.
Motion carried unanimously.
12. ADJOURNMENT
Moved by Thies, seconded by Mayor Theis, to adjourn the meeting at
9:40 p.m.
Motion carried unanimously.
ATTEST:
Jd€fy E. Karlson, Clerk -Treasurer