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Home My Public Portal About03/07/1989 CCMORDER CHECKS - MARCH 7, 1989 7350 Delta Dental 7351 Physician's Health Plan 7352 Farmers State Bank of Hamel 7353 Postmaster 7354 City Desk Computer Warehouse 7355 Budget Printing 7356 Everything for the Office 7357 Ccpy Duplicating Products, Inc. 7358 Greater N.W.Office of R.E. Assess. 7359 Fortin Hardware 7360 U.S.WestCommunication 7361 Wright/Hennepin Electric 7362 Medcenters Health Plan 7363 Marjorie Vigoren 7364 STS Consultants 7365 Loretto Towing 7366 Henn. Co. Gen. Acctg. Div. 7367 Metro Wet Inspection Services 7368 Metro Waste Control Comm. 7369 Minn Comm 7370 Long Lake Ford Tractor 7371 Genuine Parts 7372 Reynolds Welding 7373 Johnson & Leidl 7374 Able Hose & Rubber 7375 NSP 7376 Drivers License Office 7377 City of Maple Plain 7378 State of Minnesota 7379 State of Minnesota 7380 P.E.R.A. 7381 Office Products of Minn.,Inc. 7382 Crow River News 7383 Hamel Building Center 7384 Bonestroo, Rosene, Anderlik, A 7385 Lefevere, Lefler, Kennedy 7386 Ccmmercial Life Ins. Co. 7387 Minn. Cellular Telephone 7388 Feed Rite Controls 7389 Water Products Co. 7390 First Trust 7391 Ncrthwet League of Mun. 7392 Pitney Bowes, Inc. 7393 NIBS 7394 Paper Calmenson & Co. 7395 First Trust 7396 Health Center of Buffalo 7397 Shamrock Ind. 7398 Long Lake Fire Dept. 7399 Loretto Fire Dept. 7400 Maple Plain Fire Dept. 7401 Hamel Fire Dept. 7402 Don Mayer 7403 Earl F. Anderson 7404 Perrys Truck Repair $ 528.30 2,509.00 619.59 300.00 56.59 202.71 15.16 208.17 1,504.50 184.58 291.41 971.90 97.85 366.31 295.58 271.85 497.23 6,011.05 1,433.34 52.50 202.10 582.89 18.80 1,147.00 174.33 1,576.81 21.00 2,350.52 280.00 30.00 1,015.60 1,886.00 204.10 6C.44 1,019.12 11,478.07 19.80 85.32 692.09 1,271.57 197,635.00 503.17 59.25 100.33 545.50 651.75 20.00 10.00 2,128.50 4,025.00 675.00 11,150.00 27.00 88.85 1,582.75 ORDER CHECKS - MARCH 7, 1989(CONT'D) 7405 Safety Kleen Corp. 7406 Goodyear Auto Service 7407 Electrolux Sales & Svc. 7408 Wesley Bendickson 7409 Senior Community Services 7410 R & D Copier 7411 North Memorial Medical Center 7412 Karen Dahlberg 7413 Culligan 7414 Allstar Electric 7415 Snyder Drugs 7416 Egan McKay 7417 Minn. Police & Peace Off. Assn. 7418 West Henn. Recycling Comu. 7419 W.W. Grainger 7420 Polka Dot Recycling 7421 Software Library 7422 Westside Wholesale 7423 A T & T Credit Corp. 7424 Don Wendling 7425 Metro Waste Control Comm. 7426 City of Minnetonka Beach 7427 Ron Graves Landscaping & Cont. PAYROLL CHECKS - MARCH 7, 1989 10872 Thomas Anderson 10873 Anne Theis 10874 Robert Mitchell 10875 Stephen Schmit 10876 Wilfred Scherer 10877 Wayne Wallace 10878 Jill McRae 10879 Richard Rabenort 10880 Michael Rouillard 10881 Richard Blevins 10882 James Dillman 10883 Robert Dressel 10884 Karen Dahlberg 10885 Donna Roehl 10886 Laura Skarda 10887 Sandra Larson 10888 Shannon Formisano 10889 Benedict Young 10890 Steven Scherer 10891 Farmers State Bank (Fed.) 10892 Commissioner of Revenue 10893 Farmers State Bank (S.S.) 10894 P.E.R.A. 47.25 152.81 29.45 360.00 636.00 136.50 18.00 24.19 35.30 251.20 4.19 232.58 75.00 308.25 40.20 1,129.00 410.00 56.89 121.42 68.00 569.25 1,088.87 7,906.68 $273,436.34 $ 225.00 147.82 150.00 150.00 150.00 659.27 909.26 1,070.20 830.92 515.05 898.64 992.70 429.30 1,058.28 537.90 476.15 59.13 945.48 238.49 1,689.43 700.42 619.59 765.00 $14,218.03 o 0 The Council of the City of Medina met in regular session on Tuesday, March 7, 1989 at 7:35 P.M. Present: Mayor, Thomas Anderson; Councilmembers, Wilfred Scherer, Anne Theis, Stephen Schmit; Clerk -Treasurer, Donna Roehl; Zoning Administrator, Loren Kohnen; Public Works Director, James Dillman; Attorney,Ron Batty; Engineer, Glenn Cook Absent: Councilmember, Robert Mitchell 1. ADDITIONAL AGENDA ITEMS Moved by Theis, seconded by Scherer to discuss the following additional items: Long Lake Hounds, Conditional Use Permit Hennepin County Garbage Transfer and Truck Routing Stations Loren Kohnen, information regarding vacation Hamel Sewer area and additional units Custodian hiring Police contract Motion declared carried Moved by Theis, seconded by Scherer to discuss resolution to City of Orono regarding County Road 116. Motion declared carried 2. MINUTES OF FEBRUARY 21, 1989 Moved by Schmit, seconded by Theis to accept minutes of February 21, 1989, as presented. Motion declared carried 3. POLICE CONTRACT Anne Theis asked for the status of the police union contract. Ron Batty reported that the Law Enforcement Labor Services representative had not approved the police union contract that the city council had approved, revision had been made and he had hoped that the revised version would be available for this meeting. Donna Roehl stated that she had paid Officer Rouillard for his unused sick leave, as Council had directed, according to the new contract wage schedule, if the contract is not approved by the union how will that payout be handled. Thomas Anderson stated that the amount paid could be withheld from future pay checks. Ron Batty stated that he would find out the status of the contract and hopefully it would be available for the March 21st meeting. 4. PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT Holy Name School Moved by Scherer, seconded by Schmit to pay Holy Name School $300 to clean up the city roadsides; $150 from the city and $150 that has been received from Woodlake Landfill. Motion declared carried Street Lighting Moved by Scherer, seconded by Schmit to approve installation of two street lights; one at the intersection of Hwy. 55 and Willow Dr. and the second one at Willow Dr. and the Soo Line railroad tracks. Motion declared carried Wilfred Scherer stated that a letter was being written to the State Highway department re- garding improvements to Hwy. 55, especially asking them to locate the center line of the highway and also a request for information regarding a semaphore at the intersection of Hwy. 101. Public Works Letter Council discussed letter from the public works department regarding work that has been done by the department that has saved the city many dollars. Jim Dillman also asked that Council review the policy regarding having to use sick leave in connection with a job related acci- dent and to give an employee vacation time credit for previous experience, each of these similar to that being done for the police department. r J Thomas Anderson stated that he would like to thank the public works employees for the excellant job thay had done during the recent heavy snow and that he would like to think about the sick leave and vacation requests. Moved by Scherer, seconded by sChmit to table the matter until March 21, 1989 meeting. Motion declared carried Hamel Sewer Area and Additional Units Council discussed the possibility of expanding the Hamel Sewer District and requesting the Metro Waste Control to allow additional sewer units in that area. Glenn Cook presented a map indicating the area in which a request for additional units will be made and reminded council that a larger line had been installed in the Lutz Elm Creek Addition to accomodate future units. Moved by Scherer, seconded by Theis to ask the Planning Commission to study the possibility of enlarging the Hamel sewer district and increasing the number of sewer units through a Comprehensive Plan amendment. Motion declared carried 5. PLANNING AND ZONING DEPARTMENT Hamel Properties, Conditional Use Permit Loren Kohnen reviewed information regarding the Conditional Use Permit application of Rolf Westgard for buildings located at 610-640 Hamel Rd. He stated that the buildings would be improved by the addition of 20% wood; landscaping would be done according to plans submitted and that a 15 ft. drainage easement should be gotten from the owner on the eastern edge of the property. Rolf Westgard stated that U.S. West is working with the EPA to retain the two large under- ground fuel tanks and that the two smaller tanks would be removed. Moved by Theis, seconded by Schmit to authorize preparation of a resolution approving the Conditional Use Permit for Hamel Properties at 610-640 Hamel Rd., according to Planning Commission recommendations plus provision of a 15 ft. drainage easement on the easterly edge of the property and striping of the exterior of the building as suggested by Mayor Anderson. Motion declared carried Richard Toomey, Setback and Building Size Variances Loren Kohnen explained that Richard Toomey, 3052 Lakeshore Ave., had requested two var- iances to construct a detached garage on his property; a rear yard set back variance of 6'8" and a variance for an oversized accessory building. He stated that the ordinance allows a 1000 sq. ft. building and the Toomeys have asked for a 1384 sq.ft. building. He explained that the Planning Commission had recommended approval of the setback var- iance but could find no hardship for allowing the larger building. Thomas Anderson stated that they would not need a variance if they attached the garage to the existing house. Anne Theis explained that the soil on the Toomeys lots was similar to the soil on their property,on which they had to construct a detached garage. Richard Toomey stated that the footings on the west side of the house were as far to the west that footings could be dug because of the poor soil. Planning Commission representative, Anne Heideman, stated that the ordinance does not address sub -soil conditions as a reason for hardship. Ron Batty stated that city ordinance should include state statute language. Moved by Theis, seconded by Scherer to authorize preparation of a resolution granting a rear yard setback variance of 6'8" and a 384 sq. ft. building size variance to Richard Toomey to allow construction of a detached garage at 3052 Lakeshore Ave., according to Planning Commission recommendations and sub -soil conditions which do not allow attaching garage to the existing house. Motion declared carried Hennepin Parks, Conditional Use Permit Amendment Loren Kohnen explained that Hennepin Parks had requested an amendment to their Condition- al Use Permit to allow an 800 sq. ft. addition to their proposed Baker Park golf course building. He stated that the total square footage of the building would be 6000 sq. ft. and the additional space would be used for showner rooms and storage. He stated that the septic system design will reflect the additional use of.; water for showers. Stephen Schmit asked if space will be rented to the public. Bob Wicklund of the Park Reserve District, explained that use of the space would be in conjunction with park activities. Stephen Schmit stated that Council is concerned about a public facility competing with private businesses in the area. Bob Wicklund stated that Council could include a condition regarding use of the facility for park related activities, such as skiing, golfing and park education activities. Moved by Schmit, seconded by Theis to authorize preparation of a Conditional Use Permit amendment to allow Hennepin Parks to construct a 6000 sq. ft. building at Baker Park Golf Course; 800 additional square feet than originally approved. Permit approved according to the Planning Commission recommendations and with the condition that the community room will be used only for park related activities. Motion declared carried Stephen Euerle, Variance Loren Kohnen explained that Stephen Euerle had made application to replace concrete steps with an 8 ft. by 12 ft. deck, on his house at 2955 Ardmore Ave. This would require a front yard variance of 12.5 ft. Moved by Scherer, seconded by Theis to authorize preparation of a resolution granting a 12.5 ft. front yard setback variance to stephen Euerle to construct a deck on his house at 2955 Ardmore Ave., hardship being that a deck will be consistent with others in the area and the need for a front entrance. Motion declared carried Tupco Ron Batty explained that Judge Levy had issued a preliminary order suspending taking of depositions and discovery responses until after March 31, 1989, on which date a Rule 16 conference will be held. 6. NORTHWEST SUBURBAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE PULL TAB OPERATION Ron Batty explained that he had virified•with the Minnesota Gambling Control Board the legality of accepting funds from the Northwest Suburban Chamber of Commerce Pull Tab operation and donating a portion of it back to the Chamber of Commerce. Moved by Anderson, seconded by Scherer to accept $10,000 from the Pull Tab operation of the Chamber of Commerce to be used towrd remodeling of city hall. Motion declared carried Stephen Schmit stated that he would like the money used for the city hall landscaping and city hall sign project, that is being planned. Moved by Anderson seconded by Scherer to donate $7000 to the Northwest Suburban Chamber of Commerce. Motion declared carried Don Klitzka, representing the Chamber of Commerce Pull Tab operation asked if the hours of operation for pull tabs could be changed to 12:00 noon until 12:45 A.M. Moved by Scherer, seconded by Schmit to adopt Resolution 89-12, amending Resolution 86-22, allowing pull tab hours of operation from 12:00 noon until 12:45 A.M. Motion declared carried 7. LONG LAKE HOUNDS, CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT Donna Roehl asked if Council wished to adopt the resolution for the Long Lake Hounds kennels, as it has been presented, with one condition, while three other kennel permits have as many at seventeen conditions. Ron Batty suggested that their permit be consistent with others. Moved by Anderson, seconded by Theis to table action on the Long Lake Hounds Conditional Use Permit until March 21st and to direct the city attorney to prepare a resolution similar to that of other kennel operations. Motion declared carried 8. LOREN KOHNEN Loren Kohnen explained that he had two vacations previously planned, one during the week of April loth, at which he would miss the Planning Commission meeting and the other in May, at which he would miss a city council meeting. 9. PIONEER CREEK WATERSHED COMMISSION Anne Theis explained that local plans for the Pioneer Creek Watershed district were due by June 1, 1989 and that a letter requesting a one year extension should be written. Moved by Theis, seconded by Schmit to request an extension for filing local plans for watershed management for the Pioneer Creek Watershed district, until June, 1990. Motion declared carried 10. HENNEPIN COUNTY TRANSFER STATIONS Thomas Anderson reported that Luther Nelson had informed him that the property that Hennepin County owns at Co. rd. 19 and Hamel Rd. would not be designated as a truck routing site for garbage, even thought it was included in Hennepin Counties list. 11. CUSTODIAN Donna Roehl reported that Shannon Formisano had agreed to do the city hall janitorial work for $10. per hour. Council asked that she contact a cleaning service to find out what they would charge and to ask Shannon if she would be willing to work for less money. Donna Roehl stated that she would continue to have Shannon do the work while other poss- ibilities were researched. 12. INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT BONDING AND TAX INCREMENT APPLICATION FEES Ron Batty suggested that the city set fees for applications for Tax Increment and Indust- rial development Bonds, rather than collecting fees after funding is approved. Moved by Theis, seconded by Scherer to charge $3000 for a Tax Increment Funding application and z of 1/ for an Industrial Development bond application. Motion declared carried 13. LORETTO TOWING Council directed the city attorney to send a letter to Loretto Towing regardin non-com- pliance with their Conditional Use Permit, regarding outside storage and landscaping. Donna Roehl stated that Ron Converse of Loretto Towing had asked for a copy of the sign ordinance as Loren Kohnen had told them they could not advertize an out of city business or function, on their sign. 14. COUNTY ROAD 116 Moved by Scherer, seconded by Theis to adopt Resolution 89-13, regarding urging the City of Orono to approve the extension of Co. Rd. 116 to Hwy. 12. Motion declared carried 15. WOODLAKE LANDFILL ASH DISPOSAL Anne Theis stated that she had not heard anything regarding selection of a consultant for the Woodlake Landfill ash disposal application and that perhaps someone who could be more effective should be a member of the committee. Wilfred Scherer stated that he would be willing to replace Anne Theis on the committee. Ron Batty reported that he had written to Woodlake asking them for a response on closure procedures for the landfill. 16. BILLS Moved by Scherer, seconded by Theis to pay the bills; Order Checks # 7350-7427 in the amount of $273,436.34 and Payroll Checks # 10872-10894 in the amount of $14,218.03. Motion declared carried 17. DONNA ROEHL Council congratulated Donna Roehl for achieving the International I- stitut%6f1�Municipal Clerks Certification. , (100 18. PLANNING COMMISSION VACANCY Moved by SScherrer, seconded by Schmit to table PlanningCommission appoint ents until rG s an ask other interested citizens to attend that meeting. Motion ceclared carrie Moved by Theis econdedz Sc it to adjourn. Carried 9 - Adjourned at 9:25 P.M,