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Home My Public Portal About04/16/91 CCMThe Council of the City of Medina met in regular session on Tuesday, April 16, 1991 at 7:35 P.M. Present: Acting Mayor, Robert Mitchell; Councilmembers, Wilfred Scherer, Ann Thies; Clerk -Treasurer, Donna Roehl; Public Works Director, Names Dillman; Police Chief, Rick Rabenort; 'Zoning Administrator, Loren Kohnen; Attorney, Ron Batty Absent: Mayor, Gary Acromite; Councilmember Philip Zietlo`T 1. ADDITIONAL AGENDA ITEMS Moved by Thies, seconded by Scherer to discuss the following additional agenda items: Woodlake Landfill Tupco clean-up report Summer employment wages Motion declared carried 2. MINUTES OF BOARD OF REVEIW MEETING, APRIL 2, 1991 Ann Thies asked that value of Gary O'Hagen property be valued, "as is." Moved by Thies, seconded by Scherer to approve minutes of Board of Review meeting as amended. Motion declared carried 3. MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING, APRIL 2, 1991 Moved by Scherer, seconded by Thies to approve minutes of April 2, 1991, regular meeting, as presented. Motion declared carried 4. PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT Clean -Up Day Jim Dillman reported that plans for clean-up day had been completed and councilmembers were asked to help serve the noon lunch. Elm Creek Interceptor Donna Roehl stated that Philip Zietlow had asked that action be tabled on the resolution received from Maple Grove encouraging them to move up the schedule 'for construction of the Elm Creek Interceptor until after the joint Planning Commission/City Council meeting. Moved by Scherer, seconded by Thies to table discussion on the request from Maple Grove regarding the Elm Creek Interceptor, until after the joint meeting on April 23rd. Motion declared carried Source Reduction Donna Roehl stated that Hennepin County is asking cities to prepare and use source reduc- tion plans and that the West Hennepin Recycling Commission coordinator had prepared a plan that cities could use. She stated that cities were beginning with reduction plans for offices and would thenimove on to parks and public works reduction. Moved by Thies, seconded by Scherer to adopt Resolution 91-24, Source Reduction Plan for the City. Motion declared carried 5. PLANNING AND ZONING DEPARTMENT Kenneth Belgarde, Final Subdivision Approval Moved by Scherer, seconded by Thies to adopt Resolution 91-25 granting final subdivision approval to Kenneth Belgarde to subdivide 17.44 acres on Willow Dr. Motion declared carried William Busch, Setback Variances Moved by Scherer, seconded --.by Thies to adopt Resolution 91-26, approving lake setback variances for William Busch to construct a house and septic system at 2924 Willowood Rd. Motion declared carried 6. CIVIL DEFENSE SIRENS Moved by Thies, seconded by Scherer to 'gold a public hearing on May 7, 1991 at 8:00 P.M. to discuss placement of civil defense sirens in Medina Morningside, Independence Beach and Holy Name Lake Park, Motion declared carried 55 7. HUNTER FARMS PARK SECURITY LIGHT Nyles Gentz, Park Commissioner, stated that a security light was needed by the utility building at Hunter Farms Park and a receptacle should be installed for a pitching machine. He stated that two quotes had been received for the work; $275. from Medina Electric and $620. from Hamel Electric with the cost of electricity for the security light, from Wright - Hennepin Electric at $19. per month. Jim Dillman stated that he would like to get a quote from the electrical contractor that does the cities electrical work. Moved by Scherer, seconded by Thies to authorize installation of a security light and elect- rical outlet at Hunter Farms Park, subject to staff working with an electrical contractor. Motion declared carried 8. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM, YEAR XVII Donna Roehl explained that removal of underground gasoline and fuel storage tanks is an eligible expense for CDBG funds, with . an estimate of $4000 to remove one of the cities tanks. She also stated that topographical mapping fo Sections 23 and 24 is needed for stormwater drainage plans that should be completed for the area adjacent to Holy Name Dr.; zn view of the fact that Plymouth is currently reviewing subdivision plans for properties adjacent to the City of Medina. She estimated the mapping costs.for the two sections at from $12,000 to $14,000. She stated that funds could also be allocated for housing rehab although there have not been any applicants for the funds for quite some time. Moved by Scherer, seconded by Thies to adopt Resolution 91-27, Community Development Block Grant funding for Year XVII with $4000 for fuel tank removal and $10,963 for topographical mapping of Sections 23 and 24. Motion declared carried 9. FISCAL DISPARITIES Council discussed fiscal disparities laws that are being proposed before the legislature and how they would affect Medina. No action was taken on the proposed resolution. 10. TUCKBOROUGH FARM, 3RD ADDITION, PRELIMINARY SUBDIVISION APPROVAL Loren Kohnen reviewed Planning Commission recommendations for approval of Jim Fennings, Tuckborough Farm 3rd Addition, which had been tabled since February 5, 1991 while Council decided whether or not Vie subdivision should be approved with a north/south road easement. Wilfred Scherer stated that he thought it was foolish to give up an easement that the city owned; if for no other reason it should be kept for a trail. Moved by Thies, seconded by Scherer to authorize preparationof a resolution approving the Tuckborough farm 3rd Addition, without the north/south road easement. Loren Kohnen then reviewed the fourteen conditions placed on the approval by the Planning Commission with changes pertaining to not having the north/south road easement. Motion carried Voting No -Scherer Jim Fenning asked if a building permit could be issued on either Outlot A or B of the property prior to final subdivision approval. Moved by Mitchell, seconded by Thies to approve issuance of one building permit on either Outlot A or B of Tuckborough Farm. Motion declared carried 11. SUMMER EMPLOYEE WAGES Jim Dillman stated that he would like to rehire with an increase in wages of 50 cents per hour, 'to Tony Hughes. He stated that minimum wage is Moved by Scherer, seconded by Thies to pay Mike mendation of Jim Dillman. Motion declared carried Mike Glampe and Tony Hughes for summer work to $6.50 to Mike Glampe and $6.00 per hour paid by the Summer Youth Employment Program. Glampe and Tony Hughes according to recom 12. WOODLAKE LANDFILL Loren Kohnen explained that soil" borings are being done in the old section of Woodlake Landfill to determine how much and where garbage had been buried in the early years of the landfill. He stated that they are finding out how deep the garbage is piled and information regarding methane gas; also that garbage has been buried much farther into the swamp than originally believed. He explained that Woodlake cannot give the city a closure plan until they know where monitoring wells need to be placed. Robert Mitchell stated that Wenck should be notified and one of their people should be sent out to review the work. Loren Kohnen stated that he had asked Ed Hartman of Woodlake to provide the city with any of the data that is being collected. Robert Mitchell stated that one of the Hennepin County Commissioners had stated that in 1984 the county had taken the position of not siting new landfills until existing ones were filled; also that the 1989 resolution regarding closure by February 6, 1996 may not be valid because ash was never brought to Medina. He stated that he had spoken to Larry Redman, a lobbiest,about representing Medina before the legislature regarding ending the landfill siting. Ron Patty stated that the commissioners want the county attorney to review the contracts regarding 1996 closure. he stated that he had spoken to Paul Smith of the Metropolitan Council, who had stated that they wanted Medina's support to defeat the bill and that they had a lobbiest that would work with Medina. Robert Mitchell stated that it would be better if Medina hired someone itself and that Redman had some some work that he was familiar with and he would do a good job for the city. He stated that he would talk with all of the councilmembers and if necessary a special meeting could be called. Moved by Thies, seconded by Scherer to hire Larry Redman to do $2000 worth of lobbying work against ending the landfill siting process and to discuss further work at a subsequent council meeting. Motion declared carried 13. TUPCO Loren Kohnen reported that the owners of the Tupco property cannot provide a $102,000 Letter of Credit. He stated that they were removing chips and wood and had not begun on the earth work. He asked if one half of the amount could be in the form of a bond and one half a Letter of credit. Also a contractor is willing to help in the cleanup and to build a berm and later may build a building to store heavy equipment. Moved by Mitchell, seconded by Thies to have Wilfred scherer work with Loren Kohnen and Ron Batty to amend the Tupco land alteration permit according to recommendations regarding a bond and letter of credit. Motion declared carried 14. PAYMENT OF BILLS Moved by Scherer, seconded by Thies to pay the bills; Order Checks # 9589-9591 in the amount of $1,804.65 and Payroll Checks #12110-11130 in the amount of $14,188.99. Motion declared carried Moved by Scherer, seconded by Thies to adjourn. Motion declared carried Meeting adjourned at 9:00 P.M. Clerk -Treasurer April 16, 1991 53 PAYROLL CHECKS - APRIL 16, 1991 12110 Wayne Wallace $ 766.80 12111 Jill McRae 874.16 12112 Richard Rabenort 1,099.50 12113 Michael Rouillard 365.28 12114 Scott Stillman 626.17 12115 James Dillman 955.19 12116 Robert Dressel 871.23 12117 Cecilia Vieau 275.01 12118 Donna Roehl 1,096.43 12119 Laura Monroe 556.40 12120 Sandra Larson 504.93 12121 Shannon Formisano 137.97 12122 Benedict Young 817.80 12123 Danna Mugalla 276.59 12124 Great West Life 550.00 12125 Law Enforcement Labor Services 66.00 12126 Hennepin County Support & Collections 472.00 12127 Farmers State Bank of Hamel (Fed.) 1,731.51 12128 Commissioner of Revenue 678.99 J 12129 Farmers State Bank of Hamel (S.S.) 646.95 12130 P.E.R.A. 820.08 $14,188.99 ORDER CHECKS - APRIL 16, 1991 9589 Pat Meyer $ 72.00 9590 P.E.R.A. 1,085.70 9591 Farmers State Bank (S.S.) 646.95 $ 1,804.65