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MEDINA CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES OF MAY 5, 1998
The City Council of Medina, Minnesota met in regular session on May 5, 1998 at 7:30 p.m. in
the City Hall Chambers. Mayor John Ferris presided.
Members present: Ferris, Zietlow, Hamilton, Johnson, and Thies.
Members absent: None.
Also present: Police Chief Ed Belland, Attorney Ron Batty, Public Works Director Jim Dillman,
Zoning Administrator Loren Kohnen, City Engineer Glenn Cook, City Clerk -Treasurer Paul
Robinson, Officer Chris McGill, and Planning Commission Member Anne Heideman.
1. Additions to the Agenda
Four items were added.
1. Discussion concerning property owned by Ron Rogers north of Highway 55.
2. Alpine Farms Septic Pumping Agreement.
3. Clean-up Day.
4. Approval of Long Lake Fire Department Emergency Vehicle Purchase.
Moved by Jim Johnson, seconded by Phil Zietlow, to approve the agenda as amended.
Motion passed unanimously.
2. Approval of the Minutes from April 8, 1998 Board of Review
There were two corrections.
1. The meeting started at 7:00 p.m. not 7:30.
2. Page 1 item number 1, second to the last sentence, "the city could justify a reduction in
valuation based on..." was added.
Moved by Phil Zietlow, seconded by John Hamilton, to approve the minutes of April 8 as
amended. Motion passed unanimously.
3. Approval of the Minutes from April 21, 1998, Regular City Council Meeting
There was one correction. Page 4, second paragraph, second sentence, after "up front",
delete remainder of sentence and add, "to have displays for self service merchandising."
Moved by Phil Zietlow, seconded by Ann Thies, to approve the consent agenda as presented.
Motion passed unanimously.
4. Swearing in of Officer Chris McGill
Mayor John Ferris swore in Chris McGill as a Medina City Police Officer. Chris McGill was
introduced to the council and residents in attendance as Medina's newest police officer.
5. Comments from Residents in Attendance - There were none.
6. Park Commission Comments
Jim Johnson said the backstop at Hamel Legion Park had been constructed and the bill was
submitted to the city.
7. Planning Commission Comments
There were none.
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OLD BUSINESS
8. Tobacco Ordinance
Paul Robinson said during the last review of the tobacco ordinance there was some discussion
about whether or not to ban all self-service merchandising. Robinson said included in the
packet was information on the 120 ordinances that had passed in the state so far. Of those
passed 50% had banned self-service merchandising and 50% had not. Robinson stated the
cities of Orono and Long Lake had banned self-service merchandising, the city of
Independence had not and the city of Corcoran has not yet adopted a new ordinance.
Robinson said he thought the city of Plymouth had banned self-service merchandising but was
not sure.
Robinson said that Ron Batty had made a few modification based on the discussion at the
previous city council meeting. Robinson said a provision was added to address penalties for
the clerk selling tobacco products. The current draft includes a penalty of $100 for the first
offense, $300 for the second offense and $500 for the third. The city council was in favor of
the new provision and the fine amounts.
Ron Batty said the current draft of the ordinance includes two alternatives for restricting self-
service merchandising. In brackets and bolded is the alternative which would restrict the sale
of single packs and snuff packs, as stated in state law. The other alternative would restrict the
full range of products.
Batty said that he gave a copy of the ordinance to the city prosecutor for review. Batty said he
incorporated his suggestions into this draft. They included: 615.03, subd. 10. expanding the
definition of sale to include giving tobacco away by itself or with other products; 615.21, subd. 7.
allowing the city to pursue both civil and criminal penalties by striking the last sentence of this
section.
John Ferris said that the main issue for the city council tonight was whether or not the city
would ban self-service merchandising.
There was some discussion about whether or not the city of Plymouth banned self-service
merchandising.
Tom Bryant, of the Minnesota Coalition of Responsible Retailers, an association of five retail
associations including Minnesota Grocers, Petroleum Marketers, Merchants, License
Beverage, and Wholesale Marketers Associations, said the city of Plymouth did not ban self-
service merchandising, however, they did require that all tobacco products be within three feet
of the cash register or shielded in a plastic case. He passed out a copy of the Plymouth
language.
Jim Johnson said he had nothing against merchandisers, however, he believed the original
intent of the law was to ban all self-service merchandising. What has happened instead is
single packs have been taped together into multi packs. Jim Johnson referenced a letter
recently sent to the council members from the attorney general where the attorney general
stated that the original intent of the legislature was to keep tobacco out of children's hands by
eliminating the self-service merchandising of tobacco. He specifically stated that taping the
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two and three packs together was not part of the original intent of the law and that the attorney
encouraged a complete ban on self-service merchandising of tobacco products.
There was some discussion about tobacco products being stolen.
Randy Mayer said he has not had problems with tobacco products being stolen from his store.
Tom Bryant said that he read in the city's minutes from the last meeting that there were some
facts about cigarette smoking. He said that recently a University of Minnesota study showed
that 74% of the children who received cigarettes received them from parents or from older
siblings, not from retail stores. The study showed that of those who do smoke, only 2% of
those smoked cigarettes that had been stolen. He continued to say that 91% of the underage
smokers got their first cigarette from a family member or friend and 54% have never purchased
a cigarette, but received them from social sources.
Tom Bryant said without controlling these social sources, the regulations on retailers would not
have a great impact on children's access to tobacco products.
Jim Johnson said the attorney general's letter referenced a study, done by grocers, that
showed cigarettes as the number one item stolen from their stores.
There was some discussion about the studies. Jim Johnson and Tom Bryant were referencing
the same study.
Jim Johnson said the attorney general's letter stated that 50% underage customers are
successful in purchasing tobacco products in communities without strong ordinances.
Randy Mayer said that there's a strong drug ordinance in effect but that doesn't keep drugs out
of kids' hands. He was wondering why a strong tobacco ordinance would keep tobacco out of
children's hands. Randy Mayer said that what the city council does by adopting this tobacco
ordinance will not help kids, but will impact the revenue of his store and potentially impact the
pay of his clerks.
Jim Johnson said he was empathetic with the retailers and the potential impact this ordinance
would have on their revenues. However, he was more interested in reducing the access of
tobacco products to children.
Bob Raskob said that none of the retailers want younger kids to smoke, however, the city
needs to put some of the responsibility on the kids.
There was some discussion about this suggestion.
Paul Robinson had said that earlier in the meeting, the city council had adopted stricter
penalties for such individuals.
Ann Thies said the stricter penalties were for individuals selling the cigarettes. She said the
provision penalizing minors purchasing tobacco included up to 100 hours of community
service.
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There was some discussion about the Plymouth ordinance which required all tobacco product
to be within three feet of the clerk.
John Hamilton wondered if it was three feet from the left or the right or how that was defined.
Phil Zietlow said the Plymouth language seemed like a good compromise.
Jim Johnson asked if any residents in attendance had comments on the tobacco ordinance.
There were none.
John Ferris read the language from the Plymouth ordinance requiring all self-service
merchandising to be within three feet of the clerk unless there was an alarm or security
system.
There was some discussion about the alarm and security system.
Tom Bryant said that was more applicable to grocery stores.
Randy Mayer asked if the three feet requirement would include cigars.
Tom Bryant said that the Plymouth ordinance includes all tobacco products.
John Ferris asked where city council members stood on this issue.
Ann Thies said that she would like to look at the Plymouth language and finish the ordinance
at the next meeting.
Randy Mayer said he had no problem with the increased license fee since this would basically
fund the city's police sting operation, but he believed that liquor stores, which have had a
history of problems within the city, should be equally scrutinized.
John Ferris said it sounded like the city council would like to table this issue and review it at the
next city council meeting.
Moved by John Hamilton, seconded by Ann Thies, to table the tobacco ordinance until the next
council meeting. Motion passed unanimously.
9. Tax Increment Financing Request from the Flagship Company
Tom Kimmes, the CFO for Flagship Corporation gave a description of his background and of
his company's background and their product. He said Flagship re -manufactures large to mid -
frame computers. Kimmes said they would like to build a 50,000 square foot facility for which
they have already been before the planning commission for a conditional use permit, a replat
of their property and a rezoning request.
Mr. Kimmes introduced Roger Guenette, a planning consultant with advanced resources. Mr.
Guenette passed out a memo outlining their rationale for requesting tax increment financing.
Mr. Guenette described several of the reasons why they would like tax increment financing.
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He said they had to purchase a single family home and do a significant amount of soil
corrections to the property. He said the cost of the project was estimated at around $2.6
million dollars. Guenette said the bank is willing to loan Flagship up to 80% of the value of this
project. However, they needed to come up with the remainder of the purchase cost. Guenette
said that the Flagship Properties has pledged around $550,000 of their own capital for this
project leaving a financing gap of around $200 — 250,000. They are requesting tax increment
financing to help with that gap.
Guenette said this development would provide a number of benefits to the city. He said it
would generate around $90,000 a year in property taxes, provide the city with a high quality
structure, and bring 70 full time positions with the average salary around $50,000 per year.
Guenette said it is possible that this property will develop without tax increment financing but if
the city were to help this company with tax increment financing they would guarantee the city
high quality development. He asked if the city council had any questions.
Phil Zietlow asked for what public benefit, specifically, benefit to the city's infrastructure, the
Flagship development tax increment dollars would be used.
Guenette said basically the increased tax base would be the benefit to the city and the tax
increment financing dollars would go towards covering the financing gap.
Phil Zietlow said the city is not a bank and doesn't necessarily cover gaps in financing.
John Ferris said he had a background in finance. He said that the city of Medina welcomes
new businesses, however, they are not interested in aggressively seeking companies. Ferris
said that he did not consider $500,000 to be an unusually large investment given a project of
this size and that he does not support the city providing tax increment financing to cover a
financing gap.
There was some discussion about the financing gap, the additional costs to the project and
whether or not the city council would be interested in providing tax increment financing.
John Ferris asked if there were other issues such as the "but -for test" that needed to be
addressed while considering this application.
Ron Batty said that the city council has heard a lot of detail about the project, but the basic
issue is whether the "but -for test" can be satisfied. Batty said there were two levels of analysis,
first you need to make a judgment about whether or not development would occur on this
property without tax increment financing in the reasonably foreseeable future. Then there is a
more refined test where the city council would have to determine based on a complicated
financial analysis if a lesser quality project would provide the same tax benefit.
Ann Thies asked what reasonably foreseeable future meant.
Ron Batty said that's up to the city council's determination.
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Stu Ackman, representative of Cowell Bank/Garfield and Clark the listing agent for the
property, said he has attempted to sell this property many times and talked to most every large
firm in the Twin Cities, such as Opus, Ryan, R. L. Johnson and Duke. He said no one has
been interested. Ackman said this particular project is a perfect use for the property and fits
the property like no other one has. However, there are some difficulties such as the soil
conditions and having to purchase the home in front of the property in order to provide
adequate access.
There was some discussion about the TIF policy.
Ron Batty said that ultimately it is up to the city council's discretion whether or not they believe
that this project would pass the "but -for test".
Jim Johnson asked why this project would cost the city money where other projects hadn't.
Ron Batty said the tax increment financing law now includes a poison pill which requires the
city to contribute 10% of the net tax increment to the district. This was done in order to
encourage cities to take a more serious look at whether or not they would like to offer tax
increment financing.
Ann Thies said this sounds like a fine company and it was a good presentation. However, she
believed that it will take a long time for the city to recoup the $54,000 that would have to be
invested in this district when another development is likely to occur there.
Ron Batty said he wanted the council to be aware that the sewer and water assessments
provided to this property will no longer be deferred as of 1999. Since these assessments are
fairly large, the owners motivation for selling the property will probably be increased.
John Hamilton said this project does not seem to meet the but -for test.
John Ferris said it looks like there is not enough support on the city council for approving this
TIF application.
9. West Hennepin Recycling Commission Update by Amelia Kroeger
Amelia Kroeger said she had a very quick presentation. She would just like to touch on the
highlights.
A. The commission reduced their budget by 15%.
B. The commission has met its goal of recycling 30% of the total waste tonnage. She
referenced page 3 of the report included in the council packet.
C. The West Hennepin Recycling Commission as a group was below average in their cost per
ton and above average in participation.
D. The West Hennepin Recycling Commission's goal this year is to promote buying recycled.
Amelia said that there was a commission formed to discuss what to do about recycling on a
county wide basis. This commission discussed removing the grant money for the recycling
programs in the county. She said that would have had a significant impact on the city's
recycling budget. At this time, however, that decision has not been made and it seems like the
direction is to keep subsidizing the recycling programs, at least for the time being. She said
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some day this grant will be gone and cities will probably need to run their own recycling
programs as Medina considered earlier this year.
Ann Thies asked why the participation was only 65%.
Amelia discussed how not everybody recycles every time, some recycle every other time,
some people recycle more in the winter and vice versa. She said 100% of the people do not
recycle 100% of the time. She said 65% is a good recycling rate. Amelia also provided the
city with a check for $3,040. She said this was Medina's portion of the surplus that the West
Hennepin Recycling Commission had been saving over time and was now being redistributed
to the member cities.
10. Hamel Road Paving
Jim Dillman said he talked to Jim Grube about the three way stop sign and he said Hennepin
County would not put up the stop sign immediately, but would put one up when there was an
established need.
Phil Zietlow asked how need would be determined.
Glenn Cook said that they would check the traffic counts.
John Ferris asked what the problem with the stop sign would be.
Glenn Cook said that it was basically the policy of the county not to do that and that they would
treat all roads the same and all requests the same.
Jim Johnson said we could pass a resolution to have the sign included if the road were to be
paved.
Glenn Cook said the city council could apply political pressure. He said he would look at the
traffic to see if a stop sign was warranted.
There was some additional discussion about stop signs along other portions of the road.
There was some question about whether or not the shoulder would be wide enough to
accommodate horses or what type of shoulder would be provided.
Phil Zietlow said he believed they had an agreement to make the shoulder 10 feet wide where
possible with a minimum of eight feet wide.
David Crosby, 2402 Hamel Road, asked if residents could see a plan.
Jim Dillman said there was no engineered plan for this road. He said that before construction
would occur they will stake out where the road would go.
Bob Bradley, 3000 Hamel Road, asked what the city council was deciding tonight and what the
residents were here for this evening.
John Ferris said the council was discussing whether or not to accelerate the timetable for
paving Hamel Road.
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There were comments from residents who were concerned about the loss of trees and where
exactly the right of way of the road would currently be. Residents believed that the road was
to follow as closely as possible the current road alignment.
Bob Bradley said he thought the meeting was to talk about the paving of the road first, whether
or not the city wanted to accelerate it. He believed that talking about the stop signs, the right
of way, etc., was getting ahead of the subject at hand for this evening.
Bradley said he wanted to know what the county was going to do about controlling the dust.
He thought the county had agreed to some type of dust control.
Jim Dillman said he did not know what the county was planning to do for dust control.
Bob Bradley said that his position was to leave the road unpaved.
Horace Taft, 2832 Hamel Road, that the dust was bad, but because of the way people speed
he would be afraid to see the road paved. His primary concern was speed.
John Ferris said that speed is a police issue and the department will be writing more tickets.
Residents caught speeding may not be happy, but they need to know that it's not safe to drive
60 miles per hour on a dirt road.
Horace Taft realized that in the long term it's a benefit to have the road paved.
David Crosby said that he would like to see a survey or have the road staked off before
agreeing to accelerate the paving of the road. That way everybody knows where the road is
going go.
There was some additional discussion about speed problems.
John Ferris said they now have a fully staffed police department that has been aggressively
responding to speeding complaints.
Wayne Popham, 2725 Hamel Road, said since the agreed timetable for paving is five to seven
years away, the city currently has additional leverage on how the road would be if done earlier.
He suggested that stop signs be placed at Parkview and at Willow. He also wanted to see the
road staked out first. He said that would help them to decide if they would want the road to be
paved sooner.
Horace Taft asked if anyone in the city wanted the road to be paved.
Phil Zietlow said that a number of residents contacted the council and expressed their interest
at the last meeting.
Ted Smith, 2752 Hamel Road, wanted to know how the vote came out.
The city council said that no vote had been taken of the residents.
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Ted Smith said that most everyone on the road would like to see the road paved. He said that
the county owns the right of way and if there are trees currently in the right of way the county
could at any time cut them down. He said that the county has not done that and has been
willing to work with residents and not just chop trees down in the right of way indiscriminately.
David Crosby said this was a very divisive issue. On one hand paving could increase the
amount of traffic. On the other hand there are people dying of dust and the county needs to
do something.
There was some discussion about whether or not stop signs would be effective.
Bob Bradley said that people over time will find an alternative road if they're impeded by the
stop signs.
There was some discussion about dust control. Kiity Crosby said that she remembers the
county discussing the use of calcium chloride to keep down the dust.
John Ferris said that the city has never done that. Maybe the county would but he does not
recall. He said that so far what he's heard from the residents in attendance is that residents
would like three way stops at Willow and Parkview and would like to see the road staked out
before continuing the discussion on this issue.
Wayne Popham said the city has more leverage now to get what the city would like.
Bob Bradley said that the benefit to accelerating the paving schedule is to have the project
done on the city's terms.
Wayne Popham said the county board, not the staff, may need to be contacted.
Dan Strand said he was okay with the paving but he would like to see a stop sign at Pioneer
and Hamel.
John Ferris said he recently spoke with Vern Genslinger and he thought Genslinger seemed
interested in this project and would be willing to work with the city.
There was some discussion about the county's desire and interest in paving the road. One
resident mentioned that the county wanted to rod paved in order to have their trucks use the
road as an alternate route to their public works facility.
Ann Thies asked if the city needed to put this in resolution form.
Ron Batty said that the city council would need to talk with the county about what it would like
to do.
John Ferris said the city could also write a letter to the county.
David Crosby said if the city were going to start to negotiating with the county, they should look
for stop signs at Willow, Pioneer and Parkview.
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Jim Johnson asked if the city could put up the stop signs and by pass the study that the county
would like to do.
John Ferris said that the city council's objective should be to get the stop signs up no matter
what happens. He also said that what he heard tonight is that the residents would like a site
plan to know exactly where the road is going to go.
Phil Zietlow said he was concerned about the amount of money that would need to be spent
for engineers to create a plan for the road. He said it would be probably better to come up with
another way to work on this.
John Ferris said that the city could have the road staked out first.
There was some discussion about the county's timetable.
Jim Dillman said the county had already scheduled road projects for this year and it's unlikely
that this project would make it onto this year schedule. If it did it would either be late in the
summer this year or into the following year.
Phil Zietlow said that it would be more efficient to work with the county and have Jim Grube
come to a meeting or have city staff discuss this with the county.
Wayne Popham suggested having the county commissioner come to a meeting. He said that
there is always a dichotomy between how the engineer feels and how the elected officials feel.
Kitty Crosby said the city has time on their side and can proceed slowly.
John Ferris agreed. He said that the next step would be for the city staff to meet with the
county and discuss the city's desire to have stop signs at those three locations and the
residents would like to see the road staked out before agreeing to accelerating the
construction timetable.
David Crosby said that he appreciated the city council taking time to listen to the residents'
concerns.
11. Resolution 98-23 - 101 Watermain Project
Moved by Jim Johnson, seconded by Ann Thies, to approve Resolution 98-23 accepting the
plans and specifications and setting the bid opening date and time for May 26, 1998 at 10 a.m.
Motion passed unanimously.
12. 1998 Seal Coating
Moved by Jim Johnson, seconded by Ann Thies, to approve the plans and specifications for
the 1998 Seal Coating and setting the bid opening date and time for May 26, 1998 at 10:30
a.m. Motion passed unanimously.
13. Clean Up Day Update
Jim Dillman said clean up day went very well. He wanted to thank everybody, especially Phil
Zietlow and the Boy Scout group for cleaning up the roadsides and helping with the tree
planting.
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NEW BUSINESS
14. Tom and Lori Underwood, 1325 Elsinore Circle, Front Yard Setback Variance
Loren Kohnen said that Tom and Lori Underwood were seeking a front yard setback variance
to construct an attached garage and bedrooms. He said that the property is zoned urban
residential and the required setback in this district is 30 feet; they are requesting a setback of
25 feet, which would be a 5 foot variance.
Kohnen said construction of the addition elsewhere on the property would require removal of
trees. He said only one corner of the addition encroaches into the required setback. This
would be considered a minor variance.
Kohnen said that if the variance were granted, a suggested condition was that a turn around
be provided so that automobiles would not have to back into the street.
The Planning Commission recommended approval of this varience with the following
hardships: location of the house, the corner lot, and that other variances have been granted in
Medina Morningside on corner lots.
There was some discussion about the hardships.
Jim Johnson said that he was concerned that a house on a corner lot is not necessarily
rationale for a variance.
Phil Zietlow said that we had done this before and he was okay with using the hardship that
other variances have been granted on other corner lots in Medina Morningside.
Moved by Jim Johnson, seconded by Phil Zietlow, to direct staff to draft a resolution approving
a variance with the hardship that other variances have been granted on corner lots in this area.
Motion passed unanimously.
15. Ron Rogers Property
Loren Kohnen said that recently they had a request from Polaris Industries to construct their
new corporate headquarters in Medina. He said city staff recently met with representatives
from Opus who were working on this project for Polaris Industries. This site they are
considering is a 34 acre parcel north of Highway 55 owned by Ron Rogers. He said this
project would stimulate a lot of positive infrastructure improvements for the city, including the
purchase of two smaller homes on 55, improvements to Chippewa Road, and a stop light at
Chippewa Road and Willow Drive that would also be used by M & P Utilities. Kohnen said
Polaris would use the entire property as an office park/campus. They would have a pond in
the northwest corner and significant landscape and screening. It would be a very beautiful
development for the city.
He said they asked the city for tax increment financing but Ron Batty pointed out that this
office development would not be eligible for tax increment financing.
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Loren Kohnen said another idea would be to defer some of the sewer and water assessments
since the current water and sewer and water line is being paid for by the tax increment
financing dollars from the seven properties currently receiving sewer and water in that area.
There was some additional discussion about the assessments and the project as a whole. The
city council was interested in the project.
Ron Batty said that in order for this development to occur, a minor amendment to the
comprehensive plan would need to be made in order to extend the MUSA line to provide sewer
service to this property. That is why this issue is being brought before the council at this point.
He said they did not want to proceed any further with the development of this property unless
the city council was interested in discussing that matter at the next city council meeting.
The city council said that they would be willing to see the proposal and address the issue of a
minor comprehensive plan amendment for this project.
16. Septic Agreement
Loren Kohnen said that the owners of Alpine Farms would like to have a holding tank instead
of using their current septic system for the red bunkhouse on their property. He said that the
city has entered into agreements of this type with other properties. He said in order to do this
the city would have to sign an agreement between the city, the contractor, and the pumper so
that the holding tanks are properly maintained.
There was some discussion about this issue. The agreement will be on the next agenda for
city council approval.
17. Mohawk Drive
Jim Dillman said he needed approval from the city council to move forward with this project
and authorize the city clerk and the mayor to sign the petition and waiver agreements for the
northern portion of Mohawk Drive.
Moved by Phil Zietlow, seconded by Jim Johnson, to authorize the city clerk and mayor to sign
the petition and waiver agreements, thereby authorizing paving of the northern section of
Mohawk Drive. Motion passed unanimously.
18. 55 & 101 Traffic Signal Modifications
Glenn Cook said that the county was asking for city approval to modify the traffic light at 55
and 101. He said that this would involve moving a couple of signal light detectors.
The council had no problems with these modifications.
19. Wetland Mitigation
Jim Dillman said he started this project last fall. He said that as a part of the storm sewer/ditch
on the Keller property and upcoming road projects the city will need to create some wetland
areas to compensate the wetlands the city is filling in. Dillman said that they have been
looking for suitable areas in the city to enlarge existing wetlands and have found a very
workable site on the Wessin property south of Hamel Road. He said the concept would be for
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the city to exchange wetland banking property for the city -owned Jubert piece adjacent to
Tamarack and the railroad.
Glenn Cook showed this property on an overhead.
There was some discussion about the number of acres that would be provided and the cost of
the land.
Glenn Cook said that in order to proceed that they would need to have appraisals of the
property and would need to create specifications for the engineering portion of the property.
Phil Zietlow said that this sounds like a good concept, especially if there is no use for the
property.
Jim Dillman said that since there are so many wetlands in Medina, it is hard to find a location in
order to create additional wetlands.
Glenn Cook said that at first he didn't think this was good a site. Now he believes that this is a
very good site in order to mitigate wetlands.
Phil Zietlow said that this looks like a good deal for everybody.
Council authorized the city engineer to proceed with seeking appraisals of the property.
20. Holy Name Sign
Bobbie Dahl said that the historical sign at the Holy Name Lake Park was in bad shape. She
said the park commission looked into a number of durable sign options for replacement of this
sign. She said they would like to have a picture on the sign and also add more historical
information. In researching this issues they found one company that sold signs made out of
anodized aluminum that was scratch resistant and very durable. She said that this company
was very professional. Dahl included examples of the signs and the locations where the signs
were used and passed out examples of the material.
Phil Zietlow demonstrated that anodized aluminum is not scratch resistant but said it was
probably a good alternative to the current sign.
Moved by Jim Johnson, seconded by John Ferris, to approve the $1,248.00 for the new sign at
Holy Name Lake. Motion passed unanimously.
21. Request for Purchase of Emergency Vehicle for the Long Lake Fire Department
Paul Robinson said that he received a request from the Long Lake Fire Department for the
city's portion of the purchase of an emergency vehicle.
Phil Zietlow said that he thought the Long Lake Fire Department was going to demonstrate
why they needed a second emergency vehicle before the city council was to approve it. He
said that to run a good business you need to communicate better with your customers.
There was some additional discussion about this.
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Moved by Jim Johnson, seconded by John Hamilton, to approve the $2,317.00 for the
emergency vehicle. Motion passed unanimously.
Robinson said that there will be additional cost for the vehicle once they purchase the
necessary equipment such as the lights and radio, etc., for the vehicle.
21. Charitable Gambling Ordinance
Robinson said that Jim Johnson wanted this added to the agenda. He said a copy of the Long
Lake Charitable Gambling Ordinance was included in the council packets.
Jim Johnson said that this issue came about after the Medina Ballroom threatened to kick the
locals out and bring in national organizations. He said that currently there is no ordinance by
the city that would require a certain portion of these funds to remain in the city.
There was a short discussion on the ordinance. City council members would like additional
ordinances to look at for examples of what other cities have done to take care of this potential
issue. The issue was tabled until the next meeting.
22. Update on Jedlicka Case
Ed Belland said that Miss Jedlicka was involved in a fatal accident. She was convicted of
careless driving and now is appealing that conviction.
Belland said that Steve Tallen was asking the city council if they wanted him to appear before
the city council to update them on this issue.
After some discussion the city council said they did not need Tallen to come and give and
update but to proceed with defending the appeal.
23. Approval of the Bills
Moved by Jim Johnson, seconded by Ann Thies, to approve the bills, order check numbers
18344-18400 for $ 57, 243.13 and payroll check numbers 15615-15628 for $12, 763.15.
Motion passed unanimously.
24. Adjournment
Moved by Jim Johnson, seconded by Ann Thies, to adjourn the meeting at 11:10 p.m. Motion
passed unanimously.
John B. Ferris, Mayor
Attest:
Paul Robinson, City Clerk -Treasurer
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ORDER CHECKS —MAY 5, 1998
18344 Great West Life $ 875.00
18345 Minnesota State Retirement 130.00
18346 Minnesota Mutual 205.00
18347 A T & T Wireless Services 57.81
18348 A T & T Wireless Long Distance 4.56
18349 Air Touch Cellular 93.20
18350 American Linen Supply 46.66
18351 Bailey Nurseries 9,627.01
18352 Edgar Belland 28.10
18353 Bryan Rock 1,053.84
18354 Center for Leadership Development 78.00`
18355 Classic Cleaning 191.70
18356 Custom Rubber Stamp Co. 30.57
18357 Delta Dental 664.95
18358 E-Z-Recycling 2,364.12
18359 Elk River Concrete Products 1,505.40
18360 Rolf Erickson Enterprises 2,715.60
18361 Glock, Inc. 85.00
18362 Goodyear Auto Service 315.84
18363 Hennepin County Public Services 50.00
18364-65 Imprest Fund. 2,063.80
18366 Jimbo's Windows 292.88
18367 Kennedy & Graven 3,478.74
18368 Kern, DeWenter & Viere. 5,000.00
18369 Lake Business Supply 224.36
18370 Lakeshore Weekly News 97.00
18371 Sandra Larson 49.24
18372 Lawson Products 71.13
18373 Lehne's Tire 88.75
18374 LMCIT
562.45
18375 Long Lake Fire 3,290.50
18376 Susan Mackay 100.00
18377 Mayer Mobil 5.99
18378 Medica Choice 2,922.25
18379 Metro Council Environmental Svcs. (Treatment Chgs.)8,096.25
18380 Metropolitan Mosquite Control 75.00
18381 Miller Davis Legal Forms 131.87
18382 Minnegasco 97.81
18383 Minnesota Dept. of Health 150.00
18384 Mothers Motors/Loretto Towing 53.25
18385 Northern States Power 2,010.59
18386 P.E. R.A. 2,906.29
18387 P.O.S.T. Board 90.00
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ORDER CHECKS — MAY 5, 1998 (CONT'D)
18388 Pearson Bros., Inc. 2,232.50
18389 Postmaster 500.00
18390 Randy's Sanitation 81.27
18391 Ryder Student Transportation 90.00
18392 Scherer Meats 88.50
18393 Streicher's 53.14
18394 Superior Ford 71.17
18395 Total Office Products 137.06
18396 U.S. West Communications 486.20
18397 Unum 75.60
18398 Westside Wholesale Tire 12.00
18399 Wright -Hennepin Electric 1,382.09
18400 Zee Medical Service 53.09
$57,243.13
PAYROLL CHECKS —APRIL 27, 1998
15615 Paul A. Robinson 935.17
15616 Steven T. Scherer 961.06
15617 Christopher R. McGill 868.82
15618 Michael J. Rouillard 660.06
15619 Scott W. Kroeger 951.70
15620 James D. Dillman 1,115.60
15621 Robert P. Dressel 1,145.78
15622 Edgar J. Belland 1,493.29
15623 Martha C. Lundell 283.17
15624 Cecilia M. Vieau 717.32
15625 Laura L. Sulander 930.97
15626 Sandra L. Larson 768.46
15627 Jon D. Priem 1,054.44
15628 Jeremy L. Christenson 877.31
$12,763.15
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