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MEDINA CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES OF MAY 19, 1998
The City Council of Medina, Minnesota met in regular session on May 19, 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, Zoning Administrator Loren
Kohnen, Planning Commission Member Anne Heideman, City Engineer Glenn Cook, and City
Clerk -Treasurer Paul Robinson.
1. Additions to the Agenda
A. Approval to Contract for Wood Chipping.
B. Recognition of Donation from Bonestroo, Rosene, Anderlik (BRAA).
C. Discussion about Sewer to Francis Miller's Property at Town Line Road and CR 11
D. Issue about a Billboard on Trunk Highway 55.
E. Executive Session.
Moved by Jim Johnson, seconded by Phil Zietlow, to approve the additions to the agenda.
Motion passed unanimously.
2. Recognition of Bonestroo for Donation
John Ferris thanked Glenn Cook and BRAA for their donation of $200.00 to the park.
3. Comment on Storm Damage
John Ferris said the city sustained quite a bit of damage from the recent storm, lost a lot of
trees, and sustained damaged to several homes. He said the city was, overall, very fortunate
that nobody was killed. He wanted to let residents know they could bring brush and trees to
city hall and leave them in the area behind the public works garage.
4. Approval of the Minutes from the May 5, 1998 City Council Meeting
John Ferris had one correction. Page 5, seventh paragraph, strike "an extraordinary
investment that would stimulate" and add "unusually large investment given a project of this
size and that he does not support...."
Moved Phil Zietlow, seconded by John Hamilton to approve the minutes of May 5, 1998 city
council meeting as amended. Motion passed unanimously.
5. Consent Agenda
A. Resolution 98-24 Granting a Front Yard Setback Variance - Tom & Lori
Underwood, 1325 Elsinore Cr.
B. Gambling Permit for Minnesota Rodeo Association
Moved by Jim Johnson, seconded by Ann Thies to approve the consent agenda. Motion
passed unanimously.
6. Comments from Residents in Attendance on Items not on the Agenda
Ramona Steadman, 210 Cherry Hill Trail, said she wanted to know what the city was doing
about the paving of Evergreen Road. She said Cherry Hill property owners were assessed
seven years ago for repaving this road and during the past seven years nothing has been
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done. She wanted to know when the road was scheduled to be re -paved. Steadman also
wanted to know if the money assessed was set aside for this project.
John Ferris said the money paid to the city is still available for the purpose of overlaying this
road. He said he was not sure if an overlay would be adequate for fixing the road at this point.
Ferris said he would need to check with the public works director, who was not in attendance,
to see when the road was scheduled for paving.
Ramona Steadman asked if a walking path was going to be added to the road.
Phil Zietlow asked what the assessment was originally for.
Ron Batty said that he believed it was a partial assessment for the reconstruction of the road.
Glenn Cook said it was an assessment for an overlay, not reconstruction.
Phil Zietlow said if this project were to be done there would probably be an additional
assessment to the Cherry Hill residents for that road.
John Ferris said he would make sure this issue was looked into. He said if the public works
director comes to tonight's meeting they would address this issue. If not, he'll make sure that
Ramona Steadman gets some information on the current status of this project.
7. Park Commission Comments
Jim Johnson said a tour of the parks was scheduled for Wednesday night at 5 p.m. He invited
anyone who wanted to attend.
8. Planning Commission Comments
Ann Heideman said they were working on the comprehensive plan. She said recently the city
clerk provided members of the planning commission with some additional information from the
Metropolitan Council that had somewhat of a weighty tone. She said that they're trying to
weed through that information and incorporate it into the comprehensive planning process.
OLD BUSINESS
9. Discussion on Tobacco Ordinance
Ron Batty said there were three issues remaining that were outlined in his memo. The first
issue was whether or not the ban on self-service merchandising applied to all tobacco products
or to single packs of cigarettes and smokeless tobacco.
The second issue was the incorporation of the language used in the Plymouth ordinance which
offers several options for how self-service merchandise could be provided.
The third was a fine on those selling tobacco products to minors, other than the licensee or the
employee. The proposed fine was $100, $300 and $500 increasing for each violation.
John Ferris said he did not understand the Plymouth language, included on Page 5. He said it
would never be allowable to sell single packs of cigarettes or snuff self-service since that's the
minimum required by state statute.
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Ron Batty said that yes, that's true. He said he simply added the language taken from
Plymouth ordinance and had not addressed that issue specifically.
There was some additional discussion about the Plymouth language.
Ann Thies said the options in the self-service merchandising section and the definition section
were the same.
Ron Batty, said yes, he was just carrying the language through to each of those sections.
Jim Johnson said he would eliminate the Plymouth language and eliminate all self-service
merchandising. He said he realizes the city council has gone back and forth on this issue and
that there are a number of opinions both from businesses and from residents. He said there
are stringent laws which make drugs illegal yet these laws are not stopping the drug problem.
However, without those laws, the drug problem would explode. Johnson said every year, as
stated in the letter from the attorney general, 5,000 more kids are addicted to cigarettes in
Minnesota. He said half of the kids who are smoking cigarettes underage are smoking stolen
cigarettes. He said nobody wants to make anybody steal cigarettes by making them illegal.
However, Johnson said he believes that eliminating self-service merchandising of tobacco
products outweighs the benefits of keeping merchants happy. Johnson said banning self-
service merchandising would be worth it to him if it saved one life, even if a city merchant loses
$6,000 a year in tobacco revenues.
Phil Zietlow asked if elimination of self-service merchandising was already part of the state
tobacco settlement.
John Ferris said he thought that pertained to advertising.
Ron Batty said he was not sure. He had not checked into that.
Ramona Steadman, 210 Cherry Hill Trail, said she was in the state PTA, and was a member of
a number of other organizations including Communities In Collaboration Council which were
trying to build the assets of children and protect youth from high risk activities. She said that
they strongly recommended eliminating self-service merchandising as a deterrent to children
smoking cigarettes. She said that will reinforce the message tobacco products are not the
same as chips or candy. If you decrease the access to tobacco products it will minimize the
number of kids facing long term addiction. She strongly encouraged the city to show they care
about children by including a ban of self-service merchandising in their tobacco ordinance.
John Hamilton said his response to the three issues listed in the memo from Ron Batty
was....on the first issue he said he supported including all tobacco products in the ban on self-
service merchandising. On the second issue, he supported the self-service merchandising
section without the Plymouth language. On the third issue he agrees with the fine amounts of
$100, $300 and $500.
Moved by Jim Johnson, seconded by John Hamilton, to eliminate all self-service
merchandising, include in the definition of self-service merchandising all tobacco products, and
include the fine amounts of $100, $300 and $500.
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Judy Strehler of Olson's Mercantile said she thought the city council had decided at the last
meeting just to ban single packs and snuff.
John Ferris said the city council had not decided anything up to this point, but at the last
meeting there was a leaning by the council to that affect.
Judy Strehler said they don't sell tobacco products to minors. She said they card everyone
who comes into the store and does not believe that banning self-service merchandising is
needed.
Ann Thies said she hates having to be somebody's guardian. Thies said she doesn't smoke
and she grew up in a family that did not smoke. However, smoking is a problem. Kids are
swayed by peer pressure. She hates to have to make this decision, but she would agree to a
complete ban on all self-service merchandising.
Phil Zietlow said he doesn't like to be hard on businesses but in this case, he would also go
along with banning self-service merchandising.
Jim Johnson said the original intent of the state legislature was to ban all self-service
merchandising.
John Ferris said he had a fairly negative attitude about smoking. He said he has had relatives
die from smoking. He, himself, smoked. He started when he was 15 and stopped he was 21.
He said he has his own views as how it should be dealt with, however, in this case, he would
join up with the remainder of the city council members and support banning all self-service
merchandising.
Motion passed unanimously.
10. Adopting Tobacco Ordinance
Moved by Jim Johnson, seconded by John Hamilton, to adopt the ordinance with the
corrections as made in the previous motion. Motion passed unanimously.
11. Resolution 98-25 Affirming Final Approval of he Plat of Foxberry Farms Fifth Addition
Ron Batty said this resolution was fairly straight forward. Lundgren requested a reaffirmation
of the final plat since the 60 day time period had run out on the previous final plat resolution.
Phil Zietlow asked why this had happened.
Marc Anderson of Lundgren Brothers said they had not received the resolution until three days
before the 60 day limit had run out. He said they did not realize they had 60 days in which to
file the final plat.
Paul Robinson said that this was Lundgren's fifth addition. He said city staff thought Lundgren
Bros. would have known the process by now.
Moved by Ann Thies, seconded by Jim Johnson, to approve the Resolution 98-25. Motion
passed unanimously.
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12. Alpine Farms Holding Tank
Loren Kohnen said included in the council packet was an agreement he had faxed to Ron
Batty and a memo from Ron Batty with his comments on the agreement. He said the
agreement was between the property owner, the city, and the pumper. Kohnen said as a part
of the agreement any time the pumper was pumping the holding tank, they would have to
notify the city.
Phil Zietlow said it seemed inconvenient to have to draft up a new agreement every time the
homeowner decided to get a new pumper.
Loren Kohnen said he still liked including the pumper in the agreement because it gave him
more control over monitoring the pumping.
There was some discussion about whether or not the pumper needed to be included in this
agreement.
Phil Zietlow asked where the teeth were in this agreement.
Kohnen said they wouldn't be able to use the house.
Zietlow asked if there were any fines.
Kohnen said that it would probably be a misdemeanor.
There was some discussion about whether or not there would be a fine.
Ron Batty agreed that it was not mentioned and that a misdemeanor could be up to a $700
fine.
Kohnen said Alpine Farms would like the city to approve this agreement as soon as possible.
There was some discussion about whether or not to include the pumper.
Kohnen wanted to include the pumper. Kohnen said the pumper could potentially lose their
license if they did not do the job right.
Ron Batty said there could be a notification requirement included in the agreement that would
avoid additional administrative work for the homeowner and the city.
Loren Kohnen said that the city of Independence had the same agreement with a pumper and
resident and that the same pumper has been used for 12 years. He said he hasn't seen a
problem with the changing of pumpers.
Ron Batty said the city could require that a licensed pumper be used for pumping the holding
tanks. He said in his memo he had mentioned that this agreement be registered against the
property so that there is public record of an agreement.
Ann Thies said that she did not think it made sense to go from no fine to a revocation of
occupancy of the building. She said there should be something in between.
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Ron Batty said a civil fine or a criminal fine could be stated as up to a misdemeanor charge.
There was some discussion about what type of certificate of occupancy the current building
had. It was decided that it was an older building that did not have a certificate of occupancy.
Phil Zietlow asked if there was going to be an administrative fee added as a part of the
agreement.
Loren Kohnen said there wouldn't be a lot time involved in inspections.
Phil Zietlow asked if a $100 be enough to cover the administrative expenses.
Loren Kohnen said that would be more than enough.
Ann Thies asked if there was a way the city could have staff administratively take care of a
change in pumpers. She said that would be a better solution.
Ann Thies said she would direct staff to come up with an agreement and authorize the clerk
and the mayor to sign an agreement that would incorporate the best compromise, whether the
pumper needed to be included or not. The agreement should establish a way to ensure that
pumping was occurring.
Moved by Phil Zietlow, seconded Jim Johnson, to approve a simple, workable document.
Motion passed unanimously.
13. Sidewalk and Parking Lot
Ed Belland said now that city police garage addition was completed, he, Jim Dillman, and
Loren Kohnen talked about improving the sidewalk and parking lot areas.
John Ferris said basically this project consisted of a two inch overlay to the parking lot which
would raise the asphalt and require the sidewalks to be raised up in order to be level with the
parking lot.
Ed Belland said there were also some safety and accessibility considerations.
There was some discussion about this project.
Ed Belland said Jim Dillman had pulled together some bids for the project and included them in
the city council packet. He said the total cost of the project was estimated to be $26,800.
There was some discussion about whether or not public bidding would be required.
Ron Batty said they would not need to bid out this project.
Phil Zietlow said he wanted to make sure the council realizes this project was a nicety and not
a necessity.
Moved by Jim Johnson, seconded by Ann Thies, to approve the exterior updates for city hall.
Motion passed unanimously.
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14. Sale of Vehicle
Ed Belland said last fall the police department seized a vehicle from a DWI arrest. He said it
was an older Ford pickup truck with 135,000 miles. He asked for approval to sell the vehicle.
Moved by Phil Zietlow, seconded by Jim Johnson, to approve the sale of the vehicle. Motion
passed unanimously.
John Hamilton asked how much the police department expected to get from the sale of the
vehicle.
Ed Beiland said that the Ford dealership would only give him a $1,000. He said he expected
to get at least $1,000, maybe more.
John Hamilton asked what the money would be used for.
Ed Belland said that it would have to be used for alcohol enforcement purposes and would be
kept in the appropriate fund.
15. Emergency Management Plan
Ed Belland said during the past year a number of cities in the area decided to work together to
comply with a state statute requiring cities to have an emergency preparedness management
plan. Belland said this was done to save time and money. He said the ordinance included in
the packet today was just the first step, it includes the job description for the emergency
manager and appoints the police chief as the emergency manager.
Ron Batty said he didn't have time to review the ordinance completely.
There was some discussion about whether or not there was a current joint powers agreement
between the cities. There was a mutual aid agreement but not a joint powers agreement.
Ron Batty said initially it looked like the ordinance was much longer than it needed to be.
Moved Jim Johnson, seconded by Ann Thies, to direct Ron Batty and Ed Belland to work on
this ordinance and bring it back to the city council. Motion passed unanimously.
16. Bike Rodeo
Ed Belland said last weekend the police department sponsored a bike rodeo. Belland said he
gave this project to the community service officer Martha Lundell, who, with little direction, put
together an excellent program. He said Lundell got a number of organizations to work
together to put on the bike rodeo.
John Hamilton said that it even made it in the news.
Paul Robinson said it made the cover of the Crow River News as well.
The city council thanked Martha Lundell for a job well done.
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17. Summer Help
Phil Zietlow said Jim Dillman ran an ad for summer help. He said he was having problems
finding kids that were not under the age of 18. Recently a couple of applicants had come
forward and he may have been able to hire them, if not, he needs permission to contract with a
private company.
Moved by Phil Zietlow, seconded by Ann Thies, to authorize the public works director to
contract out for summer help. Motion passed unanimously.
18. Wood Chipper
Phil Zietlow said Jim Dillman would like the city council to authorize up to $4,000 for chipping
of wood. A significant amount of wood and brush has accumulated from the recent storm and
there are too many leaves and too much wood to burn it. It would be a big smoky mess.
Moved Phil Zietlow, seconded by John Hamilton, to authorize up to $4, 000 for rental of a wood
chipper. Motion passed unanimously.
19. Lutz Elm Creek Addition Easement
Loren Kohnen said Mr. Ottis wanted to build a pool in his back yard. He was unable to do that
because he would encroach on a city easement. Kohnen said the easement in this particular
instance was 60 feet wide. It was initially that wide because they planned to use an open ditch
for drainage between these properties. Instead a pipe was used which only requires a 15 foot
easement on each side. Therefore, the easement could easily be reduced to 30 feet from 60
feet, which would allow Mr. Ottis to build his pool. Included in the packet was a motion
authorizing Mr. Ottis to encroach on the city's easement.
There was some discussion about whether or not this had been done before.
Ron Batty said that he had never seen the city allow encroachment upon a city easement.
Glenn Cook said if the city does not need this big of an easement it would make more sense to
vacate the unneeded portion of the easement for all the properties along it.
There was some additional discussion.
John Ferris suggested the city council pass a motion allowing the property owners to build the
pool, and set a public hearing to vacate the unneeded portion of the easement.
Moved by Jim Johnson, seconded by Ann Thies, to allow encroachment onto the city's
easement. Motion passed unanimously.
21. Public Hearing for Vacating Lutz Elm Creek Addition Easement
Moved by Jim Johnson, seconded by Phil Zietlow to set up a public hearing to vacate the
unneeded portion of the city easement behind the properties along Elm Creek Drive in the Lutz
Elm Creek Addition for the June 16, 1998 council meeting. Motion passed unanimously.
22. Rezoning from Rural Commercial/Industrial to Urban Commercial/Industrial for
Flagship Technologies
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Loren Kohnen said Flagship Technologies would like to construct a warehouse and office
facility on the property previously owned by Wally Doerr on County Road 116 north of
McDonald's. He said that sewer and water are available to these properties and the rezoning
fits within the city's current comprehensive plan. Staff recommended approval of the rezoning
as did the planning commission.
Moved by Ann Thies, seconded by Jim Johnson, to direct staff to draft an ordinance approving
rezoning from rural commercial to urban commercial for the Flagship Technologies property.
Motion passed unanimously.
23. Replating of the Flagship Technologies' Property
Loren Kohnen said Kimmes properties was requesting a replat of two properties into one. One
was the main property for development of the commercial/industrial area, and the other was a
single family home, owned by the Doboszenski's, that sits on the front of the property on
County Road 116. Kohnen said staff recommended approval of the preliminary plat with the
four conditions required by the city engineer.
Jim Johnson asked about the delineation versus the determination of the wetlands listed as
one of the conditions.
Glenn Cook said that they probably meant delineation and mitigation of the wetlands.
Moved by Jim Johnson, seconded by John Hamilton, to direct staff to draft a resolution
approving the preliminary plat with four conditions as also approved by the planning
commission. Motion passed unanimously.
24. Conditional Use Permit for Kimmes Property/Flagship Technologies
Loren Kohnen read his memo concerning the construction of the property. He said Flagship
Technologies was planning to construct a 50,000 sq. ft. building. The proposed use of the
building was for office/warehouse and light manufacturing. He said that the light
manufacturing portion would be located in the westerly 15,000 square feet. The remaining
portion of the building space would be leased. Kohnen said he recommended approval of the
conditional use permit with 28 conditions. He said the planning commission recommended
approval with two additional conditions. He said based on a suggestion from the owner, the
building was turned around and the loading docks were faced to the south instead of the north.
Kohnen said this made more sense for the grading as well as for energy usage. He said this
would also provide a better buffer to the residential zone to the north and the
commercial/industrial to the south. He read the additional conditions from the city engineer.
He mentioned some issues concerning the building and showed the site plan on an overhead.
Phil Zietlow said he was surprised that there were not more people in attendance from the
residential area to voice their concerns.
Marc Anderson, Lundgren Bros., said that Lundgren was aware of this proposal but was not
sure if all residents were aware of it. However, a number of the residents concerns had been
dealt with as far as screening. He said he had two additional issues. He thought the trees
would be extended to the sewer easement and not end at the corner of the building as was
shown. He also had questions about the storm sewer capacity. He said the plans show a five
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year sewer capacity, and fifty year, and he was wondering why they weren't requiring a 100
year capacity.
Glenn Cook said that a 100 year would only be for the pond, and the pond would be done to a
100 year standard. Five year drainage units were the units extending off the parking lot. He
said that since this drains into the wetland, that it will not have any impact on the Lundgren
Development.
Moved by Jim Johnson, seconded by Ann Thies to direct staff to draft a resolution approving
the conditional use permit with the thirty conditions from the planning commission and any
outstanding issues from the city engineer and city staff.
Brian Houwman of Flagship Technologies said he wanted to make a couple comments. He
said the trees didn't extend to the sanitary sewer easement because of the grade of the
property. There is about a twelve foot drop at the end of the building so that a seven foot tree
would be well under the grade.
Phil Zietlow said that the tree would grow and eventually provide sceening.
Mr. Houwman said what they could do is extend the trees around the corner of the building.
He said that would provide a better screen. The other issue was concerning the trail easement
along Co. Rd. 116. He said that they would like to delay this part of the project. He said the
trail would extend into a portion of wetlands and require wetland mitigation.
Glenn Cook said he expects they could bring this slightly above the grade of the wetland and
that there would be very little wetland mitigation needed.
Loren Kohnen said the same situation was taken care of as part of the Lundgren
Development.
Marc Anderson said they also had to mitigate wetlands for a portion of the trail.
Jim Johnson said that staff could work this out with the contractor.
Motion passed unanimously.
23. Tree Ordinance
Phil Zietlow said he met with several planning commission members a number of times about
the tree ordinance. He said the current draft of the ordinance was quite different than the tree
ordinance he originally talked about with the commission members. In concept it is the same,
however, there are some differences. Zietlow said the basic concept was to deal with larger
projects not smaller projects like a deck or a small addition to a home. He said what would
trigger the tree ordinance would be development of an area where there was five acres of
woodlands. He said it was not his intent to have an instant forest, but to start with smaller
trees that would eventually grow to become bigger trees. He said he had advocated for one
inch trees and now the ordinance states that two inch trees would be required.
Loren Kohnen said that a larger variety of trees are available in one inch diameter trees than
with two inch diameter trees.
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Phil Zietlow said they never spoke about anything bigger than a one inch tree during the six
meetings he attended. He said in 50 years a one inch tree would be a very nice tree and
provide a very forested area within the City of Medina.
Anne Heideman said the planning commissioners had talked to a number of different sources
and because of recommendations from those sources, they recommended a two inch tree
versus a one inch tree.
Phil Zietlow said he talked to three different sources, a state forester and two nurseries, and
they felt that one inch trees were very doable and practical. He said the city recently sold 500
one inch trees for $5,000, since we believed the one inch trees were better. He said he does
not want to think the city has been wasting its money.
Loren Kohnen said that one inch trees require only five gallons of water versus fifteen gallons
of water for the two inch tree, so it's easier to sustain a smaller tree initially.
Phil Zietlow said he didn't want to get hung up on smaller areas of woodlands because this
probably won't affect that many properties. It's only the larger projects that they are interested
in working with. He said that he looked at the tree ordinances from six other cities and this one
would be the most progressive ordinance of all those cities. It would require the replacement
of more trees than many others. He said that he would like Jim Dillman's feedback on the
issue of modifying current development regulations to save trees and hopefully at another
meeting he would be able to give that.
John Hamilton said that if this was his land, he would like to be able to take down as many
trees as he'd like. He doesn't see the need for this type of tough ordinance. He thinks that
overall the residents of Medina do a great job and that developers also do an exceptional job
in preserving the woodlands and in planting additional trees.
There was some discussion about this and debate about whether or not trees would be
planted by developers with or without the ordinance.
Jim Johnson said there was some discussion about inventorying the trees and protecting the
natural resources in the city and that it is up to the city to be able to create some regulations in
order to protect its natural resources, much like we protect the wetlands.
Ann Thies said that part of the ordinance was to be proactive, and we're not always going to
be lucky enough to have developers that are interested in saving trees.
John Hamilton said this penalizes the developer and provides more control than the city needs
over somebody's private land.
Loren Kohnen said he talked to Jim Dillman. Dillman was concerned about the section
regulating the proximity of trees to homes in the current draft of the ordinance. Dillman
wondered what would happen if a tree was mandated to remain because it was 10 feet away
from a home falls on a home, would the city assume some liability for that damage.
Kohnen said it was a worthwhile ordinance but it needed some revision. He said Ron Batty
would need to look into some of the issues raised.
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Moved by John Hamilton, seconded by Phil Zietlow, to table the tree ordinance. Motion
passed unanimously.
26. Francis Millers Property on Town Line Road
Loren Kohnen said Mr. Miller made a request for sewer to this property. He said that could be
done through the city of Independence or through the city of Loretto. He was interested in the
city council's reaction to extending sewer to this area.
Jim Johnson said he believed that Loretto had excess capacity that the city may be able to
use.
Phil Zietlow asked if Miller was thinking about 15 to 30 homes on this property.
Kohnen said more like one lot per acre or a suburban residential density.
Phil Zietlow said he was against extending any more sewer and believed that the city didn't
need any additional sewered areas.
There was some discussion about whether or not the city would like to extend sewer into this
area. Basically, the city council was not in favor of extending any additional sewer to this area.
27. Billboard Issue
Loren Kohnen said during the last storm a billboard sign blew down. This sign is not in
conformance with the current sign ordinance. He said the city council would be able to prohibit
this sign from being rebuilt. He asked if the city council would like him to tag this billboard. He
said the property owners would probably contest this issue.
The city council members were in favor of prohibiting the billboard from being rebuilt.
28. 1998 Budget
Paul Robinson passed out a copy of the 1998 budget. He said it was a resource for the city
council and staff. He said it includes a comparison of the actual to the budget figures from
1995 to 1997 along with the 1998 budget numbers. Robinson went through the initial pages of
the budget that included basic financial information such as the city's tax capacity, the city's
tax rate, the historical look at the city's levy, and the city's portion of the total property tax. He
said he passed this out in preparation for the audit presentation at the next city council
meeting.
29. Tax Increment Financing Report
Paul Robinson said had worked on this report for quite some time. He said at the end of 1997
the state auditor said they were going to turn this issue over to the county prosecutor.
Robinson said that he gave great deal of information to the state auditor at the end of 1997. A
couple of months later he received a call back from the state auditor stating that he still would
need to fill out the reports for TIF districts 1-6, 1-8, and 1-5. In addition the city would need to
fill out reports for districts 1-1 through 1-4. Robinson said that he would like some additional
help from the city's auditing firm to complete these reports.
Moved by Jim Johnson, seconded by Ann Thies, to approve seeking help for the Tax
Increment Financing reports from the city auditor. Motion passed unanimously.
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30. Pay the Bills
Moved by Jim Johnson, seconded by Phil Zietlow, to approve the bills, order check numbers
18401-18460 for $34,231.96 and payroll check numbers 15629-15647 for $14,175.82 .
Motion passed unanimously.
31. Executive Session
The city council went into executive session to discussion litigation matters at 10:03 p.m.
Moved by Phil Zietlow, seconded by John Hamilton, to reconvene the regular session at 10:08
p.m. Motion passed unanimously
32. Adjournment
Moved by Phil Zietlow, seconded by John Hamilton, to adjourn the meeting at 10:08 p.m.
Motion passed unanimously.
John . Ferris, Mayor
Atte
Paul Robinson, City Clerk -Treasurer
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ORDER CHECKS -MAY 19, 1998
18401 Great West Life $ 875.00
18402 Minnesota Mutual 130.00
18403 Minnesota State Retirement 205.00
18404 Air Touch Cellular 28.39
18405 American Express 396.30
18406 Earl F. Anderson 296.87
18407 B & B Products 60.00
18408 Edgar Belland 21.77
18409 Channing L. Bete Co., Inc 109.40
18410 Boy Scout Troup #570 300.00
18411 Budget Printing 615.19
18412 Casara Computer Systems 267.15
18413 Classifieds. 64.50
18414 Crow River News 20.00
18415 Cy's Uniforms 354.90
18416 D'Fence Co. 1,943.33
18417 Diamond Traffic Products 30.83
18418 Ford Construction 300.00
18419 Fortin Hardware.......... 155.32
18420 Genuine Parts 110.47
18421 Glenwood Inglewood 58.85
18422 Goodin Co 27.20 r
18423 Gopher State 150.50 ✓v
18424 Hamel Building Center. 230.76'
18425 Harris Office 75.00--)
18426 Hawkins Water Treatment 50.00 \'
18427 Henn. Co. Dept. of Prop. Tax 203.00
18428 Hennepin Co. Treas., Acctg. Svcs. 84.00
18429 Hennepin County Support 595.00
18430 J.R.'s Appliance 720.00
18431 L & R Grading 287.55
18432 Lake Business Supply 59.94
18433 Lakeshore Weekly News 151.25
18434 Larson Publications, Inc 74.00
18435 Law Enforcement Labor Service 66.00
18436 Long Lake Fire Dept. 2,317.00
18437 Long Lake Glass 603.30
18438 Martha Lundell 45.24
18439 Chuck Marcy 152.95
18440 Mayer Mobil 96.95
18441 Medina Police Dept. - Petty Cash 98.16
18442 Metro West Inspection. 9,275.60
18443 Metropolitan Council 1,980.00
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ORDER CHECKS — MAY 19, 1998 (CONT'D)
18444 Midwest Asphalt 52.19
18445 Midwest Automotive 84.65
18446 Minn Comm 31.49
18447 Northern States Power 950.84
18448 P.E. R.A. 2,960.69
18449 Police Institute 120.00
18450 Paul Robinson 12.00
18451 State of Minnesota, CPV Program 350.00
18452 Streicher's 218.16
18453 T/C Builders 5.40
18454 Tallen & Baertschi 4,619.84
18455 Clinton Thies 30.00
18456 Twin City Water Clinic 20.00
18457 U.S. West Communications 34.60
18458 United Horticultural Supply 985.76
18459 Cec Vieau 28.13
18460 Wright -Hennepin Security 76.14
PAYROLL CHECKS — MAY 11 1998
15629 John A. Hamilton 138.52
15630 Ann C. Thies 138.52
15631 John B. Ferris 207.79
15632 Philip K. Zietlow 138.52
15633 James R. Johnson 138.52
15634 Paul A. Robinson 925.76
15635 Steven T. Scherer 961.06
15636 Christopher R. McGill 1,009.19
15637 Michael J. Rouillard 1,263.67
15638 Scott W. Kroeger 926.60
15639 James D. Dillman 1,115.60
15640 Robert P. Dressel 948.61
15641 Edgar J. Belland 1,493.29
15642 Martha C. Lundell 286.05
15643 Cecilia M. Vieau 717.32
15644 Laura L. Sulander 930.97
15645 Sandra L. Larson 768.46
15646 Jon D. Priem 1,177.46
15647 Jeremy L. Christenson 889.91
$34,266.56
$14,175.82
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May 19, 1998