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PAYROLL CHECKS - JUNE 16, 1992
12797 Wayne Wallace $ 906.34
12798 Jill McRae 935.39
12799 Richard Rabenort 1,045.72
12800 Michael Rouillard 410.20
12801 Scott Stillman 722.41
12802 James Dillman 1,015.99
12803 Robert Dressel 872.67
12804 Edgar Belland 723.65
12805 Cecilia Vieau 540.07
12806 Laura Monroe 707.59
12807 Sandra Larson 513.80
12808 Benedict Young 850.77
12809 Michael Glampe 424.59
12810 Farmers State Bank 1,779.75
12811 P.E.R.A. 889.82
12812 Farmers State Bank (S.S.) 568.24
12813 Commissioner of Revenue 722.19
12814 Law Enforcement Labor Services 100.00
12815 Hennepin Co. Support 472.00
12816 Great West Life 480.00
$14,681.19
ORDER CHECKS - JUNE 16, 1992
10876 Dolphin Temporary 704.88
10877 Perry's Ventures 5.25
10878 Police Dept.,Petty Cash 88.52
10879 Scott Stillman 45.00
10880 Goodwill Ind. 350.00
10881 Steve Tallen 1,800.40
10882 LCMIT 416.00
10883 Farmers State Bank (S.S.) 568.24
10884 P.E.R.A. 1,215.87
10885 Loretto Fire Dept. 5,788.75
10886 Maple Plain Fire 750.00
10887 Hamel Fire Dept. 14,250.00
$25,982.91
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The Council of the City of Medina met in regular session on
Tuesday, June 16, 1992 at 7:30 p.m.
Present: Mayor, Gary Acromite, Councilmembers, Robert Mitchell
and Ann C. Thies; Acting Clerk -Treasurer, Laura Monroe;
Police Chief Rick Rabenort; Public Works Director,
James Dillman; Planning and Zoning Administrator, Loren
Kohnen; City Attorney, Ron Batty
Absent: Councilmembers, Philip Zietlow and Wilfred Scherer
1. ADDITIONAL AGENDA ITEMS
Robert Mitchell asked to add an item on the Comprehensive Plan.
He also asked to add the Hunk Scherer Resolution under Planning
and Zoning.
Gary Acromite asked to have the Medina Road paving added to the
agenda under the Public Works items.
2. MINUTES OF JUNE 2, 1992
Ann C. Thies said that under item #6 on page 100 under the Park
Commission vacancy, it should read that Steve Schmit, 1045 Medina
Rd., to fill the position vacated by Mary Uhlig, "upon receipt of
her letter of resignation" which expires January 1993.
Moved by Thies, seconded by Mitchell to adopt the minutes as
amended. She said that on the same page under item #5, where
Robert Mitchell said that he wanted to avoid amending the
"ordinance" is should read "conditional use permit".
Motion declared carried.
3.CITY CLERK -TREASURER POSITION STATUS REPORT
Ron Batty said that the position for the City Clerk -Treasurer
would appear in the Star Tribune the upcoming Sunday, and it
would appear in the June 19, 1992 League of Minnesota Cities
Bulletin. He said that the Council would need to decide the
salary range, based on qualifications.
Ann C. Thies said that looking at the salary information provided
to them from the Metropolitan Salary Survey by DCA Stanton group
the median range for Clerk -Treasurer was $28,000.
Robert Mitchell said that there should be a range. He thought
the range should be more like $24,000 to $36,000.
Gary Acromite said that he had used the hourly figures of $12 to
$15, which would be annually $24.5 to $31-32,000.
Robert Mitchell said he thought the top of the range should be
higher to not eliminate some candidates.
Ron Batty said that the job ad asked for 5 years relevant
experience.
Moved by Mitchell, seconded by Thies to recommend the salary
range for the Clerk -Treasurer position to be $24,000-$36,000
annually.
Motion declared carried.
4. ANNE E. THEIS - PIONEER CREEK REPORT
Anne E. Theis asked the council if there were any questions on
the report presented to them.
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Robert Mitchell asked if the cities adopted new wetlands
ordinance that the DNR proposed.
Gary Acromite if the city should leave its wetland ordinance
alone.
Anne E. Theis said that it was the consensus of the Pioneer Creek
Commission that the final wetlands conservation rules should be
in place before amending any of the local water plans.
Gary Acromite asked if in the water quality monitoring there was
any failing septic systems in the area.
Anne E. Theis said no.
5. LIQUOR LICENSES - 7/1/92-6/30/93
Rick Rabenort said he would recommend approval of the licenses.
He said that Councilmember Mitchell had asked if there had been
any violations for each establishment. He said that Inn Kahoots
had two complaints, and two citations, and Big Woods had one.
There were no complaints for any others.
Gary Acromite asked if the licensing amounts should be reviewed
to see if they were line, since they hadn't changed since 1989.
Robert Mitchell said that would be in with the fees that had been
talked about at a previous meeting for the 1993 budgeting
process. He said that the fees were competitive in 1989 when
they increased them.
Gary Acromite asked what the rationale was for the fees.
Rick Rabenort said that the state sets the limit.
Moved by Mitchell, seconded by Thies to approval all the liquor
licenses, as submitted, subject to the completion of the
applications and approval by the Police Department.
Motion declared carried.
6. POLICE DEPARTMENT
Rick Rabenort said that he had received a request from Medina
Ballroom to hold an outdoor concert in September of 1992. He
said that he had talked to Ron Batty in regards to it, and in
regard to their liquor license. He said that he would like some
direction in the matter for when he is to meet with them later
this week. He said that it would be in the upper level parking
lot, and would be fenced, and there would be several local bands
playing for several hours. There would be admission charged, and
there would be bars placed in this fenced in area outside.
Gary Acromite asked if there would be access from the upper level
of the ballroom.
Rick Rabenort said that they would have to enter from the
outside. He said that they were proposing to do it this one
time, and if it was successful, that they would probably do it
once a year. He asked if there should be some insurance bond for
the event.
Robert Mitchell said that Rick had most of the details already,
and he should continue to work with the applicant, as with other
public functions like this one.
Moved by Mitchell, seconded by Thies to direct staff to continue
to work with the applicant, and other staff members as required,
for the feasibility of the Medina Ballroom to hold an outdoor
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concert in September of 1992 as requested, to work out the
details and then bring the matter back to the council.
Motion declared carried.
7. PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
Plans & Specs - Maple St., Pioneer Tr., Tower Dr.
Moved by Mitchell, seconded by Thies to adopt Resolutions 92-4;,
92-4t3, and 92-44 ordering advertisement for bids for the
improvement of Tower Drive, Maple Street and Pioneer Trail. The
plans and specs for these projects will be returned for approval
on July 7, with bids to be returned on July 24, with the award to
be at the council's August 4 meeting.
Motion declared carried.
Medina Road - Jim Fenning
Jim Dillman said that Jim Fenning had requested that Medina Road
be added to the June 16, 1992 council meeting. He said he would
like to pave a portion of Medina Road adjacent to the Tuckborough
development. He has been paying $3,000 per lot toward this
project. Per Glenn Cook's letter in May of 1987, the estimated
cost of construction from Tamarack Drive to Hunter Drive is
$292,775. Tuckborough Farms portion would be $68,000, the city's
share of 35% of the cost would be $64,680, and the additional
lots along Medina Road that would be assessed would be 17 at
$3,000 per lot for $51,000. Jim said using the figures from the
1987 letter, and updating the costs, the project including the
basework and contracted paving would be $315,800.
Robert Mitchell said that he thought that both parts of paving
Medina Road should be looked at, the easterly from Tamarack to
Hunter and the westerly portion from Tamarack to County Road 24.
This would be the city's alternative to County Road 116 for a
route from Hamel to Long Lake. He said that we should have the
auditor and Jeanne Vanda come out from Ehler's to talk about the
road funds.
Gary Acromite said that a feasibility report should be generated.
Jim Fenning said out of his 35 lots, 11 are left to sell. He
said that he was pumping a fair amount of money into the road.
He said he could pave the road cheaper than the City could, and
he would make sure it was according to city specs.
Robert Mitchell said that the city had a long history of working
with developers for paving roads.
Moved by Mitchell, seconded by Thies to have staff investigate
with Jim Fenning, and the auditor and Jeanne Vanda and come up
with a feasibility report on the paving of Medina Road.
Motion declared carried. r•0. //' 4'-
Report About Transportation Advisory Board -Glenn Cook
Jim Dillman explained the letter to the Council from Glenn Cook
that the Metropolitan Council Transportation Advisory Board is
working to identify the region's most important minor arterials.
They have asked the cities to review the plan and indicate which
streets may fit the Type "A" Minor Arterial classification.
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Glenn has reviewed the Minor Arterial Street System plan
submitted and compared it to the city's transportation plan in
the 1991 comprehensive plan amendment. The TAB plan shows 116
extended through the city and it is recommended that this be
removed in accordance with the comprehensive plan amendment. The
TAB plan should also be modified on County Road 19 south of Lake
Independence. The frontage roads along TH 55 should be
considered for inclusion in the system even though they do not
specifically meet the criteria. Because of the funding system
that will follow this system revision it is to the city's
advantage to recommend that these streets be included. the
remaining streets in the city function as collectors or local
streets and would not be recommended for inclusion on the TAB
Arterial Street System.
Moved by Mitchell, seconded by Thies changes on the
Transportation Plan proposed by staff to the Metropolitan
Council.
Motion declared carried.
Highway 12 Public Scoping Meeting
Jim Dillman explained that he had a copy of the Highway 12
Scoping Document for anyone to look at. He said that Gary
Acromite had also received the same item.
Gary Acromite said that they had removed County Road 11 and
Highway 55 routes out of the document, but the increased traffic
levels on Highway 12 in the southwest corner of Medina or the
County Road 6 route would impact Medina. He said that there were
two public hearings scheduled one for June 30 at Orono and July 1
at Delano.
Ann C. Thies said that she had seen it in the newspaper for these
hearings.
Robert Mitchell said that he thought the Council should hold a
hearing after these ones were held for Medina's input on this
issue. He said that he would not endorse any route, but we
should gather data.
Gary Acromite said that this item should be put on the July 7
agenda for a decision as to when to hold the public hearing.
Water Meter Report
Jim Dillman presented the council with information on continuing
to change the water meters over in the city to ones that could be
touch read, and the costs involved, along with the computer
software and the "interragator" which the meter readings are held
until they are downloaded into the software system. The total
cost of this conversion is proposed to be $22,441. He explained
that the financing of this conversion could be either a service
charge per quarter of $5.00 or it could be from excess water and
sewer bond funds. He proposed a time table for completion of
this project by January 1, 1993.
Ann C. Thies asked if this was a budgeted item.
Jim Dillman said that it was not. He said that Medina
Morningside had been switched over completely, and this had been
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planned for some time; however, since it has proved to be much
better than expected and it is felt that the time table should be
pushed up for the conversion.
Robert Mitchell said that it has taken 20 years for the sewer and
water funds to be in the black. He said that this shouldn't be
paid for with a service charge. He thought that this would be a
good use for the reserve funds, and if repairs needed to be made
in the future for major breakdowns, than the sewer and water
rates could be reviewed and raised accordingly.
Gary Acromite asked if the meters could be purchased this year
and the computer hardware next year.
Robert Mitchell said that with the new sewer system proposed, and
the possibility of expansion of customers, a time saving device
such as this is needed.
Moved by Mitchell, seconded by Thies to authorize staff to
install the meters and computer system at the proposed cost of
$22,441, and pay for the cost from the sewer and water bond funds
as proposed.
Motion declared carried.
Comprehensive Plan Update
Robert Mitchell said that the Met Council wanted to know if our
current ordinance for wetlands correlated with our current
ordinance for rural residential.
Gary Acromite asked if our prohibitive soils classification was
the same as wetlands for the DNR.
Loren Kohnen said they were not.
Robert Mitchell said that there is some peaty soil in Medina that
is not wetland nor has foliage such as cattails, and appears to
look as grassland that would be prohibitive soils and not
wetlands.
Moved by Mitchell, seconded by Acromite to have staff correlate
between the 64/640 analysis and wetlands map in the comp plan and
determine if the comp plan map shows their evidence in the 64/640
analysis.
Motion declared carried.
Ron Batty said that our rural residential ordinance change is
okay per the Met Council.
Robert Mitchell said that there would have to be four
councilmembers present to pass that change.
8. HAMEL TRUNK SANITARY SEWER ASSESSMENT
Ron Batty said that he had talked with Shawn Gustafson and Mike
Lynch of Bonestroo regarding progress on easements. Ron Batty
said that the assessment hearing was closed on June 2 and that
the council could adopt the assessment roll and could authorize
condemnation regarding the properties that haven't given
easements. He said that the council hasn't approved the project
yet and recommended that the project not be ordered until 30 days
after the assessment roll has been adopted. By then the council
should know how many people have filed appeals regarding the
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assessment.
Robert Mitchell said that at the end of 30 days we will know how
many people are going to appeal the assessment or refuse to grant
the easement. If the dollar amount of the appealed assessments
is too great, we might have to start over with the project.
Ron Batty said the 90 day clock for the quick take would begin
with the filing of the condemnation documents and notice to
property owners.
Robert Mitchell said that we would know the dollar amount for
purchasing the easements and that a fall 1992 start for the
project would still be feasible.
Ron Batty said that we need to proceed on both adopting the
assessment roll and initiating condemnation. Reference was made
to the letter from Glenn Cook to Jim Dillman dated June 11, 1992
which divided the properties from whom easements are needed into
the following five categories: (A) those who have returned
signed easements; (B) those who have expressed a willingness to
sign easements but have not yet done so; (C) those who are
undecided about signing easements; (D) those who have refused to
sign easements and (E) those who have not yet been contacted
about easements. Ron Batty stated that the most conservative
position would be to initiate condemnation against (C) only. A
more aggressive position would be to also include (D) and (E) in
the condemnation.
Robert Mitchell and Gary Acromite stated that they believed
condemnation should be initiated against (B) as well - everyone
except the owners who had already returned the easements.
Moved by Mitchell, seconded by Acromite to adopt Resolution 92-39
assessing the Doerr property for improvement project 19053-C
according to the assessment roll and Resolution 92-40 assessing
all others on the assessment roll except W.W. Farm, Jubert,
Laurent and Midland Nursery for improvement project 19053-B
according to the assessment roll.
Motion declared carried.
Moved by Mitchell, seconded by Thies to adopt Resolutions 92-41,
92-42 and 92-413 authorizing condemnation against all properties
designated as (B), (C), (D) and (E) on the June 11, 1992 letter
from Glenn Cook for improvement projects 19053-A, 19053-B and
19053-C.
Motion declared carried.
9. PLANNING AND ZONING DEPARTMENT
R.A.Olson/K. Dedeker - Resolution for Final Subdivison Approval
Moved by Thies, seconded by Mitchell to adopt Resolution 92-38
for Windmere Farms for Final Subdivision approval, R.A. Olson/K
Dedeker.
Motion declared carried.
David Kelm -Resolution for 2 Lot Preliminary Subdivision
Moved by Thies, seconded by Mitchell to adopt Resolution 92-46
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for David Kelm Preliminary Approval for 2 Lot Subdivision.
Motion declared carried.
Holy Name Church - Resolution for Replatting
Moved by Thies, seconded by Mitchell to adopt Resolution 92-44
for Holy Name Church replatting.
Motion declared carried.
Resolution for Rural Commercial/Industrial Ordinance to Publish
by Title and Summary
No action taken on this resolution due to lack of four
councilmembers present.
Moved by Acromite, seconded by Mitchell to publish the whole
ordinance previously adopted.
Motion declared carried.
Temporary Sign Approvals
Moved by Mitchell, seconded by Thies to approval temporary sign
permits to Ken Kluck, Corcoran Lions, Jane Slaughter, St. Peter
and Paul, and the Hennepin County Fair.
Motion declared carried.
Woodlake Landfill - Resolution for Conditional Use Permit for
Methane Gas Collection
Moved by Mitchell, seconded by Thies to adopt Resolution 92-45
for Woodlake Landfill for a Conditional Use Permit for Methane
Gas Collection
Motion declared carried.
10. PARK COMMISSION VACANCY
Moved by Thies, seconded by Mitchell to take out the condition of
receiving the letter of resignation from Mary Uhlig for the
appointment of Steve Schmit to the Park Commission.
Motion declared carried.
11. WILFRED "HUNK' SCHERER RESOLUTION
Robert Mitchell said that he had talked to Hunk and that he was
still not satisfied with the resolution the council had approved
regarding his meat business. Mr. Mitchell said he thought that
matters had reached a point when it was appropriate for a court
to interpret the documents and determine could legally restrict
the business in the manner it proposed. He said that this could
take the form of a declaratory judgment action.
Moved by Mitchell, seconded by Thies to have the city attorney
draft a letter to enforce the council resolution and to initiate
litigation if necessary.
Motion declared carried.
12. BILLS
Moved by Mitchell, seconded by Thies to approve the bills, order
checks #10876-10887 for $25,982.91 and payroll checks #12797-
12816 for $14,681.19.
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Motion declared carried.
13. PLYMOUTH VFW CONNECTION TO HAMEL SEWER
Robert Mitchell asked that this item be placed on the next agenda
for discussion.
Moved by Thies, seconded by Mitchell to adjourn.
Motion declared carried.
Meeting adjourned 9:45 p.m.
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