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ORDER CHECKS - AUGUST 3, 1993
12239 BCL Appraisals $ 2,666.25
12240 Copy Duplicating Products 116.10
12241 Delta Dental 641.55
12242 Doradus Corp. 216.00
12243 E-Z Recycling, Inc. 2,070.00
12244 Greater NW Office of Real Estate Mgt. 2,096.80
12245 Holmes & Graven 6,821.72
12246 Omann Brothers, Inc. 1,496.00
12247 Midwest Asphalt Corporation 505.42
12248 Otten Bros. 853.22
12249 Ehlers and Associates, Inc. 17,825.00
12250 Holiday 40.72
12251 Loretto Towing 25.00
12252 Medica 3,577.92
12253 Randy's Sanitation, Inc. 79.33
12254 Postmaster 529.00
12255 Farmers State Bank of Hamel (Soc. Sec.) 824.45
12256 P.E.R.A. 1,307.11
TOTAL
$41,691.59
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PAYROLL CHECKS - AUGUST 3, 1993
13458 Anne E. Theis $ 207.79
13459 Ann C. Thies 138.52
13460 John B. Ferris 138.52
13461 Philip K. Zietlow 138.52
13462 James R. Johnson 138.52
13463 Wayne C. Wallace 959.94
13464 Richard R. Rabenort 1,081.51
13465 Michael J. Rouillard 891.43
13466 Scott A. Stillman 797.66
13467 James D. Dillman 1,048.58
13468 Robert P. Dressel 901.23
13469 Edgar J. Belland 785.45
13470 Jeffrey E. Karlson 857.92
13471 Cecilia M. Vieau 556.52
13472 Laura L. Monroe 850.75
13473 Sandra L. Larson 686.94
13474 Joseph R. Heyman 628.21
13475 John Zietlow 363.60
13476 Benedict E. Young 878.79
13477 P.E.R.A. 974.12
13478 Commissioner of Revenue 831.58
13479 Farmers State Bank of Hamel (Federal W/H) 2,066.55
13480 Farmers State Bank of Hamel (Soc. Sec.) 824.45
TOTAL $16,747.10
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MINUTES
The City Council of Medina, Minnesota met in regular session on
August 3, 1993 at 7:30 p.m. in the City Hall Council Chambers.
Present: Councilmembers John Ferris, James Johnson, Ann Thies,
Philip Zietlow and Mayor Anne Theis.
Absent: None.
Also Present: Police Chief Richard Rabenort, Public Works
Director Jim Dillman, City Engineer Shawn
Gustafson, Zoning Administrator Loren Kohnen,
City Attorney Ron Batty and Clerk -Treasurer Jeff
Karlson.
1. ADDITIONS TO AGENDA
Moved by Zietlow, seconded by Mayor Theis, to approve the
addition of the following agenda items:
1. U.S. West Request for Permit to Bury Cable
2. Consider Purchase of Single -Axle Dump Truck
3. Feasibility Report on Lienemann Water Main Extension along
Evergreen Road
Motion carried unanimously.
2. CONSENT AGENDA
Moved by Zietlow, seconded by Thies, to approve the consent
agenda as follows:
1. Resolution Nos. 93-46 and 93-47, "Resolution Approving
(Minnegasco) Application for Permit to Install Utilities or
to Place Underground Construction in City Right of Way"
2. To Establish a Public Hearing for Wednesday, August 25,
1993 at 7:30 P.M. to Consider an Amendment to the City's
Ordinance Regulating the Discharge of Firearms
Motion carried unanimously.
3. MINUTES
Moved by Mayor Theis, seconded by Zietlow, to approve the minutes
of the regular meeting of July 20, 1993, as amended, as follows:
Page 3, Paragraph 1, amended to read, "...with two provisions:
(1) The purchase price of the two properties does not exceed
$300,000; (2) Funding for the purchase of the land will come from
the Park Fund."
Page 3, Item 8, paragraph 8, amended to read, "...Raskob property
east of Holy Name Drive..."
Page 4, Item 11, paragraph 3, line 2, amended to read, "Batty
pointed out that other property owners along the Highway 55
corridor were given an opportunity..."
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Page 5, Item 12, paragraph 4, amended to read, "...to adopt
Resolution No. 93-45, "Resolution Ordering Preparation of
Feasibility Report on County Road 101 Trunk Water Main."
Motion carried unanimously.
4. COMMUNITY COLLABORATION TASK FORCE
Jim Brandl, Director of Community Education Services for Wayzata
Public Schools, explained a proposal to create a Community
Collaboration Council to encourage collaboration between all the
cities and organizations within the boundries of the Wayzata
School District. Brandl said the Collaboration Council would
study the ongoing wants and needs of the diverse community
service delivery system within District 284 and would actively
promote coordinated planning and cooperative development.
Moved by Mayor Theis, seconded by Thies, to appoint Councilmember
Jim Johnson as Medina's representative to the Community
Collaboration Council.
Motion carried unanimously.
5. MITIGATION OF WETLANDS ON ALPANA SITE
City Engineer Shawn Gustafson reported on the status of a DNR
wetland north of Trunk Highway 55 owned by Alpana Aluminum. The
wetland area was formed when T.H. 55 was constructed in about
1940. The wetland was reduced in size over the years because of
filling and the DNR requested that certain remediation work be
performed on the wetlands to restore it to a condition similar to
what it was before.
Gustafson said representatives of Alpana, Tol-O-Matic (potential
buyer of the property), the DNR and the City met to discuss the
wetland area and concluded that a cooperative effort between the
landowner, the City and the DNR would be the best and most cost-
effective method of reconstructing the wetland. It was decided
that the landowner would provide the City with a drainage and
ponding easement on the property and the City would be
responsible for insuring that the mitigation plan was completed.
Mayor Theis asked how the mitigation plan would impact Thorpe in
connection with the extension of Evergreen Road.
Gustafson said the City owes the DNR some wetland area and the
remediation work would not prohibit Thorpe's plans. Gustafson
said any assessments levied against Thorpe for the extension of
Evergreen Road across a DNR protected wetland would be paid with
tax increment proceeds. He recommended that the mitigation work
be done by the City in 1994 when Evergreen Road is extended.
Gustafson said City Engineer Glenn Cook estimated that the
remediation work would cost around $5,000.
City Attorney Ron Batty said he prepared a draft of an agreement
between the City, Alpana Aluminum, John T. Reis (Thorpe
Distributing), and the DNR which addressed only the remediation
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work on the south side of Evergreen Road and did not include
other potential problems.
Dick Lecy of Alpana said they were in the process of selling
their manufactoring facility to Tol-O-Matic and the purchase
agreement was contingent upon the wetlands issue being resolved.
He asked the council to approve the conceptual mitigation plan so
that Alpana and Tol-O-Matic could finalize the sale of the
building.
Bill Toles, president of Tol-O-Matic, agreed that the only thing
holding up the purchase agreement was the wetlands issue. Toles
said he wanted all the uncertainty removed in regard to the
Alpana property.
Councilmember Ferris said the council could not move forward on
the issue without approval from the DNR.
Lecy asked the council to authorize the mayor and clerk to sign
the agreement contingent upon approval from the DNR.
Batty said the remediation work could be included as part of the
Evergreen Road improvement project. Batty said the first call on
TIF money going to Thorpe would go toward public improvements.
Councilmember Zietlow said someone should let Thorpe know about
the additional road assessment with the inclusion of the
remediation work for the Evergreen Road extension.
Moved by Johnson, seconded by Zietlow, to approve the agreement
between the City, Alpana, John T. Reis, Inc. and the Minnesota
Deparment of Natural Resources contingent upon the DNR's approval
of the wetland mitigation plan; and to authorize City Attorney
Ron Batty to revise the agreement as needed, with the provision
that Section 4 remain intact.
Motion carried unanimously.
6. INTRODUCTION OF TOL-O-MATIC
William Toles, president of Tol-O-Matic, introduced himself and
talked about his company. Toles said Tol-O-Matic was a privately
held company employing approximately 120 people. Toles said his
company manufactures motion control components and systems such
as cylinders and brakes. He said his company was very interested
in purchasing Alpana's 100,000 square foot building and expanding
the facility sometime in the future.
7. DAVID RASKOB - LOT COMBINATION AND REPLAT
Moved by Johnson, seconded by Zietlow, to authorize staff to
prepare a resolution granting a lot combination and replat to
David Raskob, 4505 Walnut Street, including all the required
easements and a sewer and water connection fee of $4,518 as
recommended by staff and the Planning Commission.
Motion carried unanimously.
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8. HAMEL PROPERTIES/U.S. WEST - AMENDMENT TO C.U.P.
Moved by Thies, seconded by Johnson, to authorize staff to
prepare a resolution granting approval of an amendment to a
conditional use permit for Hamel Properties, 610 Hamel Road, for
a building addition, with two conditions.
Motion carried unanimously.
9. ROBERT BRADLEY - AMENDMENT TO C.U.P.
Moved by Thies, seconded by Mayor Theis, to authorize staff to
prepare a resolution granting approval of an amendment to a
conditional use permit for Robert Bradley, 3000 Hamel Road, for a
larger oversize accessory building.
Motion carried unanimously.
10. LORETTO TOWING - VIOLATION OF C.U.P.
Zoning Administrator Kohnen informed the council that Loretto
Towing was violating its conditional use permit by parking more
than eight cars outside the fenced area. Kohnen said he counted
as many as 21 vehicles parked outside.
Moved by Mayor Theis, seconded by Thies, to authorize staff to
cite Loretto Towing for violating the terms of their conditional
use permit pertaining to outside parking.
Motion carried unanimously.
11. BILL NUNN/SKYROCK FARMS - MANURE DISPOSAL AGREEMENT
Moved by Thies, seconded by Ferris, to approve the "Manure
Disposal Agreement" between William Nunn of 2825 Willow Drive and
the City regarding Nunn's commercial horse stable operation and
the off -site disposal of manure, and to authorize that Nunn's
security deposit of $3,500 be returned to him after he has signed
the agreement.
Motion carried unanimously.
12. INDEPENDENCE BEACH SEWER
Public Works Director Dillman said he purchased a 100 KW
generator for $2,000 and was in the process of having it
retrofitted at a cost of $5,100. Dillman said the city needed a
system that would enable the city to notify Lake Independence
residents of a lift station power failure as quickly as possible.
Dillman said he was reviewing the option of installing an
automated telephone alarm system on the lift station which would
alert city staff in the event of a malfunction or contracting
with Wright -Hennepin Electric to have them monitor the city's
alarms.
13. CITY OF INDEPENDENCE REQUEST FOR SEWER CONNECTIONS
The council reviewed a letter from City Engineer Glenn Cook in
which he gave an update on the improvements which would be needed
to allow additional sewer connections to the Cities of
Independence and Greenfield and also minimize the impact of odor
in the Independence Beach area. Cook said the existing force
main from Independence and Greenfield should be extended 2,000
feet to the Medina lift station. Cook said the lift station
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needed to be upgraded to provide 535 GPM capacity. Cook said
that hydrogen sulfide gas formed in the system and was harmful to
the Medina force main. Cook recommended that the city establish
a cost method in which Independence and Greenfield could
reimburse Medina for the replacement of the line.
Public Works Director Dillman pointed out that no one knew that
hydrogen sulfide gas was going to be a problem when the sewer
pipe was originally installed.
Project Engineer Steve Johnston said Medina would always have an
odor problem at the lift station as long as Independence
discharges septate into the system. Johnston said Independence
was considering the installation of a holding tank to control the
amount of septate going into the system. He said this would
enable Independence to pump during off-peak hours and insure that
flows would not exceed 150 GPM, the maximum flow allowed.
Johnston added that Independence would not be increasing sewer
flow.
Johnston pointed out that Independence did not want to pay for
upgrades to Medina's system when Greenfield had a serious inflow
and infiltration problem.
Dillman said the Metropolitan Waste Control Commission deals in
units and Medina would still be giving up units regardless of the
flow going into Medina's line.
Councilmember Ferris said there seemed to be more confusion than
before. Ferris said the council requested solutions to the
problems during the last discussion. Ferris said the issue was
still too open-ended and the council still needed a complete and
total solution to the problems before any decisions could be
made.
14. U.S. WEST PERMIT
Moved by Johnson, seconded by Ferris, to approve a permit for
U.S. West Communications for the installation of buried cable
along the south side of Hunter Drive to Brockton Lane.
Motion carried unanimously.
15. APPROVE PURCHASE OF SINGLE -AXLE DUMP TRUCK
Public Works Director Dillman said the city's 1975 Ford dump
truck needed to be replaced and that he could purchase a used
1985 single -axle dump truck with 40,000 miles on it for $29,500.
Moved by Thies, seconded by Zietlow, to authorize Public Works
Director Jim Dillman to negotiate the purchase of a used 1985
single -axle dump truck at a cost not to exceed $29,500.
Motion carried unanimously.
16. LIENEMANN WATER MAIN EXTENSION
Moved by Thies, seconded by Johnson, to adopt Resolution No. 93-
48, "Resolution Receiving Feasibility Report on Lienemann Water
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Main Extension."
Ayes: Ferris, Johnson, Thies, Zietlow and Mayor Theis. Nays:
None. Resolution No. 93-48 adopted on a 5-aye and o-nay vote.
17. PAYMENT OF BILLS
Moved by Zietlow, seconded by Ferris, to approve payment of Order
Check Numbers 12239-12256 for $41,691.59 and Payroll Check
Numbers 13458-13480 for $16,747.10.
Motion carried unanimously.
18. ADJOURNMENT
Moved by Ferris, seconded by Thies, to adjourn the meeting at
10:55 p.m.
Motion carried unanimously.
Anne E. Theis, Mayor
ATTEST:
August 3, 1993