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ORDER CHECKS - AUGUST 16, 1994
13576 Allstar Electric $ 39.54
13577 American Express 16.64
13578 American National Bank 215,581.25
13579 Biff's Inc. 198.78
13580 Bonestroo, Rosene, Anderlik 6,784.30
13581 Bryan Rock Products 9,751.87
13582 Budget Printing 241.61
13583 Burlington Northern Railroad 750.00
13584 Candlelight Floral 43.37
13585 Commissioner of Revenue 770.74
13586 Copy Duplicating Products 137.78
13587 Culligan 56.28
13588 Farmers State Bank of Hamel 3,246.82
13589 Feed Rite Controls 1,137.70
13590 Fortin Hardware 129.11
13591 Glenwood Inglewood 62.65
13592 Gopher State One Call 99.75
13593 Great West Life Assurance 400.00
13594 Hamel Building Center 131.04
13595 Hardrives, Inc. 3,709.75
13596 Hennepin County Support 534.00
13597 Holiday 79.36
13598 Kar Products 61.08
13599 Edward Kraemer & Sons 6,827.16
13600 Law Enforcement Labor Services 100.00
13601 MedCenters Health Care, Inc. 2,716.95
13602 Metro West Inspection 7,563.31
13603 Midwest Automotive 402.78
13604 Minn Comm 38.60
13605 City of Minneapolis 50.00
13606 NFR Communications 233.40
13607 Northwest Assoc. Consultants 293.75
13608 Omann Brothers 4,840.00
13609 One On One 135.00
13610 P.E.R.A. 2,251.61
13611 Quill Corp. 15.99
13612 Richard Rabenort 18.97
13613 Reynolds Welding 17.17
13614 Scherer Farms 162.50
13615 Steven Scherer 12.75
13616 Spec. Materials 4,879.30
13617 St. Joseph's Equipment YOnD 4---f31.6-
13618 Twin City Water Clinic 20.00
13619 Twinco Automotive Warehouse 19,239.73
13620 U.S. West Cellular 154.31
13621 U.S. West Communications 34.60
13622 Warning Lites 223.91
13623 Water Pro 37.79
13624 Weekly News 436.00
13625 Wright Hennepin security Services 18.64
$294, 69-2.50
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14010
14011
14012
14013
14014
14015
14016
14017
14018
14019
14020
14021
14022
14023
PAYROLL CHECKS - AUGUST 16, 1994
Steven T. Scherer
Richard R. Rabenort
Michael J. Rouillard
Scott A. Stillman
James D. Dillman
Robert P. Dressel
Edgar J. Belland
Jeffrey E. Karlson
Cecilia M. Vieau
Laura L. Monroe
Sandra L. Larson
Joseph R. Heyman
Jon D. Priem
John R. Zietlow
$ 784.56
1,152.44
400.84
996.47
1,151.83
1,033.48
975.68
1,094.34
625.61
811.75
746.52
748.38
694.92
$ 406.08
$ 11,622.90
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MEDINA CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES OF AUGUST 16, 1994
The City Council of Medina, Minnesota met in regular session on
August 16, 1994 at 7:30 p.m. in the City Hall Council Chambers with
Mayor Anne Theis presiding.
Members Present: John Ferris, James Johnson, Ann Thies, Philip
Zietlow and Mayor Theis.
Members Absent: None
Also Present:
Police Chief Rick Rabenort, Public Works
Director James Dillman, City Engineer Shawn
Gustafson, City Attorney Ron Batty and Deputy
Clerk -Treasurer Laura Sulander.
1. ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA
Moved by Thies, seconded by Zietlow, to adopt the agenda with the
following addition:
A. Western Hennepin Pioneers Letter to the Council.
Motion passed unanimously.
2. CONSENT AGENDA
Moved by Thies, seconded by Johnson, to adopt the consent agenda,
as follows:
A. Resolution No. 94-53, "Resolution Appointing Election Judges"
B. Resolution No. 94-54, "Resolution Approving a Premises Permit
Renewal Application for the Hamel Lions Club to Conduct
Lawful Charitable Gambling"
C. Resolution No. 94-55, "Resolution Granting an Amended
Conditional Use Permit to Adam's Pest Control, Inc."
D. Resolution No. 94-56, "Resolution Granting a Variance to
Charles Nolan and Elizabeth Nolan"
Motion passed unanimously.
3. MINUTES
Moved by Zietlow, seconded by Thies, to approve the minutes of the
regular meeting of August 2, 1994, as presented. Motion passed
unanimously.
4. UPDATE ON HYBERG PROPERTY
Ron Batty said a letter regarding the Hyberg property was received
in his office from James D. Hoeft of Barna, Guzy & Steffen, which
he had not reviewed because he had been out of the office all day.
He said no action was warranted tonight on the Hyberg property.
Batty said that Jim Johnson had talked with John Finazzo regarding
Sam Finazzo's property and he had a report for the Council about
that conversation.
Jim Johnson said that in talking to John Finazzo, Sam Finazzo's
brother, about the City's offer to purchase the property, the
Finazzo's both felt they should reject the offer made by the City.
Johnson said they had compared the City's offer to recent land
sales in Medina. Johnson said they would rather receive $15-
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$20,000 per acre, which would work out to be more than twice the
appraised value.
Ron Batty said the offer was $186,000. Batty said the number of
acres was a sore point. He said Mr. Finazzo believed the acreage
was 28 acres and the City thought it was 24. Batty said it would
be important to determine the acreage if the City were paying per
acre rather than a flat price. Batty said the Finazzo's were
talking about a figure that was more than twice what had been
offered. He said the City would not buy either the Hyberg property
or the Finazzo property unless they could buy both properties.
Phil Zietlow said the offer on the Hyberg property was almost
$100,000 and that was close to what they wanted.
Mayor Theis asked if the Council felt a decision had to be made on
these properties and whether the appraisals should be reviewed
again.
John Ferris said the facts had not changed and this was getting
worse than originally anticipated.
Zietlow said the purchase of this property would use up most of the
money set aside in the Park Fund.
Batty said the City could not offer much more than fair market
value. He said a lot of money had already been spent on legal and
appraisal fees. Batty said if the Finazzo property were re-
appraised the value could go up a little bit, but not two and a
half or three times the previous appraised value.
Johnson said John Finazzo also said they had been told by the City
of Plymouth that they could not get sewer to the property they own
in Plymouth until the Elm Creek Interceptor was expanded. He said
Finazzo did not seem to understand the difference in value between
sewered and unsewered property. He said John Finazzo's opinions
seemed to be shared with his brother Sam after their discussion.
Ron Batty said he had sent a letter to Sam Finazzo on August 12,
1994 and had not received a reply as to whether Finazzo still
wanted to sell his property.
Mayor Theis said that at some point in time the Council had to
decide whether or not they would proceed with condemnation of the
property.
Ann Thies said the council needed an answer from Sam Finazzo.
Moved by Johnson, seconded by Thies, to table the decision on the
Hyberg and Finazzo property until there has been a response from
Sam Finazzo as to whether or not he is still interested in selling
his property. Motion passed unanimously.
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5. UPDATE ON MEDINA ROAD IMPROVEMENTS
Shawn Gustafson said progress on the base work for Medina Road had
been so good this year that Jim Dillman thought the work could be
done the third week in August. Gustafson said he needed
authorization from the Council to obtain bids for the paving work
so that the first two and a half inches could be done in the fall.
Gustafson said the final overlay would be done in the spring of
1995 as was done on the previous section of Medina Road in 1994.
He said the advertisement for bids would need to be published
September 8, 1994. The bids would be opened on September 29 and
the contract would be awarded at the October 4 meeting. Gustafson
said construction could begin on October 12 with the initial paving
and restoration to be completed November 12 and the final paving
and striping to be completed June 1, 1995.
Jim Dillman said the road improvements for Medina Road had gone
beyond the budgeted amount for the project.
Phil Zietlow asked if that was for the whole project or for just
this year, since they were ahead of schedule for the base work.
Dillman said the cost for the base work was $180,000 and that they
were within the budgeted amount for the whole project.
Phil Zietlow said that the amount budgeted for 1995 would need to
be less.
Moved by Thies, seconded by Johnson, to adopt Resolution No. 94-57,
"Resolution Approving Plans and Specifications and Ordering
Advertisement for Bids for Medina Road Improvement."
Ayes: Ferris, Johnson, Thies, Zietlow and Mayor Theis. Nays:
None. Resolution No. 94-57 adopted on a 5-aye and 0-nay vote.
6. PAYMENT OF BILLS
Moved by Ferris, seconded by Johnson, to approve payment of Order
Check Numbers 13576-13625 for $294,687.64 and Payroll Check Numbers
14010-14023 for $11,622.90. Motion passed unanimously.
7. LETTER FROM WESTERN HENNEPIN COUNTY PIONEERS ASSOCIATION
Mayor Theis acknowledged receipt of the letter from Western
Hennepin County Pioneers Association thanking the Council for their
1994 donation.
8. EXECUTIVE SESSION
Mayor Anne Theis announced at 8:05 p.m. that the Council would be
going into executive session on the basis of attorney -client
privilege to discuss litigation in the matter of Roach v. City and
McRae v. City.
Moved by Mayor Theis, seconded by Johnson, to close the executive
session at 9:14 p.m. Motion passed unanimously.
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9. PRESENTATION OF LONG LAKE WATER QUALITY STUDY
Mike Panzer of Wenck Associates and Thomas Labounty of Minnehaha
Creek Watershed District presented a proposal to improve the water
quality in Long Lake. Studies on the lake's problems and
restoration options were completed by the District in 1993, with
implementation to begin in 1995. Based on the recommendations,
phosphorus was expected to drop significantly. The District was
proposing wet detention basins just north of County Road 6 near
Wolsfeld Woods which would be comprised of three cells. Most of
the runoff entering the lake flows in an unnamed stream south of
County Road 6 in the Cities of Orono and Medina. This stream
contributes about 80% of the lake's external phosphorus load, so
improvements here would have a significant effect. The ponds
proposed would have an average depth of 8 feet across 5 acres.
This system would detain incoming water so that sediment and
phosphorus could settle out. The design of the system also
promotes biological uptake of phosphorus by wetland vegetation.
The same benefits are anticipated on a smaller scale by expanding,
deepening and connecting two existing wet detention ponds/wetlands
in the City of Long Lake park. The lake receives no wastewater
discharges, and its problems mainly arise from "non -point source
(NPS) pollution" runoff.
Anne Theis asked how many years it would take for improvement to
show in Long Lake.
Panzer said it would take only a couple of years.
James Johnson asked if there were currently lakes where this
process was being used and what the results were.
Panzer said that the process was being used in Gleason Lake and
Painter Creek with similar design.
Phil Zietlow asked how often the ponds had to be cleaned out.
Panzer said the pond on Painter Creek had to be cleaned out every
five years. The smaller ones proposed would be every three to four
years and the largest one proposed would be every ten years. He
said they also proposed hypolimnetic aerators in the lake so that
ferric chloride would be added to the lake to achieve a 3:1 iron to
phosphorus ratio for optimal phosphorus removal. The cost for the
project was $1.5 million. The aeration would cost $30,000
annually. Panzer said the whole district would be levied a tax to
cover the cost according to the 509 plan. Panzer said if it was
not done in this manner, the cost would have to be assessed to
those effected, meaning that Medina residents in the district would
pay for 57 percent of the project.
John Ferris asked why it was important to clean up Long Lake.
Ferris said most of Medina's residents did not use the lake or
benefit from it.
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Thomas Labounty said the whole system was going down and becoming
dirtier. Labounty said water that flowed into Long Lake from
Medina flowed into Lake Minnetonka and eventually into Minnehaha
Creek.
Zietlow said the proposed tax levy across the district would be
$6.00 to $10.00 per household. He suggested that since that was
the manner the Watershed District usually taxed, they shouldn't
bring up the fact that they tax only those communities involved at
a higher rate. He asked what they wanted from the City Council.
Panzer said they were looking for the Medina Council's support of
the proposed project.
Moved by Zietlow, seconded by Johnson, to direct staff to write a
letter to the Minnehaha Creek Watershed District stating that the
Medina City Council supports their proposal for the improvement of
the water quality of Long Lake, and their proposed tax across the
entire district to pay for this project. Motion passed
unanimously.
10. ADJOURNMENT
Moved by Thies, seconded by Mayor Theis, to adjourn the meeting at
10:00 p.m. Motion passed unanimously.
Anne E. Theis, Mayor
ATTEST:
ura L. ulander, Deputy Clerk -Treasurer
August 16, 1994