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Home My Public Portal About10/18/1988 CCMPAYROLL CHECKS - OCTOBER 18, 1988 10637 Wayne Wallace $ 654.52 10638 Jill McRae 788.58 10639 Richard Rabenort 930.49 10640 Michael Rouillard 422.40 10641 James Dillman 877.26 10642 Robert Dressel 808.89 10643 Karen Dahlberg 452.68 10644 JoEllen Hurr 1,003.95 10645 Donna Roehl 1,003.95 10646 Laura Skarda 492.84 10647 Sandra Larson 436.13 10648 Benedict Young 748.05 10649 Carolyn Smith 252.97 10650 Jennifer Smith 25.62 10651 Hennepin Co. Support & Collections 432.00 10652 Law Enforcement Labor Services 39.00 10653 Great West Life Assurance 230.00 10654 Prudential 10.20 10655 Farmers State Bank of Hamel (Fed.) 1,561.57 10656 Commissioner of Revenue 653.46 10657 P.E.R.A. 689.03 10658 Farmers State Bank of Hamel (S.S.) 648.55 $13,162.14 ORDER CHECKS - OCTOBER 18, 1988 6999 Dawn Bergquist $200.00 7000 Wayne Hall 63.15 7001 Barbara Hare 26.63 7002 Brett Nesenson 150.00 7003 Northside Roofing 105.15 7004 James Peterson 33.15 7005 Vern Spangrud 35.00 7006 Postmaster 300.00 7007 P.E.R.A. 890.97 7008 Farmers State Bank of Hamel (S.S.) 648.55 $2,452.60 1 2 The Council of the City of Medina met in regular session on Tuesday, October 18, 1988 Present: Mayor, Thomas Anderson; Councilmembers, Wilfred Scherer, Robert Mitchell, Anne Theis, Stephen Schmit; Clerk -Treasurer, Donna Roehl; Planning and Zoning Administrator, JoEllen Hurr; Public Works Director, James Dill - man; Attorney, Ron Batty; Engineer, Glenn Cook 1. ADDITIONAL AGENDA ITEMS Moved by Mitchell, seconded by Scherer to discuss the following additional items: Holy Name Lake, Hunting Tamarack Dr., Special Assessment Information Employee Compensation Time Hackamore/Rolling Hills Rd., Report Motion declared carried 2. MINUTES OF OCTOBER 4, 1988 Moved by Scherer, seconded by Schmit to approve the minutes of October 4, 1988, as presented. Motion declared carried 3. POLICE DEPARTMENT Wayne Wallace Accident Robert Mitchell reported that the vehicle accident involving Officer Chuck Wallace was being investigated by Hennepin County and the report would be available by the end of the week, Anne Theis asked if POlice Officers had training in high speed driving on gravel roads. Robert Mitchell stated that the Police Chief would be returning from the National Chief's convention at the end of the week and he would be reviewing the matter. 4. PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT Evergreen Rd. Jim Dillman reported that the sealcoating that had been required on Evergreen Rd. had been completed by Alpana Aluminum, had been approved by the city and according to City Council action in September, 1987 the road should be accepted as a city street. JoEllen Hurr stated that there are outstanding bills incurred by Alpana in connection with their most recent building addition. Wilfred Scherer asked what had happened to the rezoning application submitted by Alpana. JoEllen Hurr stated that the Planning Commission had not acted on the application. Robert Mitchell stated that the city should have a clearly defined reason for accepting this and similar streets. Glenn Cook stated that the city needs access to hydrants, manholes and for maintenance purposes until such time as the street is connected to Evergreen Rd. to Hwy. 101. Thomas Anderson stated that Alpana Aluminum cannot build the road to the east as they do not own all of the property between the two roads. Moved by Scherer, seconded by Anderson to accept evergreen rd. after Alpana Aluminum has paid bills incurred with their Conditional Use Permit. Voting No-Schmit, Mitchell, Theis; Voting Yes -Anderson, Scherer Motion not carried Robert Mitchell asked for a report on the number of such cul de sac roads their are in the city and the cost to maintain. Moved by Mitchell, seconded by Scherer to table the matter until November 1, 1988 Motion declared carried Hackamore Rd./Rolling Hills Rd. Jim Johnson, Corcoran's engineer, presented a report and reply from Corcoran regarding Medina's proposals for improving Rolling Hills Rd. and Hackamore Rd. Rolling Hills Rd. will cost approximately $8400 for the portion that Medina is willing to pay $5000 to improve; the increase in cost due to the 40-50 ft. flat landing area at the intersection with Hwy. 55. He stated that Corcoran does not want to commit to receipt of $25,000 per section of Hack- amore Rd. as they do not have the funds to completed the easterly section. They 10, would like Medina to assess the property owners on the westerly portion of the road and pass that money on to Corcoran. Thomas Anderson asked that staff prepare a response to the report for November lst. Jim Dillman stated that some agreement must be reached with Corcoran for the easterly section as the Corcoran residents in htat area will want it blacktopped. * CONSENT AGENDA 5. * U.S. WEST COMMUNICATIONS Moved by Theis, seconded by Mitchell to adopt Resolution 88-90, allowing U.S. West to bury cable on Chestnut Rd. Motion declared carried 6. * GROVES CO. SEALCOATING Moved by Theis, seconded by Mitchell to release the bond posted by the S.J. Groves Co. for sealcoating of Meadowwoods Tr. Motion declared carried 7. PLANNING AND ZONING DEPARTMENT * Alfred Merz, Conditional Use Permit for Garage Moved by Theis, seconded by Mitchell to adopt Resolution 88-91, allowing Alfred Merz to construct a garage at 1852 Tamarack Dr. Motion declared carried * Leonard Schlosser, Preliminary Subdivision Moved by Theis, seconded by Mitchell to adopt Resolution 88-92, granting preliminary subdivision approval to Leonard Schlosser to subdivide3l+ acres into three parcels. Motion declared carried DeVac Patrick Blees presented a revised plan for the DeVac project with building size of 86,000 sq. ft. rather than 100,000 sq. ft.. JoEllen Hurr stated that the setback variance height variance would no longer be needed. Patrick Blees stated that they would like to be parked on the property at any given time. Thomas Anderson stated that additional screening, perhaps'along Hwy. 55, would be needed to screen the trailer parking area. Patrick Blees stated that they would like approval for 20 trailers on the property, at any one time, and that there was a misunderstanding that the 8 previously approved meant only the parking area and the parking at the bays and docks were not counted in the total. Frank Hetman stated that he did not believe additional screening was necessary and he asked that city staff drive the highway and then make a decision. Moved by Mitchell, seconded by Schmit to amend Resolution 88-69 to allow parking for 20 trucks/trailers in the designated parking area and at the loading docks of DeVac; height variance for the office/lab area to be deleted; Hwy. 55 setback variance to be deleted; property to be appropriately screened by either walls, berms or trees according to staff designation. Motion declared carried from Hwy. 55 and for the office/lab area increase the amount of trailers that could Patrick Blees stated that they would like to obtain the site grading and utilities permit before the end of the week. JoEllen Hurr stated that footings could not be dug until complete building plans are received. Woodlake Landfill JoEllen Hurr reported that Woodlake had mistakenly dug up an old garbage area which created the odor that had been reported and that she had been assured by Rolling Smith that it would not happen again. Greenfield Sewer Connection p'Council reviewed letter from McCombs Frank Roos requesting additional sewer units S for the City of Greenfield, as there are newly constructed mound septic systems that have failed. JoEllen Hurr reported that Medina needs to retain sewer capacity for future use, the Waste Control Commission has not approved and Greenfield would need to submit a Comprehensive Plan amendment. Moved by Theis, seconded by Anderson not to revise the Greenfield/Medina/Independence agreement to allow twenty two additional homes to be connected to the Independence Beach sewer system because the mound septic systems have failed through no fault of Medina and because sewer capacity for Medina might be jeopordized if additional units are allowed to Greenfield. Motion declared carried Hennepin County Compost Site JoEllen Hurr reported that new proposals are to be submitted to Hennepin County by November 15, 1988. Airport Planning JoEllen Hurr reported that the Metropolitan Council is continuing their search for an airport site and that she had commented to them that they should be looking beyond the 7 county area for a site; that Medina did not want land banking for an airport nor did the western suburbs need any more parks. 8. TAMARACK DR. SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS Donna Roehl reported that she had received a number of calls regarding the fact that the assessment roll for Tamarack Dr. had been submitted to Hennepin County and that the road was not blacktopped. She had explained to them that the blacktopping would be completed early in 1989 and that the city needed to begin receiving funds to pay for the project. 9. HOLY NAME HUNTING Donna Roehl explained that there had been hunters on Holy Name Lake after the Metro Goose Hunt and upon reviewing city ordinances and past history it appears than an ordinance amendment is needed to include Holy Name Lake in the list of lakes on which hunting is prohibited. 10. * LORETTO FIRE DEPARTMENT, PULL TAB LICENSE Moved by Theis, seconded by Mitchell to approve the Pull Tab License for the Loretto Fire Department for 1988-89 at the Big Woods Saloon. Motion declared carried 11. * NORTHERN STATES POWER CO./MEDINA HOME ENERGY AUDITS Moved by Theis, seconded by Mitchell to approve extension of the Home Energy Audit Agree- ment with Northern States Power Co. until October 30, 1989. Motion declared carried 12. CITY HALL REMODELING Thomas Anderson reported that twelve contractors had secured bid forms for city hall remod- eling. He asked if Council wished to change the bid proposals to include the garage as an alternate if total bids are higher than the Council anticipates. Moved by Mitchell, seconded by Scherer to add an addendum to the city hall remodeling bid proposal for the garage addition to be bid an an alternate. Motion declared carried 13. BILLS Moved by Scherer, seconded by Theis to pay the'bills; Order Checks # 6999-7008 in the amount of $2452.60 and Payroll Checks # 10637-10658 in the amount of $13,162.14. Motion declared carried 14. 1989 BUDGET Moved by Mitchell, seconded by Scherer to adopt the 1989 budget and to certify $801,557 to Hennepin County to be collected through taxes for 1989. Motion declared carried 15. COMPREHENSIVE TIME ,.- 3 Council discussed Comprehensive time and terms of the Personnel Policy regarding department heads and whether comprehensive time is allowed. Moved by Mitchell, seconded by Anderson to reaffirm the intent of the Personnel Policy is such that, if a department head is not eligible for overtime pay, said department head is also not eligible to accumulate comp time. Motion declared carried Voting No-Schmit, Theis Moved by Mitchell, seconded by Anderson to allow JoEllen Hurr to take a one time leave as she is not entitled to comp time. Motion declared carried Moved by Scherer, seconded by Theis to adjourn. Motion declared carried Meeting adjourned at 10:30 P.M. Clerk -Treasurer Ma October 18, 1988