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06-26-00 CCCITY OF OTSEGO WRIGHT COUNTY, MINNESOTA CITY COUNCIL MEETING 6:30 PM COUNCIL CHAMBERS OTSEGO CITY HALL JUNE 26, 2000 1. Mayor Larry Fournier will call meeting to orders Mayor Fournier called the City Council Meeting to order at 6:35 PM. Mayor Larry Fournier; Councilmembers: Virginia Wendel, Vern Heidner, Mark Berning, CM Ackerman arrived at 6:38 PM. City Staff. Mike Robertson, City Administrator; Elaine Beatty, City Clerk/Zoning Administrator; Judy Hudson, Deputy Clerk; Dan Licht, City Planner; Larry Koshak, City Engineer; Andrew MacArthur, City Attorney arrived at 8:25 PM. b. Pledge of Allegiance- Mayor lleg' n .eMayor Fournier led in the Pledge of Allegiance. 2. Consider agenda approval" (Deletions or additions) CM Berning requested to add under Item 7.4. 80th Street update. Mike Robertson requested to add under Item 9.b. Consider joining the I-94 West Chamber of Commerce and Request for Letter regarding Elk River High School. Mayor Fournier requested to add under Item 4.a.2. Discussion of the Davis property Overlay Assessment; under Item 7.4. set a Lefebvre Watershed Information Meeting; under Item 9. Lb. 1. Consider appointing Tom Koerwitz to the EDAAC. CM Heidner motioned to adopt the City Council Agenda as amended. Seconded by CM Wendel. All in favor. Motion carried. CM Ackerman arrived at this point. a. June 12. 2000 - Regular Council Meeting Min s CM Berning indicated that under Item 8.2.the word raise should be changed to set. CM Benning motioned to adopt the minutes as amended. Seconded by CM Wendel. All in favor. Motion carried. CM Ackerman abstained as she was not in attendance at the June 12, 2000 City Council Meeting. 4. Open Forum: (5 minute imit;) 4.1. Any Open Forum Guy Adams, Vice President of Wright Hennepin Electric, Will Bartley, WH Link, asked the Council to issue WH Link Communications a permit to proceed with construction of their fiber optic telephone line. Mayor Fournier asked him to remain as this item was scheduled to be discussed under the City Attorney's items. City Council Meeting of June 26, 2000, cont'd. Page 2. 4.A.Special Presentation - 1. Cathy Cerra, Grant Coordinator and Brian Wurtzel Health Educator Discussion of Project Northland (See attached information) Brain Wurtzel of County Services is working with the Wright County Health Services on Project Northland. Project Northland is a community wide program to prevent adolescent alcohol use. Both Brian and Cathy Cerra asked the City Council to support this project by completing the questionnaires which will be sent to them. 4.A.2. Richard Davis. Andover. co-owner with his mother, Katherine Davis. o 8038 Packard Avenue (PID 118-032-001160 and 118-032-001170) Richard stated he is currently going through the process of combining two lots since the one lot is a wetland and, therefore, non -buildable. He requested the assessment for the overlay project be removed from the non -buildable lot. Elaine Beatty confirmed the process to combine the two lots has been started. CM Heidner motioned to approve the abatement of $1,048.05 for PID 118-032- 001170 upon proof of successful combination of the two lots with documentation placed in the file if this lot ever becomes buildable than assessment of $1,048.05 is to go back on the assessment roll. Seconded by CM Ackerman. All in favor. Motion carried. 5_ Consent Agenda - There ndaThere were no Consent Agenda items. 6. Dan Licht. City Planner - 6.1. Consider Owner/Applicant Rick Grupa. 19026 Zane St NW, Elk River= MN. 55330. PID #118-500-364400 in Sec. 36, Twp. 121, R23. Property is located at 6201 Richardson Ave. (S. of 62nd Lane & E. of Rawlings Ave.) Dan Licht presented the Planner's Report. Larry Koshak stated the applicant needs to present a petition for water and sewer services. Rick and Becky Grupa were present and requested that the water, sewer, and road costs be assessed on their taxes. They stated their plan is to build a house and sell it in two years, build another house on a different lot and sell this until they eventually sell all the lots. They will pay the Park and Trail Fees up front. A. A Comp. Plan Amendment to expand the Sanitary Sewer District. CM Heidner motioned to approve Resolution No 2000-12 amending the Comprehensive Plan to include the Parcel (118-500-364400) to be platted as Ranch Acres within the Sanitary Sewer Service District and designate such lands for low density residential land use. Seconded by Mayor Fournier. All in favor. Motion carried. CM Heidner stressed this does not guaranteed sewer into this area. B. Rezone to R-3 (from A-1 Gen. Ag,) CM Heidner motioned to rezone Parcel 118-500-364400 from A-1 to R-3. Seconded by CM Ackerman. All in favor. Motion carried. City Council Meeting of June 26, 2000, contd. Page 3. C. PreliminaEy Plat Mayor Fournier motioned to approve the Preliminary Plat entitled Ranch Acres subject to the conditions listed in the Findings of Fact and to also include the conditions that applicant accepts assessment for improvement and that approving the Preliminary Plat does not guarantee sewer capacity. Seconded by CM Wendel. All in favor. Motion carried. D. Preliminary Plat of "Stonegate Estates". Mayor Fournier read a letter dated June 26, 2000 from John Anderson, Project Manager, Tollefson Development, Inc., requesting the removal of their request from the agenda until a later date. Guyhart Turan, 8435 Parell Avenue NE. Mr. Turan stated he is here along with his neighbors with the following concerns: 83rd Street connection creating more traffic and crossing over the bike path, residents want more accesses to 85th Street, density is too high, crowding in the schools, a minimum value should be set for the townhouses, they want no rental units, they would like to see garages with the townhouses, more population creates a need for more police and fire protection, therefore raising the taxes. They would also like the barb wire fence removed. Mayor Fournier said this will have to have a new hearing held by the Planning Commission and additional public comments will be taken at that time. Mike Robertson addressed the residents concerns by explaining that the current townhouses being constructed in Otsego are running from $100,000 to over $200,000 in value. The City will be requiring the developer to dedicate additional park land near the current triangle park. The second access to 83rd Street is needed for police and fire protection. According to the agreement with the previous landowner, when this land is developed, the strip of land along the bike path will go to the City and maintained by the City. In order for sewer and water to go into existing neighborhoods, it must be petitioned for by the residents. Mike also informed everyone that it appears likely that the July 17 Planning Commission meeting will be the next Public Hearing on this issue and that notices will be sent, but he encouraged the residents to call City Hall and check to see if this item is on the agenda. City Council Meeting of June 26, 2000, cont'd. Page 4. Councilmember Heidner stated that he thought the development should have two accesses to 85th Street, rather than the proposed one, as well as maintaining the access to 83rd Street. He said the accesses to 85th Street should be planned in such a way that they could line up with likely future accesses to the north of 85th Street. Councilmember Ackerman agreed with Council member Heidner. 6.3. Any Other Planning Business A_ Discussion of Comp- Plan and Sewer Capacity, Dan Licht went over his June 19, 2000 Memo outlining the number of plats and lots that are preliminary and final platted in the sewer service area. Dan suggested the Council have a Resolution drafted giving a formal statement of the sanitary sewer capacity issue. CM Ackerman motioned for staff to prepare a Resolution, to be reviewed by the Planning Commission, clarifying sewer capacity allocation. Seconded by Mayor Fournier. Voting For the Motion: Mayor Fournier, CM Ackerman, CM Berning, CM Heidner. Voting Against the Motion: CM Wendel. Motion carried four (4) to one (1). 7. Larry Koshak, City Eng'ni Per. 7.1. Consider Feasibility Study for Acceptance on Slabtown Sewer & Water Facilities and Set Public Improvement Hearing_ Larry Koshak went over the assessment process and options he outlined in his letter of June 21, 2000. Mayor Fournier motioned to accept the Bonestroo, Rosene and Associates Feasibility Study as written and approved by Dayton, except to assess the City's 50% portion back to the benefiting property owners. Seconded by CM Wendel. All in favor. Motion carried. 7.2_ Consider Easement Acquisition For Stormwater Runoff From Stonegate Estates Plat. Ron Wagner reviewed two options for stormwater runoff. Darlene Cota asked about the width of the drainage ditch. Ron Wagner explained the northern end will be about 32 feet wide and going out to about 40 feet going south. This includes the slopes. George Sebeck questioned some of the easement widths and also what would happen to all the evergreens located along the creek. Larry Koshak thought they could try to avoid removing most of them. John Zachman asked if there would be a holding pond in Stonegate and on the Kolles farm. Ron Wagner replied there would be a holding pond in Stonegate and one would be in the farm when developed. John said the holding pond by his place overflows now and wants to make sure it doesn't in the future and he doesn't want the ditch located as near to him as currently proposed. Mayor Fournier motioned to direct the City Engineer to give the cost for a ditch for the whole distance as illustrated, the cost of a pipe from CSAH 42 to Hwy 101 and the cost of a pipe for the whole distance of the drainage line. Seconded by CM Ackerman. All in favor. Motion carried. City Council Meeting of June 26, 2000, cont'd. Page 5. 7.3. Update on Well #1 Transfer Larry Koshak went over two quotes. Funds for this will come out of the Sewer and Water Fund. CM Berning motioned to accept the bid from EnComm Midwest for $13,875.00. Seconded by Mayor Fournier. All in favor. Motion carried. 7.4. Any Other Engineering Business Mayor Fournier requested staff to notify the residents in the Lefebvre Watershed when the next information meeting is held. 8. Andrew MacArthur. City Attomeyf 8.1. Review Changes in Water and Sewer Ordinance (Cont. from 6/12/200(11 CM Berning motioned adoption of Water Use Ordinance as presented. Seconded by CM Ackerman. All in favor. Motion carried. CM Heidner motioned to adopt the Sewer Ordinance as presented. Seconded by CM Wendel. All in favor. Motion carried. 8.2. Franchise Agreement This .ussion The Council directed WH Link to apply for a permit to install their line at this time while staff continues to review the Franchise Agreement. 8.3. Discussion of City Discharge of Firearms Ordinance Mr. MacArthur went over the draft copy of the amendment. CM Berning motioned adoption of amendment to the Ordinance. Seconded by CM Wendel. All in favor. Motion carried. None. 9. Council Items: A. Discussion of Public Works Loader_ Mayor Fournier motioned to purchase the Loader for Public Works as recommended by the Public Works Subcommittee. Seconded by CM Berning. All in favor. Motion carried. B. Any Other Council Business Consideration of appointing Tom Koerwitz to the EDAAC The Council requested to interview Mr. Koerwitz just prior to the next City Council Meeting. Also add to the next City Council Agenda to discuss joining the I-94 West Chamber of Commerce. Wednesday, July 12, 2000 at 7 PM, at Otsego City Hall was set. 9.2. Elaine Beatty, City Clerk - update No updates. City Council Meeting of June 26, 2000, cont'd. Page 6. No updates. CM Heidner motioned to accept the Claims List as presented. Seconded by CM Ackerman. All in favor. Motion carried. CM Berning requested prior to approving any Purchase Orders from Park Commission Members that the expenditure is first discussed at their meetings. 9.5. CM Mark Beming's Final Remarks Mayor Fournier read CM Berning's Letter of Resignation. Mayor Fournier thanked Mark for all his contributions to the City and presented him with a plaque. CM Berning responded with appreciation of being elected to the council and working with the Council and Staff. 9.6. Adjourn by 10 PM_ CM Berning motioned to adjourn. Seconded by CM Heidner. All in favor. Motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 10:37 PM. Recorded by: Judy Hudson, Deputy Clerk City Seal