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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Minutes 01-27-1975 Special0 c a Page 29 o M I N U T E S SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING January 27, 1975 A special meeting of the Plymouth City Council was called to order' by Mayor Hilde at 7:30 P.M, in the. Council Chambers of the Public Works Building, 14900 Twenty-third Avenue North, on January 279 1975. PRESENT: Malvor Hilde, Councilmen Hunt, Seibold and Spaeth, Manager Willis, Engir,,, Goldberg, Planner Di l lerud, Deputy City Cle°-k Bolni ck, ABSENT: Councilman Neils (out of town/business), MINUTES 10TION was made by Councilman Spaeth, seconded by Councilman Fent, to approve the minutes of the January 20, 1975 regular Cu'un,,i l meeting, It was noted that on page 21, the minutes should show that Councilman Seibold, and not Councilman Spaeth, questioned if a permt- might be granted for one year, Motion to approve the minutes carried, four ayes, Mayor Hilde noted to Planner Jillerud that the matter discussed on page 18 of the January e2n minutes, involving Planning Commission procedure on the Melvin G. Astleford,request for General Development Plan approval for Bass Lake Plaza should be dis- cussed at the upcoming joint Council/Planning Cominission meeting, Mayor Hilde asked to defer items 6-D (Revision to Municipal State Aid Street System) and 6-E (Review of Storm Sevier Assess- ment Policip - Project No, 416 - Carlson Companies Addition). Council members agreed, PETITIONS, REQUESTS AND COMMUNICATIONS Manager Willis asked that the request for payment for Project 138-002 - Chelsea Woods - be deferred to a future meeting, Council agreed. MOTION was made by Councilman Spaeth, seconded by Councilman Seibold, to adopt RFSOLUTION NO, 75-71, A RESOLUTION APPROVING REQUEST FOR PAYMENT N0, 1 - PROJECT N0, 401402 - LANCASTER LANE FORCE MAIN. Motion carried on a roll call vote, four ayes,, MINUTES - REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING JANUARY 20, 1975 Item 4 REQUEST FOR PAYMENT NO, 10 - PROJECT 138-002 - CHELSEA WOODS Item 5-A REQIJEST FOR PAYMENT N0, 1 - PROJECT NO, 401-002 - LANCASTER LANE FORCE MAIN Item 5-D RESOLUTION N0, 75-71 Speci al Cowncil Meati ng January 27, .1975 Page 30 MOTION was made. by Councilman Spaeth, seconded by Councilman Hunt, to adopt RESOLUTION NO. 75-72, A RESOLUTION APPROVING REQUEST FOR PAYMENT N0. 15 (FINAL) - PROJECT N0. 909 - CENTRAL AREA STREETS. REQUEST FOR PAYMENT NO. 15 (FINAL) - PROJECT NO. 909 - CE,&ITRAL AREA STREETS Item 5-C MOTION was made by Councilman Spaeth, seconded by Councilman RESOLUTION NO. 15-72 Seibold, to amend Resolution No. 75-72 by rewording No. 4 as follows: "Request for Payment No. 15 and Final in the amount of $7,626.50 is hereby approved and the City Treasurer is authorized and directed to pay the Hennepin County District Court Administrator the same forthwith." Mation-,to amend carried, four ayes, Motion to adopt Resolution hu) 75-72. as amended, carried on a roll call vote, four dyes. REPORTS OF OFFICERS AND COWISSI Mayor Hilde informed the Council that City Code calls for nine members on the Park and Recreation Advisory Commission, The Commission has been operating with eight members. It was agreed that the Council should appoint to tiring the Commission to a full complement of nine members. MOTION was made by Councilman Hunt, seconded by Councilman Seibold, to change the re -appointment of Barbara Edwards to indicate a transfer to an at -large position, and to appoint Jim Rydeen as District 2 representative and Delores Durand as an at -large member -- all to be appointed to the Park and Recreation Commission for terms expiring January 31, 1978. Motion carried, three ayes. Councilman Spaeth abstained. MOTION was made by Courccilman Hunt, seconded by Councilman Seibold, to appoint Oarel F. Swenson to the Board of Zoning Adjustment for a term expW ng January 31, 1977. Motion carried, three ayes. Councilman Spaeth abstained. Mayor Hilde announced his appointments to the Human Rights Commission: Frenchi a Henderson, Bill Mi 1 kes and Sandy Patterson. MOTION was made by Councilman Seibold, seconded by Councilman Hunt, to ratify the appoisitments to the Human Rights Commission of Frenchi a Henderson and Bill Mi 1 kes for terms expiring January 31, 1978, and Sandy Patterson to fill the remaining term of Commissioner Durand, expiring January 31, 1977. Motidn carried, four ayes. Mayor Hfi de announced the following re -appointments of chairmen to their respective commissions: Reg Kroskin, Planning Commission; Pete Thomsen, Park and Recreation Advisory Com- mission; and John Rogers, Human Rights Commission. He also appointed Bert Ehrmann as chairman of the Board of toning Adjustment, an. APPOINTMENTS TO BOARD: AND COMMISSIONS Item 6-A APPOINTMENT OF AND COMMISSION CHAIRMEN Item 6-6 BOARD a 1 r f f bpecia January Pagr 31 r ounc , :e &.i ng 27, 1975 Mayo Hilde said he would .send letters to the newly appointed cave , ssi on members and chairmen, including any information which mialit he helpful in their new positions, he would write to those who 'appl', yd t)ut we re not appointed to commissions; and there wo il d Dort ; y be presentations of certificates of appreciation tj reti'ring or resigning commission members, Mayor Ililde asked Councilman Spaeth and Engineer Goldberg to FEASIBfLITY REPORT FOR read the report on flood control for Bassett Creek and to FLOOD CONTROL FOR BASSETT bring Back a report to the Council, Councilman Spaeth and CREEK Engineer Goldberg agreed to do so. Item 6-F MOTION was made Hunt, to adopt AGREEI`i=NT WITH AT T,H, 55 AND four ayes . MOTION was made Hunt, to adopt AGREEMENT WITH AT T,H, 55 AND by Councilman Seibold, seconded by C3uncilman RESOLUTION NO. 75-73, A RESOLU7ION APPROVING MINNESOTA HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT - TRAFFIC SIGNALS XENIUM LANE., Motion carried on a roll call vote, by Councilman Spaeth, seconded by Councilman RESOLUTION NO. 75-740 A RESOLUTION APPROVING MINNESOTA HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT - TRAFFIC SIGNALS FERNBROOK LANE, Motion carried on a roll call vote, four ayes, MOTION was made by Councilman Spaeth, seconded by Councilman Hunt, to direct the City Manager or the City Engineer to contact Hennepin County regarding some type of plan for the lights at the T.N. 55/Fernbrook intersection, and report to the Cimincil within two weeks. Motion carried, four ayes. Council members reviewed their CCR appointments, Watershed Districts - Spacth Councilman Spaeth said he could offer no new information re the Pinetree Pond lawsuit currently underway, He said that the greatest watershed activity would come through Elm Creek now. lie indicated that he and Engineer Goldberg would continue attending Elm Creek Watershed District meetings, Manager Willis noted that the City has heard nothing from the Shingle Creek Watershed District, Mayor Hilde asked Councilmar Spaeth if he and Engineer Goldberg would check into that situation, and detemi ne if the ,,e should be some Plymouth representation there, School Districts 274 and 284 - Seibold Councilman Seibold had nothing new to report, Manager Willis stated that lie and Planner Dillerud and Dave T)avenport of the Planning Commission have attended two meetings with School District 284 regarding long-range site selectiolt, A3REEMEATS WITH MHD FOR, SIGNALS AT T.H. 55 AND XENIUM LANE AND T,H. 55 AND FERNBR00K' LANE Item 6-G RESOLUTION N0, . i5-73 RESOLUTI 75M CCR REPORTS Special Council Meeting January 27, 1975 Page 32 They informed the school district of Plymouth's plans for land -use and provided them with other PlymoLth planning information. The school district is using that information, plus data from census information, which indicates that the only capital construction they may have to undertake before 1980 will be for high school. Councilman Spaeth asked about having a study wherein it could be determined at what value house would be the break-even point for a family of four. Councilman Hunt said he would like to see a total profile, including such things as how many persons working in Plymouth live in Plymouth. He said this kind of thing could be very bene,fi ci al to industry interested in building in Plymouth. Councilman Seibold told Manager Willis he would be interested in attending future School District 284 meeting,.; with him. Park and Recreation Advisory Commission - Seibold Councilman Seibold had nothing new to report. Councilman Spaeth asked that staff bring in a status report of work completed by the Park Department, Councilman Hunt commented that as the Hennepin County regional park developed. it would be important to have Commission involvement as soon as possible. Planning Commission Councilman Neils is the CCR appointee to the! Planning Cornnission, and was absent from this Council meeting. It was decided that the Council would hold a joint dinner meeting with the Planning Commission on Wednesday, February 5, 5:00 P.M., which the Council will follow with a study session back it the Council Chambers at 7:30 P.M. ruman Rights Coimmi ssi on - Hi 1 de Mayor Hi1de said there was nothing new to report on the Human Rights Commission. Metropolitan Cout;ci 1 - 4i 1 de/Hunt Mayor Ili 1 de informed the Council that he had resigned from the Chairman's Committee of the Metropolitan Council, and that he had recommended Councilman Neils to replace him. Counci lmian, Hunt reported on the two Metropolitan Council committees on which Ire serves. He jai d the report of the Metropolitan Agencies Committee he:, been Submitted. HR axe. ' neA what lmd oc urred at the final Metropolitan S i nni fi canoe meeting, wewo-h i-,isjulted in the committee sOmitting a single pi- ragraph report to the full Council. The committee also recommended that the present cumni ttee be dissolved and that a new committee of 17 mettibers be appointed and serve as a reviewirl bovy January 279 1975 Page 33 Councilman hu' nt said that Councilman Neils had spoken to nim about, the Development Framewo i-' C public hearing; Councilman Neils provided input from the two previ ou: statements by Mayor Hi 1... and Manager Willis and adds ti one l information re "teap- froggi ng% he felt that he Kad done everything he could and did not know if anything would come of it. Le gislature - Hilde/Hunt Mayor Hilde said he had received a latter from, Sen, Winston Borden regarding 4h,e Mayor's letter to Govew.mor Anderson re ,the Qoen Meeting Law. Mayer Hilde offered to %.hec,i into what is being done in the Legislature -Aega rdi ng the law, and what is being done by outside groups, such as the State league. Association of Metropolitan Municipalities - Hunt Councilman Hunt said that nine communities are pl enni ng to damn out of the A144, Mayor Hilde reported on a meeting he had attended of Hennepin County mayors, at which was discussed the promotion of suburban conerns. A new approach was suggested, wherein tt a 27 chambers of commercr in th-2 area would band together to p' mnote the, suburbs to the Legislature. Mayor Hiide had some concerns that businessmen just do not know that much, and would not necessarily be any less lethargic about attending meetings, etc. He suggested that the grout• prepare a resolution dinrti ng staff in specifics, and bring to the board of the AMt1. He said that f.he AW should work in this direction, and that the tn:yore and the cha.ters ars preparea to hush the ,VM to do so, Board of Zoning Adjustment - Spaeth Coun alman Spaeth had nothing new to report on the Bcard of Zoning Adjustmect, Housing Committee - Hunt Councilman Hunt reported that the Housing Ccntnittee is preparing a resolut°ool 'Ia bring to the Council the first meeting in March with recomr,,er:lation that P,1;,i!i!Ah establish an NRA, and the reasons for such action. Transit Commission - Seibold Councilman Seibold said he has been unable to attend many of the Transit Ifol nvetings because of zonflicts on meeting dates. He also nommen,:ed that III: ~aial, . not be the right person to meet with this ca,1vDissior, because he Moes not trc"4eK the concept of its Mayor Ili 1 dc: suggested that Councilman Seibold "swap" CCR appointments wi t"I clip: of the other Council members. Councilman Seibold said he would try one ivre meeting. Planner Oillerue' outlined a zencfipt proposal for Downtown Plymouth which world brine the public sector into the develop•• ment wherein a Council -created IIRA would use federally guaranteed short-term borrowings to purchase, plan and dispose or some 256 aCNS at the core of Downtown Plymouth, The resale of the subdivided and zoned cunvakirciel , mid- to high-density r'esi denti al and public use parcel w all, or near 3J- DOWNTO'ir; I I,Yr''O i H - COMMlilll'Y `'EI1 LOPMENT REVENUE SlIk.1ti; Special Council Meeting January,27, 1975 Page 34 market value would result in reven.ie sufficient to pay back borrowed capital, planning costs,. carrying costs, etc, The savings could provide a sero cost elderly housirs;-7i to and perhaps 'a write-down on the balance of the housing ted, Mr.; ,,Dillerud tied in the passibility of obtaining approximately $351,000 of Corvfi. ity Development Revenue Sharing funds, He explained the two avenues the ;' ,y might go in seeking this funding: (1) application for Discretionary Srant by the City for this purpose, and (2) joining with Hennepin County, by means of a Joint Powers Agreement wherein funds "pass, through" to the municipalities involved,in making up the 200,000 population the County must have to qualify for Urban County status, Re the latter, the City would probably receive approximately $30,000 in 1975, as opposed to th1c- proposed l.351,000 p,issible if the City were to receive a Discretiona Gr nt. Mr, ni l lerud explained that if the County received is i rant throug Urban Coumty status, there would be no funding left for Discrr tionary Grant applications in Hennepin County. Therefore, with the new "pass throe gh"- agreement, it was the recoi,rendation of staff that the City employ both optiors; that the City (1))rescind its c nevi ous resolution excl udi rig Plymouth's popul ati cn count from Hennepin County's count; (2) enter into the Joint Powers Agreenx,nt with Hennepin ounty; and (3) apply on its own for a Discretionary Grant. The ,consensus of fts ,!' unci 1 was that the Downtown Plymo th concept was important, and f iia tt:i a this overview had some strong paints, i t was too difficult to ma;.i ', f an analysis at this time. Staff informed the Council members il,lt:ifi of the actions recommended above', would not commit the City he,yond thm' pre-appl i cation stage. Council agreed that they would like to htai• more about the proposal and that, because of,,the deadlineforacticnonalloftheproposedresolutions, they would'prtceed with the appl i cat•ion process, MOTION wss made by Councilman Hunt, seconded by Councilman Spaeth, to adopt RESOLUTION N0, 1545, A RESOLUTION RESCINDING RESOLUTION N0, 7540, Motion carried on a ro11 call vote, four ayes. MOTION wis made by Councilman Spaeth, seconded by Councilman Seibold, to adopt RESXUTION NO, 75-76, A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZ- ING JOIN'' POWERS WEI'MENT WITH HENNEPIN COUNTY. Motion carried on a rol', call votes i1our ayes. 1 MOTION was made by Councilman Hunt, seconded by CouncilmAn Seibold, to adopt RESOLUTION N0, 75-77, A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZ- ING FILIN+i OF DtSCRETIONARY GRANT PRE -APPLICATION WITiI DEPART- MENT OF HOUSING AND CRIIAN DEVELOPMENT. Motion carried on a roll call vote, four ayes, ManaGe r Wi ' 1 i s reported that the Post Office is considering a s 1 td wi 0 l n the parcel' owned by the City of Plymouth in the area ppeopos.d for Dtwntown Plymouth, A letter received from the Pott Office ae6i tact indicated that they were not anti rely ploased with the site on the northern portion of the parcel,,, RESOLUTIOtt NO, 75-75 RESOLUTION NO, 1546 RE;OLUTION NO, 75-77 POST OFFICE FACILITY t 11 i I S*e I al Count,;'!,l Meeting January 27, `1731. Page 35 I l Council members suggested tfia t a s+,te p evicusly rEJe ted I by t Ci ty Manager might be' cohsi dered6, - hat site wo Id be in the sAuthern portion of the parcel. I , LICENSES AND PERMITS 1 V MOT 1.94N, was made by CounciIman Hunt, seconded by Councilman Spae;'h,; to adopt RESOLUTION NO,. 75-78, A RESOLUTION APPROVINI, RENEWAL OF;'ON-SALE 'INTOXICATING LIQUOR LICENSES FOR CYMNOI S' RESTAURANT AND RADIS$9N IyN PLYMOUTH. Motion carried on a roll call vote, four -eyes; MOTION ti;as made by Councilman Spaeth, sectmOed by Councilman Seibold, to adopt RESQLUrl-ON N0. 75-79 A RESOLUTION APPROt1ING RENEWAL OF SUNDAY SALE OIi'INTOXICATING LIQUOR LICENSE FOR RADISSON INN PLYMOUTH. Lotion carried on a roll call vote,; four eyes . I 1 i MOTION was made by Councilman Hunt, seconded by Councilman Spaeth, to adopt RESOLUTION NO, 75-80, A .RESOLUTION APPROVING CIGARETTE LYCENSE FOR APPLE BLOSSOM INN AND MINI -VEND. Motion carried on a roll call vote, four ayes. I 1 Councilman Seibold noted that, three Plymouth citizens were being honored by the Jaycties: Ron Raschke, Jim Threinen d Dave Davenport. He suggested that the Council might wish tT, do - someth i ii g in, acknowl edger en t of the awards to these ci tI zeas for the 6 r conlnuni ty involvement. Councilman Hunt said he was at the awards ceremny and offered congratulatiops on behalf of the City, Mayor Hi 1 de said he would write a letter. Mayor Hi l de suggested the following procedure for review of proposed Council and Administrative projects for 1975: 1) the Council would review the list of items from the staff report of January 21, 1975, checking for completeness and adding and deleting where necessary; (2) the City Manager would be directed to bring the list back to a future meeting arranged 'in quarters of the year as follows: first quarter items would be listed in detail . by time; second quarter items would be listed by month; and the last half of the year woul d be 11 sted by quarter. Counci l agreed wi 0, this procedure. Mayor Hi 1 de suggested that in February, a review of the City's bonding schedule again be listed. Mayor Hilde also suggested that relative to the FAU Project State Highway 101 and County Road 6, should be added the use of media presentation devices, such as photographs, displays. movies, etc,, to dramatize the need for bikeways, 40ci 1 menters reviewed the 1 i st of piroposed Qrdi nanGe I ON -SALE INTOXICATING LIQUOR LICENSE RENEWALS Item 7-A RESOLUTION NO. 75-78 RESOLUTION N0, 15-79 A CIGARETTE LICENSE RENE14ALS Item 7-6 RESOLUTION N0. 75-80 COUNCIL AND ADMINISTRA- TIVE PROJECTS +'1975 Item 6- C r GI Special Council Meeting January 27, 1915 .- Page J revisions, and determined that review of license, permit and fee schedules and the matter of water,safettw6re the first and second priorities respectively; all other ordinance considerations listed were not of sufficient urgency to be listed and were crossed out. Council agreed on the need for item del under Administration: "develop plan; schedule and procedure for setting ,next year's departmental proghm ,priorities, objectives and implementation plan . . . develop a method by which to evaluate City departmental efficiency and effectiveness." Mayor Hunt said that he would no want to talk about space requi re'ments i n a new City Hal I' facility, without ba ground" 1 nMrmati on on efficiency in terms of storage;; space, etc. Councilman Sei old stated, and Council 'concurred, that ar outside consultant wound be required. It was agreed that this matter should be scheduled for March, and it should include systems analysis. It was also agreed that 14, also under. Administration -- the ,evaluation of need for acquiring new accounting equipment -- should be added into i tem #11. Council discussed item 02 under Administration, dealing with pellbsonal and telephone contacts 'with the citizens. It was agreed that there had been wnsiderable improve - went since the move to the present City Mall., Councilman Seibold suggested that staff determine what the, melt common inquiries are and print something in the newsletter to let people ' know where in City Hall to call for their particular questions,, It was agreed that this item #oul d be deleted fftn the listing, and that there'wouTJ be an ongoing effort to improve communications. Councilman Hunt referred to the profile he mentioned earlier in the meeting. He said he would like to see a profile done regarding employment, housing, etc, sometime in the future. Manager Willis pointed out that some bf the information is available on census tracts. Councilman, Hunt agreed that it might be best rot to list the profile now, that perhaps the'new NRA, if formed, would come up M i th a recommendation r~, such a profs 1" MISCELLANEOUS Councilman Hunt, said th,;:•: he had been asked by Jim Guddal to discuss with the Council a s i tui ti or, wile rvi n Mr, Guddal is adding strips of land to two s i des of an existing parcel so as to have room for garage construction,. He will have to go through i process of lot division and lot consolidation and pay a fee of 50, which he !Mates is less than he Is paying for the additional land,' Planner Dillerud said khat the $50 is a platting fee, Councilman Hunt asked Mr. Dillerud to check on th- s and to call him about it. Mayor Hilde addourned the meeting at 12:15 A.M• nn once Deputy City Clerk 9 9 N