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Home My WebLink AboutCity Council Minutes 05-27-1975 SpecialA u o O C O Page 156 f M I N U T'E S, ; SPEUA4 COWUL MEETING May .37, 1975 c i I' A spKial meeting of,'the , Plymouth ,City Council was •alled to order oy ftpr Hied* at 7:30 Pe M. U the CoumA 1 Chambers ,of the Puri i c rks Buil ding. ,14900 Twenty- third l venue North, on 1,Uy 279 1975. PR iENT: Magor Hi l de. Counci Imeen , Hunt. Nejj ls, Se.i old and Spaeth, Manager Willis and Planner `Oi l lewd.,; ABSENT: Norte. MINUTES ` i MOTION was made by Councilman Neils, seconded,,by Councilman Hunt, to approve 'Ae minutes of the 1 May ' 3. 1975 special Counci l - itteti ng, =!.unci loran Spaeth stated that a few words were misi0ng from ;he ll,th paragraph on page 137. Motion to approve the minutes, as correctgo. carried, four ayes. Mayor Hi l de abstained. I MOTION was mdde by Councilman Neils, secorgded by Councilman Huntv to approve the minutes of the May 19. 1975 regbilar Council meeting. Council 'n Spaeth stated that the vote on Resolution 7540 on page 147 should kNve been three ages. Coun IIman Jpaeth voted nay, CoUnriloran Hunt Abstained. A)tion to approve the min rtes. as corrected, i canted. four ayes. NaYor. H11de abstained. , Manager Willis explained that Council hod asklid staff to recommend the manner in which carreit stmt assessment policies eight be further amended to provide for City participation in street funding. Stalff has prepared a change to the existing 0olicy. M kmr Hi 1 de stated that if the policy t s changed 'i should only apply to the streets in thl? SNyser CIPI Our first concern is basically for the cittoens that are here today. We must have a fair pglicy but it has to be reasonable. Councilmen Neils stated that in the matter of opening u new lands for development, the -Citi must have the sreet built or upgraded as a matter of tinn ing and need and the City is to have to determine the extent o7 City partic? oin? pat on% 0 MINUTES - SPECIAL COUNCIL,, MEETING - MAY 13, 1975 Item 1-a MINUTES COUNCIL, MEETING - MAY 19, 1975 Item '14 STREET ASSESSMFNT POLICY' Item 2 141 Council Meeting 27. 1975 P go 157 A eneral discussion took place rejarding'the changes posed by the City Manager, 41 1 ION was ado by, Councilman Spaeth. s onded by Councilman Hunt, to direct the staff to Wow the pq,icy to, provide that qn street t.stgns over and above that required for an industrial piece of'11& d or on a thoroughfare where there are utili!ies,4 and within our realm of timing in the CIP, the Cityiwould consider participation in funding,, NOTION was made by Councilman Neils, seconded by Councilman NWnt, to amend the motion to nd cats that incases where residential collectors a>f a required to be of a standard that exceeds 36 feet curb to curb 1 -ton design and in commerclalAndustrial zon where the collector is required to exceed4 feeticurb to curb 9 -ton design, the City will consider participation in funding. Not i on amend carri ed, f i ve vies. Notion arried, as amended, five ayes. Councilmart Ne11s stated that ht was i:oncerned about tying this directly to the CIP bacaulse some of our judgments as to streets goiigg into the CIP are based upon pressure which predicates °aming of putting them into the CIP, NOTION was made by Mayor Hildeo seconded by Councilman Neils, that the Manager be directed to prepare criteria as to how the City miq)t participate, t4king into consideration such things as : 1) Timing in relation to existing CIP, 2) Utili- Mation of utlClities already in the ground,, 3) Now it was placed in thy,, CIP, NOTION was made by Councilman Spaeth, seconded by Councilman Seibolde that a Page 2-b, Section III, the first :sentence should read as. follows: "This sect++*. will deal with streets shown 1%n the Thorrrughfare Ouide Plan as thoroughfare: and parkways bukt not designated. etc," Motion carried, five ayes. NVION was mads by Mayor Hilde, seconded by Councilman Hunt. to ,direct the inager to reword the policy taking into consideration we discussions just taken place`and bring it back to Counclljor next Monday night's meeting. Notion carried. flve ayes. Mr. Peter Pflaum repoesenting the Plymouth Development Council. asked for clarifl,cation on some of the details of the policy such as the fact `:hat they do not feel that a person should be assessed for a co5ectgr 1f he does not have access on it - .. I 1 I II O i r Special Council Mee. ing May 27 1975 Page 1bl';) if he has an internal strt he has to pay for it., He believes that ;1r! the case'of Ferndale Road, 'f J.he road were upgraded and of no.benelit to the developer. that developer should not be assessed unless access fronts an the street. Ne also stated that one of the concerns of lndr`triil tommerical people is who determines whlethev curb and gutter is necessary?, Special attention should be given to who benefits from curb and gutter • - tf !t'benefits the property owner, then he s,hoId pay for it. Neyor hilde, questoned how thley should be assessed if they di J not have access onto Ferndale Rad and Councilman Hunt stated they would W assessed for half the width of-the rear of the lot for curb and gutter. I, NOTION was Bade b4 Counci lop Hunt, seconded by Councilart Neils, that the Council does not contemplate the upgrading of Ferndale Roid at.this titae and that the potential developer f the Elwell property Mq be re:;r ired to constnKt acceleration- deci leratlon Ines to the access streets to the proFirty. 1, Action carried, five ayes. PETITIONS, REQUESTS ANU4CATIONS Councilman Neils gave a report on his attendance at ASSOCIATION OF METRO- the Association of Metropolitan Municipalities Annual POLITAN MUNICIPALITIES Meeting, He "rted on the sltatys of the Mandatory ANNUAL MEETING Planning Bill and general unity of the League. , Item 3 MOTION was made by Councilman Nails, seconded by Councilman Hurt, that the Manager be directed to check out wha: our grace period is in remaining in the League if we do not pay our dues and in the meantime, the Mayor is to schedule a meeting with Clyde Allen to ascertain where Plymouth stands in imelationship i to the league. Coainciloran Neils presented Council with a proposed resolu- MAPLE GROVE/PLYMOUTH tion regarding the City of Plymouth working with Maple Grove COOPERATIVE EFFORT - to develop boundary lands. He explained that f1,,om the COUNTY ROADS d61 AND N47 discussion of two weeks previous, he is concerned that: Item 4 1) We may have left a sour note in Maple Grove as to what Plymouth's intentions might or might not be and 2) We have got the Hickok interest pushing in both directions without anything solid to proceed on in either community, He believes Plymouth'symouth's gain interest to be the alignments of fol and 010 in that area straightened out. NOTION was made by Councilman Neils, seconded by Councilman Hunt, to adopt RESOLUTION N0. 75-2640 A RESOLUTION DIRECTED TO THE CITY OF MAPLE GROVE INDICATING PLYMOUTH'S WILLINGNESS 10 COOPERATIVELY PLAN AND IMPROVE COUNTY ROADS N61 and 1!470 nv%,%OLUTT®! N N -'''' NOTION was made by Councilman Seibold, seconded by Councilmen Hdnl;roariilh Resolution in the fourth clause beginning with the word "WHERFAS" and delving the words "encouraging rather than hindering" and substituting the wards "cooperating 1n" Notion to amend carried, five ayes. Notion to adopt the Resolution, as amended, carried on a roll call vote, five ayes. wise- I n r n u special Cori PaaNay ge21991975 nc11 Neeting N07ION was made by Councilman Hunt' seconded by Counci man Speath, to d\ the Nanager to prepare a report relative to our develoitmnt density area that are rtot now is our CIP, stating that o11 lands which lie outside of urban service district be classified'as agrticults,ral a6d that they be er and taxed accordingly and further, that thO report,con:Ain a synopsis of meant by and how a community mal declare i•Eself an ur*n or rural ciassil t lands' lu'4,ted hat is cation. This ,report is to be brought bac% to Council statino, tTa pros end coni. Notion carried, five ayes. 1' NOTIft was made by Councilman Nei', secondeo %Y Councilman Hunt, that t Manager and( Assessnip, he, dirslcted to pmviile an estimate elf the f Wancial impact n PlyyrouthIs real estate tax'besis ghat would resutt frof such action beih imple6ented. l I Motion carried, five ayes. DI SSUASEMENTS i NOTION was made by Councilman Spaeth, seconded by, DISBURSEMENTS FOR Councilman Seibold, to adopt RESOLUTION NO. 75-265, PERIOD ENDING 4/30/75 A RESOLUTION APPROVING FOR PAYNEKT DISBURSEMENTS FROM Item 4 THE GENERAL FUND, CONSTRUCTION FUNK, WATER FUND, SEVER' FUND AND SPECIAL ASSESSMENT FUND FOR THE PERIOD ENDING, RESOLUTAN N0. 75-265 APRIL 30, 1975. Mayor 4i l de ad jr urned' the meeting at 11:20 PX 1 59 NO Xr.., 0940 a anne 6. Carls'an Secretary to Council 0