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CITY of ANDOVER
Regular City Council Meeting 7 March 2, 1992
Call to Order
Resident Forum
Agenda Approval
Approval of Minutes
Discussion Items
1. Ed Lutz Sketch Plan
2. Rezoning/Variance - Donna Green
3. Variance - T. Johnson/172xx Tulip Street NW
HRA Meeting
4. ACCAP proposal
5. Award Bid/Lindgren Property
Closed Meeting with Attorney
Staff, Committee, Commissions
6. Schedule Hearing/Kelsey-Round Lake Park
7. Schedule Hearing/Trunk Sewer Extension
8. Fire Department
9. Andover Express Delivery
Non-Discussion Items
10. Probationary Increase/Public Works Employee
11. Salary Adjustments/Public Works Supervisors
12. Approve Gambling Permit/Andover Alano Society
13. Accept Petition/92-4jWinslow Hills 2nd Addn.
14. Appoint Election Judges/presidential primary
15. Acknowledge Policy/Bad Check Fees
16. Receive January Financial Statements
Mayor/Council Input
Approval of Claims
Adjournment
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CITY OF ANDOVER
REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACfION
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DATE March 2.1997.
AGENDA SECTION 1 ORIGINATING DEPARTMENT APPROVED FOR
NO, Approva of Minutes AGENDA
Admin.
ITEM Approval of Minutes Volk t~.
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BY: V. BY:
The City Council is requested to approve the following minutes:
February 18, 1992 Regular Meeting
February 18, 1992 BRA Meeting
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DATE
March 2, 1992
AGENDA SECTION
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ORIGINATING DEPARTMENT APPROVED FOR
AGENDA
Discussion Item
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NO. I. Ed Lutz Sketch Plan
BY: Andover Review Committee BY:
The owner of the property has requested the city to discontinue
reviewing the sketch plan until further notice if any.
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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION
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March 2, 1992
AGENDA SECTION
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ORIGINATING DEPARTMENT \)
Planning ~
David L. carlberg
city Planner
APPROVED FOR
AGENDA
Discussion Item
ITEM1\ez(var. vonna l3reen
NO. Bunker & Crosstown Dr.
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REQUEST
The Andover City Council is asked to review the request of
Donna Green to rezone from R-4, Single Family Urban to NB,
Neighborhood Business the property legally described as:
Outlot A Creekhaven (PIN 33-32-24-13-0071)
Ms. Green is also requesting a variance for the size or area
requirement of the lot and the lot width at the front setback
line. Please review the attached staff report presented to the
Planning and Zoning Commission on February 11, 1992 for further
background information.
APPLICABLE ORDINANCES
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Ordinance No.8, Section 5.02, establishes the procedure for
changing zoning district boundaries.
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Ordinance No.8, Section 5.03 (B) establishes the criteria for
granting a Special Use Permit. These same criteria shall be used
for rezoning requests as well.
Ordinance No.8, Section 5.04, defines and establishes the
variance procedure.
Ordinance No.8, Section 6.02, sets the minimum lot requirements
for and NB District.
Ordinance No.8, Section 4.14, establishes the minimum building
setback requirements for business districts adjacent to
residential properties.
COUNCIL ACTION
MOTION BY
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Rezoning/Variance
Donna Green
March 2, 1992
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PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATION
The Planning and Zoning Commission, at their February 11, 1992
meeting, recommended approval of the rezoning request and in doing
so cited the reasons indicated on the attached resolution. For
further detailed information on the public hearing, please consult
the meeting minutes included in your packet materials.
Attached for Council review and approval is a resolution
reflecting the motion of the Planning and zoning Commission.
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CI'!'Y OF ANDOVER
COUNTY OF ANOKA
STATE OF MINNESOTA
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A RESOLUTION GRANTING THE REZONING/VARIANCE REQUEST OF DONNA
GREEN TO REZONE THE PROPERTY LEGALLY DESCRIBED BELOW FROM R-4,
SINGLE FAMILY URBAN TO NB, NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESS AND TO VARY
FROM THE AREA AND THE LOT WIDTH AT THE FRONT SETBACK LINE
REQUIREMENTS.
WHEREAS, Donna Green has requested a rezoning from R-4,
Single Family Urban to NB, Neighborhood Business on the property
legally described as:
Outlot A Creekhaven (PIN 33-32-24-13-0071)
WHEREAS, Donna Green has also requested a variance to the
area and the lot width at the front setback line requirements on
the above legally described property; and
WHEREAS, the Planning & zoning Commission has reviewed the
request and has determined that said request meets the criteria of
Ordinance No.8, Section 5.03(B) and that there is no negative
effect of the proposed use upon the health, safety, morals and
general welfare of the occupants of surrounding lands; there will
be no negative effects on the values of property and scenic view
in the surrounding area; and
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WHEREAS, the Planning and Zoning Commission finds that
the request is also in compliance with Ordinance No.8, Sections
5.02 and 5.04; and '-/
WHEREAS, a public hearing was held and there was
opposition to said rezoning in regard to the traffic conditions
from the site on Bunker Lake Boulevard NW; and
WHEREAS, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommends to
the City Council approval of the rezoning requested.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of
the City of Andover hereby agrees with the recommendation of the
Planning & Zoning Commission to rezone the above legally described
property from R-4, Single Family Urban to NB, Neighborhood
Business.
BE IT STILL FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Council
approve the variance request to the lot area and lot width at the
front setback line requirements on the above legally described
property.
Adopted by the City Council of the City of Andover on this 2nd day
of March, 1992.
CITY OF ANDOVER
Kenneth D. Orttel, Mayor
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CITY OF ANDOVER
REQUEST FOR PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION
February 11, 1992
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3. Public Hearing -
Rezoning/variance
R-4 to NB - x-town Dr.
& Bunker Lake - Green
-ORI'SINATlNG DEPARTMENT ~
Planning ~
David L. Carlberg
City Planner
APPROVED FOR
AGENDA
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REQUEST
The Andover Planning and Zoning Commission is asked to review the
request of Donna Green to rezone property from R-4 Single Family
Urban to NB, Neighborhood Business. The property is legally
described as:
Outlot A Creekhaven (PIN 33-32-24-13-0071)
The applicant is also requesting a variance for the size of the
lot and the lot width at the front setback line.
APPLICABLE ORDINANCES
Ordinance No.8, Section 5.02, establishes the procedure for
changing zoning district boundaries (rezoning).
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Ordinance No.8, Section 5.03(B), establishes the criteria for
granting a Special Use Permit. These same criteria shall also be
considered in the determination of granting a rezoning request.
The criteria include:
the effect of the proposed use upon the health, safety,
morals and general welfare of occupants of surrounding lands,
existing and anticipated traffic conditions including parking
facilities on adjacent streets and land,
the effect on values of property and scenic views in the
surrounding area, and
the effect of the proposed use on the Comprehensive Plan.
If the Commission chooses to deny the rezoning request, it is
imperative that the Commission indicate findings of fact in this
and all rezoning cases.
Ordinance No.8, Section 5.04, defines and establishes the
variance procedure.
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Rezoning - Corner x-town & Bunker Lake
Donna Green
February 11, 1992
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Ordinance No.8, Section 6.02 establishes the minimum lot
requirements for an NB, Neighborhood Business District. The
minimum requirements are as follows:
Lot Area
Lot Width at Front Setback Line
Lot Depth
Front Yard Setback
Any Yard Setback (major arterial)
2 acres
150 feet
150 feet
40 feet
50 feet
Ordinance No.8, Section 4.14, requires properties zoned as
business adjacent to residential properties to have minimum a
building setback of thirty-five (35') feet from the property or
lot line.
GENERAL REVIEW
The applicant in addition to the rezoning request is also asking
that a variance be granted on the lot area requirement of 2 acres
and the lot width at the front setback line of 150 feet. The
applicant has 1.47 acres in area and 135 feet at the front setback
line respectively.
The City has in the past granted similar variances.
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COMMISSION OPTIONS
A. The Andover Planning and Zoning Commission may recommend
approval of the rezoning/variance request of Donna Green to
rezone property from R-4 Single Family Urban to NB,
Neighborhood Business legally described above.
The Planning Commission finds that the proposal meets the
criteria established in Ordinance No.8 Section 5.03(B) and
Section 5.04.
B. The Andover Planning and Zoning Commission may recommend
denial of the rezoning/variance request of Donna Green to
rezone property from R-4 Single Family Urban to NB,
Neighborhood Business legally described above.
The Planning Commission finds that the proposal does not meet
the criteria established in Ordinance No.8 Section 5.03(B)
and Section 5.04.
C. The Andover Planning and Zoning Commission may table the item.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
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Staff recommends option A.
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CITY of ANDOVER
REZONING REQUEST FORM
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Property Address
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REZONING
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The following information shall be submitted prior to review by the
city of Andover:
1. A scaled drawing of the property and structures affected
showing: scale and north arrow; dimensions of the property and
structures; front, side and rear yard building setbacks;
adjacent streets; and location and use of existing structures
within 100 feet. '
2. The names and addresses of all property owners within 350 feet
of the subject property.
Application Fee: $150.00
Filing Fee: $ 15.00
Date Paid /....p!-tfJ-
Receipt # 4tJ370
Rev. 8-01-91
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CITY of ANDOVER
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1685 CROSSTOWN BOULEVARD N.W. . ANDOVER. MINNESOTA 55304 . (612) 755-5100
VARIANCE REQUEST FORM
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(Fill in whichever is apporpriate):
Lot Block Addition
PlatCr<<.~~.....parcel t\.d.li-+-A.- PIN 33-~Z-2~ - F,-~c>71
(If metes and bounds, attach the camp ete ega)
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VARIANCE
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The following information shall be submitted prior to review by the
City of Andover:
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1. A scaled drawing of the property and structures affected
showing: scale and north arrow; dimensions of the property and
structures; front, side and rear yard building setbacks;
adjacent streets; and location and use of existing structures
wi thin 100 feet.
2. Application Fee:
Single Family
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Res. 179-91 (11-05-91)
CRITERIA FOR GRANTING A VARIANCE
In granting a variance, the city Council shall consider the advice and
recommendation of the Planning and Zoning Commission and:
1. If the City Council finds that the request if it will be in
keeping with the spirit and intent of this Ordinance.
2. If it finds that strict enforcement of this Ordinance will
cause undue hardship because of circumstances unique to the
individual property under consideration.
3. If it finds that denying the request does not deny reasonable
use of the property.
4. Economic considerations shall not constitute an undue hardship
if reasonable use of the property exists under the terms of
the Ordinance.
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CITY of ANDOVER
CITY' OF ANDOVER
COUNTY OF ANOKA
STATE OF MINNESOTA
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
The Planning and Zoning Commission of the City of Andover will
hold a public hearing at 7:30 p.m., or as soon thereafter as can
be heard, on Tuesday, February 11, 1992 at the Andover City Hall,
1685 Crosstown Blvd. NW, Andover, MN to review the rezoning
request of Donna Green to rezone the property located at the
northwest corner of Bunker Lake Boulevard NW and Crosstown
Drive NW from R-4, Single Family Urban to NB Neighborhood
Business.
LEGAL DESCRIPTION
Outlot A, Creekhaven (PIN 33-32-24-13-0071).
All comments will be received at that time and location.
~ty Clerk
Publication dates: January 31, 1992
February 7, 1992
Tom McCabe
2732 NW Bunker Lake Blvd
Andover, MN 55304
r-rald Hoiderness
,~/30 NW Crosstown Blvd
Andover, MN 55304
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Glen Porter
13778 Northwoods Dr.
Andover, MN 55304
Curt Sivertson
13769 Northwoods Dr
Andover, MN 55304
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Speedy Market
13725 Crosstown Blvd NW
Andover, MN 55304
James Novak
13777 NW Northwood Dr.
Andover, MN 55304
Wayne Goodrich
13786 Northwoods Dr.
Andover, MN 55304
Randy Teigland
13761 Northwoods Dr
Andover, MN 55304
Tim Donohue
2733 NW Bunker Lk Blvd
Andover, MN 55304
Todd Novotny
2725 - 137th Lane NW
Andover, MN 55304
Steve Zickermann
13785 Northwoods Dr.
Andover, MN 55304
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CITY OF ANDOVER
REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION
DATE
March 2, 1992
ITEM
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17xxx Tulip St. NW
Johnson
David L. Carlberg,
City Planner
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APPROVED FOR
AGENDA
AGENDA S.ECTION .
NO. D1Scusslon Items
ORIGINATING
Planning
BY:
REQUEST
Thomas and Shareen Johnson have requested a variance to
Ordinance No.8, Section 6.02, lot width at the front setback
line on the property legally described on the attached resolution.
BACKGROUND
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The Johnsons are requesting a variance to the lot width at the
front setback line as a part of a metes and bounds lot split. The
shape of the lot prevents the Johnsons from meeting the
requirement of a lot width of three hundred (300') feet at the
front setback line as specified in Ordinance No.8, Section 6.02.
For further information please consult the attached Planning &
Zoning Commission report dated February 11, 1992 and the minutes
from the meeting included in your packet materials.
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PLANNING AND ZONING RECOMMENDATION
The Planning and Zoning Commission, at their February 11,
1992 meeting, recommended approval of the variance request by
Thomas and Shareen Johnson due to the lot shape and location.
Attached is a resolution for Council review and approval.
COUNCIL ACTION
MOTION BY
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CITY OF ANDOVER
COUNTY OF ANOKA
STATE OF MINNESOTA
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A RESOLUTION GRANTING THE VARIANCE REQUEST OF THOMAS AND SHAREEN
JOHNSON TO ORDINANCE NO. 8, SECTIO~ 6.02 WHICH REQUIRES THE LOT
WIDTH TO BE THREE HUNDRED (300') FEET AT THE FRONT SETBACK LINE ON
THE PROPERTY LEGALLY DESCRIBED BELOW.
WHEREAS, Thomas and Shareen Johnson have requested a
variance to Ordinance No.8, Section 6.02 which requires the lot
width to be three hundred (300') feet at the front setback line
on the property described as:
The North 694 feet of the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast
Quarter of Section 8, Township 32, Range 24, Anoka County,
Minnesota; Except the West 660 feet of thereof, Except Roads;
Subject to Easements of Record (PIN 08-32-24-12-0011)
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The South 34 feet of the North 364 feet of the West 660 feet of
the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 8,
Township 32, Range 24, Anoka County, Minnesota; Except Roads;
Subject to Easements of Record (PIN 08-32-24-12-0012); and
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WHEREAS, the Planning and Zoning Commission has reviewed
the request and has determined that said request meets the
criteria of Ordinance No.8, Section 5.04 in that a hardship
exists due to the unique shape of the property which would
preclude the property owner reasonable use of his property; and
WHEREAS, the Planning & Zoning Commission finds that the
parcel has a lot width at the front setback line of thirty-four
(34') feet and that the request does not meet the established
setback requirements specified in Ordinance No.8, Section 6.02;
and
WHEREAS, the Planning & Zoning Commission recommends to
the City Council approval of the variance request as it meets the
criteria of Ordinance No.8, Section 5.04;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of
the City of Andover hereby agrees with the recommendation of the
Planning & Zoning Commission and hereby approves the request of
Thomas and Shareen Johnson for a variance to Ordinance No.8,
Section 6.02 which requires a lot width of three hundred (300')
feet at the front setback line.
Adopted by the City Council of the City of Andover this
2nd day of March, 1992.
CITY OF ANDOVER
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Kenneth D. Orttel, Mayor
Victoria Volk, City Clerk
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CITY OF ANDOVER
REQUEST FOR PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION
February 11, 1992
DATE
AGENDA ITEM
4. Variance
Width of Lot at Front
Setback Line - 17xxx
Tulip st. NW - Johnson
-ORIGINATING DEPARTMENT ~
Planning ~
David L. Carlberg
City Planner
APPROVED FOR
AGENDA
BY:
BY:
REQUEST
The Andover Planning and Zoning Commission is asked to review the
request of Thomas and Shareen Johnson for a variance to
Ordinance No.8, Section 6.02, lot width at the front setback line
on the property legally described as:
The North 694 feet of the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast
Quarter of Section 8, Township 32, Range 24, Anoka County,
Minnesota; Except the West 660 feet thereof, Except Roads; Subject
to Easements of Record (PIN 08-32-24-12-0011).
The South 34 feet of the North 364 feet of the West 660 feet of
the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 8,
Township 32, Range 24, Anoka County, Minnesota; Except Roads;
Subject to Easements of Record (PIN 08-32-24-12-0012).
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APPLICABLE ORDINANCES
Ordinance No.8, Section 5.04, defines and establishes the
variance procedure.
If the Commission chooses to deny the variance request, it is
imperative that the Commission indicate findings of fact in this
and all variance cases.
Ordinance No.8, Section 6.02 establishes the minimum lot
requirements for an R-1, Single Family Rural District. The
minimum requirement for the Lot Width at Front Setback Line is 300
feet. The Johnson's, due to the shape of the lot, have a lot
width of thirty-four (34') feet at the front setback line.
Therefore, the Johnson's are requesting a two hundred and sixty
six (266') foot variance.
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Variance - Lot Width Front Setback Line
17xxx Tulip Street NW
Johnson
February 11, 1992
COMMISSION OPTIONS
A. The Andover Planning and Zoning Commission may recommend
approval of the variance request of Thomas and Shareen
Johnson on the property legally described above.
The Planning Commission finds that the proposal meets the
criteria established in Ordinance No.8 Section 5.04.
B. The Andover Planning and Zoning Commission may recommend
denial of the variance request of Thomas and Shareen Johnson
on the property legally described above.
The Planning Commission finds that the proposal does not meet
the criteria established in Ordinance No.8 Section 5.04.
C. The Andover Planning and Zoning Commission may table the item.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends option A.
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The following information shall be submitted prior to review by the
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1. A scaled drawing of the property and structures affected
showing: scale and north arrow; dimensions of the property and
structures; front, side and rear yard building setbacks;
adjacent streets; and location and use of existing structures
within 100 feet.
2. Application Fee: Single Family $ 75.00
Other Requests - $100.00
Date Paid 7- -3- - Cjz...
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Rev. 1-07-92:d'A
Res. 179-91 (11-05-91)
CRITERIA FOR GRANTING A VARIANCE
In granting a variance, the City Council shall consider the advice and
recommendation of the Planning and Zoning Commission and:
1. If the City Council finds that the request if it will be in
keeping with the spirit and intent of this Ordinance.
2. If it finds that strict enforcement of this Ordinance will
cause undue hardship because of circumstances unique to the
individual property under consideration.
3. If it finds that denying the request does not deny reasonable
use of the property.
4. Economic considerations shall not constitute an undue hardship
if reasonable use of the property exists under the terms of
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CITY OF ANDOVER
REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION
March 2, 1992
DATE
AGENDA SECTION
NO.
HRA Meeting
ORIGINATING
Planning
DEPARTMENT.~
APPROVED FOR
AGENDA
ITEM
NOjj
Consider
ACCAP Proposal
BY:
David L. Carlberg
city Planner
BY:
REQUEST
The Andover City Council is again requested to consider a proposal
by the Anoka County Community Action Program (ACCAP) to purchase a
multi-family property of 4-6 two (2) bedroom units in a
neighboring community and to contract with a housing service
provider. The purpose of the project is to combat the increasing
number of homeless people in Anoka County. The ACCAP is asking
the City to allocate a minimum of $7,750 to the project from 1992
Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds.
Staff on February 28, 1992 contacted Patrick McFarland, Executive
Director, ACCAP, for further information on the proposal. Mr.
McFarland indicated the following:
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1. The project will combat the increasing number of homeless
single people.
2. A person can use the facility for a maximum of 30 days while
housing is found through a service or at a transitional
housing facility.
3. The average stay at the facility is usually not more than a
week.
4. The maximum number of singles staying at the facility is
nine (9).
5. Mr. McFarland estimates that at the most six (6) one-time
Andover residents would be served by the facility annually.
6. Mr. McFarland stated that at this time no community in Anoka
County has not contributed to the proposal.
COUNCIL ACTION
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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION
DATE
March 2, 1992
AGENDA HSECTMION t'
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ORIGINATING DEPARTMENT
Planning
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City Planner
APPROVED FOR
AGENDA
ITEM
NO.
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Approve Bid
Lindgren Property
BY:
BY:
REQUEST
The Andover City Council acting as the Andover Housing and
Redevelopment Authority (HRA) is requested to review and approve
the highest bid submitted by Charles Cook, Continental Development
Corporation, for the purchase of the Lindgren property located at
1719 Andover Boulevard.
The bids on the property are as follows:
1. Charles Cook, Continental Dev. Corp.
$13,250.00
10,550.00
6,900.00
2. Tony Emmerich, Tony Emmerich Const.
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3. Carl Saarion
Attached for Council review are the bid letters received
indicating the terms for the purchase of the property. Bill
Hawkins, City Attorney has been consulted on the terms of the
highest bidder and does not forsee any problems with the terms.
The appraised land value according to Curtis A. Larson is $13,200.
COUNCIL ACTION
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CONTINENTAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
12093 ILEX STREET
COON RAPIDS, MN 55448
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February 21, 1992
City of Andover
1685 Crosstown Blvd NW
Andover, MN 55304
RE: Sale of property at 1719 Andover Boulevard
Dear Sirs:
This letter shall constitute an offer to purchase the property described
in the attached advertisement.
The terms of my offer are:
Sale price: I / 3, :z 5"0
Payment: Cash
Closing: On or before July 30, 1992.
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Contingencies:
1) This offer is contingent, at the Buyer's option, upon the City of
Andover approving the final plat of Pinewood Estates with a road and lot
pattern in the area relative to this property, being substantially similar
to the attached sketch plan or with another road and lot pattern
acceptable to the Buyer.
2) This offer is further contingent, at the Buyer's option, upon the
property being purchased under this offer being included in the M.U.S.A.
district, and upon city sewer and water being made available to the
property, and upon the property being re-zoned to R-4.
Other terms:
- Real estate taxes shall be pro-rated to the date of closing.
Any outstanding or pending special assessments and any special
assessments levied to the current years real estate taxes shall be
paid in full by the Seller.
Seller shall provide evidence of good and marketable title.
Any other terms and conditions usual and necessary for the Buyers
development and use of the property as may be required.
If the City finds this offer acceptable, we may negotiate a Purchase
Agreement including the above terms and conditions.
I await your response. I may be reached at 757-7568.
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Continental Development Corporation
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1685 CROSSTOWN BOULEVARD NW. . ANDOVER, MINNESOTA 55304. (612) 755-5100
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
CITY OF ANDOVER
MINNESOTA
The City of Andover is accepting bids for the sale of the property
located at 1719 Andover Boulevard NW. The property was purchased
in October of 1990 with Community Development Block Grant (CDBG)
funds. The property is located west of Hanson Boulevard NW
(County Road No. 78) on Andover Boulevard NW (County Road No. 16).
The property is 1.48 acres and is zoned R-3, Single Family
Suburban. Due to the possibility of City sewer and water being
available in the near future the purchaser should consider
rezoning the property to R-4, Single Family Urban. .
For further information on the lot please contact David Carlberg,
City Planner at 755-5100.
Sealed bids must be received by the City Clerk before 4:00 p.m.
on February 21, 1992.
The City Council reserves the right to reject any and all bids.
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Clerk
Publication Dates:
February 7, 1992
February 14, 1992
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City of Andover
1685 Crosstown Blvd. NW.
Andover, Mn. 55304
ATTN: Victoria Volk, City Clerk
RE: 1719 Andover Blvd. NW.
I submit my offer to purchase the property owned by the City
of Andover at l719 Andover Blvd. NW., consisting of approximately
1.48 acres. I am willing to pay $10,550.00, with 20% down and
a 1 year Purchase Money Mortgage at 9% interest.
I would expect the City to pay the first l/2 of the taxes payable
in 1992, and expect the City to certify that there are no
abandoned wells or hazardous waste on the property.
for your consideration,
Construction, Inc.
2619 Coon Rapids Blvd., Suite 101, Coon Rapids, MN 55433
February 18, 1992
c) Carl Saarion
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Circle Pines, MN 55014
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David Carlberg, City Planner
City of Andover
1685 Crosstown Blvd NW
Andover, MN 55304
Re: Bid on 1719 Andover Blvd NW
Dear Mr. Carlberg,
The following is my bid on 1719 Andover Blvd NW, as per your
advertisement for bid in the Anoka paper.
Carl A. Saarion and/assigns will purchase the above property for a price of
$6,900,00. The purchase will have the following conditions:
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1. A down payment of $900.00, and 6 payments of $1,000,00 each to be
made every year on March 1, starting 1993 and ending on March 1, 1998
2. Taxes due and payable in 1992 would be split, with the City of Andover
paying the first 6 months and I would pay the last 6 months. All taxes
after which would be paid by me.
3. The above sale would be contingent on the approval of my attorney,
Stewart F. Kvalheim.
I look forward to hearing from you. You may reach me at 786-4438.
Sincerely,
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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION
DATE
March 2, 1992
AGENDA SECTION
NO.
staff, Committee, Comm.
ORIGINATING DEPARTMENT
Todd J. Haas
APPROVED FOR
AGENDA
ITEM Schedule Hearing/
N06. Kelsey-Round Lake Park
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Engineering
BY:
The City Council is requested to schedule a public hearing for
Kelsey-Round Lake Park to discuss the location of the parking lot
at the south end of the park which is required prior to
processing the final approval of the grant that has been
requested by the City. Attached is the letter that indicates the
additional information required. The Environmental Assessment
Statement will be completed by staff and submitted with the
revised site plan.
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Possible Hearing Dates
March 17, 1992 at 7:30 PM - Regular Scheduled Meeting
March 19, 1992 at 7:30 PM - Schedule Joint Meeting with Park
and Recreation Commission with
hearing
March 26, 1992 at 7:30 PM - Special Meeting
Staff will notify all adjacent abutting properties to park.
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MOTION BY
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COUNCIL ACTION
SECOND BY
. Minnesota Department of
Trade and Economic Development
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Community Development Division
February 19, 1992
900 American Center
150 East Kellogg Boulevard
St. Paul, MN 55101-1421
612/296-5005
Fax: 612/296-1290
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RECEIVEn
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Mr. Todd Hass
Asst. City Planner
1685 Crosstown Boulevard Northwest
Andover, MN 55304
RE: FY 92 Outdoor Recreation Grant
Kelsey Round Lake Park
City of Andover, Anoka County
CITY OF ANDOVER
Dear Mr. Hass:
As you are aware, your Outdoor Recreation grant request for Kelsey Round Lake
Park has received preliminary approval. The following checklist contains the
additional information needed to process final approval of your grant request.
Submit only those items that are marked off.
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Environm~ntal Assessment Statement (form enclosed)
Payment information form
Revised cost breakdown
DNR permit
Army Corps of Engineers permit
Warranty Deed of proper~y to be developed .. \
Revised site plan ( 1".~~~'\"~"';vV'lJ
Federal certification regarding debarment
Federal certification regarding lobbying
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In addition, you will be contacted by the Minnesota Historical Society if a
historical survey is needed for your project site. If a survey is requested, it
will need to be completed before final approval of the grant is given.
Do not incur any project costs. Any work done, money spent, or obligations
incurred for acquisition or development of your project, prior to final
approval. are ineligible and cannot be paid for with grant funds or used as
local share.
If you have any questions, please contact me at 612/297-4831.
Sincerely.
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Grants Manager
Outdoor Recreation Grants Unit
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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION
DATE
March 2, 1992
staff, Committee, Comm.
ORIGINATING DEPARTMENT
Todd J. Haa~
APPROVED FOR
AGENDA
AGENDA SECTION
NO.
ITEM
NO~
Schedule Hearing/
Trunk Sewer Extension
BY:
Engineering
BY:
The City Council is requested to schedule an informational
hearing regarding the possible extension of sanitary sewer to
those areas in the vicinity of 161st Avenue NW and Nightingale
Street NW.
If the City Council wishes, the staff could schedule an
informational hearing. If councilmembers are available they
could attend and participate in the discussion.
Possible Dates
Thursday, March 12, 1992 at 7:30 PM
Monday's and wednesday's are also a possibility.
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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION
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NO. Sta f, Comm~ttee, Comm
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ORIGINATING DEPARTMENT
March 2, 1992
APPROVED FOR
AGENDA
Admin.
ITEM
NO. g.
BY:
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Fire Department
Attached is the report from the Public Safety Committee that was
requested by Council.
Council also asked to discuss the possibility of placing the fire
department under the supervision of the City Administrator.
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A meeting was held on February 6, 1992 with the Fire Department, Jack
MCKelvey presiding as chair and Don Jacobson. Allegations had been
made of improper, if not criminal happenings on the Fire Department.
Included are my findings for the meeting and items brought to our
attention written up by Don Jacobson. The fire dept. is answering
the items from Mr. Jacobson's sheets so I will follow them.
1. Selling Or Trading of city Equipment Without Proper Authorization
A. The sale of SCBA Equipment to Rogers Fire Department without
placing the air bottles out for bids - Deputy Chief Mashuga put
Rogers Fire in contact with Captain Jim Pierson, in charge of
air equipment and not knowing that it must be placed up for
bid, the air tanks were sold at the price the Fire Dept. had
agreed on and the check was sent to Howard Koolick and
deposited.
B. Deputy Chief Mashuga while attending school in Duluth donated
some hose the Fire Dept. could not use to the Duluth Fire Dept.
and the Duluth Fire Dept. in turn donated two hot sticks for
handling hot wires. He stated this is regularly done and was
unaware this should have been brought to the council for
approval first. A class by Anoka Electric is scheduled shortly
to learn the use of hot sticks.
No other equipment has been sold or traded.
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2. Possible conflict of interest on purchasing training from Anoka Vo
Tech - The attorney states he does not believe it is a conflict.
The training committee selects the classes. The chair of that
committee, Deputy Chief Mashuga, has given that position to his
assistant and is no longer on the committee. This is to make sure
there will be no conflict as he is the man in charge of fire
training at the Anoka Vo Tech.
3. Attendance at Sectional Schools both as Vo Tech and Andover Fire
Dept. Rep. - Anoka Vo Tech has no record of paying Dale Mashuga
and the city paid the expenses. - No conflict
4. Budgeting & Accounts - This item was not covered as we felt it
should be done separately.
5. Safety Related Items
A. Allowing recruits into situations not yet trained for - I could
not find where this had happened and one incident discussed was
when recruits were taken to a burn but trainer Dale Mashuga
stated the recruits were taken in after the burn on an arson
class and not on the actual burn.
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B. Ignoring air pack low warning indicators at training - It was
stated that there is 5 minutes of air left when indicators go
off. It was discussed with Deputy Chief Mashuga and the
training of more safety officers will take care of this problem
as there are only two officers fully trained and they are
instructors at the burn.
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C. Excessively hot training burns resulting in damaged (melted)
and destroyed equipment and a danger to staff - It is noted in
the structural burn training procedures for the state Board of
Technical Colleges put out by the state that melting of
equipment at a controlled burn will be cause for investigation.
Other fire chiefs feel this can be avoided and if it is to
happen, they want to see it at a controlled burn rather than a
real fire.
D. charge that other fire departments will not allow Andover
trainers to work with them because of lack of confidence in
them - Other departments have been reluctant to comment and
only say they have to get part of their training thru the Anoka
Vo Tech where our trainers work. Two departments he listed did
not return my calls.
E. Charge that a department officer assisted a recruit in a
portion of a test, helped lift a weight up for recruit - Dale
Mashuga stated he showed a female recruit how to lift the dummy
during the test and when it was pointed out that this was ill
advised they tested the party.
F. Violation of department medical or light duty policy - Glenn
Smith was the supervisor and as such was not included because
he merely supervises. The other three had no light duty
status.
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G. Violation of Policy #1 Alcohol - All charges of drinking were
discussed and had been discussed by the Fire Dept. and a rule
was passed in June 1991 stating there would be no drinking at
any fire station or on any fire station property. All
allegations were partially true but they had been dealt with
and so resolved.
6. Lack of Fire Marshal Supervision - The duties of the fire marshal
are not spelled out in the duties manual and that is being
rewritten to give the position more direction. I have already
started to receive fire reports.
7. Open Meeting Violations - An order was given on open meetings.
Things that I brought up on my agenda that were not on the other
sheet were:
1. Discipline
I asked for a recinding of the gag order of March 1991 and a copy
of the discipline report.
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2. Equipment
A full inventory of Fire Department equipment which has not been
done in the last four years.
3. Secretary
I requested a copy of minutes for both officer and business
meetings as soon as possible after the meeting and the new
secretary understands what I want.
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It is my belief that most of the charges had foundation but the fault
lies with everyone including the City Council. Better direction must
be given and due to training changes a new policy for house burns
must be set up. The present system is not acceptable.
The people pay for the burn on a donation which goes into the Fire
Relief Fund and the city pays the Vo Tech $350 for the burn. The
fire instructors get paid by the Vo Tech and put in points for coming
back and cleaning up the equipment. The state held the burns before
and we did not pay the state and the donations were going into the
fire relief fund at that time. It is now costing us $350 more to
burn a house in our city over what it did cost. Free classes given
by instructors to our new firefighters does off set these extra coste
though, thus saving us money. I believe a change can be made so that
there is not a possibility of a low infraction. I suggest an
instructor giving a free class get an extra point and that he take nc
points on burns. They do not now take take points on any class for
which the city pays the Anoka Vo Tech.
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If the Council does not wish to put the fire department under the
city coordinator then I suggest that a council person be appointed ae
liaison to the fire department.
Mediation has been set up between Dale Mashuga and Bob Peach thru the
Mediation Services of Anoka County at no cost to the City. May it be
noted also that all these charges did not come from Bob Peach but
were given to Bob Peach who brought all of them with his own to the
Safety Committee for us to investigate. I was the one who thought
this was serious enough to bring them to the officers for the
attention of the Fire Dept. It is hoped that with more direction,
the Fire Dept. can come together as one unit again serving the city
in the great manner which we have come to expect from them.
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Dale Mashuga - Acting Chief
Glenn Smith
Subject
Response to Items brought to the attention of the Safety
Committee.
Date
February 17, 1992
Item 1 - Selling or trading of city equipment :
SCBA equipment - Capt. Jim Pierson sold SCBA bottles to Rogers MN Fire
Department in Sept. 1991 without knowing that they were supposed to go out
for bids. Dale told the Rogers Fire Dept, that Andover had SCBA equipment
for sale.
Fire Hose for "Hot Sticks" trade - Dale traded 200 ft, of three inch fire
hose to the Duluth Technical College for two "Hot Sticks". Dale and Capt.
Jack Richardson made the decision to make the trade. The hose that was
traded is obsolete. Also, Capt. Richardson who used to be a "Line Man" for
Anoka Electric thought it was a good idea,
Other sales or trades - None.
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All training of the Fire Dept. is decided on by the Training Committee not
by one person. Also, when Dale does training for our department, he does
not get paid from Anoka Tech. nor does our department get billed for the
training. The same holds true for Kevin Starr, Jack Richardson. Jerry
Kroll, Paul Martignacco, Paul Gengler, Cheryl Keller, Mark Neuschwander,
and others. Many of these people were trained to teach these classes at
Anoka Technical College expense. All Andover personnel still receive
certificates and it goes on their transcripts.
Item 3 - Attendance at Sectional Schools
When Dale attends Sectional Schools, 99% of the time it is as an instructor
and the Technical College pays his expenses. When he goes as an Andover
Firefighter, which is very rare, Andover pays his expenses. Never has the
Technical College and our department both paid for the same expenses.
Item 4 - Budgeting and Accounts :
The subject of over estimating the maintenance budget was not done
intentionally or by anyone person. The last two years (90 & 91) the
budgets were all. done by committee. The maintenance budget was somewhat
higher due to the condition of some of our trucks. There was to have been
some minor refurb work done to Tanker 7 in 1991 which was dropped because
of everything that was going on with the Bond etc. Some of the people
) "dropped the ball" on Tanker 7 halfway through the year and we couldn't get
, anybody excited about it. This resulted in what some people would call an
overage, resulting in monies going back to the City at the end of the
year. There were certain people that said we should spend every penny and
that we should never give anything back to the city. We don't believe this
is right or fair.
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Over budgeting on salaries again was done in 90 & 91 by the Officers group
and the Personnel group. The projected dollars were estimated by the
number of previous calls by year and also by the number of people on the
Dept. It's no secret that both these numbers the last few years have been
on the increase. It's hard to gauge how many calls the Dept. would get for
a year. As far as the salaries go, we also have to look at the Rescue
service which in fact for the year 1991 did not have enough money in the
actual salary heading. It has been told to us the past couple of years
that as long as we keep Howard informed of the changes going on with
respective headings that there really wasn't a problem. Howard has always
told Glenn that as long as the Dept. didn't go over budget, it all evens
out. If anyone would have checked with him, we don't think that there
would be a problem at all.
Be advised that the 1992 budget was done basically by Glenn with the help
of Howard on the salaries. There was a large reduction in the maintenance
heading and for salaries, Howard and Glenn went back five (5) years while
figuring in the increase in new personnel. The Council approved the 92'
budget after we made $10,600 in cuts. Also be advised that the Council
approved $12,000 in Capital budget for 92' which is in the PIR fund and is
in Howards books.
~The re-allocation of salary budget we believe refers directly to the
'-JHepatitis shots. To our knowledge, this is the first time we have ever
spent this amount of money that wasn't spent from a certain heading. The
shots came up towards the 3rd quarter of 91' and we saw that we weren't
going to have the numbers of calls that were projected. This whole matter
came before Council for approval and was approved. We don't see where the
problem is as it was cleared through Council and Howard. The moving of
monies from one heading to another has been (to this point) something that
was O.K. It is always on Howards books. If whom ever made these
allegations had done their homework or even checked with Glenn, this
wouldn't be a problem.
Item 5 - Safety Related Items :
Allowing recruits into situations not yet trained for - We are not sure
~,hat you are referring to. In some cases this may have been done, but if
it was, according to N.F.P.A. Standards, the Chief has the option to sign
someone off to receive the training. When we train in Andover, we do it as
safely as possible. We do not know of one injury that was received during
training in the history of this department.
Ignoring air pack low warning indicators at training - The alarms on our
Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA's) are designed to go off when
there are approximately five minutes of air left in order to give you
enough time to get out of a building or bad atmosphere, When we are in on
. ~practice burns, we are very seldom more than one minute from a door. Also,
'__J'~,e want our people to know what it is like to be low on air so that when it
happens in a real life, they don't panic which is the worst thing that can
happe n .
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Excessively hot training - The live fire drills' that we conduct are done in
accordance with the N.F.P.A. 1403 (Live Burn Standard) and we do not know
of any instances where any person has been burned or injured on this
department during one of the many live burns we have done. The burn 'team
that we use here in Andover is made up mostly of Andover Firefighters and
we probably do more live burns than anyone in the State. Dale started
doing live burns with the State approximately eleven years ago and has been
doing them ever since. As far as making the fires too hot, 'we would like
to say this; The fires we build are done in accordance with N.F.P.A. 1403
and as with any live fire training, there are some things that are not
controllable and some of the fires get very hot which is not unlike a real
fire. The reason we train under these conditions is so that noone will get
a false sense of security and that during a training drill, ~,e have all the
safety in place (such as safety officers and back-up lines off of two
totally different trucks as well as experienced personnel supervising and
backing up the attack crew). This is the time we expect to put our
equipment and personnel to the test to find where their limitations are so
that when we are in a real situation, we know were our limitations are.
Other departments not allowing Andover trainers to work with them - All
training done for other departments, is done by the Anoka Technical
College, not the Andover Fire Department. Several members of our
department are also instructors for the College. We do not know of this
)problem although we will say that Dale and members of this department have
'-J done and continue to do training with and for Ham Lake, East Bethal, Oak
G)'ove, Anoka, Ramsey, Coon Rapids, St. Francis, Dalbo, Milaca, Onamia,
Garrison, Foreston, Isanti, Cambridge, Princeton, Elk River, Big Lake,
Clearwater, St. Cloud, Becke)", Maple Lake, Rockford, Dayton, Rogers,
Hanover, Albertville, Buffalo, St. Michael, Hamel, Lorretta, Brooklyn
Center, Brooklyn Park, Osseo, Robbinsdale, Fridley, Columbia Heights, New
Brighton, and many others.
Charge that a dept. officer assisted a recruit in a portion of a test - We
think what they are referring to is during an agility test, a female
recruit was having trouble lifting a dummy so Dale was showing her how to
lift it. It was brought to his attention after the test that they thought
he had helped her so she was asked to come back and retest. Dale was not
present \,hen she retested but she successfully lifted the dummy by herself
and passed. This situation was taken care of approximately eight months
ago.
Violation of department medical or light duty policy -
Glenn Smith - As Chief of the Dept., Glenn didn't feel there was any
violation. He was out for five (5) weeks, during which time Dale was
responding to all calls with the Chiefs Suburban. During this time, Glenn
came to the station and handled administrative duties only. At the end of
the fifth week, Glenn started responding to calls as an incident commander
as he has been recently due to his restrictions. Upon somebodies request,
~,Glenn produced from his doctor a statement that he could operate a motor
'.J vehicle with both hands without restrictions. Glenn figured that since he
didn't do anything other than command at an incident, that there wasn't any
harm. The Officers group felt the same way.
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~Violation of department medical or light duty policy (continued)
LuAnn Darveaux - LuAnn was not on light duty this summer for cracked ribs
and when Bob Peach pulled both LuAnn and Joyce Noyes out of a truck that
was responding on a Mutual Aid call it was not justified. At the time, Bob
\~as told that LuAnn was not on light duty and Mr. Peach in fact went and
apologized to her for same. Why is this being brought up when this is not
true and he (Bob) knows it.
Jack Richardson - Jack bruised his shoulder at work (Maple Grove Police).
He did go to the Maple Grove City doctor and confirmed it to be bruised.
He was not put on light duty. He was just told not to bruise it any more.
Mark Winczewski - Mark did not have a back injury, it was a neck injury and
He did not respond on any calls when he was restricted from his work. When
his doctor gave him the OK to go back to work, he took it upon himself to
respond on medical calls.
Violation of policy #1 - Alcohol
Chief - Yes, this is a flagrant violation but it was not at the state fire
school, it was at our own station. Glenn couldn't say for sure whether the
beer was open or not, since it happened a long time ago. The circumstances
were that it was a Friday, late afternoon. Glenn was delivering the unit
to the station for the weekend duty officer. It was a weekend that he was
going up north, As he recalls, he had been both to the liquor store and to
Roger Noyes house. Again as he said at the meeting, he's guilty as charged
but, resents being called an alcoholic by one individual of this
,)department. Drinking is not against my religion.
Bottles in fire hall - There was a time when we did have bottles in our
desk. These bottles of liquor were raffled off at meetings to raise money
for the fire fighters annual Christmas Party. In our Personnel Standard
Policy #1, it states that it is at the Chiefs discretion. As of July 1991,
Chief Smith instituted a policy of no intoxicating substance in or on any
Department property. Also no smoking in the stations. There have been no
violations of this policy since it was instituted.
Drinking on duty Feb. 1991 - Chief - Glenn denies this charge unless there
is some proof. He may have responded to a call with beer on his breath,
which was probably wrong, but in the old days before the alcohol policy was
made strictly enforced, he was prone to have a beer with dinner on numerous
occasions.
Large amount of beer drinking at training for VoTec firefighters - April
1991 - Again, this took place before the policy made on July 1, 1991. What
actually happened was that after the last class of a 72 hour firefighter I
course (after the final test), one of the students brought in a case (24)
of beer. The class was approximately 20 students.
Possible driving Chief's rig to March 2, 1991 department party - Another
r '1attempt to "get at" Glenn. Yes, he did have the Chief's rig at the party,
~but he did not drive home after drinking, his wife did and she had been
drinking non-alcoholic beverages all night. Glenn admits he made a mistake
in taking the vehicle there in the first place. This was an occasion where
Glenn was called a "falling down drunk" because he slipped on someone's
drink that had spilled. Glenn resents this but you don't see him making a
biG deal about it_
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~~ Item 5 - Safety Related Items (continued)
Assistant Chief - June 14, 1991 - This was a' Chiefs discretion call and
Dale was acting Chief at the time due to the Chiefs absence. What actually
happened was that it was a very hot day and we had some people taking our
agility test, After everyone was done testing, Dale brought a small cooler
to the front door of the station containing pop and beer and told everyone
to help themselves. Dale agrees that this was not in 'his best judgment and
since this instance we have adopted an alcohol policy which would prevent
it from happening again. As far as Dale and most of the Department are
concerned, this has all been resolved.
Item 6 - Lack of Fire Marshal Supervision'
Glenn thinks this is totally off base. He thinks that her attention has
been directed mainly towards Public Education. She has been working hard
on inspections on an ongoing basis. Alot of people on our department do
not see everything she does, rather they concentrate on what she doesn't
do. She has been working on preplans which are badly needed for incident
command. Since 95% of her work is done during the day, some of our people
think she's not working. Glenn thinks that since a past Chief and Council
along with the City Administrator wrote the job description, maybe someone
else beside the Chief be the Fire Marshal supe~visor. At any request, ~he-
can provide her daily logs and any and all reports necessary to satisfy
Council.
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Item 7 - Open Meeting Violation :
This \~as not a violation of an open meeting. The meeting was in February
1991, Glenns memo was in March, 1991. The EMS Group was holding a meeting
for themselves (the EMS Group). At the same time, the people who made
these allegations were trying to get rid of the EMS Group (as faT' as non-
firefighter~ were concerned). Glenn doesn't see this as a violation
because after he talked to everyone on the Department, they knew about it.
They just didn't think they needed to be there.
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Items Brought to the Attention of the Pubic Safety Committee
1. Selling or trading of city equipment without proper authorization:
SCBA equipment
Fire hose for Hot Sticks in Duluth
Other sales or trades?
2. Possible conflict of interest on purchased training from Anoka V oTec?
3. Attendance at Sectional Schools both as VoTec and Fire Dep, Rep.
Who paid for which expenses? Was compensation paid by both fire
department and school?
4. Budgeting and Accounts
Intentional over estimation on maintenance allowances over past few
years?
Over budgeting on salary? Actual to budgeted costs?
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Reallocation from salary budget to other accounts?
5. Safety Related Items
Allowing recruits into situations not yet trained for
Ignoring air pac low warning indicators at training
Excessively hot training resulting in damaged (melted) and destroyed
equipment and a danger to staff
Charge that other fire departments will not allow Andover trainers to
work with their departments because of lack of confidence in same
Charge that a department officer assisted a recruit in a portion of a test.
Helped lift a weight up for recruit.
Violation of department's medical or light duty policy:
Glenn Smith - arm injury, no medical permit at first ...
LuAnn Darveaux - 2 cracked ribs on light duty- no notification'"
Jack Richardson - shoulder injury - no doctors release
Mark Winczewski - back injury but responded to medicals
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Chief- open bottle and beer in rig at State Fire School- 1990
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Drinking on duty, Feb. 1991 - Chief
Large amount of beer drinking at training for V oTec firefighters -
April 1991
Possible driving chief's rig to March 2 department party in Anoka
after drinking
Assistant Chief in uniform and on duty, June 14, 1991 training
session encouraging candidates to drink during test session*
6, Lack of Fire Marshall Supervision
7. Open Meeting Violation
EMS meeting Sunday Feb 12, 1991 in a private home (Leroy Walkner)
See March 15 open meeting note by Chief*
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TO: Fire ChIef Glenn SmIth
SUBJECT: Alcohol Polley
At the testIng of applIcants on Friday, June 14. 1991, Assistant Chief
Mashuga was In unIform drinking beer and offering it to the recruits.
He had apparently had a few, because he was rather boisterous and he
Interfered with the physIcal testIng of one of the recruits and the
written testing of all the recruits. This behavior is forbidden by
our personnel procedures and scandalous to our new recruits.
Prior to your election as Chief. the Department clearly did not
tolerate drInkIng on duty. drInking in uniform or drinking out in
front of the Station. The City Council endorsed that position on
appeal at least twice. May be that Is why nobodY did it then. Now
that there doesn't seem to be any rules left. we are concerned about a
scandal. or worse, an accIdent. caused by a fIrefighter or EMS member
,. \ under the influence. Whi Ie some of us are trying to bui Id a
o professIonal fire fightIng team. other.s seem to w,:"nt a "beer le.9,gue
softball team."
We feel your tolerence of violatIons and lack of discIplIne has
seriously hurt our Department. and we demand you take a position on
drinking and .stick to it. The smell of beer in the meeting room, beer
runnIng across the apparatus floor. beer cans in the trash barrels.
booze in the Chief and Assistant Chief's desks. drinking before and
while on duty are now common place. And now our Assistant Chief
~rains our recruits on theIr fIrst nIght that drInking is encouraged.
This is a clear danger to public safety and a disgrace to our
Department. FIrm dIscIplInary actIon must be taken by you before this
ends up at the City Councilor worse.
ThIs vIolatIon took place Friday. Our By Laws requIre your actIon by
June 21. 1991. Please inform us of the action you have taken before
the Wednesday meetIng.
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DO TO RECENT CONCERNS THAT SOME COMMITTEES AND SP~IAL
GROUPS WERE HOLDING WHAT WAS BELIEVED TO BE CLOSED OR SECRET
MEETINGS, 1[11 WRITING THIS LETTER TO ADVISE YOU THAT fHISIS.
AGAINST THE LAW. WE ARE AN ORGANIZATION OF THE CITY Or ANDOVER,
GIVEN~ STRUCTURE AS A PUBLIC ORGANIZATION WE CANNOT HAVE
CLOSED MEETINGS. ALL COMMITTEE MEETINGS, OR SP~IAL MEETINGS
WILL BE OPEN TO ANYONE WISHING TO ATTEND. ALL COMMITTEE MEET-
INGS OR SPE~IAL MEETINGS WILL BE WRITTEN DOWN~EFO~HAND ON
OUR FfRE DEPT. CALEN~ BOARD SO THERE IS KNOWLEDGE OF SAID
MEETING. THESE MEETINGS WILL ALSO BE HELD IN A LOCATION THAT
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Chief Glenn Smith
Bob F'e.3.c h
Lockout at Station #2
On October 8 the architect and contractor had scheduled a final
punch I ist inspection for Station #1. As Bond Coordinator, they
requested that r have all members of the Building Committee walk
through and note any items for the punch 1 ist. I requested this
of al I members of the Committee. All cooperated except Mashuga.
He refused to walk through and insisted at the last minute to
have the whole Committee go through together. I told him this
was not possible within the time constraint and again requested
that he cooperate. He refused and attempted to organize a trip.
Dave Reitan, you and myself prepared lists which were given to
Jim Lindquist of Bonestroo and were compiled with his more
extensive list as a final punch list. After this 1 ist was sent
to Maertens Brenny, Jim Anderson, the Super., complained to me
about three problems: 1) Dave Almgren refused to issue a e.o.
because of some dirt on the floor. 2) The phone installers left
some ceiling tile dust on the rug. 3) The Assistant Chief told
him to take care of some items after the architect's I ist had
already been done. He did not say if the 1 ist was verbal or
written. He specificallv said the Assistant Chief and he was
very mad. I let it go as frustration on his part.
At the time of the final walk-through of Station 2, Jim Anderson
said that the staiton was to be locked up for two weeks until the
punch list was complete. I asked him whv. He sid because the
Building Inspector and Assistant Chief had caused him grief at
Station I, and he wasn't going to have that repeated. I asked
him specifically about the Assistant Chief, and he identified him
clearly. This has caused probably more problems than anything
else. Phones can't be installed; compressors can.t be installed.
These delays push us ver'\j tight to our deadl ine.
These are the facts as I know them and
Mashuga ordered me not to tell anyone.
refuse to lie for him.
as I have related them.
I must, in honesty,
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Chief Glenn Smith
Bob Preach
Safet\/ concerns
I believe we haye a serious safety issue developing. The
Department pOlicy is that anyone who can not do everything
expected of an able-bodied firefighter is placed on medical
leave or I ight duty and can not return to duty except as
specified by an M.D. This policy is now clouded with confusion
and is largely ignored.
Item 1) Chief Glenn Smith - severe injury to right arm.
medical leave. No I ight duty. No doctor'.s oer"mit until
th,=~ issLti:,;. -rJ,i II /JOvt .
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Item 2) luAnn Darveaux - 2 cracked or broken ribs. On light
duty at Public Works. Required doctor's release at Publ Ic Works.
No notification to officers by you or Mashuga that she was on
light dutv at Fire Department. I pulled her out of a truck on
Wednesday, November 14 responding to Mutual Aid because I had
serious questions about her ribs and no accurate information. 1:
was reprimanded for this by Mashuga. I will always make my
Judgements on the side of safety. We all have a resposibil ity to
the firefighters and to the City; and regardless of Mashuga's or
anyone's criticism, I will continue to use that standard.
Item 3) I was informed on Wednesday that .]ack Richardson had
injured his shoulder. I had no knowledge of the injury. No
light duty. No doctor's release.
Item 4) Mark Winczewski - says he has a back injury but is
responding on medicals. If he or any others receive injuries,
they may not be entitled to compensation because of pre-existing
condition. If someone is hurt because of their inabil ity to
perform, the City of Andover, the Fire Department, and its
officers could be subject to lawsuits and enormous liabilities.
The life, sa'fety, and insLlt-'ance ri'sks are astt~onomical. The
damage that the Fire Department would face even if an existing
injury was incidental to a more serious incident would be
extremely serious. It is unlikely that Workers' Comp would cover
any costs of those firefighters for injuries in the line of duty,
because the Department's policy was not followed regarding light
duty or medical leaves. The Department is also left ODen to
lawsuits both by injured firefighters and residents who may not
have received the best service from an "injured" firefighter.
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prot.ect our City sdfelv, and th",t ShOLlld be out" pt-'imar'y gp.", I It.
should be our onlv mission. I respectfully request that the
existing medicdl leave BI1d 1 ight dutv pol icies be reinstituted
dnd upheld as a universal policy immediately.
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To:
From:
SLlb.ject:
Chief Glenn Smith
Captain Bob Peach
Fire critique
After the car/shed fire today. July 18 and during the critique, I
respectfully pointed out two mistakes that were made: 1) Wrong
truck response, and 2) Windows left open in the truck.
I was attacked for nit-picking. You even took a moment to Justify
breaking the rules to me. The Assistant Chief appeared not to
know what the response procedure was. I was told by the
Assistant Chief that 1 was Supposed to shut the windows after
h~ got out of the truck. Because of Ulis intimidation, r
didn't even mention that the Assistant Chief also ignored truck
fil ling procedures.
Perhaps the time spent trying to justify Dale's violations would
have been better spent correcting them.
attempted to follow pol icy establ ished
included Dale), I f'eceived a letter~ of
pol icy is regularly ignored. and those
are insulted and degraded.
The 1 Cl.st time I
by the Officers (which
reprimand. Now this
attempting to follow it
What exactly is a critique? Is it to point out the things we do
right and the things we do wrong so we can impf'ove? I.f so, \~hy
is Dale exempt from any criticism and correction? Why do I have
to tolerate insults? Whv do you supoort Dale when he breaks the
rules while I get reprimands for following the rules?
If we are not al lowed to point out mistakes by the Assistant
Chief, please let everyone know. Otherwise, please support us In
our attempts to improve the fire service.
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1991
TO:
Fire Department Grievance Committee
Jack Richardson, Chair
Bob Peach
Appeal on Letter of Discipline
FROM:
SUBJECT:
In accordance with Article V, Section #4 of our By Laws as
amended, I am appealing to the Grievance Committee the letter of
discipl ine which was presented to me on June 25, 1991.
In discussion with others at the scene, some of whom were present
and were not even aware that it occurred, and my own recollection
of the incident, it is clear to me that the incident was very
minor in nature and that my actions were strictly in accord with
the Personnel Standards General Rules and Regulations #18. The
letter to me, while it deals mostly with Assistant Chief
Mashuga's actions, does not state which rule or regulation I am
accused of violating. It imol ies insubordination, but nowhere
does it state anything I said or did that I was not subordinate
to him or that I intended to or attempted to disobey or impede
his order.
His letter doesn't state that whi{
minor inCident into an agrument _ ____
refused to engage him and walked away so as to avoid any
appearance of disrespect.
escalate this
that 1
Because Assisant Chief Mashuga's letter actually outl ines the
fact that I fol lowed proper procedure according to existing
Personnel Standards and does not accuse me of violating any
specific rule, I respectful Iv request that Dale's letter be
removed from my file and destroyed.
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TO:
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fiUB.JECT :
Chief Glenn Smith
Bob Peach, Captain
Request for Disciplinary Action
It has been brought to your attention that Assisant Chief Dale
Mashuga has violated Policy No.1 regarding an alcohol related
incident on June 14, 1991. Because of your decision to take
no disciplinary action as required by our Policv and in mv
discussions with other Firefighters, I have come to the
conclusion that drinking and alcohol use in the Andover Fire
Department has become a serious threat to public safety. A~
such, my duty requires me to take this matter to your superiors,
thE? City CfJuncil, for a complete investigation.
I have witnessed ur have had reported to me the following
inc idf,?Ilts:
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1. Chief had open bottle and beer in Chief's Rig at State Fire
E>chClO-J ~ 1990..
2. Numerous bottles have been in the Chief's desk and Assistant
Chief's desk over the past vear and a half.
J. Witnessed Chief drinking at his desk on duty: Februarv 1991.
4. Chi",f had smel.1 of alcohol on breath at a PI medical, Count;.'
Roads 9 and 20.
5. Discussed with Assistant Chief our concern about the
drinking, January, 1991.
b. Large party held by Assistant Chief Mashuga for Anoka VoTee
Firefighters, at which many cases of beer cans were left in
numerous trash recepticals, leaving a smell of beer in the
Static!n for' two davs, Apt~il 1991.
7. Chief had strong smell of alcohol while In uniform and on
duty at the May 8, 1991, meeting.
8. At March 2 Annual Fire Deoartment Party In Anoka, the Chief
was witnessed fall ing down on the dance floor several times.
He drove the Chief's rig to and from that event.
9. Assisant Chief Mashuga was witnessed in uniform and on duty
encouraging candidates to drink at their testing session,
.June 1.4, 1991.
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Under the standards and traditions establ ished by this Department
SInce its Charter in 1977, until vou became Chief, any one of
these incidents would have ended in suspension, or more likely.
tennination. In the case of Assistant Chief M.ashuga, anv CH:
these would be a second alcohol related office. and termination
wc)uld be obvious~
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.June 2El, 19"11
Paqe 2
Inasmuch as you have been a part of the problem and have taken
no discip'l inar'y action to remedy the pr'oblem, I +'ee'l it is my
duty as a member of our Department to take action. This action
may in the short term hurt our Department, good name, and my
reputation: but it will most certainly result in your removal as
Chief.
I regret any harm it brings to you; but in the last year I have
written numerous requests and reported many serious violations of
our standards and policies. In EVERY case no action has ever
been taken by you. You have promised to take action, but have
broken your word. You have promised to support me: but have
broken your word. You have allowed me to be slandered, insulted,
and harrassed while I have managed the largest single operation
thi.s Dr.,~partment has ever'l1 undertaken: and I have ~~orked as har'd
as anyone in this Department to raise our standards to that of
Professional Firefighters.
. ~ With the successful bond, new equipment, and excellent recruits,
'J' ~~e caul d bE! the finest vol unteer Depat~tment in Minnesota. l>Je at~e
not because of poor leadership.
I wil I wait until Monday, July 1, for word of your action. If vou
cannot discipl ine Dale Mashuga, I will take every action possible
to see that you and he are removed from office, first by
reporting these incidents to the City Council. This discpl ine
must be aporopriate for a second alcohol related offense, and he
must be removed from the position of Officer. Lack of action by
\Iou bv .Julv 1 ~'Jill force me to report these incidents to the Citv
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Disobedience/D. Mashuga
On March 27, 1991, 'IOU read a letter at the Business Meeting which WBE
entered into the official Minutes of that meeting. Your letter said
in part, "AnYCH1E'. Fir."e Dt~ Rescue. tak in9 any mattet~ concer'ninCl f iF"'='
or rescue to the Mavor or Council miClht as well plan on a 30-dav
susDension fot' goinq aqainst a, direct or'det' fr'om the Gh.ief. "
On Mav 8 and subsequently,
Coordinator to the Mayor.
clearlv insubordination.
Dale Mashuga took the matter of Fire Bond
This is a clear violation of your order and
This letter is a follow-up requesting what action is to be taken. as
'IOU certainlv have been aware of more than one contact between Dale
and Counci.' in attempts to disrupt this Bond Cc.HJrclinatDr pL:;\l1 t-.lhich
vou t13ve endor"sedu
In a related matter. Dale also attempted to stop me from following a
City Council directive that I poll each member of the Fire Department.
He confiscated mv personal prooerty, the poll which I was taking, and
attempted to cal I a soecial meeting without a quorum and railroad his
own poll ing procedure. At the May 21 Council meeting, the Mavor held
the issue of Bond Coordinator open for 30 minutes because Dale had
told him some information would be forthcoming. You had informed me
previously that 'IOU had instructed Dale to stav out of it. He
obviously disobeyed YDur order, clearly insubordination. with
additiona.1 illegal Council cDntact.
In 1 iqhi: of Iny letter of r;-2pF"imand for dL,agre;-2ing, NOT DISOBEYING,
don't 'IOU think justice demands you take some discip] inary action.
Keeping your word as stated in your letter would go a long way toward
restoring the faith and confidence that the Firefighters need to have
in their chief.
You cannot ignore Dale's violations. punish me. and then ask for our
tt'ust and t'espect. I e:-:pect you. to hDl d all, Fir..ef ighter's to the
same standards to which yOU hold me.
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SUBJECT:
Fire Chief Glenn Smith
Bob Peach, Captain
Letter of Reprimand
r feel your letter of June 15, 1991, is totally unJusified and
unfai.r. Durinq that incident, I made '.10 effort to impede our
response nor contramand Dale's order. I was in no way
insubordinate or disobedient. I had been working for months with
the other officers to establish a standard response. The svstem
developed two months earlier was summarily rejected and iqnored
bv Dale without consulting his officers. After discussion, a new
plan was developed (Dale participated and aqreed to this plan)
and agreed to at the Officers' meeting. Five days later, Dale
arbitrarily violated his own plan and changed trucks again.
r never questioned his authority to do that: and in an effort to
complv with an agreement I had with yOU not to stir UP trouble, I
expressed my opinion and then took it no further. I refused to
agrue with Dale about it, walking away when he pursued me. In
your investigation of this incident, YOU failed to interview all
the people involved. How did YOU select those you chose to talk
to? I feel your investigation and the results are very
one-sided, as I know there are Firefighters who were present and
felt no violation occurred bv me. Dale showed poor leadership bv
violating his own standards which he helped institute. Also. I
fail to see how anything more than Dale's ego has been injured by
my actions. Hardly a matter to bring UD one month after the
inc ident .1'01'" disc ip.1 ine.
If our standard of discipline is to be raised to the point where
honest disagreement is to be stiffled, I can I iye with that: but
r insist that the same standard be appl ied to everyone, not just
those with whom Dale has a problem. Also, our agreement that r
would not stir UD trouble and ignore minor infractions aoparently
was a one-way street. I have kept mv part of the bargain until
now. but apparently Dale isn't required to.
I ~,"ant you to make it cl ear' to all Fir'ef ighter's ~,"hc; h,;<ve hea.n:1
Da.' f~ r.:IJe.at,edl v accuse me f.J+ being a troubl t'? maker and of
stirring up trouble Just who is stirring up trouble now. I wil
no longer tolerate his hypocritical accusations. It is mv intent
to keep you informed of all violations I observe, and r expect
vou t.o hol cl S\.L:L. Fir.ef :i.ghter'5. to the s,;<me standard to wh ich vou
hold me.
If it is your intent to enter Dale's letter into my file as a
reprimand, I reauest that this letter be attached with it in mv
defense that I was neither insubordinate nor disobedient. I
retain mv right to appeal this question to the Grievance
Commi tte,~.
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CITY OF ANDOVER
REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION
DATE March 2. 1992
AGENDA SECIION .
NO. sta f, Commlttee, Comm
ORIGINATING DEPARTMENT
APPROVED FOR
AGENDA
ITEM
NO'1.
Andover Express Delive y
BY:
Admin.
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BY:
At the last Council meeting Councilmember Jacobson questioned why
he does not receive an Andover Express.
In checking with the Post Office, they said that the Andover
Express is placed in the mailboxes of all of those people
residing in Andover whose mailboxes are in Andover.
Mr. Jacobson's mailbox, along with others, are either located in
Ham Lake or Oak Grove.
In the future, staff will mail a copy of the Express to Mr.
Jacobson or anyone else who requests one or they may stop at City
Hall to obtain one.
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COUNCIL ACTION
MOTION BY
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CITY OF ANDOVER
REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION
AGENDA SECTION
NO.
DATE March a, 1992
ORIGINATING DEPARTMENT APPROVED FOR
AGENDA
Admin.
Frank stone
BY: James E. Schrantz BY:
Staff, Committee, Comm
ITEM probationary Increase/
NO.
/0. Public Works
The City Council is requested to give Scott Protivinsky a
probationary raise.
Scott has satifactorily completed his 6 months in the utility
Division of the Public Works Department.
The City Council had asked that this item come back to the
Council for review.
Frank and I recommend an increase of $0.40 hour to be effective
March 4, 1992.
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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION
DATE
March 2, 1992
ITEM
NO.
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Salary Adjustments/
Public Works Supervisors BY:
James E. Schrantz
APPf.l:tS V~I FOR
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AGENDA SECTION
NO.
ORIGINATING DEPARTMENT
Staff, Committee, Comm.
Admin.
The City Council is requested to give the 2% increase to the 3
supervisors as they are not part of the Public Works bargaining
unit since they became supervisors.
Cy Smythe has agreed that we should make that adjustment.
The 2% is what the other non-union employees received as of
January 1, 1992.
The Union is still in mediation with the City concerning a 1992
Contract for the Public Works bargaining unit.
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CITY OF ANDOVER
REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION
DATE March 2, 1992
AGENDA SECTIO,N ,
NO. Non-Dlscusslon Items
ORIGINATING DEPARTMENT
APPROVED FOR
AGENDA
Admin.
ITEM
NO.
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Approve Gambling permi /
Andover Alano Society BY:
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BY:
The City Council is requested to approve an Application for
Exemption from Lawful Gambling License for the Andover Alano
Society for five events during 1992.
State law states that a non-profit organization can hold up to 5
events during a calendar year.
Two of the dates known by the Society are March 21, 1992 and
December 31, 1992. The other three dates have not yet been
selected, but will be in July, September and October.
Attached is a copy of their application
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(Rev.l1/1419O)
FOR BOARD USE ONLY
FEE CHK
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treel Ity
6 181st. Ave. N.W.
Chief executive officer Phone
Vern Peterson
CurrenVprevious exempt number "
98051-91-001
Jp code
Andover 55304
Treasurer
County
Anoka
Phone 3
(612) 75~-2427
Fred Hughes
Check the box below which indicates your type of organization
o Fraternal 0 Religious 0 Veterans ~ Other non-profit
Attach proof of nonprofit status which shows
that your organization is nonprofit
o IRS designation
E5 Certification of good standing from the Minnesota
Secretary of State's office
o Affiliate of parent nonprofit organization (charter)
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Date(s) at activity
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Bingo 0
Raffles 19
Paddlewheels 0
Tipboards 0
Pull-tabs 0
I declare all information submitted to the
Gambling Control Division is true, accurate,
and complete.
I have received a copy of this application. This application will be reviewed by the Gambling Control Division and will become effective 30 days
from the date of receipt by the city or county, unless the local government passes a resolution to specifically prohibit the activity. A copy of that
resolution must be received by the Gambling Control Division within 30 days of the dale filled in below. Cities of the first class have 60 days in
which to disallow the activity.
City or County
City or county name
Township
Township name
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Signature of person receiving application
Signature of person receiving application
Title
Date received
Title
Date received
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Mall with $25 permit fee and copy of proof of nonprofit status to:
Department of Gaming. Gambling Control Division
Rosewood Plaza South, 3rd Floor
1711 W. County Road B
Roseville. MN 55113
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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION
DATE
March 2, 1992
Non-Discussion
ORIGINATING DEPARTMENT
Todd J. Haas
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APPROVED FOR
AGENDA
AGENDA SECTION
NO.
~J.M Accept Petition/92-4
. Winslow Hills 2nd Addn. BY:
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Engineering
BY:
The city Council is requested to approve the resolution declaring
adequacy of petition and ordering preparation of a feasibility
report for the improvements of sanitary sewer, watermain, streets
and storm drains, Project 92-4, in the Winslow Hills 2nd Addition
area.
Note: This is not currently within the current MUSA area. The
developer is aware that the city is requesting this area
to be included within MUSA which is conti gent on
Metropolitan Council approval.
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COUNTY OF ANOKA
STATE OF MINNESOTA
RES. NO.
MOTION by Councilman
to adopt the following:
A RESOLUTION DECLARING ADEQUACY OF PETITION AND ORDERING PREPARATION
OF A FEASIBILITY REPORT FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF
SANITARY SEWER, WATERMAIN, STREETS AND STORM DRAIN
PROJECT NO. 92-4 , IN THE WINSLOW HILLS 2ND ADDITION
AREA.
WHEREAS, the City Council has received a petition, dated
Januara 30, 1992 , requesting the construction of
improvements; an
WHEREAS, such petition has been validated to represent the
signatures of 100% of the affected property owners requesting such
improvement.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City
of Andover that:
1. The petition is hereby declared to be 100% of owners of
property affected, thereby making the petition unanimous.
2. Escrow amount for feasibility report is
$1,000
3. The proposed improvement is hereby referred to TKDA ,
and they are instructed to provide the City Council wi~
feasibility report.
MOTION seconded by Councilman
and adopted by the City
day of
Council at a
Meeting this
, with Councilmen
voting in favor of the resolution, and Councilmen
voting against, whereupon said resolution was declared passed;
CITY OF ANDOVER
ATTEST:
Kenneth D. Orttel - Mayor
Victoria Volk - City Clerk
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Winslow Hills Properties
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January 30, 1992
James E. Schrantz
City of Andover
1685 Crosstown Blvd. NW
Andover, MN 55304
RE: PROPOSED WINSLOW HILLS 2ND ADDITION
Dear Mr. Schrantz:
Winslow Hills Properties does hereby petition for improvements by
the construction of water main, sanitary sewer, storm sewer and
streets wi th concrete curb and gutter wi th the costs of the
improvements to be assessed against the benefiting property which
is described as:
WINSLOW HILLS 2ND ADDITION
Said petition is unanimous and the pUblic hearing may be waived.
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We request that a feas i b i 1 i ty
possible. We have enclosed
feasibility report expenses.
report be prepared as
a check for $1000.00
soon as
for the
(THE $1,000 WILL BE CREDITED TOWARD 15% IMPROVEMENT ESCROW.)
Sincerely,
Gary M. Gorham - President
Gorham Builders, Inc. - Partner
Winslow Hills Properties
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Winslow 1. Holasek - President LJ~ ct. U~h.
Holasek Properties, Inc. - Partner
Winslow Hills Properties
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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION
DATE
March 2, 1992
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AGENDA SECTIQN ORIGINATING DEPARTMENT APPROVED FOR
NQ Non-D1scussion Items AGENDA
Admin.
ITEM Appoint Election Volk ~ '
NO'11/. Judges/Pres. Primary BY: V. BY:
The City Council is requested to adopt the attached resolution
appointing election judges for the April 7, 1992 Presidential
Primary.
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STATE OF MINNESOTA
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A RESOLUTION APPOINTING ELECTION JUDGES FOR THE PRESIDENTIAL
PRIMARY TO BE HELD ON APRIL 7, 1992 IN THE CITY OF ANDOVER.
The City Council of the City of Andover hereby ordains:
The persons as shown below are hereby appointed judges for the
Presidential primary Election to be held on Tuesday, April 7,
1992 in the City of Andover.
Precinct 1, Grace Lutheran Church
Leone Struwve - DFL
Carol Bradley - DFL
Jan Greer - IR
Sylvia Volk - IR
Wanda Grant - DFL
Precinct 2, Crooked Lake Elementary School
Maureen Bushard - OFL
Rene Kroll - DFL
Darlene Stone - IR
Cleo Smith - DFL
Kathy Tingelstad - IR
Diane Patchen - IR
Precinct 3, Andover Elementary School
Mary West - DFL
Lois Benson - IR
Carol Riecken - OFL
Sharon Rzeszutek -
Lois Spadgenske -
Mary May -
IR
IR
DFL
Precinct 4, Family of Christ Lutheran Church
Cindy Brostrom -
Sue Rylander -
Judy Snyder
DFL
IR
IR
Susan Beal -
Loretta Boyum -
Mary white -
DFL
DFL
DFL
Adopted by the City Council of the City of Andover this 2nd
day of
March
, 1992.
CITY OF ANDOVER
Attest:
Kenneth D. Orttel - Mayor
victoria Volk - City Clerk
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CITY OF ANDOVER
REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION
March 4, 1992
AGENDA SECTION
NO.
DATE
ORIGINATING DEPARTMENT
APPROVED FOR
AGENDA
Non-Discussion Items
Finance
Howard D. KoolicktK
BY: Finance Di rector
BY:
~J.M Acknowledge Policy/Bad
SCheck Fees
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REQUEST
The Andover City Council is requested to acknowledge the strict
implementation of the fee for bad checks.
BACKGROUND
The City has had a bad check fee in its resolution establishing
fees for the last several years. However, since our local bank
did not charge the City a fee, the Finance Department did not
charge this fee unless it encountered problems collecting the
check. If problems were encountered, the individual was charged
the fee and payment would only be accepted in cash or certified
check.
Recently our bank began charging a $3.00 fee for all returned
checks. Most of these checks are from utility customers. Since
our bank is now charging this fee, the Finance Department believes
it is in the City's best interest to begin charging the $20.00 fee
on all returned checks. The twenty dollars is designed to cover
the bank fees as well as our costs in contacting the individual
and securing payment of the original check as well as the fee.
The Finance Department would also like to add the $20 charge to
the individual's utility account if they do not pay it within a
reasonable time. Many times the original check can be redeposited
and will be honored by the individual's bank. The Finance
Department will follow up all uncollected checks with a letter
requesting the $20. However, if the original check is redeposited
successfully, the City may have a problem collecting the $20.
In order to better publicize the fee, signs have been posted at
the front counter and at the counter in the building department
stating the fee. In addition, a short article in the newsletter
will be written to inform citizens of the fee.
COUNCIL ACTION
MOTION BY
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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION
ITEM
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Receive January
Financial statements
DATE
ORIGINATING DEPARTMENT
Finance
Howard D. Koolick 'f;f-....
Finance Director
BY:
March 4, 1992
AGENDA SECTION
NQ Non-Discussion Items
APPROVED FOR
AGENDA
BY:
REQUEST
The Andover City Council is requested to receive the January
1992 financial statements for the General, Water and Sewer Funds.
Please note that these statements include only the expenditures
and receipts that relate to 1992. Expenditures made and revenue
collected in January which relate to 1991 have been charged to
1991 in accordance with accounting policies.
The negative amounts under Fire Station Building and Equipment
Building are caused by a check to Midwest Gas which was written in
November, voided in January and reissued in February.
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prior to the meeting so that I may have adequate time to research
the question.
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YEAR TO DATE SUMMARIES
FOR
GENERAL, WATER AND SEWER FUNDS
As of 31.Jan92
Revised
Budget
Year to Date Pe~befita~i
Actual Remaining
G ENE R A L FUN D
R- E--V E N U E S
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GENERAL PROPERTY TAXES
BUSINESS LICENSES AND PERMITS
NON-BUSINESS LICENSES & PERMITS
--Building ~elated
other
INTERGOVERNMENTAL REVENUE
CHARGES FOR SERVICES
street Lighting
Other'
-'-COURT' FINES _nO --
SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS
MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE
--. Interest Earned '
Refunds and Reimbursements
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-0TRM~SFERS FROM OTHER FUNDS
From Admin. Trust Fund
From TIF 1-1 Fund
-----From-TIF 1":2 Fund
1,113, i' 14.00
20,325.00
1,795.00
100
91
232,723.00
6,250.00
644,326.00
18,901.85
420.38
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100
56,900.00
23,300.00
40,000.00
1,000.00
12.00
100
87
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2,819.22
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54,600.00
25,000.00
3,100.00
1,809.75
100-
100
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63,300.00
24,000.00
6,000.00
100
100
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TOTAL REVENUE
2,314,538.00
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YEAR TO DATE SUMMARIES
FOR
GENERAL, WATER AND SEWER FUNDS"
As of 31Jan92
GENERAL . F IJ N D
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ADMINISTRATION
FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATION
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ASSESSING
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DATA PROCESSING
CITY HALL BUILDING
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ENGINEERING
POLICE PROTECTION
F 1R E:--P ROTECTION-".
RESCUE SERVICE
PROTECTIVE INSPECTION
CIVIC-DEFENSE --_.--"
ANIMAL CONTROL
STREETS AND HIGHWAYS
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STORM SEWERS
STREET LIGHTING
STREE r SIGN S--.
TRAFFIC SIGNALS
STREET LIGHTS-BILLED
PARK-AND RECREATION -
TREES AND WEED CONTROL
RECYCLING
ECbNbMICDEVElOPMENT
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IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS
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Revised
Budget
34,802.00
4,771.00
4,521.00
13,586.00
104,359.00
93,278.00
10,000.00
38,289.00
50,800.00
52,649.00
21,248.00
44,663.00
33,700.00
22,932.00
8,456.00
3,b77~00
68,176.00
411,737.00
- 263,750.00
35,972.00
126,797.00
2,300.00
10,235.00
182,588.00
'.121,918.00
23,257.00
14,450.00
31,637.00
10,680.00
42,264.00
229,428.00
9,668.00
36.811.00
17,994.00
81,022.00
52,723.00
2,314,538.00
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Actual Remaining
1,452.35
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347.80
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4,201.40 80
1,061.10 97
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237.31 98
25.23 99
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6,631.07 90
31.40 99
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696.54 98
14,500.77 88
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1,450.00 85
6,432.77 96
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252.07 98
100
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100
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95
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11,723.68
11,902.05
39,047.00
96.75
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219.02
1,633.16
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27,454.00
100
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FOR
GENERAL, WATER AND SEWER FUNDS
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Revised
Budget
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WATER SALES
METER SALES
PERMIT-FEES
MISCELLANEOUS
REVENUES
191,166.00
20,000.00
10,000.00
12,000.00
100
3,050.00 64
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26.00 99
,TOTAL REVENUE
233,166.00
4,176.00
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ADMINISTRATION
TREATMENT
76,595.00
101,316.00
55,273.00
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7,636.90
4,063.62
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233,166.00
12,162.14
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REV E N U E S
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SEWER CHARGES
INTEREST
'REFUNDS-AND REIMBURSEMENTS
TRANSFER FROM SEWER CONN. FUND
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Metropolitan Wast"" Control
-., Othel' Expenses
AD~lINISTRATION
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2,000.00
398,300.00
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67,480.00
82,578.00
398,300.00
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1,123.88
3,950.44
25,761.32
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station *1 Meeting
wednesday, February 26, 1992
The meeting was called to order at 1905 hours.
Dale Mashuga discussed the party on saturday, February 29th and
the standby crew.
New door #531.
Jerry opened nominations for chief.
Mr. Poff nominated Jack Richardson
Mr. Leider nominated Dale Mashuga
Mr. Howe nominated Bob Peach.
Nominations closed.
March 11 is the vote for chief.
Dale Mashuga took down the sign-up sheet for officers.
Rating form was handed out.
Reitan said that Jack thanked everyone for cleaning.
- is specific list needed of cleaning duties
- new cleaning duty list will be made
- item from supply room needs to be checked out
- car - minor maintenance - no oil changes
- pop machine
Pop machine - SCBA Room
Coffee - Donations please.
SCBA for schools to be taken off of U1 with officer permission
1st
More salvo tarps ordered for L1
Missing stapler, pens.
Damage to other FF gear and hiding. Please stop.
-taking papers down
-writing behind names
"GROW UP"
-don't park in handicapped spot
-door stop bought and will be installed
-rules and regs almost ready
-try to maintain chain of command.
-cleaning supplies in small closet
-dishwasher hooked up
-smokers hit the can
-sign up sheets for committees
Trucks
E2 pump wet
L5 pump dry
Fuel level under 3/4 fill up
Grass one unleaded fuel
Daytime fires & med:
no less than 3
Grass 1 & T9 - 2 people or judgement
Radio for apparatus room
Check into chairs/stools for kitchen
Mark W. - cutters with reel handles for batt. cables; E2 anti
freeze leak is being worked on.
Water softener working - use less soap
Radios are being fixed.
E2 now has gloves, mask and goggles.
Mark to check on elec. wires.
Novak to check on hose for vaccuum.
Truck response - "Ped P.I." and other calls.
Meeting adjourned at 20:17.
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ANDOVER FIRE DEPARTMENT
TO ALL FIRE AND RESCUE PERSONNEL.
THE NEW OFFICERS FOR 1992 WILL BE AS
FOLLOWS :
FROM ACTING CHIEF: DALE MASHUGA
STATION 1 CAPT. JACK RICHARDSON
LT. DAVE REITAN
LT. PAUL GENGLER
STATION 2 CAPT. KEVIN STARR
LT. MARIS SCHILLING
STATION 3 CAPT. JIM PIERSON
LT. MARK NEUSCHWANDER
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SubJect:
Mayor and City Council
Bob Peach, Andover Firefighter
Response to Fire Department Charges
Contrary to what others, including the newspaper, have said, lha'l.e
not made any publ ic allegations regarding the charges brought agaTnst
the Administration of the Fire Department. Because the Council has
heard only the side of the Fire Department Administration and the
Public Safety Committee. and because there have been many allegations
'(bout my motives made without bothering to speak to me about it first,
I feel it is necessary that my position be made public.
For the past 15 years I have volunteered my time to the City of
~ndover in building one of the best Fire Departments in the Twin
Cities area. For that I am extremelY proud. I was on the committee
which researched and proposed establishing the Department to begin
with. I have served in all capacities on the Department frcrr.,r.,ctlng
Chief down to Firefighter, and I have willingly and loyally served all
Chiefs and Officers. But within the last year I have witnessed what I
determined to be a disrespect for and outright vioiations of our
Department and City policies, and of State iaw, and of firef.j,ghting
safety codes. Within the past year I have repeatedlY brought this to
the Chief and Assistant Chief: and it was never dealt with other than
I was accused of being a "trouble maker."
The Chief and/or Assistant Chief have admitted to most of the
infractions of poliCY or law, though there are some points they did
not clearly explain:
1 a. SELLING SCBA EQUIPMENT - Mashuga and Smith were told by me more
than once that this method of selling equipment <without a bid) was
wrong. The warnings were ignored and apparentlY not investigated
further by them as to whether or not I was right. There has been no
discipline from within the Department nor by the City for violation of
the law.
1 b. TRADING FIRE HOSE FOR HOT STICKS - Fire Department poliCY is
based on instruction from Anoka Electric, "never touch or approach
'hot' or potentionallY 'hot' lines." Just having the hot sticks
creates an attractive hazard for firefighters willing to take risks.
I believe Mashuga, with all of his training, should have been aware of
that poliCY. There has been no discipline for this violation of
pol,lcy.
2. POSSIBLE CONFLICT OF INTEREST/TRAINING - Since last July I have
requested the records. None have been made available. As paid Chair
of the Training Committee, Dale had substantial influence in where the
training came from. As paid VoTec Coordinator, his Job is to sell
training to Fire Departments. I was told by the City Attorney that I
could not work for the City and buy the product I sell <water
softeners) _ logicallY, I assumed the same standards would apply to
Mashuga.After Dale was hired as VoTec Coordinator, the amount of the
training from the VoTec increased to virtually 100 percent.
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Mayo~ and City Councii
Response to Fi~e Depa~tment Cha~ges
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4. BUDGETING AND ACCOUNTS - The budget items we~e not news. The
Council has been long awa~e of the 20 to 25 pe~cent annual inc~eases
and the confusion and unanswe~ed questions at budget meetings. This
could be const~ued as poo~ budget management by the Fi~e Depa~tment
Administ~ation. With the ve~y tight budget funds in the City, it
would seem that ~equesting $127,000 in a pay~oll which is not likely
to exceed $50.000 ties up thousands of dolla~s which a~e needed
elsewhe~e.
I still feel a close~ look at how pay~oll and other items a~e
allocated would show many a~eas of waste. Almost eve~yone with even a
gene~al knowledge of ou~ Fi~e Depa~tment ag~ees that there is enough
slop in the budget to,hi~e a full-time Chief without a budget
inc~ease. o~ cut $40,tOO to $50.000 out of the budget without
affecting service. This type of waste is, in my opinion. poor
management and an abdication of the Council's ~esponsibility to the
taxpaye~s of Andover. The Fire budget is up 40 pe~cent in two yea~s:
police is up only 4 percent.
5 a. UNTRAINED RECRUITS - VoTec ~ules clea~ly state all Firefighte~s
participating in live bu~ns meet certain t~aining ~equi~ements. No
allowance is made for Chiefs to authorize violations. no~ in the
inte~est of safety should they. This has been b~ought up many times
to Glenn and Dale and is dismissed eve~y time. Over the past two
yea~s, many fi~efighte~s have gone into Level One- Bu~ns without
required training, which I believe is a blatant disrespect for safety
and rules.
5 b. 5-MINUTE WARNING - All SCBA t~aining requires Fi~efighters to
leave a dange~ous envi~onment immediatelY upon sounding of warning
device. The 5-minute wa~ning (app~oximatelY) is an impo~tant safety
ma~gln because running out of ai~ in a haza~dous envi~onment could
cause death. A properly t~ained Flrefighte~ should al~eady be aware
of what low al~ signals and symptoms a~e because of specific
experience during classes in a non-hazardous envi~onment prior to live
bu~n p~actice~ To teach ~ec~uits that it is okay to ignore safety
signals Is very dange~ous. At least two fi~efighters have completely
run out of air this yea~ in live bu~ns supe~vised by Dale. Despite
Dale's denial of anyone being bu~ned du~ing a p~actice bu~n, I have
pe~sonallY witnessed bu~ns on Dale's face, neck and w~ists.
5 d. OTHER DEPARTMENTS' TRAINING - It does not su~p~ise me that some
Chiefs o~ Depa~tments would be ~eluctant to pUbllcally state a p~oblem
with thel~ p~imary sou~ce of t~alning, Anoka VoTec. The conce~ns
exp~essed to me p~lvatelY by two Chiefs conce~ned "live bu~ns"
supe~vised Dale Mashuga only.
Mayor and City CouncIl
Response to Fire Department Charges
Page 3
5 e. DALE ASSISTING RECRUIT - This is what I and three other
Firefighters witnessed: First Dale was giving answers to recruits
that were taking a written test. The instructors asked him to stop.
Then Dale showed a woman candidate how to lift the dummy. Then he
offered her a beer if she could lift it. Then he lifted it for her
and put it on her shouder. The recruit was retested only because we
raised hell about it. Afterward. Dale was offering beer to the
recruits and was drinking in uniform in front of the Fire Station in
public view. He also admitted to drinking prior to coming to the
testing session. No actIon has ever been taken to discipline Dale even
though our polIcies were clearly violated.
5 f. VIOLATION OF MEDICAL POLICY - Glenn was regularlY responding to
medical and fire emergencies under red lights and sirens with one arm
unuseable. It is impossible to safely operate a truck at high speedS
and operate multi-channel radio and lights and sirens simultaneously
with only one arm. Glenn did not to go a command post at first. but
wandered around clearly dangerous areas. He was usually the first on
the scene. and it was obvious to me and several other Officers that he
was unable to provide standard of care expected of the Department.
Eight other officers were available to fill in this part of his Job.
This could have been a tremendous lIability to the taxpayers if a
lawsuit had resulted or If Glenn had further Injured himself or
others. The Officers group voted 4,to3asklng him not to respond.
His vote made it 4 to 4. and he continued to ~es~ond. After several
weeks he finally got a doctor's permit to drive a vehicle. only
because I kept after him about the matter.
5 g. VIOLATION OF ALCOHOL POLICIES - The alcohol related incidents
occurred as related. again showing disrespect for the policies of the
City and the Department. I asked that they not be made publiC. but
they were included In communiations which I sent to Glenn and which
were never answered by Glenn. I felt that even though they were 6 to
18 months old. they showed a clear continuous disregard for the
health. safety and welfare of the residents of Andover when combined
with numerous other infractions.
Glenn is ambiguous about an open bottle in the ChIef's vehicle. An
Officer has publlcally testified he witnessed Smith with an open
bottle in the Suburban on returning from State FIre School. No
discipline was ever taken. The violation of the alcohol poliCY by
Dale in June. 1991. was witnessed by at least four Firefighters. who
sent a signed letter to the Chief about the incident. No discipline
was ever taken. However. I was given a letter or reprimand on a
minor. irrelevent issue within a week of complaining about Dale's
infraction. which is a clear indication of vindictive discipline by
the Department AdministratIon.
Mayor and City Council
Response to Fire Department Charges
Page 4
Regarding the bottles in the Chief's desk - Yes, some were raffled
off. But at my request, Dale removed four almost empty rum and
whiskey bottles from his and the Chief's desk in January, 1991.
Drinking in the Chief's office was a reguiar, common occurrence, which
was clearly against City policy, until the entire issue came to a head
in June, 1991, thanks to myself and a few other officers.
The Chief had the Chief's rig at the March 2, 1991, ?ire Department
party in the Ci ty of Anoka. Department pol icy forbids any annhL~Clbv
the Officer who has the rig for the weekend. Glenn admits he was
drinking and claims he did not drive home. It is also against
Department policy to allow non-firefighters to operate Department
vehicles. Again, this is a clear violation of Department policy, and
no disciplinary action was ever taken.
7. OPEN MEETING VIOLATION - The open meeting violation occurred
exactly as related in my 3-21-91 letter to Glenn, which he never
answered. Dale threatened to take my Captain's badge before he
checked with the City Attorney and discovered I was right. The Chief
agreed to my proposal to issue the order. (which he did), and
reschedule the meeting (which he did not do). The meeting was the
S.O.P. Committee, not the EMS Committee, and it occurred on Sunday,
March 12, 1991, two days after Glenn's order, which was igorned. No
disciplinary action was taken ,for violating th~ Chief's order.
With respect to EMS, myself and a number of others have been
repeatedlY slandered by EMS personnel in the presence of the Chief and
Assistant Chief for trying to "get rid of them." I have been ordered
not to talk about EMS: however, the attacks on me have always been
allowed and encouraged by our Administration. Department policy
clearly forbids statements demeaning other Officers or firefighters,
yet no disciplinary action was ever taken for attacks against me.
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I do not now, nor have I ever, tried to "get r-id of EMS." I support
the Department's medical response team and have made nume~ous
suggestions which I feel would greatly improve this service. Glenn
and Dale have failed to resolve this misunderstanding,. allowing it to
fester under a gag rule for over a year. This has fostered hatred
and friction in the Department and has damaged my reputation, despite
my efforts to improve relations.
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I felt I would be remiss in not bringing this information to the
Public Safety Committee. It was not done for "sour grapes" as so man'
have charged, nor for any personal gain. I felt it is the Council's
.r-esponsibility to be awar-e of the continual violations and disregard
'~or policies and had hoped they would quielY investigate some of the
isSOeS and make recommendations to correct the serious management
problems within the Department. I had asked that my reports not be
made public: the Committee chose to make them publiC.
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Response to Fire Department Charges
Page 5
I expected to be hurt by bringing this information forward, but I did
not expect the Safety Committee to publish every detail to a screaming
mob who had no idea most of this ever happened. I have been called a
liar so often by so many people, I don't know if my reputation can
ever be restored. The information I gave to the Safety Committee was
truthful and confidential and in accordance with proper procedure. If
there were errors in that information, I am still not aware of them.
Of approximatelY 21 allegations made by the Public Safety Committee,
18 have been found to be true: 3 could not be verified. 15 of the
allegations found to be true involved violations of State law, City
rules or Fire Department poliCY. No discipline has ever been taken
for these violations.
What is happening now is that there are no recommendations of
discipline against the Administration who has admittedly violated the
policies: but that same Administration is still threatening me with
suspension against the direct order of the Safety Committee, the Mayor
and the mediator. This is not a matter of a personality conflict.
It is a matter of a number of firefighters reporting violations, which
have been verified as true, and what I feel is an Administration
attempting to whitewash the entire issue and place blame on me for
bringing the issues to light.
I have not violated any laws or policies, yet I am being crucified by
Glenn and Dale for attempting to keep the Department honest. I believe
my rights are being violated by both unfounded allegations and by
threats of suspension made against me by Dale. However, I am more
than willing to attend mediation with him voluntarily. But I will not
do so, and the mediator agrees with me, under the threat of
suspension. Mediation cannot be successfui in an atmosphere of
revenge. It is not "peace" that I seek in the Department: it is a Fire
Department in which all Firefighters can be expected to be treated
equallY and in which everyone has the same rights and is expected to
follow the same rules. Unresolved conflict does not go away.
I respectfully request the City Council direct the Acting Chief to
rescind his letter to me of February 11, 1992, in writing so that we
can begin mediation. If the Council chooses to allow the current
Administration to stay in place in spite of the information they have,
I suggest they put into place adequate oversight of the Fire
Department in order to protect the rights of the Firefighters and
residents of the City, including a review of all disciplinary action.
DATE: March 2, 1992
ITEMS GIVEN TO THE CITY COUNCIL
Park and Recreation Commission Minutes - February 6, 1992
Tree Commission Minutes - February 10, 1992
Planning and Zoning Commission Minutes - February 11, 1992
Regular City Council Minutes - February 18, 1992
Andover Housing & Redevelopment Authority Minutes - 2/18/92
Letter to Andover Fire/Rescue
Letter to Dale Mashuga - January 21, 1992
Newspaper Article on Onalaska Fire Chief - February 17, 1992
Letter from John Davidson, TKDA - February 18, 1992
Letter to Vicki Volk - February 19, 1992
Ord No. lOT
Schedule of Bills
PLEASE ADDRESS THESE ITEMS AT THIS MEETING OR PUT THEM ON THE NEXT
AGENDA.
THANK YOU...
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JAMES ANTON BEITZ'
WILLIAM J. MILOTA
DAVID W. JOHNSON
VALERIE K. WERNESS
RICHARD M. CARLSON
JOANNA M. PLANTE
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HAGERTY, MILOTA & BEITZ, P.A,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
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701 FOURTH AVENUE SOUTH
MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA 55415
OF COUNSEL
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JOSEPH M. NEMO, JR.. P.A.
TELEPHONE 16121 349.9000
FACSIMILE (612) 332.3751
February 19, 1992
Ms. Victoria Valk
City Clerk
City of Andover
1685 Crosstown Blvd. N.W.
Andover, MN 55304
Re: Andover Limited Partnership/Downtown Center
File No. 151576-44
Dear Ms. Vall<:
I am counsel for Andover Limited Partnership, and am writing you in connection
with a special use permit which I understand was issued to Richard W. Reischel for a
liquor license to operate a full service restaurant/bar facility in Downtown Center. I
wish to advise you that my client has terminated lease negotiations with Mr. Reischel
and, accordingly, he will not be operating any restaurant and/or bar facility in Downtown
Center at this time.
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January 21, 1992
Dale Mashuga
Andover Fire Department
1685 NW Crosstown Boulevard
Andover, Minnesota 55304
Dear Dale,
We at Health One Emergency Services are extremely grateful for the
way you handled the emergency situation 10-29-91 involving a 10
year old in cardiac arrest. The patient was a handicapped male
suffering cerebral palsy. This was a difficult situation and
Andover Fire did a wonderful job. The skill and teamwork displayed
by care givers such as yourself is often the most significant in
the delivery of pre-hospital emergency care.
In appreciation of the dedication you have shown, Health One
Emergency Medical Services and Health One Transportation Services
would like to thank you for your outstanding contribution. Your
names will be published in the next issue of the Response
newsletter as will the names of other individuals, such as
yourself, that have given so unselfishly of themselves.
without individuals like yourself, willing to take that crucial
step and give of themselves at a critical moment, mortality would
be higher, and Emergency Medicine would be a more difficult, less
effective aspect of health care. Thank you again.
Sincerely,
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Emergency Medical Services
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Executive Director
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ENGINEERS ARCHITECTS PLANNERS
February 18, 1992
2500 AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK BUILDING
SAINT PAUl. MINNESOTA 551 01.1803
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FAX 6121202.0083
Honorable Mayor and City Council
City of Andover, MiImesota
Re: Engineering Matters
Regular Council Meeting
February 18, 1992
l\ndover,MUrunesota
Commission No. 9940-992
Dear Mayor and Council Members:
The following is a summary of matters discussed and action taken at the regular meeting of the
City Council on February 18, 1992,
1. Minor Amendment to Comprehensive Plan/Asnford Development:
Phase 1 and 2 ofWeybridge Addition (approximately 38 acres) is within an area to be
approved with the major comprehensive plan amendment. Metropolitan Council review
is delayed due to transportation section adjustments. The developer is requesting a
minor amendment to the MUSA boundary to include Phase 1 and 2.
Council Action:
Delay additional minor amendments and notify chairperson at Metropolitan Council of
Council action and state that l\ndover assumes the comprehensive plan review will be
expedited.
2. Hills of Bunker Lake . West Park Pond Dredging:
This area of park property was not graded to meet the requirements of the original
grading and ponding plan,
The developer will dredge and grade the park area to meet original grading plan.
Council Action:
Grading of Hills of Bunker Lake West Park will be authorized subject to City Staff plan
review and construction inspection.
3. Trunk Sewer Extensions:
Mr, Davidson did present two trunk sewer extension studies that relate to future service to
areas heretofore excluded from sewer consideration. One area is Bames Rolling Oaks.
The other is North along Nightingale (l\noka County Road 109),
a. Barnes Rolling Oaks Area:
Three alternate routes for extension of trunk sewer east of the BNRR track and
north of Coon Creek were studied, The least costly alternative was Alternative
1 along Coon Creek.
Honorable Mayor and City Council
February 19, 1992
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Council Action:
No public information meeting is necessary at this time, The trunk extension as proposed
in the feasibility report for Weybridge Addition will provide trunk sewer availability for
areas east of the BNRR right-of-way and south of Andover Boulevard. Residents in the
Barnes Rolling Oaks area do not now want sewer availability,
b. Ni~htin~ale Area:
The extension of trunk sewer through the proposed plat of Pine Woods Estates
must be ten (10) feet lower in elevation if property in the area of County Road
109 and County Road 20 are to be served in the future. It was suggested that
residents in the area nonh of County Ditch No, 37 in the Nightingale area be
presented with the factors which may affect them as it relates to these trunk
systems.
Council Action:
The Council authorized the staff to set a public infonnational meeting at a time other than
a regular Council meeting, No specific date was set.
4. Crosstown Watermain. Project 91-19 . Comm. No. 9963:
A report of bid opening was provided to the Council for consideration. Twenty-one bids
were received and one bid was late rejected and returned unopened.
The low bidder was F, F. Jedlicki, Inc. He withdrew his bid due to clerical error.
The bid of Brown and Cris was rejected due to failure to acknowledge Addendum No.1.
The Engineer recommended award to the second low bid of Erickson Construction in the
amount of $215,411.28. The Engineer's Estimate was $232,639.50,
Council Action:
The Council, by resolution, awarded the bid to Erickson Construction in the amount of
$215,411.28,
The Engineer was excused at approximately 9:15 P.M.
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David L. Carlberg
City of Andover
1685 NW Crosstown Boulevard
Andover MN 55304
RE: City of Andover
Comprehensive Plan Amendment Review
Weybridge MUSA Expansion--3.53 Acres
Metropolitan Council District No.9
Metropolitan Council Referral No. 14206-6
Dear Mr. Carlberg:
The Metropolitan Council staff has reviewed the city of Andover's proposed comprehensive plan
amendment received by the Council on February 7, 1992, We have determined that the proposed
amendment has no potential impact upon any of the metropolitan system plans. Therefore, the
city may place the amendment into effect immediately,
However, beyond an initial determination of no potential impact, the Council has 60 days from
receipt of a proposed amendment to review and comment upon the apparent consistency of the
proposed amendment with the adopted chapters of the Metropolitan Development Guide. The
6O-day period ends on April 7, 1992. Within that 6O-day period, Council staff will complete its
review and forward comments to the city prior to consideration by the Metropolitan and
Community Development Committee,
If you have any questions, please contact Richard Thompson, the principal reviewer of this
amendment, at 291-6457.
Sincerely,
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Chair
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Linda Voge, Metropolitan Council Staff
Richard E. Thompson, Metropolitan Council Staff
AGENDA
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COON CREEK WATERSHED DISTRICT
BOARD OF MANAGERS
February 24, 1992
7:30 PM
1. CALL TO ORDER
2. Approval of Agenda
3. Open Mike
POLICY ITEMS
4. Approval of Minutes
5. Andover Local Water Plan
PERMIT ITEMS
6. Hidden Creek East
7. Waiver: Schultz home construction
DISCUSSION ITEMS
8. 1992 Administration of Social Security
INFORMATIONAL ITEMS
9. Project Update
10. Audit RFQ and Bids
NEW BUSINESS
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BOARD OF MANAGERS' MEETING
February 10, 1992
The Board of Managers of the
Coon Creek Watershed District held their regular meeting on
February 10, 1992 at-the Bunker Hills Activities Center.
Present: Reggie Hemmes, Eldon Hentges, LuEllen Richmond, Paul
Williams, Bob Boyum.
Staff:
Ulrich,
Tim Kelly, Kathy Tinge1stad, Ed Mathiesen, Michelle
1. The meeting was called to order at 7:30 PM
2. Approval of the Agenda: Moved by Williams, seconded by
Richmond. Motion carried with five yeas (Boyum, Hemmes, Hentges,
Richmond, and Williams) and no nays.
3. Open Mike: Three people were present, but chose to address the
Board during item '11.
Policy Items
4. Approval of January 27, 1992 Minutes: Moved by Williams,
seconded by Richmond. Motion carried with five yeas (Boyum,
Hemmes, Hentges, Richmond, and Williams) and no nays.
5. Receive Monthly Financial Statements: Kelly commented that the
final tax payment for 1991 was received. The next payment is
expected to be received in July 1992. Moved by Richmond,
seconded by Williams to receive the monthly financial
statements. Motion carried with five yeas (Boyum, Memmes,
Hentges, Richmond, and Williams) and no nays.
6. Approve Bills: There was a comment to leave the information
allan one sheet, as was done previously, Kelly explained that
the JMM bill was for five weeks of service and that the Sheff
bill included an analysis of the Wetland Bill, Kelly corrected
the check number for Sheff from 3456 to 3466. Moved by Williams,
seconded by Hemmes to approve the bills. Motion carried with
five yeas (Boyum, Hemmes, Hentges, Richmond, and Williams) and no
nays. The bills to be paid are as follows:
Check
3454
3455
3456
3457
3458
3459
3460
3461
3462
3463
3464
3465
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5,378.81
3,305.50
1,335.94
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7. Approve the Annual Report and Plan: Kelly said that there was
a change in the fourth section in order to report on the
condition of the District,
Hemmes noted a correction on page 5 of section four: the correct
number for Ham Lake is 0.9 feet. (The decimal point had been in
the wrong place.)
Page 2, Coon Creek Watershed District - February 10, 1992
Hentges questioned the wording of the Hission Statement in the
report. Kelly said that it had been edited, The Board recommended
that the original wording be maintained.
The following report distribution was recommended: BWSR, the
Legislative delegation, the advisory committee members, full copy
to all members of the Anoka County Board of Commissioners, to
city administrators with a note that they can call for extra
copies, and to the individual City Council member who deals with
our issues in each of the five cities.
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Moved by Boyum and seconded by Richmond to approve the Annual
Report and Plan, Motion carried with five yeas (Boyum, Hemmes,
Hentges, Richmond, and Williams) and no nays,
8. SLR Application: Kelly announced that the District received a
Stream Maintenance Grant of $31,000 and that this project along
the Creekview trailer park in Coon Rapids was a part of the grant
application,
Hentges asked about the status of the Creek bank, relating to
erosion,
Moved by Williams and seconded by Richmond to adopt the SLR
application with the following resolution. Motion carried with
five yeas (Boyum, Hemmes, Hentges, Richmond, and Williams) and no
nays.
RESOLUTION 92-04
APPLYING FOR A STREAMSIDE, LAKESHORE ROADSIDE GRANT
THROUGH THE ANOKA CONSERVATION DISTRICT
WHEREAS, The Coon Creek Watershed District is a special unit of
government established under Minnesota Statutes 1030, and
WHEREAS, The mission and purpose of the District under Minnesota
Statutes 1030 and 103B is the comprehensive management of water
which include maintaining the capacity of Coon Creek and reducing
sediment loads contributing to downstream pollution of the creek
and contributing to flooding, and
WHEREAS, The District is aware of a severe stream bank erosion
problem on Coon Creek within the Creekview trailer park in Coon
Rapids, and
WHEREAS, The Manager of the Creekview trailer park contacted the
Watershed District seeking technical and financial assistance to
stabilize the bank and prevent further loss of property, and
WHEREAS, The District is experiencing financial constraints due
to levy limits imposed by the state legislature, and
WHEREAS, It is also the policy of the District to seek grant
funding whenever possible to conduct the work of the District,
and
WHEREAS, The site meets all of the criteria for a streamside,
lakeshore, roadside project.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT, The Coon Creek Watershed
District Board of Managers is applying for a streamside,
lakeshore, roadside grant through the Anoka Conservation
District.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT, The Coon Creek Watershed District
will seek to assist the Anoka Conservation District in obtaining
said grant from the Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources.
Page 3. Coon Creek Watershed District - February 10, 1992
9. Resolution authorizing funds transfers at First Bank Coon
Rapids: Kelly explained that this resolution was needed due to
the bank's tightening of its policy on who may transfer funds.
The only people who can sign checks will continue to be Boyum and
Hentges. "
The following resolution was moved by Boyum. Seconded by
Williams. Motion carried with five yeas (Boyum, Hemmes, Hentges.
Richmond, and Williams) and no nays,
RESOLUTION 92-05
AUTHORIZING THE DISTRICT ADMINISTRATOR TO CONDUCT LIMITED BANKING
WHEREAS, The Coon Creek Watershed District was established by the
State of Minnesota on May 28, 1959, and
WHEREAS, The Coon Creek Watershed District uses the First Bank
Coon Rapids as its official depository, and
WHEREAS, The Coon Creek Watershed District desires to ensure that
banking and financial management made for the operation of the
District are made in the most efficient and appropriate manner,
and
WHEREAS, District policy directs the District Administrator to
coordinate the financial affairs of the District, and
WHEREAS, The Coon Creek Watershed District desires to clarify the
role of the District Administrator's authorities as it relates to
banking at First Bank Coon Rapids,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT, The Coon Creek Watershed
District authorizes the District Administrator, Tim Kelly. to
transfer funds between District accounts and make deposits on
behalf of the District; .
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT, The First Bank Coon Rapids is
authorized to act upon this resolution until written notice of
its revocation is received, and the authority hereby granted
shall apply with equal force and effect to the successors to the
officers named herein.
Permit Items
10, Andover: Crosstown Watermain Extension: Mathiesen presented
the permit review and recommended an additional third item of
appropriate erosion control be added to the permit stipulation
Permit approval with above addition was moved by Richmond,
Seconded by Boyum. Motion carried with five yeas (Boyum, Hemmes,
Hentges, Richmond. an~ Williams) and no nays.
11. Ditch 57: Carlson Cleaning: Kelly presented background on
this item. There are no wetlands involved. Applicant is aware of
the Eagle Scout project entailing a nature trail near Crooked
Lake Elementary School,
The following three citizens addressed the Board concerning the
nature trail: Wayne Oavids, Eban Davids and Jermey Zahler, They
displayed a map and photographs of the area. It includes a
wood-chip trail and 27 trees identified by posta. The School uses
the area periOdically for related class topics. Thirteen letters
were submitted by teachers aeking that the area not be disturbed.
Page 4. Coon Creek Watershed District - February 10, 1992
Kelly stated that there may be a technical option involving a
high-power wench.
Discussion involved options possible, including accessing the
Creek from the bank opposite the nature tra~l, Kelly said that
the District will pursue options which do not grossly impact this
area,
Hentges pointed out that there should have been a permit taken
out by the school prior to the work done on the nature trail last
fall. It would have allowed room for an easement, This situation
may have been circumvented had this occurred.
Davids said that the scout troop had agreed to help clean the
Creek in this area, if necessary, Kelly said that he will keep
Davids informed about this project,
Boyum moved to approve the permit with the restriction that the
applicant do the Creek cleaning from his own property only, and
that he cooperates with the District concerning options for the
affected trail area. Seconded by Williams. Motion carried with
five yeas (Boyum, Hemmes, Hentges, Richmond. and Williams) and no
nays.
Discussion Items
12. Budget Adjustments: Kelly suggested that adjustments be made
to the 1992 budget due to changes in employee benefits costs and
engineer costs and to reflect the $31,000 in additional revenue
from the stream maintenance grant received. He noted that a
hearing would be required,
Hemmes suggested that this be done at the end of the first
Quarter. Moved by Boyum, seconded by Williams to receive this
report. Motion carried with five yeas (Hemmes, Boyum, Hentges,
Richmond, and Williams) and no nays.
13. Creekview Pond Update: Kelly presented information about Park
Construction and the new billing agreement. In addition, Park
would like to excavate an additional 30.000 cubic yards,
Richmond had a Questions about de-watering of thia area,
Moved by Williams, seconded by Hentges to approve the
modifications Motion carried with five yeas (Boyum, Hemmes,
Hentges, Richmond, and Williams) and no nays.
14. Response: BWSR Opinion on Use of 509 Funds: Kelly briefly
reviewed the BWSR opinion noting that the original request was
for an Attorney General opinion. Kelly noted that he and Ulrich
had reviewed the BWSR opinion and believed that the Attorney
General's opinion on ~his issue would be the same response as
received from BWSR,
Moved by Williams, seconded by Boyum to receive this item. Motion
carried with five yeas (Boyum, Hemmes, Hentges. Richmond, and
Williams) and no nays,
Informational Items
15. Receive Staff Report: Kelly said that the following two
sections were added to this monthly reportrt: Project status and
board actions to keep track of tabled items.
Page 5, Coon Creek Watershed District - February 10, 1992
Moved by Williams, seconded by Richmond to receive staff report,
Motion carried with five yeas (Boyum, Hemmes, Hentges, Richmond
and Williams) and no nays.
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16. February 12 Open House' on Ditch 57 in Andover: Kelly told
about the open house planned for Andover residents concerned
about the Creek cleaning project in their back yards. He
described a Cooperative Agreement which would be available for
any home owners concerned about particular trees.
Hemmes commented about the good public relations opportunity
possible with this project.
Moved by Williams, seconded by Boyum to create a district
cooperative agreement. Motion carried with five yeas (Boyum,
Hemmes, Hentges, RiChmond and Williams) and no nays.
17. February 24 Workshop: It was decided to have a 6 PM brown bag
workshop on local water planning at the Bunker Activities Center,
just prior to the next Board mee~ing.
18, Andover Water Plan available for Review: Kelly is still
reviewing this. There will be a pUblic hearing on this on
February 24,
19, Wetlands Workshops: Kelly said that training sessions about
the wetland law will be held at the Brooklyn Park City hall on
several separate days in late February, The $10 fee is a
reimbursable expense.
The meeting adjourned at 9:25 PM on a motion by Richmond,
seconded by Williams, Motion carried with five yeas (Hemmes.
Hentges, Richmond, and Williams) and no nays.
Reginald A. Hemmes, President
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Andover City Hall
1685 Crosstown Boulevard NW
Andover, MN 55304
Mark Nagel
City Manager
City or Auoka
Auoka City Hall
2015 1st Avenue N
Anoka, MN 55303
Kurt Ulrich
City Administrator
City or Champlin
11955 Champlin Drive
Champlin, MN 55316
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City Administrator
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Ramsey, MN 55303
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This notification is provided pursuant to Article XI, Section I(A) or the Franchise Ordinances
pertaining to a right-or-first-refusal which may be available pursuant to this Article. A mpy or the
Stock Purchase Agreement between the current shareholders or North Central Cable
Communications Corporation and MeredithlNew Heritage Strategic Partners, L.P. has been
provided to the Commission with its mpy or this letter. This Stock Purchase Agreement mnstitutes
the bona fide offer pursuant to this Article. A mpy has been provided to the Commission's legal
munsel as well.
cc: Administrator Terry O'Connell
Thomas D. Creighton, &q.