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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC - November 5, 2013C T Y O r 1685 CROSSTOWN BOULEVARD N.W. • ANDOVER, MINNESOTA 55304 • (763) 755 -5100 FAX (763) 755 -8923 • WWW.ANDOVERMN.GOV Regular City Council Meeting — Tuesday, November 5, 2013 Call to Order — 8:01 p.m. Pledge of Allegiance Resident Forum Agenda Approval 1. Approval of Minutes (10/15/13 Regular; 10/15/13 Closed; 10/22/13 Workshop) Consent Items 2. Approve Payment of Claims — Administration /Finance 3. Approve LMCIT Liability Coverage— Administration/Finance 4. Approve JPA with Anoka County /12- 30/Hanson Blvd. NW & 16151 Ave. NW /Traffic Signal - Engineering 5. Approve Resolution Authorizing Speed Limit/165 h Avenue NW - Engineering 6. Approve Application for Exempt Permit/Andover Girls High School Booster Club — Administration 7. Approve Used Vehicle Sales Business License /JCM Wholesale LLC /3138 -162 "d Lane NW — Administration 8. Request to Sign Purchase Agreement for New 100 Foot Aerial Platform Truck -Fire Discussion Items © 9. Public Hearing: Vacation of Easement — Outlot A, Parkside at Andover Station — Planning 10. Public Hearing: Vacation of Easement — 4038 153`d Lane NW —Planning 11. Public Hearing for 2013 Delinquent Service Charges Administration /Finance 12. Public Hearing/Adopt Assessment Roll/12- 28/Nightingale St. NW Reconstruction —Engineering 13. Public Hearing/Adopt Assessment Roll/11- 47/174' Ave., Heather St. & 173`d Ln. - Engineering Staff Items 14. Schedule December EDA Meeting - Administration 15. Administrator's Report —Administration Mayor /Council Input Adjournment H H REGULAR ANDOVER CITY COUNCIL MEETING — NOVEMBER 5, 2013 MINUTES The Regular Bi- Monthly Meeting of the Andover City Council was called to order by Mayor Mike Gamache, November 5, 2013, 8:01 p.m., at the Andover City Hall, 1685 Crosstown Boulevard NW, Andover, Minnesota. Councilmembers present: Mike Knight, Sheri Bukkila, Julie Trude and Tony Howard Councilmember absent: None Also present: City Administrator, Jim Dickinson Community Development Director, Dave Carlberg Director of Public Works /City Engineer, David Berkowitz City Fire Chief, Dan Winkel City Attorney, Scott Baumgartner Others PLEDGE OFALLEGLANCE RESIDENT FORUM No one wished to address the Council. AGENDA APPROVAL No changes. Motion by Knight, Seconded by Bukkila, to approve the Agenda as presented. Motion carried unanimously. APPROVAL OFMINUTES October 15, 2013, Regular Meeting: Correct as written. Motion by Bukkila, Seconded by Knight, to approve the minutes as presented. Motion carried unanimously. © October 15, 2013, Closed Session Meeting: Correct as written. Motion by Howard, Seconded by Bukkila, to approve the minutes as presented. Motion carried © Regular Andover City Council Meeting Minutes — November 5, 2013 Page 2 unanimously. October 22, 2013, Workshop Meeting: Correct as amended. Councilmember Trude requested a correction on page five, line 3, after the word because she asked to change the sentence to read: "the people hooked up to City water are now paying for maintenance of fire hydrants in areas where no one is paying for these even though they get the benefit with lower insurance rates." Further down on line 37 the word "matching" should be replaced with "maintenance." Motion by Trude, Seconded by Howard, to approve the minutes as indicated above. Motion carried unanimously. CONSENT ITEMS Item 2 Approve Payment of Claims Item 3 Approve LMCIT Liability Coverage Item 4 Approve JPA with Anoka County /12 -30 /Hanson Blvd NW & 161st Ave NW /Traffic Signal Item 5 Approve Resolution Authorizing Speed Limit/165`" Avenue NW (See Resolution R096 -13) Item 6 Approve Application for Exempt Permit/Andover Girls High School Booster Club Item 7 Approve Used Vehicle Sales Business License /JCM Wholesale LLC /3138 —162 °d Lane NW Item 8 Request to Sign Purchase Agreement for New 100 Foot Aerial Platform Truck Motion by Trude, Seconded by Knight, approval of the Consent Agenda as read. Motion carried unanimously. PUBLICHEARING. VACATIONOFEASEMENT— OUTLOTA,PARKSIDEATANDOVER STATION Mr. Carlberg explained Cherrywood Advanced Living LLC is seeking to vacate drainage and utility easements over, under, and across Outlot A, Parkside at Andover Station as depicted on the map. Mr. Carlberg reviewed the information with the Council. Motion by Knight, Seconded by Howard, to open the public hearing at 8:05 p.m. Motion carried unanimously. No one wished to address the Council. © Regular Andover City Council Meeting Minutes — November 5, 2013 Page 3 Motion by Knight, Seconded by Bukkila, to close the public hearing at 8:06 p.m. Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Trade, Seconded by Howard, to approve Resolution R097 -13, Vacation of Easement, as presented. Motion carried unanimously. PUBLIC HEARING: VACATION OF EASEMENT — 4038153 "' LANE NW Mr. Carlberg explained Mr. Robin Smith is seeking to vacate part of the drainage and utility easements over, under, and across Lot 5, Block 2, Indian Meadows Fifth Addition along the southern property line as depicted on the survey. Mr. Carlberg reviewed the staff report with the Council. Councilmember Trade stated this looks like an unusual piece of property and this is likely step one and step two is that there will be a building project, is it not feasible to build another garage closer to the home. Mr. Carlberg indicated there is an overhead utility easement and the entire backyard is a drainage and utility easement. The only location available for a building is in the triangle area. © Motion by Bukkila, Seconded by Knight, to open the public hearing at 8:11 p.m. Motion carried unanimously. No one wished to address the Council. Motion by Howard, Seconded by Bukkila, to close the public hearing at 8:12 p.m. Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Knight, Seconded by Bukkila, to approve Resolution R098 -13, Proposed Vacation of Easement, as presented. Motion carried unanimously. PUBLIC HEARING FOR 2013 DELINQUENT SERVICE CHARGES Mr. Dickinson stated City Code Title 10, Chapter 3, 10 -3 -31), City Code Title 10 Chapter 1, 10- 1-9F, and City Code Title 8 Chapter 5, 8 -5 -31) provide for the collection by assessment of unpaid sewer, water, storm sewer, street lighting service charges, false alarm fines, tree removal, mowing fees and miscellaneous abatement fees. The assessment procedures directed by State Statute 429 is being followed by holding a public hearing to act upon the proposed assessment. Mr. Dickinson reviewed the staff report with the Council. ® Councilmember Trade stated a lot of these are inactive and she wondered if that was a prior resident that incurred charges. Mr. Dickinson stated those are likely foreclosure homes. ® Regular Andover City Council Meeting Minutes — November 5, 2013 Page 4 Motion by Howard, Seconded by Trade, to open the public hearing at 8:16 p.m. Motion carried unanimously. No one wished to address the Council. Motion by Howard, Seconded by Trade, to close the public hearing at 8:17 p.m. Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Bukkila, Seconded by Howard, to approve Resolution R099 -13, adopting the assessment roll for delinquent sewer, water, storm sewer, street lighting charges, false alarm fines, tree removal, mowing fees and miscellaneous abatement fees. Motion carried unanimously. PUBLIC HEARING /ADOPT ASSESSMENT ROLL112- 2817VIGHTINGALE ST NW RECONSTRUCTION Mr. Berkowitz stated the City Council is requested to hold a public hearing and approve the resolution adopting the assessment roll for Project 12 -28, Nightingale Street NW Reconstruction. © Mr. Berkowitz reviewed the staff report with the Council. Councilmember Trade complimented staff on a really fine project and thought the community was really happy with the results. Motion by Knight, Seconded by Howard, to open the public hearing at 8:22 p.m. Motion carried unanimously. No one wished to address the Council. Motion by Howard, Seconded by Bukkila, to close the public hearing at 8:23 p.m. Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Trade, Seconded by Bukkila, to approve Resolution R100 -13, adopting the assessment roll for Project 12 -28, Nightingale Street NW Reconstruction. Motion carried unanimously. PUBLIC HEARING /ADOPT ASSESSMENT ROLL/11- 47/174THAVE., HEATHER ST & 173RD LN Mr. Berkowitz stated the City Council is requested to hold a public hearing and approve the resolution adopting the assessment roll for Project 11 -47, 174`h Avenue NW, Heather Street NW & 173 `a Lane NW Street Improvements. ® Regular Andover City Council Meeting Minutes — November 5, 2013 Page 5 Mr. Berkowitz reviewed the staff report with the Council. Councilmember Bukkila asked where the water mitigation areas were on the project. Mr. Berkowitz stated there were some storm water concerns on 174`" Avenue and on the south side of 173rd Lane. They also wanted to make sure there were not any adverse storm water effects to any of the properties. Councilmember Bukkila asked if there was any storm sewer before the reconstruction. Mr. Berkowitz indicated there was not, water ran off where ever it wanted to go and now it is more channelized and directed to appropriate areas. Councilmember Bukkila asked if the costs would be lower in an area where they would not have the drainage issues or is this consistent with the gravel roads yet to be redone. Mr. Berkowitz stated it is pretty consistent but each individual project will have its own challenges. Motion by Bukkila, Seconded by Knight, to open the public hearing at 8:37 p.m. Motion carried unanimously. © Mr. Cory Thode, 3104174'' Avenue, asked what it meant to adopt this. Mayor Gamache explained what the Council was going to adopt tonight and Mr. Berkowitz reviewed the process. Mr. Thode thanked the Council and City for improving their road. Mr. Berkowitz noted the neighborhood was really good to work with. Motion by Knight, Seconded by Howard, to close the public hearing at 8:40 p.m. Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Bukkila, Seconded by Howard, to approve Resolution R101 -13, adopting the assessment roll for Project 11-47,170 Avenue NW, Heather Street NW & 173rd Lane NW Street Improvements. Motion carried unanimously. SCHEDULE DECEMBER EDA MEETING Mr. Dickinson requested the Council schedule a December 3rd EDA Meeting to discuss topics as detailed in the staff report. Motion by Trude, Seconded by Howard, to schedule an EDA Meeting on December 3, 2013, at 6:00 p.m. Motion carried unanimously. © ADMINISTRATOR'S REPORT City Staff updated the Council on the administration and city department activities, legislative updates, updates on development/CIP projects, and meeting reminders /community events. © Regular Andover City Council Meeting Minutes — November S, 2013 Page 6 Fire Chief Winkel thanked the Council for their support on the truck purchase. The Fire Department realizes this is a large expense for the City. He noted the delivery of the new truck is scheduled for August/September 2014 and they may have a buyer for the current ladder truck. Fire Chief Winkel stated Wal -Mart's grand opening is November 13, 2013 and they want to make a donation to the Andover Fire Department. Councilmember Bukkila thanked the Fire Chief for all the hard work the Fire Department does and thought the new fire truck will be a great asset to the community. MAYOR/COUNCIL INPUT (Local Government Officials Meeting) Mayor Gamache stated the October local government officials meeting was at the Cedar Creek Natural Resource area in East Bethel. He thought this was a really nice facility. There were good conversations about ground water management with the Department of Natural Resources and Anoka County. (Cell Tower Ordinance) Mayor Gamache stated back in 2008, the City Council passed an ordinance to begin to allow standalone cell towers in parks. Since that time they have approved three and of those approved, none were built. The City tried to raise additional funds for the parks by passing this ordinance but have not raised any. Rose Park will likely get a cell antenna on the water tower with a structure at the base of the tower. He stated he would like to hold the cell providers to a higher standard and have the structure look like a building, not just a utility shed. Another one coming up is in Fox Meadows Park and the Park Commission wanted to put money into the park to irrigate it and the Council, through discussions, wondered how they make sure they get the new forty acre park done. He did not think it made a lot of sense to put a lot of money into Fox Meadows Park when they could put it into the new facility. One of the things he was looking at is they would not keep the money in the park from the cell tower. He did not think they needed the extra additional money from the cell tower providers and the City is now getting LGA from the State. He stated his real issue with it is that the cell towers do not look nice in the parks. They usually come with a building and fences the kids climb over. He would like to discourage cell towers from going into the City parks because they do not fit and are not attractive. He noted he will be voting against any standalone cell towers that will come forward. He would like the Council to go back and reconsider what they were doing prior to 2008. Councilmember Trude thought things change overtime and those proposals they saw did not come forward and dealt more with wireless internet service. She thought the issue was there are very few places in the City these could be placed, cell phones are almost becoming a necessity. She noted many residents no longer have land lines, and rely only on cell phones. © Councilmember Bukkila thought this should be dealt with on a case -by -case basis. (Forty Acre Park Discussion) Councilmember Trude thought there needed to be further ® Regular Andover City Council Meeting Minutes —November S, 2013 Page 7 discussion on the forty acre park and the future naming of that park. ADJOURNMENT Motion by Howard, Seconded by Bukkila, to adjourn. Motion carried unanimously. The meeting adjourned at 9:18 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Sue Osbeck, Recording Secretary HI LJ Regular Andover City Council Meeting Minutes — November 5, 2013 Page 8 REGULAR ANDOVER CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES — NOVEMBER 5, 2013 TABLE OF CONTENTS PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE .......................................................................... ............................... 1 RESIDENTFORUM ........................................................................................ ..............................1 AGENDAAPPROVAL ................................................................................... ............................... 1 APPROVAL OF MINUTES ............................................................................ ............................... 1 CONSENTITEMS .......................................................................................... ............................... 2 Approve Payment of Claims ........................................................................ ............................... 2 Approve LMCIT Liability Coverage ........................................................... ............................... 2 Approve JPA with Anoka County /12 -30 /Hanson Blvd NW & 161" Ave NW /Traffic Signal... 2 Approve Resolution Authorizing Speed Limit/165t" Avenue NW (See Resolution R096-13)..2 Approve Application for Exempt Permit/Andover Girls High School Booster Club ................. 2 Approve Used Vehicle Sales Business License /JCM Wholesale LLC /3138 —162nd Lane NW 2 Request to Sign Purchase Agreement for New 100 Foot Aerial Platform Truck ....................... 2 PUBLIC HEARING: VACATION OF EASEMENT — OUTLOT A, PARKSIDE AT ANDOVER STATION (See Resolution R097- 13) ..................................... ............................... 2 PUBLIC HEARING: VACATION OF EASEMENT — 4038 153RD LANE NW (See Resolution R098- 13) ...................................................................................................... ............................... 3 PUBLIC HEARING FOR 2013 DELINQUENT SERVICE CHARGES (See Resolution R099- 13) ............................................................................................................................................... 3 PUBLIC HEARING /ADOPT ASSESSMENT ROLL /12- 28/NIGHTINGALE ST NW RECONSTRUCTION (See Resolution R100 -13) ...................................... ............................... 4 PUBLIC HEARING /ADOPT ASSESSMENT ROLL/11- 47/174TH AVE., HEATHER ST & 173RD LN (See Resolution R101 -13) .......................................................... ............................... 4 SCHEDULE DECEMBER EDA MEETING .................................................. ............................... 5 ADMINISTRATOR'S REPORT ..................................................................... ............................... 5 MAYOR/COUNCIL INPUT ........................................................................... ............................... 6 Local Government Officials Meeting .......................................................... ............................... 6 CellTower Ordinance .................................................................................. ............................... 6 FortyAcre Park Discussion ......................................................................... ............................... 6 ADJOURNMENT............................................................................................ ............................... 7 X