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CITY OF ANDOVER
1685 CROSSTOWN BOULEVARD N.W.. ANDOVER, MINNESOTA 55304. (763) 755·5100
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Regular City Council Meeting - Tuesday, February 4,2003
Call to Order - 7:00 p.m.
Pledge of Allegiance
Resident Forum
a. Dick Snyder - Access off Valley Drive/Traffic Safety. Engineering
Agenda Approval
I. Approval of Minutes (1115/03 Special; 1/21/03 Regular)
Consent Items
2. Approve Payment of Claims - Finance
3. Declare Cost/Order Assessment Roll/OO-43lNatures Run - Engineering
4. Reduce Letter of CreditlDeveloper' s ImprovementslNatures Run - Engineering
5. Order Plans & Specs/03-3/2003 Crack Sealing/2003 CIP - Engineering
6. Order Plans & Specs/03-4/2003 Seal Coating/2003 CIP - Engineering
7. Order Plans & Specs/03-6/2003 OverIaysl2003 CIP - Engineering
8. Accept Feasibility Reportl02-47/Foxburgh Crossing - Engineering
9. Approve 2003 Recycling Agreement wi Anoka County - Public Works
10. Approve Raffle PermitlMercy-Unity Hospitals - Clerk
Discussion Items
II. Presentation of Storm Water Utility/99-16 & NPDES Phase 11102-31 - Engineering
12. Consider Results oflntersection Study/Stop Signs at I 50th Lane & Bluebird Street - Engineering
13. Consider Variancell7303 Round Lake Blvd. -Planning
14. Consider Variance/3595 143" Avenue NW - Planning
15. Anoka County Proposed HRA Legislation - Administration
16. Reschedule Consideration of Community Center RFP Selection Committee -Administration
StaffItem
17. Schedule Board of Review - Clerk
18. Schedule City Council Workshop -Administration
Mayor/Conncil Inpnt
Executive Session:
a. Kottkes' Special Assessment Issue - Administration
Adjonrnment
Regular Andover City Council Meeting
Minutes - February 4. 2003
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REGULAR ANDOVER CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES - FEBRUARY 4,2003
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIENCE..................................................................................................... 1
RESIDENT FORUM ................................................................................................................. 1
Dick Snyder - Access off Valley DrivelTraffic Safety......................................................... I
Kevin Dickison - Hockey .Proposal..................................................................................... 1
AGENDA APPROV AL............................................................................................................. I
APPROVAL OF MINUTES...................................................................................................... 2
CONSENT ITEMS
Approve Payment of Claims ... ......................... .................................................................... 2
Resolution R020-03 declaring Cost/Order Assessment Rolll00-43lNatures Run ............... 2
Reduce Letter ofCreditlDeveloper's ImprovementslNatures Run...................................... 2
Resolution R02l-03 ordering Plans & Specs/03-3/2003 Crack Sealing/2003 CIP ...........2
Resolution Ron-03 ordering Plans & Specs/03-4/2003 Seal Coating/2003 CIP ..............2
Resolution R023-03 ordering Plans & Specs/03-6/2003 Overlays/2003 CIP .................... 2
Approve 2003 Recycling Agreement with Anoka County .................................................. 2
Approve Raffle PerrnitlMercy-Unity Hospitals ................................................................... 2
ACCEPT FEASillILITY REPORT/02-47/FOXBURGH CROSSING Res. R024-03.............. 3
PRESENTATION OF STORM WATER UTILITY/99-16 & NPDES PHASE II/02-31
Received........ ..... ...... ................... .......................................................................................... 3
CONSIDER RESULTS OF INTERSECTION STUDY/STOP SIGNS AT 150TH LANE &
BLUEBIRD STREET
Motion to accept traffic study and deny four way stop ......................................................... 3
CONSIDER V ARlANCE/17303 ROUND LAKE BOULEVARD
Resolution R025-03 to approve ............................................................................................ 4
CONSIDER V ARlANCE/3595 143RD AVENUE NW
Resolution R026·03 to approve ............................................................................................5
ANOKA COUNTY PROPOSED HRA LEGISLATION
Resolution R027-03 to Oppose.............................................................................................5
RESCHEDULE CONSIDERATION OF COMMUNITY CENTER RFP SELECTION
COMMITTEE....................................................................................................................... 6
SCHEDULE BOARD OF REVIEW ......................................................................................... 6
SCHEDULE CITY COUNCIL WORKSHOP .......................................................................... 6
MA YORlCOUNCIL INPUT
Quad City Television Open House.. ........ ............ .............................. .................7
ADJOURNMENT.................................................................................................................7
REGULAR ANDOVER CITY COUNCIL MEETING - FEBRUARY 4,2003
MINUTES
The Regular Bi-Monthly Meeting ofthe Andover City Council was called to order by Mayor Mike
Gamache, February 4,2003,7:00 p.m., at the Andover City Hall, 1685 Crosstown Boulevard NW,
Andover, Minnesota.
Councilmembers present: Mike Knight, Ken Orttel, Julie Trude
Councilmember absent: Don Jacobson
Also present: City Attorney, William Hawkins
City Engineer, Dave Berkowitz
City Finance Director, Jim Dickinson
Community Development Director, Will Neumeister
City Administrator, John Erar
Others
Mayor Gamache asked everyone to take a moment to remember the astronauts that lost their lives
in the space shuttle tragedy.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
RESIDENT FORUM
Dick Snvder - Access off V alley Drive/Traffic Safety - This item is in regard to questions raised at
the last resident forum of the City Council by Mr. Dick Snyder regarding construction of a new
driveway near the intersection of Genie Drive NW and County Road 58 (Valley Drive NW). City
Engineer Berkowitz reviewed the information with the Council regarding the findings.
Kevin Dickison - Andover Youth Hockey Association President explained he could not make it to
the meeting last night but thanked the Council for their time and he stated it was very important to
the Association and he wanted to stress the urgency of their decision on the ice arena component. He
stated they were asking for the serious consideration of their proposal with meaningful discussion on
its merits.
AGENDA APPROVAL
Motion by Orttel, Seconded by Trude, to approve the Agenda. Motion carried unanimously.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
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Minutes - February 4, 2003
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January 15. 2003, Special Meeting: Correct as written.
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Councilmember Trude stated she had a couple of changes to the January 21, 2003 regular meeting
under the topic of Rural Reserve. She stated on page three, the last paragraph should read
"Councilmember Trude stated that when they signed the agreement with the Met Council, there was
not any reference that the one thousand acres designated must all be buildable all the land ffi\lGt be
bllildable and that is the reason they picked those areas. She thought they were going beyond what
they negotiated to designate more than the one thousand acres."
Councilmember Trude had a change on page five, sixth paragraph before the motion. She stated the
sentence should read "Councilmember Trude stated she would like something in writing from the
Met Council affirming statements thev have made to staff about the staging of development in
designated rural reserve areas regardim: this and possibly have a representative from the Met Council
at a meeting to answer questions."
Motion by Trude, Seconded by Knight, approval of Minutes as indicated above. Motion carried 3
ayes, 1 present (Orttel).
CONSENT ITEMS
Item 2 Approval of Payment of Claims
Item 3 Declare Cost/Order Assessment RolV00-43lNatures Run (See Resolution R020-03)
Item 4 Reduce Letter ofCreditlDeveloper's ImprovementslNatures Run
Item 5 Order Plans & Specs/03-3/2003 Crack Sealing/2003 ClP (See Resolution R021-03)
Item 6 Order Plans & Specs/03-4/2003 Seal Coating/20OJ ClP (See Resolution R022-03)
Item 7 Order Plans & Specsl03-612003 Overlays/2003 ClP (See Resolution R023-03)
Item 9 Approve 2003 Recycling Agreement with Anoka County
Item 10 Approve Raffle PermitlMercy-Unity Hospitals
Councilmember Orttel asked if they could discuss Item 8 in further detail before approved. Mayor
Gamache stated they would discuss this as the first item under discussion.
Motion by Trude, Seconded by Orttel, approval of the Consent Agenda as read. Motion carried
unanimously.
ACCEPT FEASIBILITY REPORTI02-47IFOXBURGH CROSSING
Councilmember Orttel asked for additional discussion because it is an issue that the County has just
changed their policy about. He stated the County has finally started charging the developer for
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improvements and he was wondering why Andover was not doing the same. City Engineer
Berkowitz stated Andover Boulevard is a Municipal State Aid Road so any improvements to this
road would be initiated by the City. They looked at this as future increased traffic due to the school
and traffic in general so they would see a benefit into the development to construct a turn lane on Ibis
Street.
Councilmember Orttel stated this should be part of the developer's costs and not part of the City's
costs ifthe turn lane is caused by the development. He stated it is not specific to this subdivision but
rather a general policy issue that should be considered if they have to install turn lanes to service the
development. He stated in the future, they should consider putting this in the development policy.
Mr. Berkowitz stated the turn lane does benefit the development but it also benefits the development
to the north. He stated they could look at options if they did want the developer to pay for the
improvement. They could pay for a percentage of the improvement.
City Administrator Erar stated the policy has been that the development pays for itself. He stated he
will have engineering look into this and evaluate what portion of the turn lane benefits the Foxburgh
Development and what other benefits the turn lane has.
Motion by Orttel, Seconded by Trude to approve Item 8 (Accept Feasibility Reportl02-47/Foxburgh
Crossing). Resolution R024-03. The motion carried unanimously.
PRESENTATION OF STORM WATER UTILITY/99-16 & NPDES PHASE 11/02-31
City Engineer Berkowitz presented the status of the Storm Water Utility creation and discussed the
staff report with the Council.
Mr. Berkowitz stated they will be bringing back fee information, what other cities charge and how
they assess, at a Council Workshop.
CONSIDER RESULTS OF INTERSECTION STUDY/STOP SIGN AT 150TH LANE AND
BLUEBIRD STREET
City Engineer Berkowitz explained this item is in regard to the traffic results at the intersection of
150th Lane NW and Bluebird Street NW.
Mr. Berkowitz reviewed the information with the City Council. He stated this does not meet any of
the criteria for a four way stop.
Mayor Gamache asked how many things under the guidelines a City needs to meet in order to justify
a stop sign. Mr. Berkowitz stated if it meets one criterion, they could get a stop sign.
Councilmember Trude stated because of the median installed, the traffic flow is changing. She
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stated the neighborhood could form a watch for speeding and a neighborhood discussion may do as
much if not more than a stop sign could do. Mr. Berkowitz stated Ms. Lambert talked to a few
neighbors regarding this and no one else was interested in doing this.
Councilmember Orttel asked how long it takes for the traffic to settle down after a traffic control
change is perfonned. Mr. Berkowitz stated he was not sure but they could ask for assistance from
the Sheriffs Department with traffic calming in the area.
Councilmember Trude stated on February 13, from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m., there will be an open house
discussing changes that could occur as the City grows and they upgrade the roads. She stated the
upgrades will include more concrete medians and it would be a good time for people to start thinking
about this and discuss it.
Motion by Orttel, Seconded by Knight, to accept the traffic study that was made of the intersection
and that the intersection does not meet the merits. Motion carried unanimously.
CONSIDER V ARIANCE/17303 ROUND LAKE BOULEVARD
Community Development Director Neumeister explained the Bodes are requesting a variance to the
2.5 acre requirement for keeping a horse on property within the City of Andover. According to Mrs.
Bode, she is very allergic to horses, except for the American Curley breed she owns. The Bodes'
have lost the ability to board this horse on a neighboring property and boarding it with other breeds
of horses would cause a severe allergic reaction to Mrs. Bode. The property in question is 2.178
acres in size.
Mr. Neumeister stated the Planning Commission recommended to the City Council denial ofthe
variance request because no finding could be found for a hardship. Additional research into the
history of this ordinance was requested. The vote was 3 to 2 with one member abstaining and one
absent.
Mr. Neumeister discussed the information from the staff report with the Council.
The City Council discussed the request and talked with the petitioner regarding this. Pictures were
shown of the horse.
City Attorney Hawkins stated he believed the Ordinance needed to be changed.
Motion by Orttel, Seconded by Knight, to approve Item No. 13 (Variance (03-0 I) to keep a horse on
less than 2.5 acres of property located at 17303 Round Lake Boulevard NW for Joerg and Cheryl
Bode), based on the fact that the Ordinance will be amended soon to accommodate this. Resolution
R025-03.
Councilmember Knight asked if the high wire line is located on their property. Mrs. Bode stated
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there is an easement which is included in their acreage.
Councilmember Trude suggested that if they are going to amend the Ordinance, they should give
approval conditional upon the Ordinance being revised to allow for variance based on a different set
of standards. Councilmember Knight stated they could approve it based on previous history.
Motion carried unanimously.
CONSIDER VARIANCE/3595 143RD A VENUE NW
Community Development Director Neumeister stated the applicant is requesting a variance to
accommodate an existing house that is adjacent to Round Lake Boulevard (CSAH 9). Mr.
Neumeister discussed the staff report with the City Council.
The Council discussed where a future garage would be constructed and if they would need another
variance for it in the future.
Councilmember Orttel asked if the road right-of-way would impact more houses in the neighborhood
and would it be appropriate to put a blanket variance on them. Mr. Neumeister stated only three
other houses would be affected by the changes and they are already non-conforming.
More discussion ensued regarding the option of giving a blanket variance for the neighborhood.
Motion by Knight, Seconded by Orttel, to approve the proposed variance subject to the conditions of
the attached resolution. Resolution R026-03. Motion carried unanimously.
ANOKA COUNTY PROPOSED BRA LEGISLATION
City Administrator Erar explained Anoka County is proposing legislation that would transform the
Anoka County Housing and Redevelopment Authority into a Community Development Authority
with economic development powers.
Mr. Erar discussed the budget information with the City Council.
The Council discussed the proposed HRA Legislation and the reasons to oppose it.
Mayor Gamache stated he spoke with Mayor Skogquist of the City of Anoka and they passed a
resolution opposing this. He stated he does not see a benefit to the City because they have an HRA
and EDA and do not often get too many benefits from the County. He stated that when he first heard
about this it was mentioned this was well supported in the County among the other cities.
Motion by Orttel, Seconded by Trude, to have staff develop a resolution in opposition to the
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proposed County HRA Legislation and authorize it to be signed and forwarded as needed to their
representatives. Resolution R027-03. Motion carried unanimously.
RESCHEDULE CONSIDERATION OF COMMUNITY CENTER RFP SELECTION
COMMITTEE
City Administrator Erar stated the Community Center RFP Interview Committee has been meeting to
interview firms who have submitted proposals for architectural and construction management
services. Thirty-nine (39) proposals were received by the City, with 17 £inns being selected for one
hour interviews.
Mr. Erar discussed the information with the City Council.
Motion by Orttel, Seconded by Trude, to reschedule consideration ofthis agenda item for Tuesday,
February 25,2003 at 7:00 p.m. Motion carried unanimously.
SCHEDULE BOARD OF REVIEW
City Administrator Erar stated Anoka County has requested the City schedule the Board of Review.
Motion by Trude, Seconded by Knight, to Schedule a Board of Review on Wednesday, April 2,
2003. Motion carried unanimously.
Finance Director Dickinson stated before the Board of Review the Anoka County Assessor's Office
would like to have a workshop to update the Council on what they have done throughout the year so
the Council will be informed before the Board of Review meeting.
SCHEDULE CITY COUNCIL WORKSHOP
City Administrator Erar stated at the recently held Council workshop of January 15, 2003, the
Council requested that two ofthe discussion items be continued for further review in February
2003. Mr. Erar asked the Council to consider scheduling a Council Workshop the week of
February 23, 2003.
Motion by Orttel, Seconded by Knight, to schedule a Council Workshop for Wednesday,
February 26, 2003 at 6:00 p.m. Motion carried unanimously.
MAYOR/COUNCIL INPUT
(Quad City Television Open House) - Mayor Gamache stated QCTV is going to have an open house
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on Thursday, February 6,2003 at 5:30 p.m.
The City Council recessed at 8:14 p.m. to go into an Executive Session
Motion by Trude, Seconded by Orttel, to adjourn. Motion carried unanimously. The meeting
adjourned at 8:45 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Susan Osbeck, Recording Secretary