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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC July 2,2002 CITY OF ANDOVER 1685 CROSSTOWN BOULEVARD N.W.. ANDOVER, MINNESOTA 55304. (763) 755-5100 FAX (763) 755-8923. WWW.CI.ANDOVER.MN.US Regular City Council Meeting - July 2, 2002 Call to order-7:00 PM Resident Forum Agenda Approval 1. Approval of Minutes (6/18/02 Reg. CC Mtg.) (6/18/02 Budget Workshop) 2. Plaque Presentation!Ray Sowada Consent Items 3. Approve Payment of Claims - Finance 4. Approve Transfers to the Water Treatment Facility Fund - Finance 5. Approve Transfers to Close 1997 A & B Improvement Bonds Capital Projects Funds - Finance 6. Declare CosVOrder Assessment RoI1/00-39/Chesterton Commons North 2nd Addition (Carry Over)- Engineering 7. Reduce Escrows/Developer's Improvementsffhe Meadows of Round Lake - Engineering 8. Approve Quotes/02-1 7/Pavement Markings - Engineering 9. Approve Change Order #1 (Compensating)/98-IIAlJay Street Landscaping - Engineering 10. Award Bid/99-8/Well #8 - Engineering 11. Consider Rezoning/Neighborhood Business to Single Family Urban· Planning 12. Consider Special Use Pennit for Temporary Classrooms/3037 Bunker Lake Blvd - Planning 13. Consider Lot SplitJRound Lake Boulevard and 161" Ave NW - Planning 14. Consider Comprehensive Plan AmendmentIWoodland Estates 2nd Addition - Planning 15. Appointment RecommendationlPublic Works - Administration 16. Adopt 2003 Council Budget Policy - Administration 17. Acknowledge Retirement ResignationlPublic Works Department Employee - Administration Discussion Items 18. Consider Ordinance 212 Amendment Change/Rename Commercial Boulevard NW - Engineering StaffItems 19. Consider NPDES Pennitting Process/LMC Guide Plan - Administration 20. Set Ground-Breaking Ceremony/99-15/Water Treatment Plant - Engineering 21. Schedule Special Council Meeting - Andover High School Facility Tour -Administration Mayor/Council 22. Zoning Restrictions Research (Supplemental) - Community Development Adjournment .. CITY of ANDOVER REGULAR ANDOVER CITY COUNCIL MEETING - JULY 2,1002 MINUTES The Regular Bi-Monthly Meeting of the Andover City Council was called to order by Mayor Mike Gamache, July 2, 2002, 7:00 p.m., at the Andover City Hall, 1685 Crosstown Boulevard NW, Andover, Minnesota. Councilmembers present: Don Jacobson, Mike Knight, and Ken Orttel Councilmember absent; Julie Trude Also present: City Attorney, William Hawkins Assistant City Engineer, Todd Haas Community Development Director, Will Neumeister City Administrator, John Erar Assistant Finance Director, Lee Brezinka Others RESIDENT FORUM Mr. Richard Wagner - 1735 148th Lane, stated he understood the Council is working on an ordinance for garages. His recommendation is to base the garage on the lot size. If someone has a small lot, they can only build a small garage and the bigger the lot, the larger the garage. He stated the Ordinance should base the size of the garage on a percentage ofthe total lot such as 15 percent. He suggested they stay within the 10 to 15 feet percent and this would clean up the look of the neighborhoods. AGENDA APPROVAL Remove fÌom Consent to Discussion Item 13 (Consider Lot SplitJRound Lake Boulevard and 181 sl Avenue NW). MOTION by Knight, Seconded by Orttel, to approve the Agenda as amended above. Motion carried unanimously. APPROVAL OF MINUTES June 18, 2002, Regular Meeting: Correct as written. June 18,2002, Budget Workshop: Correct as written. -- Regular Andover City Council Meeting Minutes - July 2, 2002 Page 2 MOTION by Jacobson, Seconded by Knight, approval ofthe minutes as indicated. Motion carried unanimously. PLAQUE PRESENTATION/RAY SOWADA Mayor Gamache made a presentation to Ray Sowada for 24 years service to the City of Andover. Frank Stone expressed his appreciation of the years working with Mr. Sowada and told the Council Mr. Sowada would be missed. Mr. Sowada thanked the Council and Mayor for the plaque and stated he appreciated the time he spent at the City of Andover. CONSENT ITEMS Item 3 Approve Payment of Claims Item 4 Approve Transfers to the Water Treatment Facility Fund Item 5 Approve Transfers to Close 1997 A & B Improvement Bonds Capital Projects Funds Item 6 Declare Cost/Order Assessment RoI1l00-39/Chesterton Commons North 2nd Addition (Carry Over) (See Resolution RI04-02) Item 7 Reduce EscrowslDeveloper's Improvements/The Meadows of Round Lake Item S Approve Quotes/02-17/Pavement Markings Item 9 Approve Change Order #1 (Compensating)/9S-lINJay Street Landscaping (See Resolution RI05-02) Item 10 Award Bid/99-S/Well #S (See Resolution R106-02) Item 11 Consider RezoninglNeighborhood Business to Single Family Urban (See Ordinance No. SMMMMMM) Item 12 Consider Special Use Permit for Temporary Classrooms/3037 Bunker Lake Boulevard (See Resolution RI07-02) Item 14 Consider Comprehensive Plan AmendmentIWoodland Estates 2nd Addition (See Resolution RI0S-02) Item 15 Appointment RecommendationlPublic Works Item 16 Adopt 2003 Council Budget Policy Item 17 Acknowledge Retirement ResignationlPublic Works Department Employee MOTION by Jacobson, Seconded by Knight, approval of the Consent Agenda as read. Motion carried unanimously. CONSIDER LOT SPLIT/ROUND LAKE BOULEVARD AND 181sT A VENUE NW Mr. Neumeister stated the property owner is seeking approval of a proposal to divide the subject property into two single-family rural residential lots. An existing house on the southern half of the property will remain and one new lot will be created. - .- Regular Andover City Council Meeting Minutes - July 2, 2002 Page 3 Councilmember Jacobson stated there was one statement in Mr. Meyer's letter that did not seem correct. "The amount of irnpervious surface area of land zoned at 2.5 acres is close to SO percent according to studies." Mr. Haas stated there would be additional runoff, but it would not be . eighty percent. He stated they had curve numbers they work with and the runoff would be pretty minimal. Mr. Neumeister showed a map of the proposed lot split with the four different borings and explained the four sites to the Council. Mr. Haas stated the Building Department would use this in their design of the septic system. Mayor Gamache asked Mr. Meyer ifhe had seen anything in the boring information that came to his attention. Mr. Meyer stated the percolation rate has a point one to five minutes per inch and in a number of areas that is borderline acceptable for drain fields. He stated the water is going to travel through the sandy soil in a couple of minutes and would feed into the water table and the wetland around the area and will start to decrease the value ofthe wetland property, which is his property. He stated the eighty percent level was looking at a study of two and a half acre lots. Mr. Meyers stated his concern is by di viding that lot and adding a septic system they would be doubling the amount of nutrients that would feed into the marsh and affect it. There are only four houses on the watershed of the property and the house currently being built would make it five. Adding a sixth house would add to the stress of the land. Mayor Gamache asked ifhe owned the land directly east of the property. Mr. Meyer stated he did. He also stated there is a wide variety of different species on this wetland and if the land became too stressed, the wildlife would start to disappear. Mayor Gamache asked Mr. Haas if the Coon Creek Watershed would be able to look at this after the lot split. Mr. Haas stated they would not because it is in a different watershed district and also because it is only a two-lot split; ifit was three, the watershed district could look at it. Councilmember Knight asked how much goes into the ground before it gets to the wetlands and ifthere is a factor in determining this. Mr. Haas stated they could figure infiltration rates. He stated there are techniques to buffer the runoff, such as a wetland buffer strip. James Szykulski, 18015 Round Lake Boulevard, stated on the perc test they only needed to go down so far as required. As far as the runoff, he bought lots because he liked the wetland and everyone farms around there and would put off twice as much run off as a normal yard would. He stated it was all high land with a natural drain in between them and that was from the road. He stated he did not know what more runoff he would create except for the septic system. He stated he did all his homework on the land and it meets all the requirements. Councilmember Knight asked Mr. Meyer if he was getting agricultural fertilizer runoff. Mr. Meyer stated he did not and there was one person who ran a pumpkin patch and he did not think he fertilized. Regular Andover City Council Meeting Minutes - July 2, 2002 Page 4 MOTJONby Jacobson, Seconded by Orttel, to Approve Item 13 (Consider Lot Split/Round Lake Boulevard and 181" Avenue NW). Motion carried unanimously. (Resolution RI09-02) CONSIDER ORDINANCE 212 AMENDMENT CHANGE/RENAME COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD NW Mr. Haas explained this item was in regard to amending Ordinance 212, ChanginglRenaming Street Names in the City of Andover for Commercial Boulevard NW to Station Parkway NW between Crosstown Boulevard NW and Hanson Boulevard NW. MOTION by Jacobson, Seconded by Knight, to approve Item 18 (Consider Ordinance 212 Amendment Change/Rename Commercial Boulevard NW). Motion carried unanimously. Councilmember Jacobson stated he wanted the public to know they had over thirty names that they needed to pick from. CONSIDER NPDES PERMITTING PROCESS/LMC GUIDE PLAN Mr. Erar explained Federal law requires the City to submit a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Phase II permit application and implement a Storm Water Pollution Prevention Program (SWPPP). The permit application will be due March 10,2003. It should be pointed out that this federal requirement is an unfunded mandate on city government. Mr. Erar stated the NPDES Phase II permit application requires the City to submit an application addressing the effects of storm water runoff on the natural environment. The League ofMN Cities (LMC) is offering cities to participate in a group effort to develop a standardized Guide Plan. The cost of participating in the Guide Plan is $5,000 per city, along with administrative and technical staff time. The funding for this effort is available through the City's General Fund contingency. The recommendation to the Council is to approve the City's contribution of$5,000 to the League ofMN Cities. Councilmember Jacobson asked if there will be additional expenses. Mr. Erar stated the $5,000 is only for participation and there will be costs for staff time and implementation costs. Mr. Haas stated this would be an ongoing program and every year the City would be responsible to inform the public of storm water pollution prevention. Councilmember Orttel stated that when he read the League letter, it states the $5,000 would accomplish half ofwhat it is going to take. Mr. Erar stated the $5,000 is only for the development of the guide plan that the City would use in completing the application. There is still the follow through and implementation of the Phase II permit requirements and the implementation of a stonn water pollution prevention program. This would be an annual or bi-annual effort and there are reporting requirements the City would need to address each year. He stated as a result, the cost of storm water management is being looked at as a separate utility. Regular Andover City Council Meeting Minutes - July 2, 2002 Page 5 MOTION by Jacobson, Seconded by Knight, to approve Item 19 (Consider NPDES Permitting Process/LMC Guide Plan) up to $5,000. Motion carried unanimously. CU!\Ú teiu;! ".e. q'trnc~me~ber Jacobson stated this is another unfunded government mandate and'questioned how 1'1 (p- ó >- yotI ~ay ~~ a ~ad idea to stop pollution but the cost to do this is unimaginable and there ought to be an easier way to do this. He stated he does not like the way this is being done. He stated he did not think Congress should just pass cost along to everyone else. Mayor Gamache stated this came from a 1972 Clean Water Act and it is being put into place in 2002. SET GROUND-BREAKING CEREMONY/99-15/WATER TREATMENT PLANT Mr. Erickson explained Rice Lake Contracting would begin construction of the water treatment plant on Monday, July 8, 2002. To acknowledge and memorialize this significant improvement for the community, a groundbreaking ceremony is recommended. MOTIONby Jacobson, Seconded by Knight, to Schedule a Groundbreaking Ceremony for Monday, July 8, 2002 at 9:00 a.m. at the Water Treatment Plant. Motion carried unanimously. SCHEDULE SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING-ANDO VER HIGH SCHOOL FACILITY TOUR Mr. Erar stated the City Council had expressed interest in touring the new Andover High School facility. The date of August 5, 2002 at 6:00 p.m. was selected to allow both the School Board and City Council with the opportunity to tour this new facility. Mayor Gamache asked when information regarding National Night Out activities would go out. Mr. Neumeister stated Ms. Landes has been working on some programs to formulate a block party and register it with her. She is waiting for the forms back to set the parties so members of the Council and staff could attend the parties. Mr. Erar stated the information would be on the July 16,2002 agenda. MOTION by Jacobson, Seconded by Knight, to Schedule a Special City Council Meeting for August 5, 2002 at 6:00 p.m. to tour the Andover High School Facility. Motion carried unanimously. MA YOR/COUNCIL INPUT (Zoning Restrictions Research (Supplemental) - Community Development) - Mr. Neumeister stated this item was introducing the City's Ordinance 102 on regulating composting. The Ordinance sets out guidelines for compo sting on residential property. If the City wants to regulate a commercial Regular Andover City Council Meeting Minutes - July 2, 2002 Page 6 composting site, the Ordinance is a little short of what it needs to be. Staff recommends some additional sections be added to section 703 of the City's Zoning Ordinance under the section "Uses Excluded in the City of Andover". Mr. Neumeister listed items to be excluded. He stated they would also like the Council to consider adding a definition as to what a compost site should be so that it is a little bit tighter and would give them the regulatory controls they need to prevent composting facilities from starting up in the City. MOTION by Orttel, Seconded by Jacobson, to direct staff to prepare the Zoning Ordinance Amendments. Motion carried unanimously. Councilmember Jacobson noted what ¡hey were talking about is a commercial compo sting facility and asked ifthis would be technically commercial because it is run by the County. He thought they might want to cover that contingency. Mr. Erar stated they could modify this to not only include commercial but also institutional or governmental facilities. Councilmember Jacobson stated the size should also be included. He would not like to stop the residents from compo sting on their property. Mr. Neumeister stated he would take this into account and bring it back to the Council in August. Mayor Gamache stated he wanted a point of clarification. If the compost site would be moved, and they would set up sites for residents to bring their compost and move it to transfer stations, are they restricting this also. Mr. Neumeister stated he had not explored it but he would check into this. (Email Regarding the Train Whistle) - Councilmember Jacobson stated he received an email from a resident regarding the train whistles and he did email the resident back letting him know this problem would be looked into by the Council. He stated he also brought this up to Mr. Erar to look into and see what could be done in regards to this. Mr. Erar stated he had already addressed several issues raised about the noise by the railroad and this is a very difficult, challenging issue and very difficult to implement because of the cost. He stated the railroad could disregard those items. (Fun Fest) - Mayor Gamache thanked the staff for all the work they did at the Fun Fest this year. (Community Church Event) - Mayor Gamache stated that three churches got together at City Hall this past weekend for an event and next year they were hoping to get a few more churches involved so they could have this at the new Andover football field. Motion by Jacobson, Seconded by Knight, to adjourn. Motion carried unanimously. The meeting adjourned at 8:30 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Susan Osbeck, Recording Secretary - Regular Andover City Council Meeting Minutes - July 2, 2002 Page 7 REGULAR ANDOVER CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES - JULY 1,1002 TABLE OF CONTENTS RESIDENT FORUM ................................................................................................................. 1 AGENDA APPROV AL............................................................................................................. 1 APPROVAL OF MlNUTES...................................................................................................... 1 PLAQUE PRESENT A TIONIRA Y SOW ADA .........................................................................2 CONSENT ITEMS Approve Payment of Claims.... .... ........ ... ... ..... ... ..... ..... .... ............. '" .................. .............. ..... 2 Approve Transfers to the Water Treatment Facility Fund .................................................... 2 Approve Transfers to Close 1997 A & B Improvement Bond Capital Projects Funds ........ 2 Resolution R104-02 Declare Cost/Order Assessment Roll/00-39/Chesterton Commons North 2nd Addition (Carry Over).....................................................................................2 Reduce EscrowslDeveloper's Improvements/ The Meadows of Round Lake..................... 2 Approve Quotes/02-l7/Pavement Markings... ...... ......... .............. ............ ...... ... ................... 2 Resolution Rl 05-02 approving Change Order #1 (Compensating)/98-l1/Jay Street Landscaping..... ................... .... ... ...... ...... .... ............... ...... ........ ......... ............ ..... ......... ..... 2 Award Bid/99-S/Well #S (Resolution 106-02) .................................................................... 2 Consider RezoninglNeighborhood Business to Single Family Urban Ordinance No. SMMMMMM................................................................................... ......2 Resolution RI07-02 Consider Special Use Permit for Temporary Classrooms/3037 Bunker Lake Boulevard ..................................................................................................2 Resolution Rl OS-02 Consider Comprehensive Plan Amendment/W oodland Estates 2nd Addition......... ........... .., ........ ..... ... ....... ........... .... ............... ... .......... ........ .... ........... ..... 2 Appointment RecornmendationlPublic Works .... ..... ..... ........ ... ... .... ......... ... ..... ....... ....... ..... 2 Adopt 2003 Council Budget Policy .....................................................................................2 Acknowledge Retirement ResignationlPublic Works Department Employee..................... 2 CONSIDER LOT SPLITIROUND LAKE BOULEVARD AND ISl ST A VENUE NW .... ......3 Resolution Rl 09-02 to Adopt ......................................................................................... ......4 CONSIDER ORDINANCE 212 AMENDMENT CHANGEIRENAME COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD NW ........................................................................................................ ......4 Motion to Approve Ordinance 212C .................................................................................... 4 CONSIDER NPDES PERMITTING PROCESSILMC GUIDE PLAN .....................".."... ...... 5 Motion to Approve. ......................... ... ..... ...... ....... .... ..... .......... ...... ... ... .... ... ..... .......... ...... ...... 5 SET GROUND-BREAKING CEREMONY/99-15/WATER TREATMENT PLANT Motion to approve.................. ........ .... ....... .... ....... .... ..... ......." .......... ....... ..... '" ... ............. ...... 5 SCHEDULE SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING - ANDOVER HIGH SCHOOL F ACILITY TOUR.............................................."........................""......................."...... ...... 5 Motion to approve............ ". ... ......... ...... .....".. ..... ..... ..... ............ .... ... ............... ... .".... ...... ...... 5 Regular Andover City Council Meeting Minutes - July 2, 2002 Page 8 Regular Andover City Council Meeting Minutes - December 18, 2001 Table of Contents Pageii MAYOR/COUNCIL INPUT Zoning Restrictions Research (Supplemental).. ... .................... ........................... ...... ...... ...... 5 Motion to Approve. ............... ..... .... ......... ......... ........ ............... .... ........... ... ........ .... ...... ..... 6 E-mail regarding the Train Whistle ......................................................................................6 Fun Fest.. ...... ... ........... ... ............ .... .... ... ........ ...... ....... ... ........................ .............. ................... 6 Community Church Event........ ......... ... ........... ....... .......... ....... ... ..... ... .............. ..... ... ...... ...... 6 ADJOURNMENT................................................................................................................ ......6 -