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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSP February 17, 2000 ~, 6-!o-OD CITY of ANDOVER peeial City Council Meeting - February 17, 2000- Minutes A Special Meeting of the Andover City Council was called to order by Mayor McKelvey at 7:00 PM, Thursday, February 17, 2000 at the Andover City Hall, 1685 Crosstown Boulevard NW, Andover, Minnesota. Councilmembers Present: Knight, Johnson, Orttel, Jacobson Councilmembers Absent: None Also Present: Richard Fursman, City Administrator Dave Carlberg, Community Development Director John Hinzman, City Planner Scott Erickson, City Engineer SCHOOL SITE ISSUES Mayor McKelvey explained that the school district has said that the site on the Eveland property is the number one site of the school district staff. They also said that the elementary school would be located on the same site. The city will know in the next day or two if it's the choice of the school board. The only thing that would hold it up would be the Metropolitan Council, The council met with Metropolitan Council representatives and they agreed to what the city has in mind. They are requiring us to have some apartment houses in the city whether or not the school is located here. They said that they could have the sewer expansion approved by the Metropolitan Council by March 8th. Mayor McKelvey then noted that he has nothing to gain personally by the school being built in Andover as he doesn't own any property within the proposed site. Because the site isn't large enough the city will work with the school district on sharing the fields at Sunshine Park, saving the school district approximately $400,000 for the construction of fields. We have also been asked by the school district if we can construct a road from Crosstown Boulevard to Round Lake Boulevard. Mr. Carlberg stated that the City Council is going to have to deal with the state aid road to Round Lake Boulevard. As far as the Met Council is concerned, the Eveland site is the best. The Comprehensive Plan amendment can be done under our current plan. Councilmember Ortiel asked if the apartment buildings would be on our new plan. Mr. Carlberg noted they would; however, they are requesting a letter stating that we will do this. Councilmember Ortiel questioned whether the proposed state aid street would include the Erickson property, Mr. Carlberg noted it would. Mr. Ortiel asked how the city is going to handle the Agricultural Preserve designation currently on the Eveland property. Mayor McKelvey stated that the school district could condemn the property to have it removed from Agricultural Preserve. Special City Council Meeting - February 17, 2000 Minutes - Page 2 Councilmember Ortlel asked at what point the residents and council would get a picture of the two schools and how they would be laid out. Mayor McKelvey explained that Dick Nybeck noted they haven't drawn any plans yet. Within a couple of weeks they will have a plan drawn up. They have decided to go with the "H" design and it will be a two story building. Councilmember Knight explained that the public should be aware that the city has looked at the state aid road in the past but we have been told that there is a lot of peat and the construction would cost millions of dollars. Mayor McKelvey noted that the school district is not saying that we have to build the road as a condition of the site but asked if we would build it to alleviate some of the traffic. COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ISSUES Mr, Carlberg stated that over the next ten years there will be 2900 housing units built in the city with 2610 of those units being built in the Metropolitan Urban Service Area. We are seeing a decline in the number of houses being built in the rural area (only about 10%). Ninety percent of the 2610 units (2349) would be owner occupied and 10% (261) would need to be rental. We are required to have 40 percent of the ownership units affordable, meaning that they would have to be less than $134,000 in value. 940 units need to be affordable. Thirty five percent of the rental units would need to be affordable rental units (91 units). This would be a two bedroom apartment renting at $715.00 per month, Life-cycle housing would need to be at 15%. This would be 392 attached multi-family units. Regarding density, we would need to be at 2.3 units per acre, which we are close to now. The Metropolitan Council also wants us to have 8 multifamily units per acre. If the city uses these numbers, 110 acres would need to be utilized over the next ten years for higher density development. Mr. Carlberg reminded Council that these numbers are what staff came up with. When we talk about these goals with Met Council, we don't have to meet them but we have to make an effort to achieve them. Councilmember Jacobson asked what categories would be negotiable. Mr. Carlberg stated that there would be no negotiating affordability; multifamily units may be negotiable; and the rest are probably not negotiable. He stated that this is the first step in trying to get things resolved. Mayor McKelvey thought that the Met Council representatives felt that our Friday meeting was the negotiations. Mr. Carlberg noted that when staff talked with the housing people, we tried to get affordability down as low as possible. Council member Ortlel felt that we have to do something very quickly to get the school built. He asked if the percentages or the numbers are more important. Mr. Carlberg thought the most important was the percentages. -- -~ Special City Council Meeting - February 17, 2000 Minutes - Page 3 (Comprehensive Plan Issues, Cont.) Councilmember Knight explained that the Metropolitan Council is pushing hard for suburbs to build high density housing, We have restricted this because we have a lot of peat land that cannot be built on and we don't have light rail or mass transit available. Councilmember Ortlel noted that we have a good mix of housing stock. Met Council told us on Friday that they don't care what we have today; it's what we do in the future. They will not allow more than 20 rental units in one area. They are looking for 40% of our single family homes to be affordable. He didn't know what they expect the city to do to make these houses affordable. He noted that he is very worried about the next set of regulations. Under state law every city has to develop a Comprehensive Plan, Up until a couple of years ago we did that. A few years ago the legislature passed a law that says they have final approval on that plan. We prepared our plan and submitted it to the Metropolitan Council and it was rejected because we don't have enough rental units. What they said was that they are in charge of zoning. Mr. Ortlel stated that the Metropolitan Council is in control. Councilmember Jacobson stated that we want the school in Andover and we have to send a letter to Met Council stating that we are willing to negotiate. Met Council noted that if they get that letter, they would get the sewer to the school site. Councilmember Ortlel felt that we are going to have to stop our growth and that we should require contract developments on our multiple family projects. Councilmember Jacobson suggested that for the first meeting with the Metropolitan Council we should discuss only two issues and not try to take everything at one time. MOTION by Jacobson, seconded by Ortlel to authorize the Mayor to sign a letter of jn~ '3 _(.,' 00 the Metropolitan Council that in exchange for sewer expansion for school site-#6~the-Council agrees to meet to negotiate in good faith with Met Council regarding the outstanding issues of the Comprehensive Plan and that Met Council will assist the city in removing the Agricultural Preserve designation from school site #1. Motion carried unanimously. (Recess - 8:20; Reconvene 8;32) AUTHORIZE TEST WELUWELL #8/99-8 MOTION by Ortlel, seconded by Knight to authorize the drilling of one additional test well for exploratory drilling for municipal well #8 subject to the developer's consent. Motion carried. - -- , ~, - Special City Council Meeting - February 17, 2000 Minutes - Page 4 Jerry Windschitl, the developer, noted that the city has his consent to drill the well. AWARD BID/JA Y STREET This item was tabled until after the EDA meeting. APPROVE AUTHORlZA TfON TO SOLICIT NAMES FOR COON CREEK WA TERSHED DISTRICT IN THE CITY NEWSLETTER. MOTION by Knight, seconded by Johnson to authorize staff to advertise in the city newsletter for a person to serve on the Coon Creek Watershed District Board. Motion carried unanimously. It was suggested that staff contact Jeff Knoll, the current representative, to ask if he is interested in being reappointed. MOTION by Knight, seconded by Jacobson to recess for an EDA meeting. Motion carried. (8:37 pm) The City Council meeting reconvened at 9:40 PM. AWARD BID/JAY STREET MOTION by Jacobson, seconded by Johnson to award the bid to Hoffman & McNamara Company in the amount of $303,465.00 for the improvement of Project 98-11A, Jay Street Landscaping.(R O"~'-DO) Motion carried unanimously. MOTION by Jacobson, seconded by Johnson to adjourn. Motion carried unanimously. Meeting adjourned at 9:46 pm. Respectfully submitted, U' ()ff Vicki Volk Acting Recording Secretary ,- - , ..