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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC May 4, 2004 ~ ()J2.J F (JJYlQJ~ 5- \ 'is' -ö<f C I T Y 0 NDOVE 1685 CROSSTOWN BOULEVARD N.W. . ANDOVER, MINNESOTA 55304 . (763) 755-5100 FAX (763) 755·8923 . WWW.CI.ANDOVER.MN.US Regular City Council Meeting - Tuesday, May 4, 2004 Call to Order - 7:00 p.m. Pledge of Allegiance Resident Forum Agenda Approval 1. Approval of Minutes (3/30/04 Special Meeting; 4/19/04 Board of Review; 4/20/04 Regular; 4/20/04 Executive Session) Consent Items 2. Approve Payment of Claims - Finance 3. Award Bid/04-2/2004 Overlays - Engineering 4. Approve Encroachment Agreementl04-26/2150 - I 50th Lane NW - Engineering 5. Receive 2003 ACD Annual Water Quality & Quantity Condition Report - Engineering 6. Update of2004 Anoka County Highway Construction Projects - Engineering 7. Approve Sod Quotes/03-llPrairie Knoll Park - Engineering 8. Consider Application to Conduct Excluded Bingo/Andover Fun Fest - Clerk Discussion Items 9. Present 2003 City Audit - Finance 10. Authorize Bid Package 3 Awards/Community Center Project -Administration II. Approve Community Center YMCA Sublease Agreement - Administration 12. Consider Residential Sketch Plan/Whispering Acres/I 40th Lane - Planning 13. Consider Residential Sketch PlanlMiller's Woods - Planning 14. Consider Resolution Authorizing Administrative Approvals/Lot Box Encroachments - Planning Staff Item 15. Schedule EDA Meeting-Planning 16. Schedule Council Workshop - Finance 17. Reschedule Council Goal-Setting Workshop - Finance lB. Appoint Interim Administrator - Administration Mayor/Council Input Adjournment , REGULAR ANDOVER CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES - MAY 4,2004 TABLE OF CONTENTS PLEDGE OF ALLEGIENCE ............................................................,.........,....,..".,...................1 RESIDENT FORUM..................................................................................................................1 AGENDA APPROV AL ...........,.......................,.........................................................................3 APPROVAL OF MINUTES,............................,.,.................................................,.....".......,......3 CONSENT ITEMS Approve Payment of Claims ......................... ........................................................................4 Resolution R83-04 awarding Bid/04-2/2004 Overlays ........................................................4 Approve Encroachment AgreementJ04-26/2I50 - I 50th Lane NW .....................................4 Receive 2003 ACD Annual Water Quality & Quantity Condition Report...........................4 Update of2004 Anoka County Highway Construction Projects ..........................................4 Approve Sod Quotes/03-I/Prairie Knoll Park ......................................................................4 Consider Application to Conduct Excluded Bingol Andover Fun Fest.................................4 PRESENT 2003 CITY AUDIT Received ..................................................................................................... ...........................4 AUTHORIZE BID PACKAGE 3 A W ARDS/COMMUNITY CENTER PROJECT Motion to approve (Res. R084-04)........................................................................................5 CONSIDER RESIDENTIAL SKETCH PLANIWHISPERING ACRES/I40 TH LANE ............6 CONSIDER RESIDENTIAL SKETCH PLANIMILLER'S WOODS .......................................6 APPROVE COMMUNITY CENTER YMCA SUBLEASE AGREEMENT Motion to approve.....................................................................................................,............8 CONSIDER RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING ADMINISTRATIVE APPROV ALS/LOT BOX ENCROACHMENTS Motion to approve (Res. R08S-04)........................................................................................9 SCHEDULE EDA MEETING AND COUNCIL WORKSHOP.......................................,........9 RESCHEDULE COUNCIL GOAL-SETTING WORKSHOP ..................................................10 APPOINT INTERIM ADMINISTRATOR ................................................................................1 0 PARTICIPATION IN ANOKA COUNTY CDBG REQUALIFICATION ...............................11 MAYOR/COUNCIL INPUT EDA Executive Director Appointment..........................................................,....,..................11 Community Center Groundbreaking Ceremony....................................................................II Tax Abatement with the County ................................,....................................................,......11 ADJOURNMENT .........,........,.........,........,...........,....................................................................12 ~ -. .. - CITY o F NDOVE REGUlAR ANDOVER CITY COUNCIL MEETING - MAY 4,2004 MINUTES The Regular Bi-MonthJy Meeting of the Andover City Council was called to order by Mayor Mike Gamache, Tuesday, May 4, 2004, 7:02 p.m., at the Andover City Hall, 1685 Crosstown Boulevard NW, Andover, Minnesota. Councilmembers present: Don Jacobson, Mike Knight, Ken Orttel, Julie Trude Councilmember absent: None Also present: City Attorney, William Hawkins Fire Chief, Dan Winkel· City Engineer, Dave Berkowitz City Finance Director, Jim Dickinson Community Development Director, Will Neumeister Others PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE RESIDENT FORUM Mr, Steve Gompertz- 15098 Yellow Pine Street, stated he was at the meeting to ask some questions about the previous meeting. He wants to believe the elected officials are professional and understand their role as public servants and would be forthcoming with information. He wanted to know why it was the correct decision to fIre the Administrator, why this was good use of the taxpayers' money at a time when money is hard to come by, and what is the plan going forward. Councilmember Trude stated these are legal matters and thought the City Attorney would be the best person to handle this. City Attorney Hawkins stated they are dealing with these matters; the meeting was closed because the statute says that whenever the Council is evaluating the performance of someone under its supervision, they close the meeting un1ess the individual wants it open. The law requires when you enter into an agreement with an employee the financial terms are public but a lot of the information is considered private or confidential and cannot be released because it involves employees. Mr, Gompertz stated the open meeting law requires the city to provide a summary; he wanted to know what the conditions were. City Attorney Hawkins stated the conclusions of the City Council were to adopt the separation agreement but the details can not be disclosed. Councilmember Trude stated there are private matters involved and Mr. Erar is the on1y person who can release personal data. Mayor Gamache stated he did not agree it was the right thing to do and did not believe this was a Regular Andover City Council Meeting Minutes - May 4, 2004 Page 2 good use of the taxpayers' money. Mr, Gompertz asked if the interim administrator gets paid the same as the administrator. City Attorney Hawkins stated this will be up to the City Council when they make the appointment. Mr. Gompertz asked if this would be an existing employee. Mr. Dickinson stated there are a few options the City Council has. The first is to leave the position vacant for six months; the second is to leave the position vacant for a few months and use some of the budget reserves and the third option would be at the option of the Council to appoint an interim Administrator and he would come back with a financial plan on how this is done. Mr. Gompertz felt the three CounciImembers who voted on this have a terrible lack ofIeadership and terrible respect to their constituents and he felt what was just discussed was not sufficient information and he felt there was nothing leading up to this decision. He wondered what changed in that amount of time since the last performance review was done. All he could assume was that there was something the three Council members do not want the residents to know. Councilmember Knight asked what performance review he was talking about. Mr. Gompertz stated it was dated 2002. Mr. Robert V olk - 1560B Eagle Street, attended the last City Council meeting and was appalled at how this was handled from the time the Mayor and Councilmember Orttel stepped down. He stated it was less than thirty seconds after they stepped down that a decision was made and the meeting was adjourned. There were several people in the audience wanting to ask questions and the three Councilmember's left the building. Councilmember Jacobson stated in the absence of the Mayor and Acting Mayor, he made the motion, there was a second to the motion, they voted on it and it was carried. There was no other business on the agenda so he asked to adjourn the meeting and that was the end of it. He stated no one during the meeting suggested they wanted to say anything. It was on1y after the meeting was adjourned that someone said they had some questions but they already adjourned the meeting. Mr. V olk asked why at the meeting tonight, they opened the meeting with a resident forum but at the last meeting, no one said anything and no one brought up the resident forum. He stated that they closed the meeting so fast that no one could ask questions and it seemed to him like they were hiding something, He stated that there is an election coming up and he is going to use all of his resources and time to make sure the opposing candidate gets his help because he does not think they served Andover at all. Councilmember Jacobson stated the reason why he is not saying anything is that Mr. Erar basically asked prior to the meeting that the separation be amicable and he wants to keep it that way. Article number 9 of the separation agreement states that they cannot say anything and the City Attorney has addressed why the Council should not say anything because of the State Data Practices Act. Mr, V olk asked if this could have been said last week as opposed to just getting up and walking out. Councilmember Jacobson stated if someone would have mentioned something prior to adjournment, they would not have left so quickly but they had to leave for another meeting, He understood the Mayor and Councilmember Orttel stayed to answer some questions. Mr. V olk stated they were very -..-- . - Regular Andover City Council Meeting Minutes - May 4, 2004 Page 3 gracious and kind but the three people he wanted to talk to left the meeting. Councilmember Trude stated ifhe would have been at the meeting since the beginning there was an explanation about what the meeting was about and how it would be conducted, She explained the process on how meetings are held. Councilmember Ortlel stated he needed to speak up about what Councilmember Jacobson stated regarding the meeting. He stated when he went out into the audience, he turned around and he could see what was happening and he has never seen a meeting where they did not ask for discussion before they voted and he wanted questions answered and they already adjourned. Councilmember Knight stated one of the things he said at the closed session was that he told Mr. Erar he would not talk about this and they agreed and they have not discussed this. Ms. Beth Gamache, 2850 134th Avenue NW, stated the Council needs to listen to the residents. She wanted them to look at the past several years and all of the positive movement forward that has been done and she thought this was the worst possible time they could have made this decision. She stated the idea of public servitude is lost on them. The decision they made is not for the Community but for their own needs and control and she stated she will not vote for them again. Mr. John Ward, 15266 Tulip Street N.W., stated he was at the last meeting when the three Council members expounded and he was disgusted with the way the three Council members ran the meeting. He stated that shortly before all of this was done, he believed Mr. Erar was assessed as an exemplary City employee. Mayor Gamache stated the performance reviews are private but his personal review was that his performance was great. Mr. Winslow Holasek, 1159 Andover Boulevard, stated he has known the members of Council for many years and he does not question the integrity of any of them. These are people of integrity and everybody is entitled to their opinion but the Council must have done what they did for a reason. Councilmember Orttel stated he did not know what the reason was for Mr. Erar's dismissal. Mayor Gamache concurred. AGENDA APPROVAL Councilmember Jacobson asked if they could move Item 11 after Item 12 and 13. Motion by Trude, Seconded by Knight, to approve the Agenda as amended above. Motion carried unanimously, APPROVAL OF MINUTES March 30, 2004, Special Meeting: Correct as written. April 19, 2004, Board of Review Meeting: Correct as written. - -. .. . -. Regular Andover City Council Meeting Minutes - May 4, 2004 Page 4 April 20, 2004, Regular Meeting: Correct as written. April 20, 2004, Executive Session: Postponed. Motion by Trude, Seconded by Knight, approval of Minutes of March 30, 2004 as written. Motion carried unanimòusly. Motion by Trude, Seconded by Jacobson, approval of Minutes of April 19, 2004 as written. Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Jacobson, Seconded by Knight, approval of Minutes of April 20, 2004 as written. Motion carried unanimously, Councilmember Orttel stated on page 9, paragraph two of the April 20, 2004 Executive Session, he thought the minutes would be released and he hoped everyone in the City will read them. Councilmember Trude thought the changes should be presented in a written form because they are not open and she did not bring hers. City Attorney Hawkins stated Councilmernber Orttel should submit the changes in writing because this was a closed session and by law they are only supposed to release the summary of the conclusions. Mayor Gamache stated these minutes will be corrected and distributed to the City Council for approval at the next meeting. CONSENT ITEMS Item 2 Approval of Claims Item 3 Award Bid/04-2/2004 Overlays (See Resolution R083-04) Item 4 Approve Encroachment Agreement/04-26/2I50 -I 50th Lane NW Item 5 Receive 2003 ACD Annual Water Quality & Quantity Condition Report Item 6 Update of 2004 Anoka County Highway Construction Projects Item 7 Approve Sod Quotes/03-I/Prairie Knoll Park Item 8 Consider Application to Conduct Excluded Bingo/Andover Fun Fest Motion by Jacobson, Seconded by Trude, approval of the Consent Agenda as read. Motion carried unanimously. PRESENT 2003 CITY AUDIT Finance Director Dickinson introduced Mr. Mark Gibbs, CPA, with HLB Tautges Redpath, who made a presentation to the City Council related to the City of Andover Comprehensive Annual Financial Report as of December 31, 2003 and the corresponding Management Report. Mayor Gamache stated regarding the fund balance and trying to get it up to fifty percent he wondered -. . . Regular Andover City Council Meeting Minutes - May 4, 2004 Page 5 if Mr. Gibbs could bring that information to the Auditor's office and Taxpayers League office to let them know why cities actually shoot for that and that they are not just trying to hoard money to show a bigger balance in their fund. Mr. Gibbs stated they actually have through recommendations of Management Reports and all the letters do go to the State Auditors office. There is a misconception about hoarding money but it is actually the city trying to spend operations for six months. Councilmember Knight asked what Mr. Gibbs considers to be too high on budget reserve. He asked what the range a city should have. Mr. Gibbs stated generally fifty percent is what is required to be designated, Councilmember Trude thought the administrative staff suggested they have thirty-three percent fund balance because of the large amount of money they hold from bonds. Mr. Gibbs stated this is true but the reason they use fifty percent is because of the fact they have to run the City for six months before they receive money from different areas. Councilmember Ortte1 stated the largest percentage of their budget is from fiscal disparities. There has been a fairly heavy assault to change this in some fashion. He asked if other cities in this situation, pre-fund some of these items. Mr, Gibbs explained what other cities have done and what could be done. Councilmember Jacobson asked regarding the fmding on the unclaimed property in uncashed checks over three years, why have they not followed up on this. Mr. Dickinson stated they will start sending out notices to residents who have not cashed their checks before they send the money to the State. AUTHORIZE BID PACKAGE 3 AWARDs/COMMUNITY CENTER PROJECT Finance Director Dickinson explained on April 20, 2004, the City Council awarded a majority of Bid Package #3 sub-categories. It was indicated that additional sub-categories contained within Bid Package #3 would be advanced to the City Council on May 4, 2004 for award. Motion by Knight, Seconded by Trude, to approve the attached resolution as presented. (Res. R084- 04) Councilmember Jacobson asked with these additions, are they still within budget. Mr. Dickinson stated they are within the budget the City Council established. Councilmember Orttel asked if these were ever taken out of the original bid package. Mr. Dickinson stated they awarded some of the bid items in package three but not all of the items and those items will be brought back to the Council for approval. Motion carried unanimously. Regular Andover City Council Meeting Minutes - May 4, 2004 Page 6 CONSIDER RESIDENTIAL SKETCH PLANIWH/SPERING ACRES/140m LANE Community Development Director Neumeister stated The City Council is asked to review the sketch plan for Whispering Acres (formerly known as the Blomberg property). The applicant has proposed to subdivide the vacant 1.2-acre rural residential lot into three urban residential lots. The property will need to be rezoned from R-I, Single Family Rural Residential to R-4, Single Family Urban Residential, at the time the Preliminary Plat is approved. Mayor Gamache stated it is his understanding that the Coon Creek Watershed District has not yet given their approval. Mr. Berkowitz stated the Watershed has reviewed this to the point where they do not see any reason to deny it. The Council discussed the pipe going through the wetland and the potential for flooding. Ms. Pam Capp, 798 I4Ist Avenue NW, stated one of the things they found the researching this is that the pipe should have been longer to begin with. She stated there also needs to be some work done on the intake pipe because one of the engineers told her that if this were done today, it would have to be done differently. She stated sediment has been occurring in one area and corrective action needs to be taken and maintained by the City, which has not happened yet. Going forward this would have to be done to make sure none of the properties flood. What this proposal has done is shown some of the things that should have been done years ago and is giving them a fairly inexpensive way of ins tailing some very expensive problems down the line. Councilmember Knight asked if the mitigation has been approved by the District. Mr. Berkowitz stated at this point, a formal approval will occur at the Preliminary Plat stage but their look at this has found that the replacement is basically one-to-one and does meet the requirements. CONSIDER RESIDENTIAL SKETCH PLANIMILLER'S WOODS Community Development Director Neumeister explained the City Council is asked to review a residential sketch plan for Miller's Woods, a Planned Unit Development (P.U.D.) on 43-acres located along Crosstown Boulevard between 1 57th A venue and 161 st Avenue. Councilmember Trude stated she would prefer that if there were a few lots that required the seven- foot variance, they stay with the ten. The one thing she would be aftaid of if they did the P.U.D. instead of the single-family requirements would be sodding of the yard, two trees per yard, should look at some kind of a tree planting so it looks like the new neighborhoods with their tree planting requirements. She was concerned that if they have their own park, would there still be some payment of park dedication because of the impacts on the existing park and is that neighborhood going to be for association residents on1y. Mr, Neumeister thought the developer was willing to comply with all the City standards. Councilmember Jacobson stated the outlot conservation agreement is being proposed for Outlot C. Regular Andover City Council Meeting Minutes - May 4, 2004 Page 7 Would there be a separate agreement also applied to the lots in Block three. He wondered on the Community Park and Pool, when would this be built, and who would maintain it and would the developer expect a credit for the park dedication for putting it in or not. Councilmember Trude and Jacobson thought the overall plan was good, Mr. Gary Laurent, Laurent Land Development Company, stated the seven foot setback is not necessarily only to provide setbacks on the lots where they have narrower widths but it is to provide setbacks on any lots, By moving the house one way or another, they could save trees on the lots. They would sod the front and sides of all yards and his request would be they do the equivalent of two trees in the front yards of each lot. He would like to save trees where possible. He would also like to do a variety of plantings. Mr. Laurent stated there would be different house designs that would be compatible next to each other. Regarding the park and pool, their goal would be to construct this in the first phase and the homeowners association will maintain this in a strict fashion. lIe has not come forth with a specific proposal regarding the park dedication fee. Councilmember Knight asked who takes care of the liability of the pool. City Attorney Hawkins stated this would be the association responsibility. Discussion ensued in regard to the park, pool, park dedication fees and buffering. Councilmember Jacobson asked about the sewer capacity in this development. Mr. Berkowitz discussed the sewer study and what has been suggested so far to the developer. Mr. Pat Sprague, 525 1 59th A venue, explained he lived in the home where they want to put the road through and there are fifteen homes in the their neighborhood right now. They paid the assessments for the roads a few years ago and he did not want to have to pay assessments again. He was concerned with additional traffic and congestion in the area. The Council discussed the proposed road and the option of having a speed study done and possibly changing the speed limit in the area. Mr. Andy Herring, 15883 Ilex Street, stated he values Fire Chief Winkel's opinion but it seems like they have to be able to look at alternatives, He moved to the City for the purpose of not having traffic and he would like the City to explore some other options. Fire Chief Winkel stated he has always recommended two ways to get in and out of a development, not only for fire access but for police, emergency vehicles and plowing. Ninety-nine percent of the fue calls from the new fue station will access Crosstown, not the surrounding neighborhood, Councilmember Knight asked Mr. Laurent how long it will be before he expands east. Mr. Laurent stated it would be two years. They will be building this development in phases, Regular Andover City Council Meeting Minutes - May 4, 2004 Page 8 Councilmember Orttel stated there is some benefit to having continuity but there is a trade off with safety. Mayor Gamache thought the developer had a really good loop in the development to allow access into and out of the development. Ms. Jackie Lipski, 629 I 57th Avenue N.W., wanted to thank Mr. Laurent forlistening to the residents in the area and taking their suggestions into consideration. She wanted to thank the Council for working together with the residents and the developer to look at this as a learning experience on how to help other developments. APPROVE COMMUNITY CENTER YMCA SUBLEASE AGREEMENT Finance Director Dickinson explained YMCA representatives and City staffhave met to discuss the series of comments raised at the April 20, 2004 Council meeting. Changes to the sublease agreement have been communicated to City Attorney Hawkins. Mayor Gamache asked what the question of subordination was in regard to. Mr. Dickinson explained what this item was about. Councilmember Jacobson wondered what the right of fust refusal to purchase was in regard to. Mr, Tom LaSalle stated if the City defaulted on payment of the building, the YMCA would have the right to purchase the building. Councilmember Knight asked if the no competition agreement precludes the City from ever having a City recreation program. Mr. LaSalle stated they would have the right to have recreation programs. Councilmember Knight asked if they farm out the concession, if reviewed after two years do they have to agree to keep the vendor or to get rid of them. Mr, LaSalle stated the City owns fifty-one percent of this and the intent of the contract is the two should work together to have a common goal. The City Council recessed at 9:49 p.m. The City Council reconvened at 9:54 p.m. Councilmember Jacobson asked for clarification regarding the base rent. Mr. Dickinson explained the base rent item in the contract. Motion by Knight, Seconded by Trude, to accept the Sub-Lease Agreement and Subordination Agreement with the YMCA as presented. Councilmember Jacobson asked if the YMCA board looked at the changes and were they satisfied. .. -, Regular Andover City Council Meeting Minutes - May 4, 2004 Page 9 Mr, LaSalle stated he is scheduled to accept them at the ground breaking. Motion carried unanimously, CONSIDER RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING ADMINISTRATIVE APPROVALSILOT BOX ENCROACHMENTS Community Development Director Neumeister explained this item is intended to facilitate the construction of standard home improvement projects such as decks and porches in planned unit developments approved before 200 I. Some of these developments did not provide sufficient space for these improvements. Motion by Trude, Seconded by Orttel, to approve the attached resolution. (Res. R085-04) Councilmembcr Jacobson stated when he read this, he understood the request came from someone who wanted to put on a deck or porch. He wondered what type of deck this is because in the resolution it says improvements all the way through. It does not just include decks and porches. Councilmember Orttel stated the association would have to approve this. Motion carried unanimously. SCHEDULE EDA MEETING AND COUNCIL WORKSHOP Finance Director Dickinson stated the EDA reviewed the Andover Station North RFP's on April 19th and indicated that they would like to meet in the near future to discuss them further. Staff suggests that the May 25, 2004 Council Workshop be combined with this needed EDA meeting, since it appears that there are very few items to be discussed at the Council Workshop. Motion by Trude, Seconded by Jacobson, to schedule an EDA meeting for Tuesday, May 25,2004 at 6:00 p.m., with the Council Workshop immediately following. Motion carried unanimously, RESCHEDULE COUNCIL GOAL-SETTING WORKSHOP Finance Director Dickinson stated at the April 20, 2004 City Council meeting the Council scheduled a "2004-05 Goal-Setting Workshop" for May 13,2004 at 6:30 p.m. and requested that all Department Heads participate in the workshop, Mr. Dickinson stated he has discussed the date with all the Department Heads at a recent Management Team meeting and discovered that a majority of the Department Heads are scheduled to be out of the office on May 13,2004. Mr. Dickinson stated the City Council is requested to reschedule the "2004-05 Goal-Setting Workshop" to another date or combine the topic with another workshop meeting. .~ -, Regular Andover City Council Meeting Minutes - May 4, 2004 Page 10 Motion by Jacobson, to reschedule the "2004-05 Goal-Setting Workshop" to Tuesday, June 22, 2004, Motion failed for lack of second. Motion by Trude, Seconded by Orttel, to reschedule the "2004-05 Goal-Setting Workshop" to Tuesday, June 8, 2004 at 6:00 p.m with Department Heads. Motion carried unanimously, APPOINT INTERIM ADMINISTRATOR It was noted that with Mr. Erar's departure from the City effective April 30, 2004, the City Council will need to appoint an interim administrator to lead, coordinate, supervise and manage the organizational affairs of City government. Motion by Trude, Seconded by Jacobson, to appoint Finance Director Jim Dickinson as the Interim City Administrator until such time as the Council appoints a permanent replacement. Councilmember Trude asked if Mr. Dickinson is willing to accept the appointment. Mr. Dickinson stated he would in the interim. Councilmember Orttel stated because of extended hours, he thought there would be some compensation adjustment. Councilmember Trude stated she would be willing to accept that but she did not know how much. Mr. Dickinson stated they could bring that information back to the next Council meeting. He stated he had a planned vacation and will be gone for a couple of weeks. He stated he would also like flexibility on the remaining vacation time he has to carry over so he will not lose any at year end. Motion carried unanimously. Councilmember Jacobson asked if the HR Department could come back to them no later than the next City Council meeting with a recommendation on how to begin to search for a new City Administrator and whether it is through a firm or through contacts or through an ad. Councilmember Orttel did not think they know what they are going to do yet and the Council needs to make some decisions. PARTICIPATION IN ANOKA COUNTY CDBG REQUALIFlCATION Community Development Director Neumeister explained the letter from the County indicates that the City could opt out of the Anoka County CDBG and HOME programs; however doing so would mean the City is not eligible for CDBG funds through Anoka County through fiscal year 2005, and possibly not until July 1, 2008. Councilmember Trude asked if they had enough population if they did pullout, in a couple of years would they be eligible for ~to ~a year. Mr. Dickinson stated there is no advantage, 'O.;?so 000 -\u .~ 3:X> CeO ~ '5 -I'i; -òc\ I - -. Regular Andover City Council Meeting Minutes - May 4, 2004 Page II Councilmember Orttel thought they should remain in the program. MA YOR/COUNCIL INPUT (EDA Executive Director Appointment) - Mayor Gamache stated along with having Mr. Dickinson the interim City Administrator, they would need an interim EDA Director and he wondered how they would appoint this. City Attorney Hawkins thought the Administrator is Director of the EDA by operation of the by-laws so un1ess the City Council wanted to make a change or if Mr. Dickinson wanted to designate someone, Mr, Dickinson would become the EDA Executive Director also. Mr. Dickinson stated he would not have a problem with Mr. Neumeister accepting the position of ED A Executive Director. Councilmember Trude preferred this remain in the active administrator role. (Community Center Groundbreaking Ceremon)ft -Mr. Dickinson reminded the City Council of the groundbreaking of the Community Center. (Fax Abatement with the County) Mayor Gamache stated at one of their meetings they had a discussion regarding moving the abatement plan to one of their Public Works meetings. Mr. Berkowitz stated the next Public Works Committee Meeting is May 17,2004 and it is crucial Mr. Dickinson is involved in this process but he will be out of the office on May 17, 2004, Councilmember Orttel stated he did not know if anything was going to change but they will probably ask what other contributions there are to this project. Mr. Dickinson stated some discussion was brought up regarding market value and they do have more market value to work with. He stated they will rerun the numbers to find out what the available abatement dollars are and once this is done, they will have a good plan put together, Motion by Orttel, Seconded by Jacobson, to adjourn. Motion carried unanimously. The meeting adjourned at 10:32 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Susan Osbeck, Recording Secretary