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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC September 21, 1976 -' CITY 01 ANDOVER REGULAR CITY COUNCIL 11EETING - SEPTE!'·!BER 21, 1976 HINUTES The Regular Bi-1.pnthly l1eeting of the Andover City COunCillvas called to order by Mayor Richard J. ScJmeider on September 21,1976,7:30 p.m., at the Andover City Hall, 1685 CroSStOI\'I1 Boulevard N.W., Anoka, Mitmesota. Councilpersons present: Ri ther, VanderLaan, Winds chi tl. lIolasek Councilpersons absent: None Also present: City Attomey, William G. Hawkins; City Engineer, D. R. Kasma; Planning & Zoning Chairman, Ken Orttel; City Clerk, Patricia Lindquist; and interested residents. Agenda Ap:1roval mnON by Ri ther. Seconded by 1Ündschit1, to approve the agenda as published IVi th the follol~ing changes: Add: 4c. Acknowledgement of Petiton - 140th Lane Street Improvement, 4d. ¡IUD Floodway Plan., and 4£. Grcen Acres Peition for StOITl SeIVer éL'1d Street Improvement. Delete: 6a. Barnes Rolling Ow's First Addition - Pinal Plant as it is not in a position to be approved and 10. Approval of I·ünutes - September 7, 1976, as they "ere not received until tonight. Carried unanimously. IISAlI - Prairie Road Assessments/iCondemnation Engineer Kasmaexplained that he has discovered that the State "ill not rny the cost of acquiring de right-of-way, but they will issue a check to the land Olffier for the amount agreed Upon for the right-of-1Vay. TI1erefore, this financing will have to COme from other funds. Some counties are using General Fund money and some cities are assessing this to the property owners. I f the property miner would contribute the right-of-way to the City there would be no problem, bU~ fðies anticipate that condemnation process will have to be used in some cases. - '''( ave developed-a policy to charge the cost hack to the property millers. Ar.1ount listed is only a ballpark figure and not the actual amount. Engineer Kasma recommended that we amend our general assessment policy to include the rural roarnvays. For property funding on rural state aid streets there shall be æ1 assessment for any cost not funded according to the current rules and regulations under /.1innesota Statutes. He is recommending furthcr that the Council authorize a public hearing and proceed on this basis for the non-eligible costs and recommends that the hearing be October 19. Engineer Kasma Ifeels the public hearing should be held to explain the whole situation to the residentj of Prairie Road. ~DTION by Rither, Seconded by VanderLaan, that the City Council hold a Public Hearing on the questio~ of assessing the propcrty Olffiers for the non-eligible right-of-way M''', wi'b re¡"" " 'he ",miel,ol SMe Ai' "',romy Prej,e' M "old, """" Md that the Public Hearing be held on October 19, 1976, at 7:30 p.m. at Andover City Hall. Vote: Yes; Sc eider, Rither, VanderLaan, WindscJ1itl - Present; Holasek. 1!otion Carried There l~ere some questions from the floor on how the decision was made to do one half the road projecr at a time and how it Ivas determined which half should be done first. Engineer Kasma xplained the process to the residents. - --I Regular City COilllcil Meeting September 21, 1976 - Minutes Page 2 Public Works Funding Engineer Kasma proesented a Concept Design, which l~as drawn up after the Building Committee Meeting, for a Multi-Purpose Building. Discussion followed on whether or not this building should be called a Fire Station. It was detcrmined that this should not be presented as a Fire Station when the application for funding is submitte~ as the City of Andover may not be in a position to support a Fire Department for some time yet but is in need of a ~laintenance and Hulti-Purpose City Building. Engineer Kasma reviewed the application that must be completed and sent in for this Federal funding. " ~OTION by Winds chit 1 , Second~bY VanderLaan, that we approve the concept of the garage. community service buildin~as presented by TKDA and that we authorize the expenditure of up to $1,000 for tht' preparation of the Site Plan, required documents, and cost estimates by TKDA. Councllperson VanderLaan requested that the maker of the motion use ,the title of Public Works/Community Service Building. This was satis- factory with Councilperson Windschitl and he suggested that the $1,000 come from the contingency fund. Carried unanimously. I Councilperson lIolasek proposed that the next Building Committee lfeeting should be held septembert5, 1976 at 7:30 p.m. in Andover City Hall. Acknowledgemen of Petition - 140th Lane Street Improvement lOTION by Ri th~r, Seconded by Holasek, that we adopt a Resoltuion acknm,rledging the Petition receiVed from residents of North\~oods Addition regarding proposed Street and storm seweJ construction and that this petition be placed on file. Carried unanimously. l-IUD Floodway Plan Engineer Kasma ~xnlained the lITID Flooch~ay Plan and how it would pertain to the City of Andover. Fl odway line has to be established for the City. Cost will not exceed $800. Public h~arings, etc. will be necessary to establish new zoning along the river. This WTl establish possible need for flood insurance for residents in that area. mrrœ¡ by V~d'~~' Se~dod by Rit"", th", ''', City COMcil ""lbodre TKDA to prepare the flo ch~ay limit lines as required by the USGS at a cost not to exceed $800. Carried animously. Grem, at 9:20 p.m. Senior Citizens Assessment Deferral Attorney llawkin explained the program, revimved the attached sheets of cost figures, and told hmv th s has been handled in other cities. To determine what affect this would have on t le City of Andover the nubmer of senior citizens involved will have to be secured, pos ib1y from Ule County, and possibly utilizing services of the Fiscal Agcnt. Regular City Council ~Ieeting September 21, 1976 - ~tinutes Page 3 , ~OTION by Irindschitl, Seconded by VanderLaan, that the Clerk obtain the information trom the County offices as to the numbers of senior citizens in the urban area and also inquire of our Fiscal Agent whether he Ivould be willing to provide us any services as far as doing some projections or some of the calculations that Ivou1d be required. Carried unanimously. Attorney Hawkins informcd the City Council that a La1v was passed this past session that gives the municipalities authority to defer on unplatted land also. Green Acres - Petition This petition is for concrete curb and gutter rather than the bituminous bfrm as originally contracted for. Engineer Kasma explained that the contractor can still complete this project this fall with Concrete Curb and Gutter if 1~e can let them know immediately. Prices would go up again next spring if we wait. He reviewed increased costs for the concrete curb and gutter. There is some question as to l~hether this can be accomplished by Change Order. This IvÍll be checkcd by Engineer Kasma and reported at thc Public Hearing. ~(:'$lJ . (P'l ~0 I ~OTION by 1Vindschitl, Seconded by Schnedier, that we hold a Public Hearing for concrete curb and gutter in thc Green Acres Addition, to be held October 5, 1976, at 7:35 p.m. at Andovcr City Hall. Carried unanimously. Unit sewer assJssment charges were reviewed again by Engineer Kasma. I L .. Amendment - Ordinance 8A lOTION by Vande~Laan, Seconded by lIolasek, for adoption of Ordinance 8B as recommendcd by the Platmin~and Zoning Commission August 27, 1976, to revise Ordinance 8 - Zoning Rcgulations, S scction 404, Lot Provisions A, Change the IvOrd "or" to "and" and that also Ordin~cc A be changed, Subsection 302, Definition, Item c, Agricultural Use Rural, Change tpe first line: "to an area of 5 or more continuous acres"; and to Amend Item d, Definition: Agricultural Use Urban, Change the first line to read; "an area of lest than 5 continuous acrcs. Carried unanimously. City Parks/Alcololic Bcvcrages City Council re~iewed the recommendation from the Park Recreation Commission. It was felt after þome discussion that it would be very difficult to interpret excessive use of alcohol .~ the parks and Attorney Ha1~kins feels that the Disorderly Conduct Statute and oth r Ordinances could hc used if it was felt necessary. Councilperson Rither feels th t it should bc shown in the record that after discussion on the part of the City Council and conferring l~ith the City Attorney, it has beendbtermined that outside of comp ete prohibition of consU 1tion of liquor in our parks, we at the present time ha e sufficient controls to govern the conduct which is being addressed by the Park/Rcc eation Commission, within thc limitations of the State Law, unless they would want to make a recommcndation at some future datc that we do not allmc liquor at all. Regular City Council Heetin(! September 21, 1976 - ~linutes Page 4 Date/Budget Meeting: ~OTION by VanderLaan, Seconded by Irindschit1, that the City Council meet to discuss the budget on Tuesday, October 12, 1976, at 7:30 p.m. at Andover City Hall. Carried unanimously Public Works Vehicle After discussion it was felt that the recomnendation for a station \v::t:,;on for a second vc1Ücle would be the best type vehicle to buy. ¡IJTIO:~ by Ri ther, Seconded by VanderLaan, to direct the Staff to obtain quotes on a stationway type vehicle, intermediate size, to be used for the City of Andover and that they obtain the lowest possible price within the limitations set I>y State Law and that they return to the City Council with a proposal for our action. Carried unanimously. . Payr.¡ent of Claims ~ raTION by Ri ther, Seconded by 1'Iindschi tl, to approve payment of claims from the General Fund, Checks :10. 842 thru 878 and 879 thru 900 in the amount of $24,492.32; from Improvement Fund 75-1, Checks No. 149 and 150 in the amount of $81),055.11; and from Improvement Account No. 1976, Checks No. 118 thru 122, in the amount of $34,333.88. Carried unanimously. ¡,OTION by RithJr, Seconded by Windschitl for adjournment of meeting. ~!ecting adjouded at 10:55 p.m. 7Jl I //tJ~ Marilyn K. webs~er Recording Secre ary j.11L~ -r- 0' f ' t- ..)' .,r- o ,.¡ , ~.J :' :J¡ i .