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Home My WebLink AboutCC October 16, 2007 ~cvv ltni~ 1\ ....{p -6'7 0 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, October 16, 2007 Call to Order-7:00 p.m. Pledge of Allegiance Resident Forum Agenda Approval 1. Approval of Minutes (9/20/07 Joint Mtg. W/Park Comm; 9/25/07 Workshop; 10/2/07 Regular Meeting) Consent Items 2. Approve Payment of Claims - Finance 3. Declare Cost/Order Assessment RolV07-25 (2756 - 134th Lane NW) & 07-26 (2766 - 134th Lane NW)/SS & WM - Engineering 4. Receive Assessment RolVOrder Public Hearing!07 -2/2007 Overlays - Engineering 5. Terminate Project/07-34/S Y, of Section 24/N Y, of Section 25/Street Lighting - Engineering 6. Approve Compensating Change Order #1/06-22 (Crooked Lake Boat Landing), 07-9 (Terrace Park) & 07- 18 (160th Lane NW Cul-De-Sac) -Engineering 0 7. Approve Final Plat/Hickory Meadows/Andover Boulevard NW - Planning 8. Accept Donation of Trees/L & K Emmerich LLC - Finance 9. Approve Premises Pennit/Lawful Gambling! Andover Huskies Youth Hockey - Clerk 10. Approve Off-Sale Intoxicating Liquor License/Northgate Liquors - Clerk Discussion Items 11. Receive Anoka County Sheriff's Department Monthly Report - Sheriff 12. Special Presentation - Anoka-Hennepin School District Staff Items 13. Schedule EDA Meeting -Administration 14. Schedule November Workshop - Administration 15. Administrator's Report - Administration Mayor/Council Input Closed Session a. Property Purchase Negotiations Update/PIN 22-32-24-43-0005 b. Putnam Appeal of Special Assessment/07-42 c. Union Contract Negotiations Adjournment 0 0 REGULAR ANDOVER CITY COUNCIL MEETING - OCTOBER 16, 2007 MINUTES The Regular Bi-Monthly Meeting of the Andover City Council was called to order by Mayor Mike Gamache, October 16, 2007, 7:00 p.m., at the Andover City Hall, 1685 Crosstown Boulevard NW, Andover, Minnesota. Councilmembers present: Don Jacobson, Mike Knight, Ken Orttel, Julie Trude Councilrnember absent: None Also present: City Attorney, Scott Baumgartner City Administrator, Jim Dickinson Others PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 0 RESIDENT FORUM Mr. Dean Olson - 17132 Round Lake Boulevard, stated he would like to discuss sign issues. Mr. Dickinson indicated this item will be added to the agenda. AGENDA APPROVAL Add Item 12a, (City Sign Code Violation). Remove from Consent Items for discussion Items 7, (Approve Final Plat/Hickory Meadows/Andover Boulevard NW); and Item D under the closed session, (Andover Right-of-Way Plat Discussion with the Highway Department). Motion by Jacobson, Seconded by Knight, to approve the Agenda as amended above. Motion carried unanimously. APPROVAL OF MINUTES September 20, 2007, Joint Meeting with Park Commission: Correct as written. 0 Motion by Jacobson, Seconded by Gamache, approval of Minutes as indicated above. Motion carried unanimously. September 25, 2007, Workshop Meeting: Correct as amended. 0 Regular Andover City Council Meeting Minutes - October 16, 2007 Page 2 Councilmember Trude stated on page six, line 41, she wanted to add a sentence that was said during the discussion but did not make it to the minutes. "She proposed using one million dollars as the threshold for these projects, then smaller maintenance projects would be excluded." Motion by Trude, Seconded by Orttel, approval of Minutes as indicated above. Motion carried 3 ayes, 2 present (Jacobson, Knight). October 2, 2007, Regular Meeting: Correct as amended. Councilmember Jacobson stated on page seven, line 18, the sentence should read "Councilmember Jacobson asked if they had a i'lffil:l road extension". Councilmember Trude stated on page seven, line 30, she asked for an addition of "Ward Lake Road". She also noted on page twelve, line 3 9, the sentence should read "The real point in the listing of improvements is if it is not what the Council thinks...". 0 Councilmember Trude stated on page twelve, line 44, after the word meet should be "and not accumulating the funds that they need to meet all the needs of all the children moving into the homes". Motion by Trude, Seconded by Jacobson, approval of Minutes as indicated above. Motion carried unanimously. CONSENT ITEMS Item 2 Approval of Claims Item 3 Declare Cost/Order Assessment Roll/07-25 (2756 _134th Lane NW) & 07-26 (2766 _134th Lane NW)/SS & WM (Res. R143-07 & RI44-07) Item 4 Receive Assessment Roll/Order Public Hearing/07 -2/2007 Overlays (See Resolution RI45-07) Item 5 T errninate Project/07 - 34/S Half of Section 24/N Half of Section 25/ Street Lighting (Res. RI46-07) Item 6 Approve Compensating Change Order # 1/06-22 (Crooked Lake Boat Landing), 07-9 (Terrace Park) & 07-18 (160th Lane NW Cul-De-Sac) (Res. RI47-07) Item 8 Accept Donation of Trees/L&K Emmerich LLC (Res. RI48-07) Item 9 Approve Premises Permit/Lawful Gambling/Andover Huskies Youth Hockey Item 10 Approve Off-Sale Intoxicating Liquor License/Northgate Liquors 0 Motion by Jacobson, Seconded by Trude, approval of the Consent Agenda as read. Motion carried unanimously. 0 Regular Andover City Council Meeting Minutes - October 16, 2007 Page 3 RECEIVE ANOKA COUNTY SHERIFF DEPARTMENT MONTHLY REPORT Lieutenant Brian Podany, Anoka County Sheriff's Department, provided an update on law enforcement activities occurring within Andover. SPECIAL PRESENTATION -ANOKA-HENNEPIN SCHOOL DISTRICT The Anoka Hennepin School District 11 Board has requested the opportunity to present information to the City Council regarding the upcoming referendum vote. Mr. Tom Heidemann from the Anoka Hennepin School District 11 Board made a presentation to the Council regarding the proposed school levy. Councilmember Knight wondered what has driven the cost of education up. Mr. Heidemann stated their busing is going up around four percent. They are dealing with the same type of issues that the 0 City is dealing with. He stated health care costs are going up, there is also a three percent salary increase, which is an average increase. Beyond that there are other items that are mandated by the State. Mr. Heidemann reviewed the different levy questions with the Council. Councilmember Jacobson asked if they need voter approval for bonding. Mr. Heidemann indicated they do; only the City of Minneapolis can do bonding approval without voter approval. Councilmember Trude stated there is a lot of concern among people in the City because they have the newest growth in the area with children in school. They are seeing a demand in the city for single family homes that have young families and they want to live in an area that has schools and parks and trails. The concern a lot of people have brought to her that she would like him to bring back to the Board members if things do not go well is that the community hopes the school board will look at the growth over ten years. If there are any plans for school closings that they look at the population trends, demands and the facilities, the energy efficiencies of the buildings and the areas that support the levies and not have it turn out that the people that come out and support all these lose the most programs and the most buildings. Mr. Heidemann stated he will return that message but the reality is that the decisions will be made basically on economics. Mayor Gamache asked how much school classrooms would increase if the levy was not passed and what the class size currently is by grade levels. Mr. Heidemann explained to the Council the 0 classroom sizes and what is proposed. Councilmember Trude stated another question she has heard is that physically they cannot imagine that the numbers that they would project of moving from one school to another could happen even if they put forty children in one classroom because there would not be lunchroom, bathroom, hallway or locker space and there would be frre code violations in practically any high school that tried to 0 Regular Andover City Council Meeting Minutes - October 16, 2007 Page 4 accommodate another four or five hundred students and elementary schools would potentially not have it so difficult because they do not have all the mega schools like the high schools. Mr. Heidemann stated these are not easy issues. The spacing they had planned for was based on a certain staffmg ratio that was at the metro average. He stated they are a slightly declining enrollment school district. The number of buildings they have is based on a certain staffing ratio which is based on a certain amount of operating dollars per student when they look at that they will have to go back to class sizes which are the highest in the metro area and crowded lunch rooms and if they have fire code issues they will have to seriously look at other ways to offer education potentially. This could include things like split shifts or have school in the summer. One way or the other they have to provide the education the best they can with the teachers they have. Councilmember Trude stated there is a always a feeling that the river divides the school district in a lot of ways and there is this impression the public has that somehow the facilities on the west side of the river will not be impacted because the river really isolates them. She wondered if the school board has discussed this in terms of if the levy were not to pass. Mr. Heidemann stated they have. They basically were able to move everyone from Hennepin County back across the river when Andover High School was built. He stated this will not be the case anymore. They used to transport 0 kids across the river and they still can do it if needed. All boundary changes will impact everyone. He stated there is one advantage that Anoka Hennepin has for being large which is economics, a disadvantage is they can lose the ability to communicate with parents. Mayor Gamache thanked Mr. Heidemann for coming before them to explain the proposed levy coming up for vote on November 6, 2007. CITY SIGN CODE VIOLATION Mr. Dickinson stated this was brought to his attention on Friday and it relates to a City sign code violation at 17132 Round Lake Boulevard. He reviewed the background with the Council. Councilmember Orttel asked what the sign would be considered. Mr. Dickinson stated it is categorized as a residential identification sign. Councilmember Orttel was not sure if it is a residential identification sign because he thought it was a statement. It does not identity the property, not a political statement, etc. Councilmember Knight thought it could be agricultural because it refers to agricultural conditions. He thought the issue was the size and not the message. Councilmember Orttel was not sure if this sign fit anywhere. 0 Councilmember Jacobson stated they are talking about the size of the sign and Mr. Olson wants something bigger than what staff says it should be. Mr. Olson stated it sounds like that is the only issue. CounciImember Jacobson asked if there is any reason they cannot put whatever they want to say on the sixteen-foot sign. Mr. Olson wondered what determines agricultural. He wondered what was not agricultural about the sign. He stated he could make a smaller sign if the size is the only Issue. 0 Regular Andover City Council Meeting Minutes - October 16, 2007 Page 5 City Attorney Baumgartner stated they would be inclined to drop the issue if it is verified by City staff that the sign was reduced to the acceptable size. APPROVE FINAL PLATIHICKORY MEADOWS/ANDOVER BOULEVARD NW The Council is asked to approve the fmal plat for Hickory Meadows. Councilmember Trude stated they have had a recent discussion with the Park Commission about the shortage of funds to do everything they want to do in the next five to ten years and they talked about paring things down. This is a plat that has one lot set aside for a future park and then the next parcel that is developed will have more land set aside for a park and she wanted to know if the Council was interested in preserving the right to let the plat go through uninterrupted but have the staff go to the developer telling them the City might choose to take park dedication fees rather than land and then that could be replatted with part two as a lot. She stated this is sitting within a quarter of a mile from Prairie Knoll Park and she did not know if they need a smaller C neighborhood park in there. Councilmember Orttel thought all together there were going to be quite a large number of lots, which would probably dictate one small play area even if it is not a completed park. Councilmember Jacobson stated they have to understand that the roads will be very busy and to have kids crossing those roads would be dangerous. Councilmember Trude did not want to interfere with the filing of the plat because she understood the developer wants to get moving forward on it. She asked Mr. Dickinson if there is anything that is doable with this. Mr. Dickinson thought when they come in with the next plat if there is an indication that they can consolidate that with the other plat then at that point it can be dealt with but at this point he thought by doing anything with this lot would notbe consistent with the preliminary and he would not recommend they make any change at this point but they can pass that along to the developer that the Council would entertain that. Motion by Jacobson, Seconded by Orttel, to adopt the attached resolution approving the final plat with conditions. Mayor Gamache stated with the chance that the development to the piece to the west is expanded and has a park that butts up against it they may want to have one centrally located park in the area instead of having a park in every development. Councilmember Trude stated that was the plan. 0 Motion carried unanimously. (Res. RI50-07) SCHEDULE EDA MEETING 0 Regular Andover City Council Meeting Minutes - October 16, 2007 Page 6 Motion by Jacobson, Seconded by Knight, to schedule an EDA meeting on November 20,2007 at 6:00 p.m. Motion carried unanimously. SCHEDULE FEBRUARY WORKSHOP Motion by Trude, Seconded by Knight, to schedule a Council Workshop for November 27,2007 at 6:00 p.m. Motion carried unanimously. ADMINISTRATOR REPORT City Administrator Dickinson updated the Council on the administration and city department activities, meeting reminders, development activities, public improvement projects and miscellaneous activities. 0 .MAYOR/COUNCIL INPUT There was none. The Council recessed at 8:29 p.m. to go into a closed session. The Council reconvened at 9:22 p.m. from the closed session. Motion by Jacobson, Seconded by Orttel, to adjourn. Motion carried unanimously. The meeting adjourned at 9:23 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Susan Osbeck, Recording Secretary 0 0 Regular Andover City Council Meeting Minutes - October 16, 2007 Page 7 REGULAR ANDOVER CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES - OCTOBER 16,2007 TABLE OF CONTENTS PLEDGE OF ALLEGIENCE..................................................................................................... 1 RESIDENT FORUM ................................................................................................................. 1 AGENDA APPROV AL............................................................................................................. 1 APPROVAL OF MINUTES...................................................................................................... 1 CONSENT ITEMS Approve Payment of Claims ................................................................................................ 2 Resolution R143 & 144-07 declaring Cost/Order Assessment Roll/07-25 (2756-134th Lane NW) & 07-26 (2766-134th Lane NW)/SS & WM.................................................................... 2 Resolution R145-07 receiving Assessment Roll/Order Public Hearing/07-02/2007 Overlays ............... ....... ......... ............ ......... ........... ............................ ............................... 2 Resolution R146-07 terminating Project/07 -34/S Half of Section 24/N Half of Section 25/ Street Lighting...... ................ ................. ............... .................... ..... .......... ............. ........... 2 Resolution R147-07 approving Compensating Change Order #1/06-22 (Crooked Lake Boat Landing(, 07-9 (Terrace Park) & 07-18 (1 60th Lane NW Cul-DE-Sac)................. 2 0 Resolution R148-07 accepting Donation of Trees/L&K Emmerich LLC ........................... 2 Resolution R149-07 approving Premises Perrnit/Lawful Gambling/Andover Huskies Youth Hockey...... ............ ............... ........................... .................... ................................. 2 Approve Off-Sale Intoxicating Liquor License/Northgate Liquors ..................................... 2 RECEIVE ANOKA COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT MONTHLY REPORT Received..... .................. ............ .......... ...... ........................ ............ ...... ........ ........ ....... ............ 3 SPECIAL PRESENTATION - ANOKA-HENNEPIN SCHOOL DISTRICT ......................... 3 CITY SIGN CODE VIOLA TION ............................................................................................. 4 APPROVE FINAL PLATIHICKORY MEADOWS/ANDOVER BOULEVARD NW Motion to approve (RI50-07)................................................................................................ 5 SCHEDULE EDA MEETING................................................................................................... 5 SCHEDULE FEBRUARY WORKSHOP ................................................................................. 6 ADMINISTRATOR REPORT .................................................................................................. 6 MAYOR/COUNCIL INPUT ..................................................................................................... 6 ADJOURNMENT......................................................................................................................6 0