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CITY OF SHOREWOOD
REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING
MONDAY, MAY 9, 1983
COUNCIL CHAMBERS
5755COUNTRY CLUB ROAD
SHOREWOOD, MN 7:30 PM
M I NUT E S
CALL TO ORDER:
The regular meeting of the Shorewood City Council was called to
order by Mayor Rascop at 7:30 PM, Monday, May 9, 1983, in the
Council Chambers.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND PRAYER:
The meeting opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and a prayer.
ROLL CALL:
Present: Mayor Rascop, Councilmembers Leonardo, Haugen,
Stover and Shaw.
Staff: Attorney Larson, Engineer Norton, Planner
Nielsen, Administrator Uhrhammer and Clerk
Kennelly.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES:
April 25, 1983 - Regular Council Minutes - Moved by Leonardo,
seconded by Shaw, to approve the minutes as corrected. Motion
carried.
April 21, 1983 - Board of Review - Moved by Haugen, seconded
by Shaw, to approve the minutes as written. Motion carried.
MATTERS FROM THE FLOOR:
Minnewashta Church - Gary Reid was present to ask the Council
if they had determined whether they were willing to help
restore the church parking lot because of the use of it by the
Cathcart Park users. Council needed further information from
the staff before they could make a determination.
Drainage Problem - Glen Ames of 6145 Apple Road was present to
request the repair of a road culvert in his area. Superintendent
Zdrazil will check on this and report back to the Council with
what is needed to correct this problem.
SUBURBAN RATE AUTHORITY:
Haugen reported on the Suburban Rate Authority meeting of April 20,
1983.
They reviewed various subjects:
1) Uniform Gas Franchise
2) Project costs in 1983 Budget for MWCC
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3) CSO Task Force
4) MWCC Conference
5) MCCC Charges shown on sewer billing
6) Funding SRA activities
7:45 - PUBLIC HEARING: FAYFIELD-6005 CHRISTMAS LAKE ROAD
RESOLUTION NO. 33-83
Garage square footage variance-
Mr. Fayfield was present to request the construction of a garage
attached to his house. He currently has a garage/barn a long
distance from his residence. Public portion of the hearing was
closed at 7:50 with no comments made.
Leonardo moved, seconded by Stover, to grant the variance as
requested. Motion carried unanimously by Roll Call vote.
(5 ayes)
REVIEW OF FALSE ALARM ORDINANCE:
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Council reviewed a sample Ordinance requested by the police and
fire department. Ordinance provides for a permit required by
anyone who has had 3 false alarms, fee to go to the City.
Council will review again after a complete copy of the Ordinance
can be obtained.
8:00 - PUBLIC HEARING: REZONING - SHOREWOOD CONDOMINIUMS
Request to rezone from R-2 and C-3 to a P.U.D. located at
5620 County Road #19.
Mr. Scott Harri of Schoell & Madsen representing Mr. Adrian
Johnson of Tingewood, Inc. in a proposal to rezone to P.U.D.
to construct a 39 unit condominium to be built on the site
locateu at 5620 County Road #19, and to retain the S.E.
corner for commercial use of the existing home for office space.
The Council reviewed the proposed plans for location, drainage,
entrance, unit size and affect on neighboring properties.
Mr. Joseph Finley, representing Mr. James Borchart of 5580
County Road #19, was present to express objections to the density
and location of this proposed condominium. He also felt that
this could create additional drainage problems and a de-valu-
ation of Mr. Borchart's property.
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Concerns were also expressed by Donald Peterson of 3200
Interlachen Court, Bob Gagne of 24575 Glen Road, Woody Love of
Lake Fellowship Church, Ed Bergslein of 24785 Smithtown Road.
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tit These concerns were addressed by the Council and City Engineer.
Council will vote on this proposal at the May 23rd Council
meeting. Haugen urged the developers to consider an alteration
of the building location and driveway. Council would also like
a report from them on the cost effect of a reduction of units
to 33.
8:30 PM - PUBLIC HEARING - FLOYD LARSON - 26420 OAK RIDGE CIRCLE
Public Hearing was opened at 9:15 PM to hear a variance request
from Mr. Larson to build an additional garage in excess of a
3 car garage space.
Council received public comment in opposition from Frank Kelly
representing Lee Laramie of 26370 Oak Ridge Circle. He also
reminded the Council of the new state statue adopted placing
greater restrictions on the granting of variances and he requested
the application be turned down. Jim Reuter of 26320 Oak Ridge
Circle presented a petition signed by 17 affected residents in
opposition to the proposed garage. Mayor Rascop also read a
letter from George Wilson and Theodore Noble stating their
opposition.
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Mr. Larson presented an earlier petition with 5 signatures in
approval. (4 of the signatures appear on the other petition)
Shaw moved, seconded by Leonardo, to direct the Attorney to draw
a Resolution of Denial and submit to Council on May 23rd for
acceptance. Motion carried unanimously by Roll Call vote.
SIMPLE DIVISION-SCHERBING
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RESOLUTION NO. 34-83
Mr. Duane Scherbing was present to request a simple division of
his property along the balance of the originally platted lines
of Lots 11 & 12 Block 1 Minnetonka Hills 2nd Addition.
Haugen moved, seconded by Leonardo, to approve the division as
requested subject to payment of any additionalcharges or fees.
Motion carried unanimously by Roll Call vote.
SIMPLE SUBDIVISION-DE MALIGNON-5935 COUNTRY CLUB ROAD
Mr. De l~alignon presented a request for simple division of
Lot 29, Auditors Subdivision #133 into 2 parcels.
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Haugen moved approval of the division as requested. Mr.
De Malignon then requested a variation of this request but was
not sure where he wanted the division line located. Haugen
withdrew motion and asked Mr. DeMalignon to return with his
final request with an attached drawing, at a special meeting
on May 12th at 5:00 PM.
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SIGN APPROVAL - SULLIVAN CENTER - 24000 STATE HIGHWAY #7
Brad Nielsen presented a request for the Sullivan Center for
one free standing sign to list all building tenants and a
second sign on the building naming the building. Rascop
questioned the location of the free standing sign.
Rascop moved, seconded by Leonardo, to approve the sign permit
with the location of the sign to approved by the building
inspector. Motion carried unanimously.
ADMINSTRATIVE REPORTS
Request for CDBG Funds Year IX RESOLUTION NO. 35-83
Administrator Uhrhammer presented a Resolution from the
County to accept the City and include us in the Year IX
Urban Hennepin County Community Development Block Grant
Funding.
Haugen moved, seconded by Shaw, to adopt the Resolution as
presented. Motion carried unanimously by Roll Call vote.
Request to hire temporary Road Department Help
Uhrhammer explained the need to hire a temporary employee
for the road department because of the absence of one employee
now on Workmens Compensation.
Rascop moved, seconded by Haugen, to approve the temporary
hiring of an additional person.
MAYOR'S REPORT:
Shade Tree Program Resolution
Mayor Rascop read a Resolution from the state requesting the
cities to continue the Shade Tree Program in their City.
Haugen moved, seconded by Leonardo, to write a letter not
accepting the Resolution and explaining that the Program is
too large a burden on the City tax payers. Motion carried.
COUNCIL REPORTS:
Light Rail Advisory Comittee
Haugen reported on the hiring of a consulting company to
review various proposed routes, cost effect, and environ-
mental impact on improving the rail line.
Levy Limit Relief Bill
Haugen explained a proposed bill allowing a one-time relief
to the levy limitation law to enable cities in financial
shortages to generate revenue. Is the Council in support of
this bill? Council urged Haugen to continue lobbying in
support of this bill.
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APPROVAL OF CLAIMS AND ADJOURNMENT
Stover moved, seconded by Leonardo, to approve claims for
payment followed by adjournment at 10:40 PM. Motion carried
unanimously.
General Fund - [Account #00166] Checks 27087 - 27152
Liquor Fund - [Account #00174] Checks 9994 - 1055
$227,739.27
$ 41,191. 46
Respectfully Submitted
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Sandra L. Kennelly, Clerk
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