Loading...
081186 CC Reg Min CITY OF SHOREWOOD REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MONDAY, AUGUST 11, 1986 COUNCIL CHAMBERS 5755 COUNTRY CLUB RO~ 7:30 PM . MINUTES CALL TO ORDER The regular meeting of the Shorewood City Coun~il was called to order at 7:30 PM August 11, 1986 in the Council Chambers, by Mayor Rascop. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND PRAYER Mayor Rascop opened the Council Meeting with the Pledge of Alle- giance and 'a Prayer. ROLL CALL Present: Mayor Rascop, Council Members Haugen, Shaw, Stover and Gagne. Staff: Attorney Forberg, Engineer Norton, Administrator Vogt and Clerk Kennelly. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Shaw moved, seconded by Haugen, to approve the minutes of the regular Council Meeting of July 28, 1986 as corrected. Motion . carried - 5 ayes. MATTERS FROM THE FLOOR COMPLAINT ON VARIANCE PROCEDURES Mr. Dennis Jabs-20915 Radisson Inn Road Mr. Jabs questions the fees charged for the variance and CUP pro- cess. He indicated that he was replacing a handicap ramp with a large deck when the building inspector stQpped construction be~ cause no permit had been appilied for. He was then told he also needed a CUP and variance and the fees required for that. He feels the fees are unfair because his neighbor did not have to pay those kind of fees. Rascop directed the Staff to obtain additional information and get back to Mr. Jabs. ROAD REPAIR CLARIFICATION A member of the audience asked the amount of funds that were planned to be spent and what roads would be repaired this year. . Rascop responded that the City will be spending approximately $300,000 on the Vine Hill Road overlay road replacement from Boulder Bridge Drive to Hbwards Point Road and 5 miles of seal- coating. -1- . . . COUNCIL MEETING AUGUST 11, 1986 page two CONSENT AGENDA EMPLOYEE RELATIONSHIP POLICY APPROVAL Stover moved, seconded by Haugen, to accept the revised employee policy. Motion carried - 5 ayes. PLANNING COMMISSION REPORT Stover referred to the minutes of the Planning Commission of August 5, 1986 submitted in this Council packet. PARK COMMISSION REPORT Shaw reported on the Park Commission discussion to have the bad fill removed from the football field and replace with good fill. He reported that Mr. Jurgens had verbally submitted his resig- nation from the Park Commission. Haugen moved, seconded by Shaw, to not accept his resignation until a clarification as to his reason of resignation. Motion carried, Shaw will discuss with Mr. Jurgens. SETBACK VARIANCE-4695 Lagoon Drive Mike McDonald of 4695 Lagoon Drive variance and a 2' lakeshore setback of the lot. RESOLUTION NO. 94-86 has requested a 8' side line variance, due to the topogragb.y Gagne moved, seconded by Stover, to grant the variances as requested due to the hardship of topography of his lot. Motion carried by Roll Call Vote - 5 ayes. RESOLUTION NO. 95-86 SIMPLE SUBDIVISION AND VARIANCE 4eoo Rustic Way Cyril Kerber of 4800 Rustic Way has requested a, simple subdivision requiring a lot area variance to meet the R-1A requirement of 40,000 square feet, the lots will consist of 40,036 square feet and 39,823 square feet. Haugen moved, seconded by Stover, to approve variance subject to the four recommendations port dated July 31, 1986. Motion carried by the subdivision and of the planners re~ Roll Call Vote - 5 ayes. SIGN PERMIT - 19335 ST. HWY 7 A request for a 27" .x 40" sign for the Arnolds Restaurant at 19335 St. Hwy. 7. Haugen moved, seconded by Shaw, to approve the sign permit as requested. Motion carried - 5 ayes. 2- . . . COUNCIL MEETING AUGUST 11, 1986 page three REMOVAL OF BUILDING - 5470 COVINGTON ROAD A request from Mark Johnson to remove a house that he has purchased at 5470 Covington Road was presented. He has been asked to remove the house by August 25, do to a :parade of Homes at that location. Attorney Froberg reviewed the requirements of the City Ordinance. It is necessary for the Building Inspector to inspect and approve the moving equipment, which is licensed by the State, the Planning Commission is to review the request and make recommendations to the Council for their approval. Haugen moved, seconded by Gagne, to waive the portions of the City Ordinance covered by State Statues; and to have the Building inspec- tor handle the requirements of the Planning Commission if approved, then poll the Council verbally for approval. Motion carried - 5 ayes. PUBLIC DISCUSSION OF GARBAGE ORDINANCE DRAFT Attorney Froberg reviewed for the audience, the provlslons of the proposed Ordinance. It calls for dividing the City into zones and bidding out each of these areas, according to specifications, to one contractor bidding the lowest price. Mayor Rascop opened the meeting for public comments. Marcila William asked if they would have to pay for service while they were gone for the winter months. Jim Hoban and mother Donna Hoban were opposed to City contracting and in favor of the independent haulers. Walter Bean asked if different zones would be paying different rates. Attorney Froberg felt the prices should be the same throughout the City. Mr. Bean did feel that the current system of trucks running every day in the streets was "crazy". Henry Carson asked about senior citizen discounts and in garbage services. He also felt that the control of garbageitruck traffic is only a small part of the road destruction, he has watched many other vehicles with equal weight traveling on the roads uncontrolled. Most important is in favor of freedom of choice. The audience was in agreement with his comments. Don Messenger, asked if the lowest bidder would automatically get the bid, or does the matter of capability enter in the discussion. Gordon Schmidt former owner of Crosstown Sanitation has bid Cit~es previously and feel the resident gets poorer service, and less trust- worthy. -3- . . . COUNCIL MEETING AUGUST 11, 1986 page four GARBAGE ORDINANCE DRAFT DISCUSSION cont. Bernie Peterson is for freedom of choice, also is concerned that the rates may go up in the future, and the larger haulers will be able to under bid the smaller haulers. Mark Simerx has had problems with haulers. and doesn't want to deal with that again. Peter Royce asked if the Councils biggest concern are the road conditions. He would rather keep his choice of service and pay his portion of road repair costs. Jim Janowski, owner of Waste Management stated that he was in favor of citizens choice. Billy Maddy and Dick Raddy were in favor of independent service and didnt want to have to change service. Don Messenger asked if the City would reimburse the loss of service to those contractors that didn't receive any of the bids. Admin- istrator Vogt encouraged the audience to submit written or oral comments to the City. He indicated that there could be other options to keep house pick up by use of small satelite trucks, designated streets, senior discounts, right to change haulers, and type of ser- vice. Mrs. Wrede asked if this issue could be voted on. Rascop informed her that this was not an election issue. Henry Carson asked the Council for the~r opinions on th~s issue. Gagne stated that his concerns were for the protection of the streets and feels that this method could help. Mark Simcox feel that the garbage trucks were not the only problems and that additional study was needed. Haugen was also concerned about road damage, but had also heard that the Met Council may get involved in determining how the Cities should control this service. Engineer Norton reviewed the current spring weight restriction OrdiB nance and truck weight comparisons. Mrs. Wrede thought the road should be maintained and r~surfaced more often. Council explained the high cost of r~ad replacement, citing a current project of road replacement of 1100 feet costing $150,000. Jerry Ellis asked what percentage of other trucks versus garbage trucks are the cause of the road damage and what percentage of the roads were poorly constructed. He feels that the people Should have their own choice of service. -4- . . . COUNCIL MEETING AUGUST 11, 1986 page five GARBAGE ORDINANCE DRAFT DISCUSSION cont. Stover has concerns for the cost of road repairs but favors free enterprise to obtain better service. Shaw indicated that his neighborhood joined together and hired one service, but he's not exactly in favor of Cities draft of the Ordi- nance. Rascop his neighborhood joined together also, and concerns of high cost replacements. He did discuss the possibility of seal- coating and repairs the roads and levying the costs back to the residents. Kathy Royce feels that at the rate of repairs most of the residents would never see their streets repaired while they live in their homes. Bill Kerber of Crosstown Sanitation doesn't feel that the reduction of 3 or 4 trips down a road by garbage trucks was not accomplishing anything. Vern Bauman wants to know what will be done in the event that the residents are receiving poor service. Lela Groupman asked if the resident will be notified when the Councii will discuss this matter again. Council will discuss the Garbage Ordinance at the September 8th Council Meeting. This will be in the local newspapers. All com- ments both written and oral will be accepted for review at that meeting. Haugen feels local level. intention of controls. that this discussion and control should remain at the Vogt will obtain additional information regarding the Hennepin County or Met Council looking at this type of POLICE CONTRACT APPROVAL RESOLUTION NO. 96-86 Council received the draft Police contract beginning 1988. Minor changes were made, this new draft will be drawn and submitted to the other joint powers Cities for approval. Shaw moved, seconded by Gagne, to accept the amended Police contract and authorize the contract for signature and submittal to the other Cities for approval. Motion carried by Roll Call Vote - 5 ayes. ATTORNEYS REPORT Nephew Lawsuit The Cities portion of this lawsuit has been settled by the Cities former insurance company. The other parties have not settled yet. -5- . . . COUNCIL MEETING AUGUST 11,1986 page si!X ATTORNEYS REPORT cont. Naegele Lawsuit Correspondence has been received indicated that they came to an agreement on the removal of the billboard on Hwy 7 and Christmas Lake Road. Eureka Road Drainage Easements are still being obtained Majestic's easement should be agreed upon this week. ENGINEERS REPORT Award Sealcoating Bid - Project 86-3A RESOLUTION NO 97-86 Bids were received on sealcoating at 11:30 AMjAugust 11, 1986. Engineer Norton. recommended awarding the Bid to Allied Blacktop Co. in the amount of $31,425.90. Gagne moved, seconded by Haugen, to award the bid for Project 86-3A to Allied Blacktop Co. as recommended. Motion carried by Roll Call Vote - 5 ayes. Water Tower Site - Status Report Norton has been informed by MnDot that they only have an easement for the property the City has requested by the Southeast Area Water Tower site. Fpoberg has talked to the Attorney General Office and they feel the wrong type of title was issued, but it may take months to clear up. Gagne is in favor of relocating the tower site. Vogt is working on changing the agreement with Minnetonka to pro- vide more than 90 water connections because of the development and the delays on the installation of the deep well and tower. Smithtown Road Replacement Project Change Order #1 Due to the need to add an additional french drain and a catch basin, Norton is recommending the approval of a change order in the amount of $1190.00. This is due to the need of an additional sub cut of 2" in the road. Gagne moved, seconded by Shaw, to approve the change order. Motion carried - 4 ayes 1 nay (Rascop). -6- . COUNCIL MEETING AUGUST 11, 1986 page 7 ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT Approval of Assessor Contract Administrator Vogt recommended acceptance of the assessing con- tract with Rolf Erickson for the assessing year September 1, 1986 to August 30, 1987, at an increase of 5.3%, 1650.00 per month. Gagne moved, seconded by Stover, to approve the assessor contract as recommended. Motion carried - 5 ayes. Animal Contract Under the new animal contract, the Chanhassen Veterinarian Hos- pital will be used for boarding at a daily charge of $7.00 and $15.00 for disposal. Shaw moved, seconded by Haugen, to approve the animal patrol contract with Midwest Animal Service. Motion carried L 4 ayes 1 obstain (Stover). Council Salary Schedule The Council salary schedule will be discussed at the meeting of August 25, 1986. . Union Contract Executive session will be held following the regular Council Meeting of August 25, 1986 to discuss the new union contract. . MAYORS REPORT LMCD auditor statement is available for reviewal. COUNCIL REPORTS Gagne instructed staff to look into the sign violation by the dockage sales at 19285 St. Hwy 7. APPROVAL OF CLAIMS AND ADJOURNMENT Shaw moved, seconded by Haugen, to adjourn the Regular Council Meeting Of August 11, 1986 at 10:35 PM subject to approval of claims. Motion carried - 5 ayes. -7- COUNCIL MEETING AUGUS'!' 11, 1986 page eight . General Fund - Acct #00-00166-02 Check # 32352-32406 Check # 200496-200511 Total $43,090.09 8,313.05 $51,403.14 Liquor Fund - Acct #00-00174-02 Check # 4802-4847 Check # 200512-200526 Total $80,282.95 2,866.07 $83,149.02 RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED, Mayor Rascop Sandra L. Kennelly City Clerk SLK/slt . . -8-