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CITY OF SHOREWOOD
CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2006
5755 COUNTRY CLUB ROAD
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER
6:05 P.M.
MINUTES
1. CONVENE CITY COUNCIL MEETING
Mayor Love called the meeting to order at 6:05 p.m.
A.
Roll Call
Present:
Mayor Love; Councilmembers Callies, Lizee, Turgeon, and Wellens; Administrator
Dawson, and Director of Public Works Brown
B.
Review Agenda
Administrator Dawson requested the addition of Items 3A and 3B.
Lizee moved, Wellens seconded, Approving the Agenda as amended. Motion passed 5/0.
2. Approve Agreement with City of Minnetonka for Water Connection to 5490 Vine Hill Road
Administrator Dawson explained that the City of Shorewood and City of Minnetonka had a long-standing
agreement in which Shorewood properties would be allowed to connect to the Minnetonka water system
under Vine Hill Road when Minnetonka determined the connection to be convenient and feasible. On
September 25, the City Council acted to request that the Minnetonka City Council approve a connection
to serve a new house at 5490 Vine Hill Road. On November 6, the Minnetonka City Council approved an
agreement that, among other things, would allow up to four connections to serve this property, with the
cost for the one connection requested to be $2,151.35. The agreement needs to be approved by the
Shorewood City Council in order for the connection to proceed.
This item had been placed on the agenda for a special meeting as the Council had scheduled a meeting
tonight to canvass the results of yesterday's city election. Action by the Council this evening would
expedite the connection work by the property owners by almost a week.
Wellens moved, Turgeon seconded, to approve and authorize execution of the Agreement with the
City of Minnetonka for connection of property at 5490 Vine Hill Road to the Minnetonka water
system. Motion passed 5/0.
3. OTHER BUSINESS
A. Approval to Authorize Request To Connect to Metropolitan Council Environmental
Services Sewer at 23655 Smithtown Road
Director Brown explained that the property at 23655 Smithtown Road needed to make a connection to the
sanitary sewer system, and the line that was accessible was owned by Metropolitan Council
Environmental Services (MCES). The MCES required that a city council authorize a request for such
a connection. This item was requested to be added to tonight's agenda as a non-controversial item that
would expedite the connection to the affected property at this late time in the construction season.
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Turgeon moved, Callies seconded, to authorize a request to Metropolitan Council Environmental
Services that it permit a connection to its sewer to serve property at 23655 Smithtown Road.
Motion passed 5/0.
B. Update on Changes regarding Traffic Signal at County Road 19/5mithtown Road
Intersection
Director Brown efforts that staff had taken to have Hennepin County make changes to the traffic signal
for northbound traffic on County Road 19 to make a left turn onto Smithtown Road. There had been
seven accidents of a similar nature where cars making this turn were hit by vehicles southbound on
County Road 19 through the intersection.
He had requested persistently that Hennepin County change the traffic signal to allow a "left turn on
green arrow only" for traffic northbound on County Road 19. The County is now acting on this request-
it has stated it will bear the cost for the modifications, and that they should be completed in about two
weeks.
Turgeon urged that there be a greater police presence and more enforcement activity on turning
regulations and speed at the intersection (but not as a special detail of police staff). Mayor Love stated
that he would contact the police chief the next day and request that SLMPD respond accordingly.
In an unrelated matter, Turgeon informed the Council of her intent at the November 13 Council meeting
to move reconsideration of the Council's action not to issue tobacco licenses to the City's two liquor
stores. This reconsideration would include a directive that the licenses would be issued only to sell the
remaining inventory at the stores.
4. ADJOURN
Turgeon moved, Wellens seconded, Adjourning the Special City Council Meeting of November 8,
2006, at 6:22 P.M. Motion passed 5/0.
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED,
Craig Dawson, Recorder
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