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Home My WebLink About11 12 1985ti CITY OF p RIOR LAKE s MINfJPF.B OF THE CITY OWWn November 12, 1985 r The Common Council of the City of Prior Lake met in regular session on Zliesday, } ;30 PM in the City Council Chambers. the meeting to order. ed Present were Mayor Johnson. Mayor Johnson call November 12, 1985 at 7 Schwe Zl�orkelson, Cit Manager y �buncilmenbers Busse, Devel y 9e McGuire, Assistant. City Manager/Economic r /Economic opment Director Urmacht Cit ge Councilmember Scott Was ' Y Engineer Anderson and City Attorney Kessel. absent. Mnyor Johnson asked everyone to rise for the pledge of allegilm ce. ° The minutes of , November 4 1985 meeting were reviewed by Council, made by 2borkelson, seconded by Busse, to a Notion was Minutes upon a vote taken, was duly passed. �o1e the minutes as submitted, and The minutes of the November 6 1985 Special Council meeting ballots of the general election were reviewed. approve the to canvass the Minutes of r Upon a vote t seconded by 7horkelson, to Motion was made by Busse, Special y passed. minutes as submitted, and i taken,. was duly upon a vote.Meet' The next item on the a delay stream Benda was to consider the request fray the developer to Paving in Priorwaod Development. Cit November 1, 1985 Y Engineer Anderson reported Priory ew 9ecoid completion date for utilities and street Paving for Addition was not met. The subgrade for paving was unacceptable but City bV neer Anderson indicated Paving could be done i } blacktop to compensate for the weak a te. The �'Yr9 more incur this added a developer did not wish to be given after and was, therefore h , requesting that occupancy permits strret Paving. caop�letion of the utilities this fa Without completion of the Jars Parker, engineer for the project, represented the level �'9• Be stated that obtaining financing, working on another project, at the the weather caused delays in the completion of this sio pro ject. Discussion by th Council followed. by the Potion W08 made by Thorkelson, seconded' by Busse, to deny the occupanc.Y permits until the streets are granting of Priorwood NNineer. Discami on paved'to the satisfaction of the City Develop. required the paving of the by Council followed parking lots also. owed concerning whether this motion clarified that his notion was directed towards Cbuncilmanber ThDrkelson the level did not include the Paking lot. hr's agreement and it taken, the motion was duly passed, a (612) 447.4230 402 DAKOTA 8TREET S.E. P.O. BOX 359 PRIOR LAKE MINNESOTA 56372 Next on the agenda was to review the progress of the project at Freddie's on the Lake. 'City Manager McGuire indicated'k* tt several extensions have been given to this project already, but as of this date ti;:;agv;n•� of the parking let, the landscaping, some concrete work, and the lighting in the parking lot, and the retaining wall have not been completed. Councilmember Schweich excused hvrzelf from the Council. Discussion was opened to the audience. Mr. Fred Schweich addressed the Council indicating that moving the road and the bad weather h'ad delayed the project. The contractor for blacktopping was present and indicate,: he has scheduled, the paving of the parking lot next week. Other comments were made from the audience by John Davidson, Dave Miller, Gene White and Ted Schweich in favor of the project and the progress that is 'being made. Discussion by the Council followed. Motion was made by Thorkelson, seconded by Busse, to grant a two week extension Freddie'si to complete the paving of the perking lot, lighting in the parking lot, the on the retaining wall, necessary erosion control and general; clean -up of the area; �e Staff is to report back to the Council on November 25 as to the extent of Extension" completion and the Council will then evaluate whether it is necessary to close, s the lower bar if those items are not complete and will also re- evaluate the extent of the letter of credit for the remainder of the project. Upon a'vote taken, the motion was duly passed. Councilmamber Schweich then returned to.the Council The next item on the agenda was to discuss the status of` the Street Light on County Roads 21 and 42. City Engineer Anderson indicated that the City had requested Scott County to investigate the need for a street light at this intersection. A letter received from the Scott County Stott; not pa Engineer recommended that Coup ty participate in the installation of a street light; but if the City decided to install a street light, the County would not digapprove. t Discussion by the Council followed. All members strongly felt that a ;'fight is needed and the City should not have to bear the cost. Motion was made by Thorkelson, seconded by Schweich,.. directing that the .City Street light write a letter to the County Board strongly expressing the need for the t at and have the letter signed by all the Councilmembers. Upon a vote taken,, C.R. 42 &- the motion was duly passed. 21 Assistant City Manager Unmac;ht then gave a review of the status of the Hardship Ordinance and indicated, some suggested changes. He also presented an income' p chart that could be used as a means of qualification for the deferment. ordinance Discussion by the Council followed. Assistant City Manager Unmacht was directed by Council to continue work on the ordinance and to analyze income surveys for this area and develop an income chart that would be more suitable for this area. The next itl m on the agenda was to consider amending Resolution 78-34. Assistant City Manager Umacht indicated that Resolution 78-34 adopted on October 16, � 1978, was for the vacation of a parcel in the plat of r ' 7bwnsite. 'Resolution 78-34 uses the terminology ing Lake Vii ogy for the plat as w ing Lake 1 1 loge" and the Scott County Registrar of Titles requested that be changed to ° read "Townsite of Spring Lake". Discussion by the Council !; followed. -2- Motion was made by Busse, seconded by Thorkelson, to ado pt Resolution 85-30 Res 85-31 Amending City of Prior Lake Resolution 78-34, and upon a vote taken, was duly , passed. 78-34 Assistant City Manager Urmacht reported that a, copy of the Scott Coun Ibsolution calling for the special referendum election on the Stu findings, a copy of'the final r ay C di s trib u t s ' report, and a Dopy of the statute was distributed to each Councilmember for their information. Assistant City Manager Urmacht also r J eported to the Council that the U.S. House and Senate recently : y passed legislation to give cities a break on the Fair Labor Standards Act and Mr. Urmacht indicated our resolution and the response from many other cities were influential in getting this legislation passed. Mayor Johnson distributed an evaluation form for City Manager McGuire to each of the Councilmembers and asked that it be completed and returned to him by November 18. Motion was made by Thorkelson, seconded`by Busse, that committee consisting of Mayor Johnson and Councilmember Scott conduct the performance review of City Manager McGuire, and upon a vote taken, was duly passed. � r Mayor Johnson indicated he has received several complaints from J Property owners. , along minty Road 21 with problems that still need to be resolved such as,steep slopes that need to be stabilized flan erosion, ° street lights that are on all day, retaining walls too high and dangerous, and `slopes too steep to maw. letter to by Busse, Motion was made by Thorkelson, seconded g directing City Manager McGuire C=1t FX: to write a letter to the County Board and the County Engineer outlining the C.R. 21 problems. and ask for a reply within a reasonable amount of time, and° ' taken, ivas duly passed. n vote The next. Council meeting will be Monday, November 18, 1985 at ( 7:39 p.m. There being no further business, a motion was made by Busse, seconded by Thorkelson, to adjourn the meeting, and upon a vote taken, was duly passed. The meeting adjourned at 9x33 p,m. x Michael A. McGuire ° City Manager Loretta M. Lane Recording Secretary 1 n -3-