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HomeMy WebLinkAbout5-Minutes from 12 22 14 OSc PRION, Fes. U 4646 Dakota Street SE Prior Lake,MN 55372 REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES. December 22, 2014 CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m. Present were Mayor Hedberg,Councilors Keeney, McGuire,Soukup and Morton. Also present were Manager Boyles, Assistant Manager Meyer, Attorney Rosow, Finance Director Erickson, Engineer/Inspections Director Poppler, Community and Economic Development Director Rogness, Project Engineer Thongvanh, Community Development Specialist McCabe, Police Chief O'Rourke, Fire Chief Hartman and Executive Assistant Dull. PUBLIC FORUM Boyles: Reviewed the process for the public forum. Hedberg: Opened the Public Forum at 7:04 p.m. and seeing no one wishing to speak, closed the Public Forum at 7:04 p.m. APPROVAL OF AGENDA Boyles: Removed items 5L and 9B. MOTION BY SOUKUP, SECOND BY MORTON, TO APPROVE THE AGENDA AS AMENDED. VOTE Hedberg Keeney McGuire Morton Soukup Aye M 19 0 1K ER Nay ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Abstain ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Absent ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ The motion carried. APPROVAL OF DECEMBER 8, 2014 CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES MOTION BY MCGUIRE, SECOND BY MORTON, TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE DECEMBER 8, 2014 CITY COUNCIL MEETING. VOTE Hedberg Keeney McGuire Morton Soukup Aye Nay ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Abstain ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Absent ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ The motion carried. CONSENT AGENDA Boyles: Reviewed the items on the consent agenda. A. Consider Approval of Claims Listing B. Consider Approval of November 2014 Treasurer's Report C. Consider Approval of Building Permit Summary Report D. Consider Approval of Animal Control Services Report E. Consider Approval of Fire Department Report F. Consider Approval of Police Department Report 1 G. Consider Approval of Resolution No. 14-195 Approving the Decertification of Tax Increment Financing District 4-1 H. Consider Approval of Resolution No. 14-196 Electing the Non-Waiver of Statutory Municipal Tort Liability Limits and Declining Excess Liability Insurance Coverage I. Consider Approval of Resolution No. 14-197 Approving Final Transit Merger Actions Related to Fund Transfers, Assignments and Terminations J. Consider Approval of Resolution Nos. 14-198, and 14-199 Authorizing the Mayor and City Manager to Execute Amendments to the T-Mobile Water Towner Antenna Agreements K. Consider Approval of Resolution No. 14-200 Ratifying the 2015-2017 Collective Bargaining Agreement Between the City of Prior Lake and American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), Council#5, Local 3884 Representing Maintenance, Professionals and Support Employees L–.— GensideF Approval of Resolution No. 14 XXX RatifyiRg the 2015 2017 GGIIeGt8Ve l3aFgaiRiRg AgFeefflen Between the City of PFier Lake and Law F=RfOFGeFneRt Labor SeFV!GeS, InG. (LELS), LE)Gal Ne. 1 go Representing Patrol 0#inor6 Keeney: Commented on 5F stating over all traffic accidents were still being reported at 30% higher and encouraged everyone to drive safely and try to get the numbers down. MOTION BY KEENEY, SECOND BY SOUKUP TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS AMENDED. VOTE Hedberg Keeney McGuire Morton Soukup Aye Nay ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Abstain ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Absent ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ The motion carried. PRESENTATIONS: 6A. Recognition for Councilor Vanessa Soukup Boyles: Provided a synopsis of Councilor Soukup's time on the council and her achievements since appointment. Hedberg: Thanked Councilor Soukup for her service and presented her with a sailboat plaque. Morton: Commented on her collaboration with Councilor Soukup and friendship beyond the Council. McGuire: Stated it was a pleasure to work with Councilor Soukup given her talents and wished her luck. Keeney:Thanked Councilor Soukup and her family for the commitment to the Council and time away from home. Soukup: Stated that she was honored to be able to serve the community she loves and wished everyone the best. PUBLIC HEARINGS: 7A. Public Hearing to Consider Approval of a Resolution Ordering the Improvement and Preparation of Plans and Specifications for the Stemmer Ridge Road Improvement Project Poppler: Reviewed the staff report dated December 22, 2014 and presentation in connection with the agenda item. Introduced Jim Stremel and Chuck Rickart from the consulting firm WSB. Staff recommended approval of a resolution ordering the improvements and the preparation of plans and specifications for the Stemmer Ridge Road Improvement Project(City Project#TRN 14-000004). Keeney: Inquired why Option F was the most expensive and whether an adjacent property was occupied requiring access. 12 22 14 City Council Meeting Minutes 2 McGuire: Asked about traffic counts on Fremont/Northwoods if Stemmer connected. Soukup: Noted Fish Point was recently connected without a roundabout and asked if traffic count data was available for comparison.Also noted the project traffic numbers were ridiculously inflated. Stremel: Advised Option F was most expensive due to longer roadway, roundabout, and more materials. Rickart: Stated Fremont/Northwoods was projected at 9,000 but it would likely go down a bit. Poppler: Commented he was unaware whether the property was occupied. Added that Fremont would be re- evaluated during the Comprehensive Plan update. Explained the latest count for Fish Point was 2,100 but the Comprehensive Plan projected up to 12,000. MOTION BY SOUKUP, SECOND BY MCGUIRE TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 7:51 P.M. TO CONSIDER APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION ORDERING THE IMPROVEMENT AND PREPARATION OF PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE STEMMER RIDGE ROAD IMPROVEMENT PROJECT. VOTE Hedberg Keeney McGuire Morton Soukup Aye Nay ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Abstain ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Absent ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ The motion carried. Members of the Public Who Testified at the Public Hearing: Martin Helgestad (2030 Edgewood Dr.) William Kallberg (3453 Glynwater Tr. NW) Marvin Pint(15705 Fremont Ave.) Tom Finn (15672 Fremont Ave. NW) Arlene Strand (5116 Cedar Ave. S, Mpls.) Jim Vallez(N36699 Old J Rd., Winter, WI) Phil, Louise,Jamie Pitcher(16263 Stemmer Ridge Rd.) Anne Cassens (1632 Stemmer Ridge Road) Wes Mader(3470 Sycamore Tr.) Jason Quinn (1889 Belmont Ave. NW) Michael Soukup(15669 Fremont Ave. NW) Jim Weninger(2591 Spring Lake Rd.) Alexandra Matyja(5417 Amblewood Dr.) Kathy Castor(2109165th St. NW) Dave Fennessy(3182 Shady Cove Pt. NW) David Abramson (16455 Stemmer Ridge Rd.) Gordon Erickson (14071 Rolling Oaks Cir.) A chart displaying project comparisons of pedestrians and car accidents as a result of traffic increase was distributed to council members. Mayor Hedberg noted that any display of materials should be submitted ahead of time as the chart was not displayed due to technical difficulties. Nature of comments and concerns of those opposing the project included: Reasons for the Stemmer extension were to extend utilities, which could be accomplished via a trail, and to create a high traffic thoroughfare. If roadway is extended, the Council would be responsible for the serious injury or death of a child. Staff recommendation of the alternatives is for alignment F which disregards the Council's previous direction. Having the public hearing three days before Christmas seemed a purposeful intent to limit the number in attendance. Consider no connection as an alignment. Estimated 3,000 cars per day is too many on a neighborhood street which is a public safety concern for the children in the neighborhood. SMSC agreement includes a provision for the City to support an application into Tribal Trust thereby eliminating taxes. The SMSC agreement would eliminate tax dollar revenue at the expense of the tax payer. Indian Reorganization Act (IRA) 12 22 14 City Council Meeting Minutes 3 was originally passed to assist impoverished tribes and the SMSC doesn't need additional land in trust as they are not an impoverished tribe. Approval of the SMSC agreement would diminish the possibility of community development in Prior Lake. In a document created some years ago, city staff did not support additional land into tribal trust for various reasons detailed in the document. The tribe's application has been repeatedly rejected so why enter into an agreement now. The SMSC is immune from data disclosure and the agreement is bad for the city. Removing land from tax rolls drive's taxes up for other residents. Supporting the SMSC agreement would drive up the tax levy in the future. If the project is approved, it will degrade the quality of life. The SMSC doesn't want to pay taxes and neither do residents. Want a good relationship with the Tribe but at what cost. The City, County, and School District should not give up millions when the Tribe enjoys riches that none of the residents may ever achieve which makes it neither fair nor reasonable to transfer the land into Trust. SMSC agreement is a major concern to Prior Lake residents. Land owners are responsible for development and utility connection so the SMSC should have to pay the entire cost. No reason why the road couldn't connect and leave a gap for emergency vehicle access. SMSC is the largest land owner in the county and all taxing districts will lose money. Concerns with speed control and safety and the Council should not allow Stemmer to become the new Fremont/Northwoods. Do upgrades to Fremont/Northwoods or in the alternative, include additional traffic calming measures such as an additional roundabout, speed bumps, bump outs, etc. One option the Council should consider is do nothing until the Tribe comes up with a layout.There was no consideration for access to the Spring Lake Regional Park. Consider a%access on CR 82 and Stemmer to discourage traffic. Despite best efforts,cut through traffic will happen on Stemmer Ridge. Fremont neighborhood reflects the same concerns of the Stemmer neighborhood. One reason for the road to go through is for projected future development but residents don't necessarily want growth and like the small-town feel. The road would connect to the front door of the casino and a Prior Lake police article talks about the increase in alcohol and narcotics is attributed to Mystic Lake.Concerned with the type of traffic that would come through the neighborhood. The City was aware when the development went in that the road would handle 6,000 vehicles per day and should have required smaller parks and not allow driveways onto the road. Keep public safety a concern and put in pedestrian monitoring signs and have the police monitor them extensively. In Rolling Oaks, there was a $300,000 assessment from 1970 but a Green Acres designation provided the ability to defer assessments. Take deferred assessments into consideration before floating collection of funds which impacts the tax levy. Invoke an attorney-client privledge session to ask about tribal law with respect to the SMSC agreement and recovery for any breach of contract. Encourage Council to reject SMSC agreement and the Stemmer Ridge Project. The proposed SMSC agreement should have been announced earlier than two days before the public hearing. Consider what is best for Prior Lake residents and listen to all voices of people impacted by a decision.Take more time to consider alternatives such as the County's plan to increase capacity for CR 17 and involve the community so as not to make the same mistake as Fremont/Northwoods. Create a work group to address concerns of all parties and still maintain fiscal responsibility. Do something for Fremont/Northwoods. Either take no action or no road connection. Nature of comments and concerns of those supporting the project included:Consider the impact a decision would have on Northwood/Fremont which was never designed as a main road,has no sidewalks,contains several bus stops on a narrow street and has driveways backing onto the roadway. Two community parks connect through Stemmer and should have access. Vacant property north of Stemmer purchased in 1987 and told in 2004 water and sewer would go through and it still hasn't. Traffic has increased considerably on Fremont/Northwoods and maps have shown Stemmer connected since before the residential development. Stemmer roadway was designed to handle the traffic. If not connecting Stemmer,then also unconnect or deadend Fremont. Family has owned vacant land in the area since 1970 and annexation maps were displaye on voting tables at that time. 40 acres of farm land was one of the first entrances into Prior Lake. To correct some misinformation, the purpose is not only to bring sewer and water extension but also provide services to 2400 acres of land to be annexed into the City over the coming years.The proposed improvement project is not dictated by the SMSC as some have indicated. The SMSC purchased the property at $80,000/acre and it is public 12 22 14 City Council Meeting Minutes 4 knowledge for anyone to have looked up. Noted that the City is not loosing millions because it was a private sale, is already sold, so it is already gone and the City cannot interfere with a private purchase. Some mentioned that if the City decided not to proceed with the agreement, it could undertake eminent domain proceedings but failed to mention the millions of tax payer dollars it would take for the litigation.Applaud language in the agreement that says additional land wouldn't be put into trust. SMSC will pay$4 million for the project but if not proceeding, it will cost$11 million to tax payers to drag utility connections to CR 17. Financially not responsible for the City to do nothing. Concerns over death of children on Stemmer but also note that Fremont doesn't want another child death either. Fremont was a dirt road and was never supposed to be opened. Fremont is a narrow road with little gap between the fog line and lip, no curbs, and numerous mailboxes have been taken out because traffic travels at 55-60 mph. Stemmer has curbs, would have medians, is wider, has boulevards and sidewalks. Fremont/Northwoods also has hundreds of children that pay in the neighborhood to consider. Soukup: Noted no relation to Mr. Soukup that testified during the public hearing. Keeney: Explained that with regard to comments about why discuss this now, it was due to SMSC's use, land application, extension of sewer and water, and to maintain the road network for the city noting that the Council wanted to ensure they were not left without options. Stated this was not an action taken without notice and that people were aware of the situation. Stated at some point the Council has to move forward with a decision. Noted that residents may find it difficult to stay updated on City Council discussions but the proposed SMSC agreement was discussed in detail at the last work session which was noticed and open to the public.Advised there was no rush to build the road or connects, necessarily, but Council did need to make a decision on the alignment in order to proceed. Stated traffic will come to Prior Lake and there was nothing they could do to stop people from driving. Added that it was unfortunate to build a collector with parking and driveways but there are other similar roadways in the City such as Mushtown, Duluth, etc. Commented he understood the concerns and there was no good answer but the expense of going back to retrofit Spring Lake Estates would be assessed. Asked what the minimum step requiring approval to move forward with acquisition of right of way for sewer and water and whether an alignment had to be determined.Also asked if when directing plans and specs if they could also direct staff to begin acquisition. Additional inquiry was made regarding deferred assessments moving into trust and whether they would be honored or avoided. Rosow: Explained that in order to specially assess, the Council needs to have authorized the improvement project. If not specially assessing under the the 429 process, a public hearing wouldn't have been required. Authorization of a project is sufficient to begin acquisition. However,to acquire property through eminent domain, a public purpose needs to have been identified. A contract does not need to be awarded but specifications need to be in place to know what will be constructed and how much of a property is taken. Before the Council can authorize acquisitions, appraisal are required. Explained that assessment referals granted by the City are discretionary and it can determine to defer assessments on unimproved property of record meaning vacant land. The County also has discretion to defer assessments. However, Green Acres deferrals operate under State law and the City has no authority. Once the trigger for activating deferred assessments is met, the State will activate the property. Payment of deferred assessments may need to go to tribal court. Explained that to put the land into trust, there is criteria and a title report would be required on the property which would show the assessments. The secretary may require removal of assessment costs. Keeney: Payment of assessments are not guaranteed and that reaffirms that an alignment decision should be determined sooner rather than later. Hedberg: Commented that most of the time, Council decisions connect with neighborhoods. But, it is Council's job to take into consideration the concerns of the entire public. Stated pursuant to traffic modeling showing more 12 22 14 City Council Meeting Minutes 5 traffic on Northwoods validates concerns. Explained the Council was not pitting one neighborhood against the other but that one neighborhood's concerns also shouldn't be above another. Noted the opposition from Stemmer residents but positives of the connection weren't highlighted especially that it would be quicker response time for emergency vehicles if the road connection was made and people in the neighborhood would gain 3-5 minutes getting in and out. Supported the road connection if Council agreed to an amendment to direct staff to prepare alterantives for traffic calming measures with neighborhood meetings. Soukup: Stated comparison of Stemmer Ridge to Fremont/Northwoods was not accurate as Fremont/Northwoods was never to be a collector or handle that amount of traffic. Suggested Stemmer Ridge was better compared to Fish Point Rd. and the Cardianl Ridge neighborhood as it has parking, medians, neighborhoods, driveways, and roundabouts. Agreed that there are safety concerns but the road was built to handle the traffic. Commented that Mystic Lake casino traffic typically comes from the north along Canterbury Rd. or Hwy 169 which wouldn't impact anyone south of CR 82. Commented that it was the same thing as saying a bar in town that serves alcohol has hoodlums and disagreed with the blanket statements made about the facility as it was not just booze hounds and drug addicts. Stated it was a community with The Dakotah, golf courses, and other amenities that residents use. Explained the park is beautiful and is heavily used by residents and outsiders and suggested that when thinking about traffic, for residents to think of Tom Ryan and The Ponds. Commented she didn't want to see anyone hurt either but the road connection is for the greater good of the community. Suggested additional traffic calming and pedestrian safety measures be included such as more parking, locating trails/sidewalks further away from the street, cross walks with blinking lights, more street markings for proactive safety, posted speed at 25 mph for the neighborhood and continue the measures to Howard Lake Rd. McGuire: Asked about the County's reaction to connecting at Howard Lake. Also noted that some residents will be happy while others will not but that safety is a primary concern. Noted that the comprehensive plan called for the connection and speed limits should be posted at 30 mph which was believed to be as low as can be posted by law. Poppler: Advised that the County provided a letter stating their preference was not connecting at Howard Lake and the preference was Mystic Lake. Keeney: Favored a hybrid alignment of E and F that would add curvature and an additional roundabout, put a few bends in the road, and design for 25 mph suggesting following alignment E from existing Stemmer to the roundabout and follow F to CR 82. Morton: Noted a suggestion was to include a hard stop as an alternative for additional calming and agreed with the hybrid suggested by Councilor Keeney. Boyles: Noted for clarification that the proposed alignments were concept only. Hedberg: Stated new development should pay for its own infrastructure and the City would reimburse the developer$660,000 for increasing capacity to City sewer and water from the trunk fund which would not impact tax payers because that amount had already been accounted for. 12 22 14 City Council Meeting Minutes 6 MOTION BY MCGUIRE, SECOND BY SOUKUP TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 10:17 P.M. AND APPROVE RESOLUTION NO. 14-201 ORDERING THE IMPROVEMENTS AND PREPARATION OF PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE STEMMER RIDGE ROAD IMPROVEMENT PROJECT(PROJECT#TRN14- 000004) INCORPORATING ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURES, ROAD DESIGN SHOULD BE A HYBRID OF CONCEPTS E AND F, SPEED ON NEW EXTENSION NOT TO EXCEED 30 M.P.H. AND CONSIDERATION OF INCLUDING A STOP SIGN IN THE PROPOSED EXTENSION IN ADDITION TO THE ROUNDABOUT; FINANCING THE STEMMER RIDGE ROAD IMPROVEMENT PROJECT TO BE UNDERTAKEN BY THE CITY AND ESTABLISHING COMPLIANCE WITH REIMBURSEMENT BOND REGULATIONS UNDER THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE. VOTE Hedberg Keeney McGuire Morton Soukup Aye ® ® ® ® N Nay ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Abstain ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Absent ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ The motion carried. Hedberg: Recessed the City Council meeting at 10:19 p.m. and reconvened at 10:29 p.m. MOTION BY MCGUIRE, SECOND BY SOUKUP TO EXTEND THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF DECEMBER 22, 2014 TO 11:30 P.M. VOTE Hedberg Keeney McGuire Morton Soukup Aye Nay ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Abstain ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Absent ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ The motion carried. MOTION BY MCGUIRE, SECOND BY SOUKUP TO CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 7C AND DEFER ITEM 9A TO THE JANUARY 12, 2015 REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING. VOTE Hedberg Keeney McGuire Morton Soukup Aye E CK 19 0 IR Nay ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Abstain ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Absent ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ The motion carried. 7B. Public Hearing to Consider Approval of a Resolution Ordering the Improvement and Preparation of Plans and Specifications for the Credit River Road Improvement Project Thongvanh: Reviewed the staff report dated December 22,2014 and presentation in connection with the agenda item. Staff recommended holding the public hearing and in the absence of compelling information to the contrary, approving a resolution ordering the Credit River Road Improvement project and preparation of plans and specifications. MOTION BY MCGUIRE, SECOND BY SOUKUP TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 10:47 P.M. VOTE Hedberg Keeney McGuire Morton Soukup Aye Nay ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Abstain ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Absent ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ The motion carried. 12 22 14 City Council Meeting Minutes Members of the Public Who Testified at the Public Hearing: Steven Blonigan (5210 Credit River Rd. SE) Larry Shepard (5290 Credit River Rd. SE) Craig Rasmussen (4980 Credit River Rd. SE) Nature of comments and concerns included: Concern with being assessed twice as much once rather than twice as it seems the Council is charging twice the amount at 40% rather than 20%. The road was supposed to last 50 years and the residents only cause half of the traffic. Would like the proposed 40% assessment reduced. Request for clarification of need for street reconstruction when slated as part of the 2017 CIP and street is serviceable. Understand reason to advance storm sewer was due to error in size and that there is an immediate need but inquiry of sewer costs on their own. Inquiries regarding historical watermain repair records for the area and what the priority project was. Disagreement with $15,000 per unit when storm sewer, water, and curb are already in place and therefore no improvement benefit. Appreciation to the assessment review committee to request appraisal reports. Request for Council to consider lowering assessment from 40% to 20% per unit as there are only homes on one side of the street. Note of other properties on Grainwood receiving similar enhancement construction who's assessments were approximately $8,000. Support for the sidewalk as it currently exists. Question about an acceptable interval between holding the public information meeting and the public hearing as it was only five days which seemed short. Inquiry about why the project must progress now rather than 3-5 years as originally planned. Even though houses are only on one side of the street, owners shouldn't be penalized when planning the road that way was not their fault noting that other traffic uses the road also. Question whether County property abutting the improvements would also be assessed. Asked that if a property were put up for sale at the beginning of the project,would the property value really increase$15,000 by the end of the project. Notation of benefitted value within the 429 State Statute. Understanding that sewer needs to be upgraded and future property needs larger trunk but not necessarily the homeowners' problem and asked whether the road would have been upgraded had the sewer not required it. Hedberg: Advised that assessment amounts were not final and may be settled for less. Thongvanh: Commented the project on its own merit was proposed for 2017 but found the sewer pipe capacity didn't support the existing and proposed development which resulted in moving the project up two years. Explained that additionally, the roadway wear is measured in OCI on a scale of 0-100 and reconstruction is typically planned when a roadway reaches the 45-50 range. Stated the current OCI of Credit River Road was 31. With respect to the lifespan, the normal expectation was at least 30 years and while this road wasn't too old, design standards have changed as well as materials that contribute to a longer lifespan.Advised that sidewalks were to be a $10,000 savings but could add them back into the project if Council decided to based upon public comments. Poppler: Addressed the question regarding timing of the public information meeting to the public hearing commenting that the informational meeting was an extra step in the process and there was no requirement to hold them but typically they are held within two weeks of the public hearing to keep the information fresh. McGuire: Explained there was some confusion with assessments and the 20%140%standard. Stated 20%was the minimum under law but 40%was typical. However,suggested the Assessment Review panel should consider 40% assessment for one side of the project rather than 40%of the entire project. 12 22 14 City Council Meeting Minutes 8 Soukup: Inquired about the immediate need with sanitary and storm sewer understanding something needs to be done but not understanding why it was such a priority. Commented that the assessment didn't seem fair, residents should have to pay double assessments when CR 21 is scheduled for reconstruction in a couple of years, and there were no immediate health concerns or backups. Asked whether any costs would be shared. Morton: Stated the capacity issue and immediate need was due to only a 20 minutes window before the system would fail and to replace the piping would require tearing up the road also so there were some economies of scale to complete the project all at once. Commented trunk fees provided are payment of shared costs. Hedberg: Explained that homes have been approved and are under construction and additional development has already been approved so it was likely a failure of the existing system would occur within the next two years. Soukup: Understood the urgency but stated the homeowners shouldn't be assessed twice and if being assessed now, they shouldn't be assessed for the future county road project. McGuire: Commented owners wouldn't be assessed twice and added that the $15,000 estimated assessment was only a preliminary number. Keeney: Explained that assessments are assessed at 40%due to a 60/40 idea that the properties receiving the benefit are assessed 40% of the project costs while 60% of the project costs are bom by the public because others use the roadway, sewer, water also. Commented that if building a 50-60 year roaed a few years early, it made sense to potentially shift more money from the trunk fund to assist with project costs. Stated that it was tough to justify others paying for a neighborhood with homes on only one side of the roadway. Hedberg: Asked that these concerns and questions with regard to assessments be addressed by the Assessment Review panel. MOTION BY KEENEY, SECOND BY MORTON TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 11:20 P.M. AND APPROVE RESOLUTION NO. 14-202 ORDERING IMPROVEMENTS AND PREPARATION OF PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS FOR CREDIT RIVER ROAD IMPROVEMENT PROJECT (PROJECT #TRN15-000006); FINANCING THE CREDIT RIVER ROAD IMPROVEMENT PROJECT TO BE UNDERTAKEN BY THE CITY AND ESTABLISHING COMPLIANCE WITH REIMBURSEMENT BOND REGULATIONS UNDER THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE. VOTE Hedberg Keeney McGuire Morton Soukup Aye Nay ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Abstain ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Absent ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ The motion carried. Afflendfflents to the PF'E)F Lake City Code, Sub%GtOGR 106.600 (Adeptioin ef MuRiGipal Fee NEW BUSINESS WConsider AppFeval of a Cooperative AgFeerneRt between the Gity of PriaF Lake and the Shakopee . Ridge Read to GSAH reet 12 22 14 City Council Meeting Minutes 9 ITEMS REMOVED FROM CONSENT AGENDA: NONE. OTHER BUSINESS I COUNCILMEMBER REPORTS: NONE. ADJOURNMENT With no further business brought before the Council, a motion to adjourn was made by SOUKUP, seconded by MORTON. The motion carried and the meeting adjourned at 11:32 p.m. - V")�IL Frank B6d94 dity Manager 12 22 14 City Council Meeting Minutes 10