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HomeMy WebLinkAbout05 23 16 City Council Minutes 1 4646 Dakota Street SE Prior Lake, MN 55372 REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES May 23, 2016 CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m. Present were Mayor Hedberg, Councilors Keeney, Morton, McGuire and Thompson, City Manager Boyles, City Attorney Schwarzhoff, Assistant City Manager Olson, Finance Director Uram, City Engineer / Inspections Director Poppler, Community / Economic Development Director Rogness, Police Chief Elliott, Fire Chief Hartman, Community Development Specialist McCabe, Planner Matzke, Accounting Manager Erickson and Executive Assistant Schroeder. PUBLIC FORUM City Manager Boyles reviewed the process for the public forum and explained that items sched- uled for public hearing or items for which a public hearing has been held but no final action taken, are not eligible for discussion on the public forum. Teresa Coen, 14038 Rutgers St NE: Stated her home will be directly impacted by the access road of Commerce and Rutgers with her driveway being across from the access. Explained Rut- gers was done a couple years ago to add in street gutters, new watermain lines and with that came a narrower road by design to maintain the residential aspect of the neighborhood. Stated if you have ever entered Rutgers from the west going east while there are cars in the turn lane, it is difficult to make that turn and not cross over into the turn lane. Added if there are commercial ve- hicles they will have to turn east in less than 150’. Stated there are no sidewalks on our street for people to walk and adding 2,000 to 3,000 a day on Rutgers will not be safe. Questioned how the council would feel if there were that many vehicles passing their home. Commented that the rea- son she bought her house in 2000 was due to the developed neighborhood. Concluded that the council should vote down the Commerce to Rutgers connection and stop shifting traffic issues from County Road 42 to a road that is not suitable for commercial and large volume of traffic. Tina Albright, 14024 Rutgers St NE: Noted she is the first house off County Road 42. Explained there is some contradicting information. Stated at the last meeting the report stated 150’ was ideal for a turn lane and the street was going to be at 140’; the current map shows there is only 115’ from the road. Suggested that there can only be two cars in the turn lane and it prevents residents from backing out of their driveway. Concluded that she agrees with all of the concerns that Coen brought up and stated the council should vote no. Zack Braid, 14086 Rutgers St NE: Asked the council to not support the connection and listen to their constituents to add a stop light at Boone. Suggested that since a right in access worked for Walgreens it should work for Commerce. Stated it is not a good idea to add 2,000 to 2,300 vehi- cles a day to any portion of a residential neighborhood. Believed Rutgers was not designed to ab- sorb this amount of traffic. Stated the road was only designed for the people who live in that neighborhood and some residents will not be able to back out of their driveway since they already have trouble. Explained a right in access on Commerce from County Road 42 would address the needs. Stated he hopes the council will recognize that the imperfect canvas the engineers have to work with is a residential area. Mike Cressoff, 6550 Harborview Circle: Stated he agrees with the previous speakers. Ex- plained he does not let his three kids walk to the park because it is to unsafe with no sidewalk and this connection will only make it worse. APPROVAL OF AGENDA MOTION BY THOMPSON, SECOND BY MORTON TO APPROVE THE AGENDA. DRAFT 05 23 16 City Council Meeting Minutes 2 VOTE Hedberg Keeney McGuire Morton Thompson Aye ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ Nay ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Abstain ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Absent ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ The motion carried. APPROVAL OF CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES MOTION BY MCGUIRE, SECOND BY THOMPSON TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE MAY 09, 2016 REGULAR MEETING AS PRESENTED. VOTE Hedberg Keeney McGuire Morton Thompson Aye ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ Nay ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Abstain ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Absent ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ The motion carried. CONSENT AGENDA City Manager Boyles reviewed the items on the consent agenda. A. Consider Approval of Claims Listing B. Consider Approval of Treasurers 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 G. Consider Approval of Amendments to the 2016 Top Priority Vision Elements for the 2040 Vision and Strategic Plan H. Consider Approval of Two Resolutions 16-065 and 16-066 for the Manitou Road Im- provement Project #TRN16-000001. 1) Accepting Proposals and Authorizing Bolton and Menk, Inc. to Provide Construction Staking 2) Accepting Proposals and Authorizing Ele- ment Materials Technology to Provide Construction Testing I. Consider Approval of a Massage Therapy License for Jennifer Schmidt J. Consider Approval of a Resolution 16-067 Approving the Cooperative Agreement for Public Safety Information and Radio Systems with Scott County and Authorizing the Mayor and City Manager to Execute the Same K. Consider Approval of a Quit Claim Deed to Clarify Legal Description MOTION BY MCGUIRE, SECOND BY THOMPSON TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. Hedberg: Commented on item 5G regarding the approval of the 2016 top priority vision elements for the 2040 Vision and Strategic Plan. Stated the council has discussed this topic at a couple of different work sessions. Explained the council decided the three highest priority items are Natural Resources which includes lakes, parks, and outdoor amenities; second is Community and Eco- nomic Development regarding items such as the orderly annexation area and downtown issues; the third priority is Community Assets such as parks, roadways, sewer/water pipes and the SMSC water agreement. Encouraged residents to read about the top priorities for full details of each of these categories. DRAFT 05 23 16 City Council Meeting Minutes 3 The motion carried. PRESENTATIONS No Presentations Scheduled PUBLIC HEARINGS 7A Public Hearing Approving the Issuance of, and Giving Host Approval to the Issuance of Senior Housing Revenue Refunding Notes to Refinance a Project by Shepherd's Path Sen- ior Housing, Inc. (McKenna Crossing Senior Housing Project) Finance Director Uram and Community Development Specialist McCabe presented on this topic dated May 23, 2016 Hedberg: Stated these are referred to as conduit bonds so the City is refinancing the bonds that were issued more than a decade ago. Asked Uram what impact does this have on the City’s bond rating or our debt levels? Uram: Responded that there is no impact to the City nor the City’s credit rating and there will not ever be a claim to the City for a payment on these bonds. Added the City only serves as a pass through for the bonds to be tax exempt. MOTION BY KEENEY, SECOND BY MORTON TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 7:21 P.M. VOTE Hedberg Keeney McGuire Morton Thompson Aye ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ Nay ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Abstain ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Absent ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ The motion carried. MOTION BY MCGUIRE, SECOND BY THOMPSON TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 7:23 P.M. AND APPROVING RESOLUTION 16-068 FOR THE ISSUANCE OF, AND GIVING HOST APPROVAL TO THE ISSUANCE OF SENIOR HOUSING REVENUE REFUNDING NOTES TO REFINANCE A PROJECT BY SHEPHERD'S PATH SENIOR HOUSING, INC. (MCKENNA CROSSING SENIOR HOUSING PROJECT) VOTE Hedberg Keeney McGuire Morton Thompson Aye ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ Nay ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Abstain ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Absent ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ The motion carried. OLD BUSINESS 8A Consider Approval of a Resolution Approving the Geometric Layout for the CSAH 42 and TH 13 Intersection Improvement Project and Extension of Commerce Avenue VOTE Hedberg Keeney McGuire Morton Thompson Aye ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ Nay ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Abstain ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Absent ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ DRAFT 05 23 16 City Council Meeting Minutes 4 City Engineer / Inspections Director Poppler and Scott County Engineer Tony Winiecki pre- sented on this topic dated May 23, 2016 MOTION BY MORTON, SECOND BY MCGUIRE APPROVING RESOLUTION 16-XXX APPROV- ING THE GEOMETRIC LAYOUT FOR THE CSAH 42 AND TH 13 INTERSECTION IMPROVE- MENT PROJECT AND EXTENSION OF COMMERCE AVENUE Morton: Stated she has issues supporting this layout. Explained the driveways for the first two houses on the corner will be right in the proposed turn lane. Asked what kind of safeguards are in place to give residents access to their homes. Winiecki: Responded traffic studies reveal that the backup would be no longer than two minutes because the traffic generated signal will cycle on average every two minutes. Added the signal is timed to serve the north side more often due to the traffic load and the que lengths that are identi- fied are a very conservative length. Explained there is no additional background traffic that will come from somewhere else since the neighborhood is locked in by the lake unless there is signifi- cate redevelopment. Morton: Stated the agenda report map for this turn lane says 115’ but the report itself states 150’. Asked where the discrepancy comes from. Poppler: Replied that the 115’ used a different measurement point with the graphic. Winiecki: Added the layout on the graphic is not the final design but the 115’ is measured from the south side of the pedestrian crossing. Stated the vehicles that may be backed up should rec- ognize the intersection and not sit in it. Reminded the council that the traffic will clear every single light cycle so traffic will not remain in front of the intersection. Thompson: Stated she has several concerns with this design and she use to live on this very narrow road. Explained when a car is parked on one side of the road it becomes a one-way road because you have to wait for the oncoming traffic to clear so one can go around a parked car. Added there are many families on this street and she has heard of two instances where people had to jump out of the way for vehicles turning onto the street. Stated she does not think the road is designed for additional traffic and does not think it is safe. Explained down the road from Rut- gers is a park which causes parking on both sides of the road. Suggested a right turn only into Commerce which would take the traffic off County Road 42 which would make this much safer. McGuire: Asked why Commerce is proposed to be so far north rather than staying south. Winiecki: Responded the layout is utilizing the property that is currently owned. McGuire: Questioned if the County would consider a layout forcing traffic to take a right hand turn only or putting in a ‘pork chop’. Winiecki: Replied there will be users along Rutgers and Watersedge that will likely use the Com- merce connection to those commercial properties so you would be restricting that movement out of there. Added it is recognizable to its proximity to County Road 42 that people would not be con- fused going left on Commerce going back to County Road 42. Stated he does not see the need for a ‘pork chop’ to go north on Rutgers. Keeney: Clarified the EDA understood having a connection on County Road 42 on Commerce was important to the existing businesses for a continued connection but the EDA did not come out and say it had to be on Rutgers. Stated there is an opportunity to improve the pedestrian safety regarding adding a sidewalk and a bus stop. Explained there is a resident willing to sell their home that is located on the southeast side of Rutgers which would open up a possibility to do a different alignment for Rutgers to be a secondary street. Believed this would solve many concerns. McGuire: Questioned Keeney if he is suggesting that the County buy the home moving the road further south. Keeney: Responded yes then curve the road back north so Rutgers would tee into Commerce. Hedberg: Stated no matter what the solution is the City needs to do more to keep traffic from go- ing through the neighborhood. Added it needs to be something that is proactive so commercial DRAFT 05 23 16 City Council Meeting Minutes 5 traffic does not go through the neighborhood. Stated the council approved that the street be nar- row to slow traffic and reduce impervious surface. Explained he does not want to see more traffic in this area and he understands the need to close access on Commerce from County Road 42. Stated the City needs to be thinking long term but keep the traffic out of the neighborhood. Thompson: Asked the other councilmembers what they think about the right turn only like the right turn into Walgreens. McGuire: Responded the right turn out is equally as important from the business area. Hedberg: Stated the design for the last 15-17 years has provided three-quarter access like the shopping zone on the north. Added these businesses need good access and if it is limited to right in and right out that does not support the 20-30 business in that area. Thompson: Commented that you can go right into Cub Foods off Highway 13 and County Road 42 but the only exit from Cub Foods is Connelly. Added the strip mall by Cub Foods is thriving. Keeney: Stated overall he is contemplating the safest road network that can be built including the residents who are affected by the Highway 13 and County Road 42 intersection. Explained he does not discount what the engineers have developed but you are trading optimal design on County Road 42 for a less optimal design on Rutgers. Stated he believes there is a more optimal solution to the exact configuration for Commerce and Rutgers but he is hesitant to approve an alignment. Asked if the council wants to table this or can there be conditions on the City Council approval. Winiecki: Responded that the County is proposing this as municipal consent as it is proposed to- day if there is a change in the condition then it is not municipal consent. Explained if consent is agreed today there will still be an option to explore the final design such as Keeney’s suggestion to purchase property to realign the road. Noted this is a 2018 project but scheduling needs to hap- pen very soon as the County has many design activities to accomplish. Added this is not a six- month decision, the decision needs to happen very soon. Hedberg: Asked if the City Council can approve this action with a contingency that the design for Rutgers is not acceptable. Thompson: Questioned the fellow councilmembers as to who would support a right in only. Morton: Responded that she does not support it now and she does not know enough about a right only example but the example of Cub Foods is well taken. McGuire: Asked if the council could table this item and look at getting the other house. Winiecki: Replied that this is a substantial change and three weeks to make that decision for se- curing that property may not be long enough and the council needs to vote right now on how they want to consider that option. Added that is a final design that includes a property that neither the City nor the County own. Keeney: Questioned if other councilmembers saw a design with the right in and right out options. Asked if there were reasons as to why that was not chosen. Stated this decision is difficult and he is not happy with the design. Thompson: Believed the City Council unanimously said they are not interested in this Commerce connection so she does not know why this layout was even presented. Hedberg: Stated the County finds the right in at Commerce access unacceptable as it conflicts with the turn lanes. Thompson: Asked if it can be a right in turn only. McGuire: Stated he cannot support a right in turn only because it would affect the businesses. Morton: Replied yes in all things being equal. Hedberg: Explained we have had clear expectations from the traffic engineers and he is uncom- fortable with the council stating the engineers are wrong. Morton: Stated she does not disagree with Hedberg and the council should vote on this item as is. Keeney: Explained a right in for the business would be preferred rather than no connection. Stated he does not have the expertise and it comes down to the experts to design the road. Added it is ok for the council to say they would rather have access on Commerce in exchange for DRAFT 05 23 16 City Council Meeting Minutes 6 a safer street on Rutgers. Suggested to give staff some time to digest what the council has objec- tions to. SUBSTITUTE MOTION BY KEENEY, SECOND BY MCGUIRE TO TABLE THIS AGENDA ITEM UNTIL THE JUNE 13, 2016 CITY COUNCIL MEETING SO THAT THE COUNTY CAN EXPLORE OPTIONS TO ADDRESS CITY COUNCIL CONCERNS VOTE Hedberg Keeney McGuire Morton Thompson Aye ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ Nay ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Abstain ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Absent ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ The motion carried. RECESS Hedberg declared a recess at 8:09 p.m. for the Council Chambers to clear. RECONVENE Hedberg reconvened the meeting at 8:14 p.m. 8B Consider Approval of a Resolution Amending the Special Assessment Policy Regarding Street Reclamation and Overlay Improvements City Engineer / Inspections Director Poppler and Finance Director Uram presented on this topic dated May 23, 2016 MOTION BY MORTON, SECOND BY THOMPSON APPROVING RESOLUTION 16-069 AMENDING THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENT POLICY REGARDING STREET RECLAMATION AND OVERLAY IMPROVEMENTS Morton: Noted that she was part of the Assessment Review Committee along with Councilor McGuire. Stated the group struggled with the tax levy impact to the community as a whole for a specific area of improvement. Explained historically there was no cost sharing with the homeown- ers but with the increasing construction costs and the number of projects the City needs to com- plete this looks like a feasible option to do the cost sharing. Questioned when the changes would go into effect if this resolution is adopted. Uram: Responded this would be in place for 2017 with the annual fee schedule. McGuire: Stated Morton summed this up very well. Added the residents in the project area defi- nitely are getting a benefit with the completed project. Explained the City struggles every year with the debt portion of the budget and this would provide a better assessment of those projects. Keeney: Commented that he thinks it helps remove some of the financial burden from engineer- ing being able to reclaim roads. Added he is in favor of this. Thompson: Stated she is opposed to this item because she views it as another tax increase. Ex- plained people will be paying the same amount of taxes but now when their road is redone there will be a significate amount of money for that as well. Added every year the fee schedule goes up, every year the water and sewer rates go up and every year our taxes go up. Stated this is just an- other way to get money out of people. Hedberg: Asked when the City does a reclamation, does that extend the life of the road. Poppler: Responded it will depend on where that road is in its life cycle. Stated if the road was built to proper standards to begin with and you do a reclamation, it will last just as long and cost less because you are not replacing the whole curb. DRAFT 05 23 16 City Council Meeting Minutes 7 Hedberg: Restated that if you do a reclamation rather than a reconstruction, the road can last just as long. Stated every 25-30 years a road has needed a reconstruction but if the City goes to a more active process of reclamation and overlays, the road life goes up to 50-60 years. Asked Poppler if that is correct. Poppler: Responded yes if the maintenance is done at the proper time. Hedberg: Explained in the end the costs will be less overall because the lower cost reclamations and overlays provide a longer life for the road rather than having to pay a high cost for the road to be reconstructed. Added that a special benefit to residents should be paid by those residents and when reclamations are done they do provide a special benefit to certain residents. Morton: Stated this process allows the City greater flexibility with a levy to keep it down and con- trolling debt for the future. Noted for the homeowners that are impacted as a part of some of these reconstruction projects will become more vested in that project. McGuire: Noted in 2017 the budget has an estimated 5% increase, if this is passed the City can look at a lower increase if appropriate. Keeney: Stated road construction costs will be the same so he does not think it increases or de- creases the overall amount but it may gain more resident involvement. Agreed that if a resident is getting an improvement, this change will align with the City’s other policies. Uram: Stated the needs far outweigh the resources that the City has. Added on June 13, 2016 staff will be presenting on the OCI index and will be talking about the equipment revolving fund as well as a presentation on debt service. Explained there are going to be some opportunities in debt services with the market value referendum dropping off as well as the reduction in debt service that the City did this year. Concluded this is all part of a bigger plan on how the City can fund the needs going forward. Hedberg: Concluded this will allow the City to commit to the pavement management policy that the City Council adopted and there will be a reduction in spending since the streets will last longer. VOTE Hedberg Keeney McGuire Morton Thompson Aye ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ ☐ Nay ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☒ Abstain ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Absent ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ The motion carried. NEW BUSINESS 9A Consider Approval of a Resolution Approving the 2015 Annual Financial Report and Management Letter Finance Director Uram and MMKR & CO, P.A. Jim Eichten presented on this topic dated May 23, 2016 MOTION BY THOMPSON, SECOND BY MORTON APPROVING RESOLUTION 16-070 AP- PROVING THE 2015 ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT AND MANAGEMENT LETTER Keeney: Noted having a clean audit report the year after switching over the City’s ERP system is a testament of the quality of the staff. VOTE Hedberg Keeney McGuire Morton Thompson Aye ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ Nay ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ DRAFT 05 23 16 City Council Meeting Minutes 8 Abstain ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Absent ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ The motion carried. 9B Consider Approval of an Ordinance Amending Sections 1101 General Provisions, 1102 Use District Regulations and 301 Liquor Control of the Prior Lake City Code Relating to Brew Pubs, Small Brewers and Micro Distilleries Community Development Specialist McCabe presented on this topic dated May 23, 2016 MOTION BY MORTON, SECOND BY MCGUIRE APPROVING ORDINANCE 116-12 AMEND- ING SECTIONS 1101 GENERAL PROVISIONS, 1102 USE DISTRICT REGULATIONS AND 301 LIQUOR CONTROL OF THE PRIOR LAKE CITY CODE RELATING TO BREW PUBS, SMALL BREWERS AND MICRO DISTILLERIES AND APPROVE RESOLUTION 16-071 AUTHORIZING THE SUMMARY OF ORDINANCE 116-12 AND ORDERING THE PUBLICATION OF SAID SUM- MARY. Morton: Stated the brewpubs in Shakopee often have food trucks outside, asked if the food truck owners have to get their own permit. McCabe: Confirmed yes the food trucks need their own permit. Thompson: Questioned how the Planning Commission voted. McCabe: Responded he believes they voted unanimously. Keeney: Noticed that excursion boats on the ordinance was struck out. Asked if a person cannot have a liquor license on the lake anymore. Schwarzhoff: Stated the City does not have authority to issue a liquor license to an excursion boat but the City does have a category that a liquor license can be issued but an excursion boat is not one of them. Keeney: Asked that a person cannot have a liquor license to sell liquor on a boat on the lake. Schwarzhoff: Responded she does not want to say no because there may be an option for the liquor license to fit into a different listing in the category. Added for example, if it were possible, the City could issue a liquor license to a restaurant that is on a boat. Hedberg: Stated on Lake Minnetonka, the St. Croix River and the Mississippi River there are ex- cursion boats that serve food and liquor. Noted it is something the City may want to explore. Thompson: Responded that those bodies of water may get their license from a different author- ity. Keeney: Stated in the presumptive penalties section he finds the table titled Appearances is con- fusing. Questioned why it is not titled as violations. Schwarzhoff: Replied the City redid this section a while ago and at that time the Police Chief and she tried to find a different word. Stated they did not want to use the word violation because there may or may not have been a violation. Explained they tried to come up with another word but the only time the word appearance is used is in the presumptive penalties section so if a license was denied and they appealed the term appearance is not used. Keeney: Questioned the City will not have someone come in to say we cannot presumptively pe- nalize him or her because the person never appeared. Schwarzhoff: Responded that will not be an issue. VOTE Hedberg Keeney McGuire Morton Thompson Aye ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ DRAFT 05 23 16 City Council Meeting Minutes 9 Nay ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Abstain ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Absent ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ The motion carried. 9C Consider Approval of an Ordinance Amending Sections 1104 Shoreland Regulations of the City Code Relating to Bluff and Steep Slope Areas Planner Matzke presented on this topic dated May 23, 2016 MOTION BY THOMPSON, SECOND BY MCGUIRE APPROVING ORDINANCE 116-13 AMEND- ING SECTIONS 1104 SHORELAND REGULATIONS OF THE CITY CODE RELATING TO BLUFF AND STEEP SLOPE AREAS AND APPROVE RESOLUTION 16-072 AUTHORIZING THE SUMMARY OF ORDINANCE 116-13 AND ORDERING THE PUBLICATION OF SAID SUM- MARY. Morton: Questioned if the slope is at risk from taking out the bottom section. Matzke: Responded when the footing is properly designed a person can make that change with- out altering the shear plane or fall zone of that wall. Stated the City is not allowing for a drastic change over four feet. Noted the DNR goes up to five feet. As long as you do the soil boring anal- ysis to determine the footing to anchor the wall. Keeney: Stated he does not agree with the expansion of nonconforming structures because it makes it seem like a person can make their house wider but not closer to the lake. Asked why this change is this necessary. Matzke: Replied that the City is getting more requests for this type of change. Added there is a good portion of the lakeshore that constitute bluff areas and in some instances it is the entire property. Explained the City is looking for a way to allow the small-scale things to commence ra- ther than keep doing variances case by case. Stated the Planning Commission often offers rec- ommendations as long as they meet the engineering analysis. Added when staff talked to the DNR it was discovered that the DNR is looking at the lateral expansion from a state perspective as well and they are allowing cities to have the flexible options of incorporation. Keeney: Questioned that this will still be administratively reviewed instead of having a variance issued. Matzke: Responded correct. Stated if someone where to build a new home, they still need to go through that process. Added this ordinance is for items like additions, wall renditions, and the like that still have a lot of safety measures that need to be adhered to. Keeney: Restated he is not very happy with the expansions but if property owners are getting a variance anyway it does streamline the process. VOTE Hedberg Keeney McGuire Morton Thompson Aye ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ Nay ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Abstain ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Absent ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ The motion carried. 9D Consider Approval of a Resolution Setting the City Manager’s Base Salary for Calen- dar Year 2016 and Approving the Employment Agreement Mayor Hedberg presented on this topic dated May 23, 2016 DRAFT 05 23 16 City Council Meeting Minutes 10 MOTION BY MORTON, SECOND BY THOMPSON APPROVING RESOLUTION 16-073 SET- TING THE CITY MANAGER’S BASE SALARY FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2016 AND APPROV- ING THE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT McGuire: Stated he agrees with the general recommendations but it was a much-pressured year. Noted he does not agree that Boyles should only get a 1.5% pay increase when all the other em- ployees get a 3% pay increase. Keeney: Thanked Boyles for his service and thanked the entire staff that work under Boyles di- rection. Hedberg: Stated it has been great working with Boyles for almost ten years. Added the City of Prior Lake is fortunate to have a leader like Boyles. Noted the City has a high level of service and the costs are always under the microscope but overall Boyles has been responsive to resident and council needs. VOTE Hedberg Keeney McGuire Morton Thompson Aye ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ Nay ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Abstain ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Absent ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ The motion carried. Boyles: Thanked the members of the Council and stated it is his privilege to service the commu- nity and thanked the staff and especially his supervisory staff who are the ones who make all suc- cesses possible. ITEMS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA No Items Removed from the Consent Agenda OTHER BUSINESS / COUNCILMEMBER REPORTS No Other Business / Councilmember Reports ADJOURNMENT With no further business brought before the Council, a motion was made by Morton and seconded Thompson by to adjourn. The motion carried and the meeting adjourned at 9:17 p.m. VOTE Hedberg Keeney McGuire Morton Thompson Aye ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ Nay ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Abstain ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Absent ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ The motion carried. ________________________________ Frank Boyles, City Manager