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Prior Lake, MN 55372
REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES
November 28, 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, Finance
Director Uram, Public Works / Natural Resources Director Gehler, City Engineer / Inspections
Director Poppler, Police Chief Elliott, Fire Chief Hartman, Community Development Specialist
McCabe, Project Engineer Monserud, Recreation Coordinator Barstad 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.
No Members of the Public Spoke
APPROVAL OF AGENDA
MOTION BY MCGUIRE, SECOND BY THOMPSON TO APPROVE THE AGENDA
VOTE Hedberg Keeney McGuire Morton Thompson
Aye ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒
Nay ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐
Abstain ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐
Absent ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐
The motion carried.
APPROVAL OF CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES
MOTION BY THOMPSON, SECOND BY MORTON TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE NO-
VEMBER 14, 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 3rd Quarter Investment Report
C. Consider Approval of Building Permit Summary Report
D. Consider Approval of Animal Control Services Report
E. Consider Approval of Fire Department Report
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F. Consider Approval of Police Department Report
G. Consider Approval of 3rd Quarter Financial Report
H. Consider Approval of a Resolution 16-155 Authorizing the Mayor and City Manager to Ex-
ecute the City’s Standard Contract for City Facility Refuse and Recycling Pick Up and Dis-
posal
I. Consider Approval of a Resolution 16-156 Updating the Prior Lake Public Works Opera-
tions Manual to Include Policies on Sanitary Sewer Operations and Frozen Water Service
Thawing
J. Consider Approval of a Resolution 16-157 Approving a Standardized Development
Agreement and Letter of Credit Template for Future Plats
K. Consider Approval of a Resolution 16-158 Approving Prior Lake-Savage Optimist Club a
Premise Permit for Lawful Gambling
L. Consider Approval of a Resolution 16-159 Approving the First Amendment to the Tech-
nology Village Lease Agreement Between the City of Prior Lake and the City of Prior Lake
Economic Development Authority
M. Consider Approval of a Resolution 16-160 Approving a Joint Powers Agreement with the
State of Minnesota on behalf of Prior Lake
N. Consider Approval of a Resolution 16-161 Authorizing Full and Final Payment to Valley
Paving for the Maplewood Street Improvements Project (City Project #TRN13-000005)
MOTION BY MCGUIRE, SECOND BY THOMPSON TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA
The motion carried.
PRESENTATIONS
6A Presentations to Retiring Commission and Committee Members
City Manager Boyles presented on this topic dated November 28, 2016
Hedberg: Presented a plaque to Kendall Larson and a certificate to Michelle Choudek.
Choudek: Thanked the city and the residents for the opportunity to serve on the Economic Devel-
opment Authority.
Larson: Thanked the city and the residents for the opportunity to serve on the Parks Advisory
Committee for nine years and stated how important the parks and lakes are to the community.
PUBLIC HEARINGS
7A Public Hearing to Consider Approval of a Resolution Vacating a Utility Easement Lo-
cated at 16045 Northwood Road
City Attorney Schwarzhoff presented on this topic dated November 28, 2016
MOTION BY KEENEY, SECOND BY MORTON TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 7:16
P.M.
VOTE Hedberg Keeney McGuire Morton Thompson
Aye ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒
Nay ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐
Abstain ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐
Absent ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐
VOTE Hedberg Keeney McGuire Morton Thompson
Aye ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒
Nay ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐
Abstain ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐
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The motion carried.
No Members of the Public Spoke
MOTION BY MORTON, SECOND BY MCGUIRE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 7:18
P.M. AND TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 16-162 VACATING A UTILITY EASEMENT LO-
CATED AT 16045 NORTHWOOD ROAD
The motion carried.
7B Public Hearing on the 2017 Budget and Tax Levy
City Manager Boyles and Finance Director Uram presented on this topic dated November
28, 2016
MOTION BY THOMPSON, SECOND BY MCGUIRE TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT
7:38 P.M.
The motion carried.
Lloyd Erbaugh, 17291 Marshfield Lane: Noted the budget has been discussed at multiple
meetings. Stated Prior Lake is a growing community adding roads, parks and residents but he
believes the council has not been keeping up with basic expenditure levels especially in the
staffing area. Thanked the council for approving the Emerald Ash Borer funding. Asked the
council to consider additional funding of $45,000 in the IT area to make IT improvements
throughout all the city operations where it is needed.
MOTION BY MCGUIRE, SECOND BY THOMPSON TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT
7:41 P.M.
The motion carried.
Keeney: Stated the levy per household is less than 1.5% increase over the years shown in the
Finance Director’s Graphic. Explained the amount is less than the inflation rate over the last ten
Absent ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐
VOTE Hedberg Keeney McGuire Morton Thompson
Aye ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒
Nay ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐
Abstain ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐
Absent ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐
VOTE Hedberg Keeney McGuire Morton Thompson
Aye ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒
Nay ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐
Abstain ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐
Absent ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐
VOTE Hedberg Keeney McGuire Morton Thompson
Aye ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒
Nay ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐
Abstain ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐
Absent ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐
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years which is extremely low amount of an increase and the city has been as fiscally responsi-
ble as we can be. Believed the council has been very conservative. Added he is in favor of the
presented numbers. Stated the operating side of things has been cut by keeping the same
amount of staff even though the population and number of roadways and another city infrastruc-
ture has grown.
McGuire: Stated he agrees with Keeney. Thanked staff for keeping the number down and
thanked the council for addressing the needs for staff.
Morton: Asked Uram for clarification on the reduction MCES value and sewer rate.
Uram: Responded the MCES is at 35 cents and the city sewer rate is at 17 cents.
Morton: Asked what was the impact to the levy from using some reserves.
Uram: Responded that staff modified the revenues and kept the uses of reserves at $50k so the
tax levy went from 5.13% to 4.4%.
Thompson: Thanked the staff for keeping the budget tight. Noted the sewer rate, water rate
and the water quality rate are all increasing. Added the Metropolitan Council rate is increasing
and should be passed along to the residents. Stated this makes for a lot of items still increasing
for residents. Asked how many years in a row has the water and sewer rates increased and how
can we get that under control?
Hedberg: Explained the city went 7 or 8 years without any increases but about 5 years ago the
council determined that was not a sustainable policy and smaller increases each year is more
ideal. Stated the hope was for a couple of large increases over the last couple of years to catch
up with growth plus inflation but the city has not caught up yet. Explained the utility funds do not
take on any new debt except for special types of assets. Stated the new council could re-evalu-
ate this plan to see if this is the right route to continue. Added the city is focusing on the sustain-
ability of service and when the roadways are redone, staff are finding more issues which in turn
costs more. Noted these are capital expenses that need to be paid for and the council has
asked the staff to identify the greatest challenges each year. Believed the council is risking too
much and erosion of services is near. Stated he supports this budget and thanked the staff for
their work. Added the city has focused on long term sustainability and we have decreased the
amount of spending on capital projects. Explained the operating expenditures are small in-
creases which falls on city staff and increases the risk of service erosion.
Keeney: Stated we heard from the Finance Director about the reserve balances in the water
and sewer funds getting down to the bottom of our range that we are comfortable with which is
an indication that the revenue is not keeping up with our costs. Explained when he hears some-
one says the rates are going up too much his response is we must maintain the sewer and wa-
ter systems; so, what could we do to lower the costs of those systems and unless there is a way
to do that in hand it is irresponsible of us to not keep up with the maintenance of the systems.
Asked Thompson who stated they are too high to give an answer on how to make the costs of
maintaining the systems lower.
Thompson: Responded the city could look at past projects and think about how we could have
downsized the projects and stated the water increases in the last ten years have been signifi-
cant. Agreed to keep up with the maintenance of water and sewer but she believes there are
projects that could have been done on a smaller scale so the city would not be looking at some
of these increases.
Hedberg: Noted the council did delay projects and changed some of the projects to keep the
costs down. Stated he does not believe any of those projects apply to the sewer and water rates
and Thompson’s comparison between the rates and projects do not relate to each other. Ex-
plained the city needs to look at acidic soils and the impact it has on water pipes so we need to
be more aggressive at changing the long-term costs; the change to the way we are reconstruct-
ing streets will help us in the long run.
Keeney: Added you can only push the debt out so many years; he believes that paying for
these small increasing each year is better than taking on new debt.
Hedberg: Added he is not in favor of taking on more debt.
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Keeney: Asked if there is a specific need that the staff requested for the IT funds?
Uram: Responded the consultants that assisted with the crypto-lock virus pointed out updates
for software and equipment which should be improved. Suggested that the new council and staff
have a work session to discuss the needs; it could be $45,000 or $200,000 he does not have a
number.
Keeney: Stated the fund amount should not be increased but there may be some flexibility with
a budget amendment next year.
MOTION BY KEENEY, SECOND BY MORTON DIRECTING STAFF TO PREPARE THE
BUDGET AS PRESENTED FOR ADOPTION AT THE DECEMBER 12, 2016 CITY COUNCIL
MEETING
The motion carried.
OLD BUSINESS
No Old Business Scheduled
NEW BUSINESS
9A Consider Approval of a Report with Respect to Requests by Property Owners to Delay
Connection to City Sewer and Water Service as Required by Section 705 of the Prior Lake
City Code
City Engineer / Inspections Director Poppler presented on this topic dated November 28,
2016
Morton: Stated the city should stick to past practice with differing fees for three months and
hookup for six months after that. Asked if the 2016 fees could be grandfathered in since we do
not know what 2017 fees will be.
Poppler: Responded that in March the council authorized the change in the fee schedule for
this project up until September 25, 2016 so the new fees would apply; only two properties have
not paid their fees yet.
Morton: Asked for confirmation that the hookup is the main focus.
Poppler: Answered yes.
Morton: Stated a couple of these homes will have long standing issues since one is in foreclo-
sure and one homeowner is hospitalized but we have a previous behavior that we should stay
consistent with that action.
Keeney: Stated the actual connection is extremely high; he is fine with differing the fees but in
terms of the actual hookup which is our main interest. Asked if the foreclosure home is occu-
pied?
Poppler: Responded it is not occupied.
Keeney: Stated we give the deferral, a citation is given, there will be some kind of sale for the
foreclosure; he imagines at that point it could be worked out.
Morton: Asked if it becomes a lien against the property.
Schwarzhoff: Answered there is not automatically option to put a lien on the property but there
may be an option to have a civil action in court. Added a note can be added to the property and
new buyers who normally contact the city to check on a property would find out that way.
Keeney: Asked what the process is for a citation and court.
VOTE Hedberg Keeney McGuire Morton Thompson
Aye ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒
Nay ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐
Abstain ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐
Absent ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐
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Schwarzhoff: Replied that the city hopes for voluntary compliance but it would be a citation fol-
lowed up by court case for a forced connection.
MOTION BY MCGUIRE, SECOND BY MORTON TO DIRECTING STAFF TO ADVISE ALL
PARTIES THAT THEY MUST PAY CONNECTION FEES BY FEBRUARY 28, 2017 AND HOOK
UP TO WATER AND SEWER BY AUGUST 28, 2017
VOTE Hedberg Keeney McGuire Morton Thompson
Aye ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒
Nay ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐
Abstain ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐
Absent ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐
The motion carried.
9B Consider Approval of a Resolution Amending the Final Planned Unit Development
(PUD) Plan known as Crystal Bay Townhomes
Community Development Specialist McCabe presented on this topic dated November 28,
2016
MOTION BY MORTON, SECOND BY THOMPSON TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 16-163
AMENDING THE FINAL PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT (PUD) PLAN KNOWN AS CRYS-
TAL BAY TOWNHOMES
Keeney: Stated he is in favor since it is not changing the length of the dock.
Thompson: Asked for confirmation that this will be the last change.
McCabe: Responded yes this will be the maximum with 23 units and 23 boat slips.
Morton: Questioned when will the last four units be build.
McCabe: Answered the northeast location of the property has building permits and the other
two units on the northwest have permits in review but were on hold awaiting this council deci-
sion.
VOTE Hedberg Keeney McGuire Morton Thompson
Aye ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒
Nay ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐
Abstain ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐
Absent ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐
The motion carried.
9C Consider Approval of a Resolution Accepting the Feasibility Report and Scheduling a
Public Hearing to Consider the Cates Street Area Improvement Project, City Project
#TRN17-000002
City Engineer / Inspections Director Poppler and Bolton & Menk Consultant Engineer
Mike Warner presented on this topic dated November 28, 2016
MOTION BY THOMPSON, SECOND BY MCGUIRE TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 16-164 AC-
CEPTING THE FEASIBILITY REPORT AND SCHEDULING A PUBLIC HEARING TO CON-
SIDER THE CATES STREET AREA IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, CITY PROJECT #TRN17-
000002
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McGuire: Suggested the public hearings be moved to Jan 23rd and Feb 13th for the new council
to review.
Morton: Stated she recalled a concern for staff not having the public hearings in December in
handling the plans and specs along with ordering the bids.
Poppler: Responded yes we lay out this schedule to get bidding done in Feb/March so the pro-
ject can be started in Apr/May. Added if the council delays the public hearing to Jan/Feb staff
cannot get started on design which will take a few months which delays bidding and construc-
tion.
Thompson: Stated the new council could review the video or attend the public hearing.
McGuire: Stated he thinks the new council should have an opportunity to weigh in.
Hedberg: These four projects together are alike
MOTION BY MCGUIRE, SECOND BY KEENEY TO MOVE TWO OF THE PUBLIC HEARINGS
TO THE JANUARY 9, 2017 CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND THE OTHER TWO PUBLIC
HEARINGS TO JANUARY 23, 2017
Poppler: Suggested council approve the design.
Hedberg: Stated he is hesitant to approve the design if the new council may not be in favor of
the reconstructions.
Poppler: Noted it would be more of the preliminary design work, design changes can still be
made in January.
VOTE Hedberg Keeney McGuire Morton Thompson
Aye ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒
Nay ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐
Abstain ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐
Absent ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐
The motion carried.
Warner: Stated in general people wanted more street lights but no sidewalks; sidewalks are not in
the feasibility study.
Keeney: Suggested deleting the rest of the road on Cates and putting in a trail instead. Asked if it
makes sense to reduce the width.
Poppler: Stated this was discussed and this can be determined after the public hearing.
Hedberg: Noted Park Ave is a narrow street with curb and gutter; as this street carries more traf-
fic he would be in favor to doing a more robust base of the road. Noted this road has no storm wa-
ter management infrastructure. Asked if has looked at what could be done for stormwater treat-
ment in this area.
Poppler: Responded the water flows around the corner and goes into a catch basin but it is
something we can look at.
Hedberg: Noted he would like to see information for stormwater improvement and for the new
council to receive some information on a trail in this area.
MAIN MOTION
VOTE Hedberg Keeney McGuire Morton Thompson
Aye ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒
Nay ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐
Abstain ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐
Absent ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐
The motion carried.
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MOTION BY KEENEY, SECOND BY MCGUIRE DIRECTING STAFF TO REMOVE THE ROAD-
WAY EAST OF ALBONY ON CATES, EVALUATE STORMWATER CONNECTIONS ON PARK
AVENUE, THE DURABILITY OF PARKS AVENUE AND NO HAMMERHEAD ON FIVE HAWKS
VOTE Hedberg Keeney McGuire Morton Thompson
Aye ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒
Nay ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐
Abstain ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐
Absent ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐
The motion carried.
MOTION BY HEDBERG, SECOND BY MCGUIRE DIRECTING STAFF TO PROVIDE TRAIL
COST ESTIMATES FROM ST MIKES PARKING LOT THROUGH THIS AREA TO NORTH OF
FIVE HAWKS SCHOOL
VOTE Hedberg Keeney McGuire Morton Thompson
Aye ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ ☐
Nay ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☒
Abstain ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐
Absent ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐
The motion carried.
9D Consider Approval of a Resolution Accepting the Feasibility Report and Scheduling a
Public Hearing to Consider the Balsam Street Area Improvement Project, City Project
#TRN17-000003
City Engineer / Inspections Director Poppler and Bolton & Menk Engineer Mike Warner
presented on this topic dated November 28, 2016
MOTION BY MORTON, SECOND BY KEENEY TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 16-165 AC-
CEPTING THE FEASIBILITY REPORT AND SCHEDULING A PUBLIC HEARING TO CON-
SIDER THE BALSAM STREET AREA IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, CITY PROJECT #TRN17-
000003 REFERENCING THE PREVIOUS AMENDMENT MOVING THE PUBLIC HEARING TO
JANUARY 2017
Hedberg: Suggested a narrower road due to the speed concerns.
Poppler: Responded this curb and gutter is in better condition than Park Avenue’s curb a gutter
which results in less spot repairs.
Keeney: Stated he is not in favor of combining the two projects.
Hedberg: Asked what the OCI is for this road.
Poppler: Answered the OCI was 19. Stated his concerns about narrowing the road and how it
will affect driveways.
Hedberg: Assumed the city will have to reconstruct one half of the curves.
Poppler: Stated you would not be able to lower the profile to make up the difference for the
added driveway which would cause draining issues on driveways.
VOTE Hedberg Keeney McGuire Morton Thompson
Aye ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒
Nay ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐
Abstain ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐
Absent ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐
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The motion carried.
MOTION BY HEDBERG, SECOND BY MCGUIRE DIRECTING STAFF TO REDUCE THE
ROADWAY WIDTH AND TO EXPLORE OTHER TRAFFIC CALMING ROADWAY OPTIONS
VOTE Hedberg Keeney McGuire Morton Thompson
Aye ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ ☐
Nay ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☒
Abstain ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐
Absent ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐
The motion carried.
Keeney: Commented that a resident stated the city is plowing too fast which affects the roadway.
9E Consider Approval of a Resolution Accepting the Feasibility Report and Scheduling a
Public Hearing to Consider the Franklin Trail Improvement Project, City Project #TRN17-
000004
City Engineer / Inspections Director Poppler and Bolton & Menk Engineer Mike Warner
presented on this topic dated November 28, 2016
MOTION BY MORTON, SECOND BY MCGUIRE TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 16-166 CON-
SIDER APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE FEASIBILITY REPORT AND
SCHEDULING A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER THE FRANKLIN TRAIL IMPROVEMENT
PROJECT, CITY PROJECT #TRN17-000004 REFERENCING THE PREVIOUS AMENDMENT
MOVING THE PUBLIC HEARING TO JANUARY 2017
Morton: Asked if the townhomes where part of the October public meeting.
Poppler: Responded that the townhome owners will be noticed for the public hearing and will
be noticed for the next public meeting.
Keeney: Asked what the speed limit on Franklin Trail is.
Poppler: Answered the speed limit is 30.
VOTE Hedberg Keeney McGuire Morton Thompson
Aye ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒
Nay ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐
Abstain ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐
Absent ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐
The motion carried.
MOTION BY MORTON, SECOND BY THOMPSON DIRECTING STAFF TO INCLUDE THE
PORKCHOP OPTION AT FRANKLIN TRAIL AND PARK NICOLLET AVENUE AT THE PUBLIC
HEARING
VOTE Hedberg Keeney McGuire Morton Thompson
Aye ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒
Nay ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐
Abstain ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐
Absent ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐
The motion carried.
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9F Consider Approval of a Resolution Accepting the Feasibility Report and Scheduling a
Public Hearing to Consider the Sycamore Trail Improvement Project, City Project
#TRN17-000005
City Engineer / Inspections Director Poppler and Bolton & Menk Engineer Mike Warner
presented on this topic dated November 28, 2016
MOTION BY KEENEY, SECOND BY MORTON TO APPROVE OPTION THREE FOR RESO-
LUTION 16-167 ACCEPTING THE FEASIBILITY REPORT AND SCHEDULING A PUBLIC
HEARING TO CONSIDER THE SYCAMORE TRAIL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, ACCEPTING
THE HAMMERHEAD OPTION FOR CITY PROJECT #TRN17-000005 REFERENCING THE
PREVIOUS AMENDMENT MOVING THE PUBLIC HEARING TO JANUARY 2017
Keeney: Stated it seems like the neighborhood does not want a city street. Asked if the storm-
water and sewer be added then give the street back to the residents. Asked if the city has built a
20’ wide street.
Poppler: Responded in 2005 Breezy Point comes to mind, we narrowed the street down to a
20’ wide.
Gehler: Stated Grainwood was left at the current width which is below current city standard.
Hedberg: Commented having no turn around option is not good for public works and public
safety despite the neighborhood preference.
McGuire: Stated that road was acquired to do a thorough street and that is what the council
should follow through with but the opposition is strong, he supports option three.
Hedberg: Asked if the city could do a utility easement only.
Schwarzhoff: Stated the city would have to go back and figure out how the road was obtained
but we could vacate that portion of the road and maintain a drainage and utility.
Keeney: Asked if the city can trade part of it for some of the right-of-way.
Schwarzhoff: Stated it goes back to who owned the property before the city acquired the road
because if you vacate a road the simplest answer is it goes back to the previous owner.
McGuire: Stated he objects to giving the road back or giving back the right-of-way.
VOTE Hedberg Keeney McGuire Morton Thompson
Aye ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒
Nay ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐
Abstain ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐
Absent ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐
The motion carried.
MOTION BY MCGUIRE, SECOND BY KEENEY FOR PUBLIC HEARING OF 9C AND 9E TO BE
HELD ON JANUARY 9, 2017 AND 9D AND 9F TO BE HELD ON JANUARY 23, 2016
VOTE Hedberg Keeney McGuire Morton Thompson
Aye ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒
Nay ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐
Abstain ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐
Absent ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐
The motion carried.
ITEMS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA
No Items Removed from the Consent Agenda
OTHER BUSINESS / COUNCILMEMBER REPORTS
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Keeney: Stated he has a conflict this Wednesday and cannot attend the Steering 30 x 50 meet-
ing.
McGuire: Stated he is out of town and cannot attend.
Thompson: Stated she is not available to attend.
Hedberg: Noted the council will not be present unless the mayor-elect or a councilor-elect
chooses to attend.
Keeney: Stated he will pass along the information to mayor-elect Briggs.
ADJOURNMENT
With no further business brought before the Council, a motion was made by McGuire and se-
conded by Morton to adjourn. The motion carried and the meeting adjourned at 9:56 p.m.
VOTE Hedberg Keeney McGuire Morton Thompson
Aye ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒
Nay ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐
Abstain ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐
Absent ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐
The motion carried.
________________________________
Frank Boyles, City Manager