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HomeMy WebLinkAbout04 18 2022 City Council Minutes 1 4646 Dakota Street SE Prior Lake, MN 55372 CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES April 18, 2022 CALL TO ORDER Mayor Briggs called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. Present were Councilors Thompson, Burkart, Braid and Churchill. Absent: None. Also in attendance was City Manager Wedel, City Attorney Kendall, Public Works Director/City Engineer Brotzler, Community Development Director McCabe and City Clerk Simon. PUBLIC FORUM Brian Bright, 17226 Sunset Trail: Addressing Item 8A. Bright owns the adjacent property for 30 plus years. Bright was approached by the Jensen’s about the sale of this property in conjunction with them. Decided it was not best for him. Bright expressed concerns about the process including that the City never contacted them regarding the issues in regard to the appraisal. The property serves the neighborhood greatly for lake access and private events. Neighborhood helped main- tain this property for 30+ years and do not want it sold to a private residence. David Hayes, 17254 Sunset Trail: Hayes addressed item 8A. Hayes attended 1/3/2022 council meeting advocating to preserve this park north of their property. Questioned why the city would sell this lot as it is a value to the public/neighborhood as well as the watershed district. Hayes ex- pressed frustration with the lack of transparency from the City regarding updates of this property. Planning commission met 2/14/2022 and neighborhood was not notified that the property as sale. On 2/22/2022 Hayes requested information on the planning commission meeting. He expressed it appeared as a blind sale. Jensen’s presented to council on 1/3/2022 that the purchase of the va- cant lot was to enhance value for their home. The Jensen’s have now put the home for Sale. Hayes now would like to purchase this lot. Bryce Huenmoeller, 16670 Franklin Trail: Addressed item 8A. Huenmoeller attended on behalf of the Jensen’s. Asking council approval of sale to the Jensen’s. Huenmoeller noted from a long- term standpoint, the sale is consistent with the regulations and density issues as well as city ob- jectives. Payment is of a fair and reasonable price. It is not park property; it is legally for sale by the city. What the city has done so far is consistent with State and City law. Finance available and ready to close as soon as purchase for the appraisal price of $140,000. Initial appraisal was $130,000. This captured just the lot the second appraisal captured the value of the lot onto an ad- jacent lot. Public Forum closed at 7:12 pm. Wedel: Noted agenda item 8Ahas been in discussion for over 6 months. City owned parcel that was obtained in the 1970’s for sewer. As the parcel has been reviewed with the sanitary and 2 04 18 2022 City Council Meeting Minutes storm sewer lines, it would not be suitable to build a home on. City deems it a non-buildable lot. Lot for sale must be sold to an adjacent lot. Purchase agreement with Jensen’s in process. APPROVAL OF AGENDA MOTION BY TOMPSON, SECOND BY BRAID, TO APPROVE THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED. VOTE Briggs Thompson Burkart Braid Churchill Aye ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ Nay ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Abstain ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Absent ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ The motion carried. APPROVAL OF CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES 4A. APPROVE THE APRIL 04, 2022, CITY COUNCIL MINUTES MOTION BY THOMPSON, SECOND BY CHURCHILL, TO APPROVE THE APRIL 04, 2022, CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES AS PRESENTED. VOTE Briggs Thompson Burkart Braid Churchill Aye ☒ ☒ ☒ ☐ ☒ Nay ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Abstain ☐ ☐ ☐ ☒ ☐ Absent ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ The motion carried. CONSENT AGENDA Wedel: Reviewed the items on the consent agenda. 5A. Approval of Claims Listing 5B. Approval of Building Permit Summary Report 5C. Approval of Animal Control Services Report 5D. Approval of January 2022 Treasurer's Report 5E. Approval of February 2022 Treasurer's Report 5F. Approval of a Resolution 22-055 for 2022 1st Quarter Donations and Grants 5G. Approval of Preliminary 2021 Year End Financials 5H. Approval of a New Massage Therapy License for Christina Brindmore 5I. Approval of a New Massage Therapy License for Jie Yang 5J. Approval of a Resolution 22-056 Receiving Bids and Awarding the Contract for the Fire Station 1 Remodel Project 5K. Approval of a Resolution 22-057 for the Overhead Powerline Burial Contracts as Part of the Downtown South Reconstruction Project (CP 2020-11) 5L. Approval of a Resolution 22-058 Receiving Quotes and Awarding the Contract for the Mowing and Turf Maintenance Services 5M. Approval of a Resolution 22-059 for Bi-Annual Body Worn Camera Audit 5N. Approval of the 2021 Code Enforcement Year-End Report 3 04 18 2022 City Council Meeting Minutes MOTION BY BURKHARD SECOND BY BRAID, TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED. VOTE Briggs Thompson Burkart Braid Churchill Aye ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ Nay ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Abstain ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Absent ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ The motion carried. Briggs: Commented on agenda item 5F acknowledging the generous contributions and donations the City of Prior Lake received in the 1st quarter of 2021. Two most notably, the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community (SMSC) for their donation of $250,000 in support of Public Safety need and secondly the Prior Lake Savage Optimist Club for their donation of $2,000. Also thanking the Prior Lake Rotary for their donation of $11,500 for the pickle ball courts. PRESENTATIONS 6A. City Clerk Oath of Office City Manager Jason Wedel presented City Clerk Heidi Simon with the Clerk Oath of Office. 6B. Presentation of a Concept Plan for Outlots B and C, Jeffers Pond 1st Addition and Outlot A, Jeffers Corner 1st Addition Community Development Director McCabe, Jeffers Foundation Director Kelly Johnson, Jef- fers Foundation CEO Fergus Wooley and HJ Development Partner Chris Moe presented the item. Briggs: Requested the fractions of the tax base for Commercial vs. Residential for Prior Lake be reported as well as the City of Savage and the City of Shakopee. Braid: Inquired how many rooftops do the businesses state are needed? Mr. Moe did not have an answer to this question noting that the retailers had algorithms to analyze sites. Braid: Inquired about how many square footage was originally dedicated when Jeffers plan was originally developed. Mr. Moe noted it was 270,000 square feet was envisioned for commercial initial, now we are looking at 87,000 square feet. Braid noted that there is a need to increase our commercial space in order for commercial tax income to increase. Johnson: Asked the Council if they brought a business in over the 87,000 would that be ideal? Braid: Stated yes. Burkhart: Concurred that more commercial square footage would be ideal and the Council is still interested and would like to wait for a commercial opportunity to come in. Noted the pro- posed concept is fine, however he would like to see something more creative/innovative for the parking lot. Thompson: Agreed with fellow councilors and inquired about a Trader Joes in the space. Briggs: Noted that he has recently been talking with developers who say that Prior Lake needs more rooftops vs. commercial but Shakopee and Savage have had increases in Commercial space and the tax benefits are crucial. Invites the foundation to bring other requests such as parking exemptions to help get this commercial property passed. Thanked them for bringing their financial commandment to the Council. Stated to pause the project at the moment. Braid: Noted that he would like to keep the soul of the area. 4 04 18 2022 City Council Meeting Minutes Developer Ian Peterson:. Presented apartment project on 2/2/2022 to the neighborhood. Past projects class A+ apartment space. Past projects by this developer include Martin Blue, Elevate at SW Station and Minneapolis boutique apartments (tangletown/linded hills) Eden Prairie as- sisted/senior living concept. Class A+ apartment complex proposed for Jeffers outlot B. Previ- ous project by United Properties. Shifted Pool and outdoor are into the NW corner to keep that away from residents. “Modern Mountain” theme. Showed multiple renderings of the structure. Loaded amenities (pet spa, yoga studio, gym, coworking space). Covered parking. 197 units to- tal, 19 pocket offices for working (aka mini office). 280 total parking stalls. Braid: Asked about Commercial space opportunity in this complex. Peterson confirmed that there is no commercial space in this complex. Braid asked if there was any additional neighbor- hood meetings after the 2/2/2022 meeting? Peterson stated no, the feedback was overall posi- tive so no additional meetings were planned. Briggs: Inquired about the unit count, what is the average medium income per resident in the anticipate building and what the occupancy rate within 9 months? Mr. Peterson noted that occu- pants are typically 1/3 empty nesters, 1/3 millennials and 1/3” forty somethings”. In terms of sta- bilization, they write conservatively so anticipated 95% occupancy in 9 months. Median income approximately $100,000. Briggs noted that many tenants of that caliber are ones who eat out a lot and don’t cook a ton. There will be a demand to have facilities close by that they can eat out at; order take out from etc. Briggs noted it is a beautiful concept and he would love to have both the presenters as a package deal. Rachel Development Director Paul Robinson: Explained that outlot C is not losing the com- mercial just reallocating the space to a different part of the outlot. Braid noted that it’s a bit tough to continue to keep shifting the commercial around because it will end up depleting and we will miss out on the tax benefits from that commercial space. Briggs concurred that our focus needs to remain on the commercial space. Previous decisions have pushed us into a corner. Briggs would like to create a more lucrative commercial space. Robinson said that they still do have plans for plenty of commercial with their residential. PUBLIC HEARINGS 7A. No Public Hearings Scheduled. OLD BUSINESS 8A. Approval of a Resolution Authorizing the Mayor and City Manager to Enter into a Pur- chase Agreement for City-Owned property at 17232 Sunset Trail SW Community Development Director McCabe presented the item. Braid: Asked Director McCabe to clarify if this is a buildable or non-buildable lot. McCabe: Noted that there is a very small buildable area, but it would not substantiate a house. Briggs: Asked for Slide 11 to be brought up and consulted the City Attorney about the Council deeming this lot as a non-buildable lot and entering into this agreement would be in their prevue. Kendall: States that the Council has authority in both City Code and State Statue to conduct this sale and deem this lot nonbailable. Braid: Notes that there should be a clarified notification process for this sale process. Wedel: Noted that in this particular instance, since it deemed the lot not suitable for build and not a viable, standalone lot making it only for sale to an adjacent lot it was put through the public sale process. 5 04 18 2022 City Council Meeting Minutes MOTION BY THOMPSON TO APPROVE, SECOND BY CHURCHILL, TO APPROVE RESOLU- TION 22-060 AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A PUR- CHASE AGREEMENT FOR CITY-OWNED PROPERTY AT 17232 SUNSET TRAIL SW VOTE Briggs Thompson Burkart Braid Churchill Aye ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ Nay ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Abstain ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Absent ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ The motion carried. NEW BUSINESS 9A. Approval of a Request from Island View 1st Addition HOA Related to Dock Slip Place- ment Community Development Director McCabe presented the item. Thompson: Inquired if the HOA has ever done this before. McCabe: Noted that at least once they have done this with a permit from the DNR (1990/1991). Thompson: Asked if there was any concern about the docks sticking out in the lake. McCabe: Noted there would be no navigation issues with other boaters. Braid: Inquired if this was just for this year. McCabe: Noted that yes, this would only be effective for summer 2022 and they would need to get this approved annually. Briggs: Inquired if there was a trigger point for this dock movement. McCabe: Noted it was the water level of under 4’ of depth. MOTION BY BURKHART, SECOND BY THOMPSON, TO APPROVE A REQUEST FROM IS- LAND VIEW 1ST ADDITION HOA RELATED TO DOCK SLIP PLACEMENT VOTE Briggs Thompson Burkart Braid Churchill Aye ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ Nay ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Abstain ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Absent ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ The motion carried. REMOVED CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS COUNCILMEMBER LIAISON UPDATES / COUNCILMEMBER REPORTS Churchill: 4/8 SCALE general meeting, 4/11 Planning Commission meeting, 4/13 Live Learn Earn Housing committee meeting, 4/15 agenda review Braid: 3/29 Quarterly Annexation meeting, 4/11 EDA meeting, 4/12 Prior Lake/Spring Lake Dis- trict Watershed meeting, 4/15 agenda review 6 04 18 2022 City Council Meeting Minutes Burkart: 4/5 and 4/7 meetings with SW transit and MVTA, 4/7 HWY 169 quarterly call, 4/8 MVTA meeting, 4/11 Suburban transit board meeting, 4/14 Highway 169 board meeting, 4/15 agenda re- view, 4/18 Met council monthly meeting and MVTA management meeting Thompson: 4/18 agenda review meeting Briggs: 4/8 SCALE general meeting, 4/11 regional council meeting, 4/11 EDA meeting, 4/15 agenda meeting OTHER BUSINESS Wedel: Noted that we have a Lakefront Park project interactive link on the website looking for Community involvement. ADJOURNMENT MOTION BY THOMPSON, SECOND BY CHURCHILL, TO ADJOURN THE MEETING AT 8:35 P.M. VOTE Briggs Thompson Burkart Braid Churchill Aye ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ Nay ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Abstain ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Absent ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ The motion carried. Respectfully Submitted, _____________________________ Jason Wedel, City Manager