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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda & Minutes i so" HERITAGE 1891 COMMUNITY 1991 19tL'{!)jv~ 20J1 REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA REPORT Monday, December 3, 1990 CALL TO ORDER 7:30 p.m. 1. Pledge of Allegiance 2. Minutes of The Previous Meeting - see attached. 3. Consent Agenda: a) Consider Approval of Invoices To Be Paid - see attached. b) Consider Approval of Building Permit Report see attached. c) Consider Approval of Treasurer's Report - see attached. d) Consider Approval For Final Payment On Project 89-11, Downtown street Improvements see attached staff report. e) Consider Approval of Water Tower Leases For Cellular One and USWEST - see attached staff report. 4. Present Highway 13 Task Force Safety Poster Contest Winners - see attached staff report. 5. Presentation of Lake Review Committee Report - Lake Review Committee Chairman, Tom Watkins, will be presenting the Committee Re~ort to the City Council. The Report was distr1buted earlier to the Councilmembers for their preliminary review. Please bring the Report to the meeting. Members of the Lake Review Committee have been invited to attend the council meeting. Details of the presentation are being worked out by by staff and Tom Watkins at this time. Please note that approximately 15 to 30 minutes have been set aside on the agenda for discussion of this item due to the public hearing on the budget. Chairman, Tom Watkins, alon<1 with staff will be recommending a course of act10n to the City council to further review this Report. 4629 Dakota 51. 5.E., Prior Lake, Minnesota 55372 / Ph. (612) 447-4230 / Fax (612) 447-4245 8:00 PM 6. continuation of Public Hearing on 1991 Budget - The initial public hearing was held on Monday, November 19, 1990. The hearing was continued unt1l Monday, December 3 at 8:00 p.m. city Manager Unmacht is in the process of working on the City Council's directives. The result of this work will be distributed to Councilmembers under separate cover prior to the meeting. 7. Third Consideration of Variance Appeal For Paragon Homes - see attached staff report. 8. other Business a) Update on Watershed Board Vacancy City Manager Unmacht will update the Council on the vacancy in the Watershed Board. Staff is in the process of soliciting names for the position. b) *All times stated on the Council Agenda, with the exception of Public Hearings, are approximate and may start a few minutes earlier or later. HERITAGE 1891 COMMUNITY 1991 CUTJ.5fJ./V' 20J1 MINUTES OF THE CITY COUNCIL November 19, 1990 The Common Council of the City of Prior Lake met in regular session on Monday, November 19, 1990 at 7:30 p.m. in the city Council Chambers. Present were Mayor Andren, Councilmembers Fitzgerald, Scott, White, City Manager Unmacht, Assistant City Manager/Economic Development Director Schmudlach, Finance Director Teschner, city Attorney Kessel and Recording Secretary Birch. Councilmember Larson was absent due to being out of town. Mayor Andren called the meeting to order and asked everyone to rise for the pledge of allegiance. The minutes of the November 5, 1990 Council meeting were reviewed by Council. MOTION MADE BY SCOTT, SECONDED BY WHITE, TO APPROVE THE MINUTES AS SUBMITTED. Upon a vote taken, ayes by Andren, Fitzgerald, Scott and White, the motion passed unanimously. The next order of business was approval of the Consent Agenda as follows: a) Consider Approval of Invoices To Be Paid b) Consider Approval of Animal Warden Report c) Consider Approval of Fire and Rescue Report d) Consider Approval of Hurst Tool Acquisition e) Consider Approval of Water Tower Leases For Cellular One and US West City Manager Unmacht requested that Item (e) be removed from the agenda for the purpose of further negotiation on the terms of the leases for Cellular One and US West. Council concurred. Councilmember Fitzgerald clarified his position to staff on the lease terms pertaining to the renewal process. The next order of business was: Presentation on Time Capsule From Centennial committee. Assistant City Manager Schmudlach introduced Centennial Committee Member, Pete Schenk, who presented ideas the Committee has proposed regardin<1 location and funding of a time capsule. Mr. Schenck was request1ng permission 4629 Dakota 51. 5.E., Prior Lake, Minnesota 55372 / Ph. (612) 447-4230 / Fax (612) 447-4245 from the City to make improvements (money to be raised by the Centennial Committee) to City owned property. A short discussion occurred regarding funding. Council concurred that permission should be granted and requested that Mr. Schenck return for a full presentation upon completion of the fund raising plans and to review final plans for burial of the time capsule. Council also expressed their thanks to Mr. Schenck for his interest, excitement and hard work on this project. The next order of business was: First Consideration of Ordinance 90-06 Amendin<1 Ordinance 83-06 and Prior Lake City Code, Title 5, Cha~ter 6. C1ty Manager Unmacht reviewed the pur~ose for this Ord1nance Amendment. Discussion occurred regard1ng the purpose and whether it would place a burden on the Conditional Use Permit holder to complete a Certificate of Compliance each year. Additional discussion occurred regarding the lan<1uage of the amendment and staff's ability to notify all Cond1tional Use Permit holders annually to submit their certificate of Compliance. Council directed staff to research this amendment further. MOTION MADE BY WHITE, SECONDED BY FITZGERALD, TO TABLE THIS ITEM UNTIL STAFF IS READY TO PLACE ON THE AGENDA FOR DISCUSSION. Upon a vote taken, ayes by Andren, Fitzgerald, Scott and White, the motion passed unanimously. A short recess was called. The meeting reconvened at 8:10 p.m. The next order of business was: Public Hearing 1991 Budget. Mayor Andren called the public hearing to order at 8:11 p.m. and referred to the public notice which appeared in the Prior Lake American on November 12, 1991. City Manager Unmacht introduced himself and proceeded to review the proposed 1991 Budget by summarizing the following sections: Public Notice, Tax Resolution, Budget Summary, Historical Comparison, Proposed Budget, Property Tax Impact, and Charts and Graphs. Mayor Andren thanked City Manager Unmacht for his presentation. A short recess was called. The meeting reconvened at 9:45 p.m. Mayor Andren stated that she had two letters expressing concern over the property tax to be added to the record. The letters were from: Mary Stone, 5690 Fairlawn Shores Trail, and Phillip and Linda Griepp, former residents who now reside in Harcourt, IA. The following residents then spoke concernin<1 the addition of personnel to the Police Department, meet1ng and vehicle expense projections and property tax assessments as well as other aspects of the budget: Emmy Schneider 16840 Elm Avenue S.W. Tom Boncher 5791 Shannon Trail Sharon MCPherson-Higdon 3454 Willow Beach Trail S.W. Wayne Annis 4607 Colorado street S.E. Mike Sweeney 3401 willow Beach Trail S.W. Aino Lukk 15334 Fish Point Road S.E. Extensive discussion occurred regarding additional personnel in the Police Department. Chief Powell addressed the Council regarding manpower allocations. Council directed staff to re-examine the budget to determine the potential impact if a second police offic~r is added to the budget, and whether there might be additional means of securing increased revenues as a result of the latest census count. Mayor Andren announced that the public hearing on the budget would be continued on December 3, 1990 at 8:00 p.m. No further action occurred. Assistant City Manager Schmudlach announced that there would be a meeting of the Scott County Transportation Coalition regarding the Bloomington Ferry Bridge on Wednesday, November 21 at Canterbury Downs in the Turf Club at 12:00 noon. The next Council meeting will be Monday, December 3, 1990 at 7:30 p.m. There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 11:15 p.m. by general consent of the Council. ~~ City Manager Dee Birch Recording Secretary