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HomeMy WebLinkAbout02/25/1982CITY OF APPLE VALLEY Dakota County, Minnesota February 25, 1982 Minutes of the meeting of the City Council of Apple Valley, Dakota County, Minnesota, held February 25, 1982, at 7:30 o'clock p.m. at the City Hall. PRESENT: Mayor Garrison; Councilmembers Branning, Kelly (attended until 10:35 p.m.), Overgard and Savanick (attended at 7:40 p.m.); Clerk Asleson. ABSENT: None. Mayor Garrison called the meeting to order at 7:30 p.m. The Councilmembers and everyone in attendance took part in the pledge of allegiance to the flag. MOTION: of Overgard, seconded by Kelly, approving the agenda for tonight's APPROVE AGENDA meeting as amended. Ayes - 4 - Nays - 0. MOTION: of Branning, seconded by Overgard, approving all items on the con- CONSENT AGENDA sent agenda with no exceptions. Ayes - 4 - Nays - 0. CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS MOTION: of Branning, seconded by Overgard, setting the 1982 annual Board of Review meeting at 7:00 p.m. at the City Hall on Thursday, June 10, 1982. Ayes - 4 - Nays - 0. BOARD OF REVIEW MEETING CHANGE ORDER PALOMINO DRIVE PATHWAY MOTION: of Branning, seconded by Overgard, approving Change Order No. 2 to the contract with Cannon Valley Construction for Project 80-18, Palomino Drive Pathway, for an additional $8,494.00. Ayes - 4 - Nays - 0. MOTION: of Branning, seconded by Overgard, receiving the Minnesota Depart- HEALTH DEPT. ment of Health sanitation safety investigation report of the City's WATER REPORT water supply with a rating of 96 out of a possible 100 points. Ayes - 4 - Nays - 0. MOTION: of Branning, seconded by Overgard, approving a conditional use per- SUPER VALU mit for outdoor display and sales of water softener salt for 10 CONDITIONAL USE years at 7645 West 148th Street for Hauser's Super Valu subject to PERMIT SALT SALES keeping a five-foot wide pedestrian walkway area clear as recom- mended by the Planning Commission. Ayes - 4 - Nays - 0. END OF CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS MOTION: of Kelly, seconded by Overgard, approving the minutes of the meet- FEB. 11, 1982 lng of February 11, 1982, as written. Ayes - 4 - Nays - 0. MINUTES Mayor Garrison asked if there was anyone in the audience who wished to ad= AUDIENCE DISC. dress the Council on an item not on the agenda. There was no one. Kathy Ridder, Metropolitan Council Representative, was presentand intro- PARATRANSIT duced Nacho Diaz and Bob Ryan, of the Metropolitan Council Staff, who have REPORT been working with the Joint Paratransit Committee of the Cities of Apple Valley, Bnrnsville, Eagan, Lakeville, Rosemount and Savange. They gave a slide presen- tation explaining paratransit and said the feasibility study should be completed by the end of February. The Gommittee will then be considecing implementation and should make CITY OF APPLE VALLEY Dakota County, Minnesota February 25, 1982 Page 2 a recommendation to the City Councils in April. (Councilmember Savanick attended during this time.) Mayor Garrison said he would like to make it clear that he does not believe there will be funds for implementation unless Apple Valley would use Transit Commission funding through the "opt out" legislation. MOTION: of Overgard, seconded by Savanick, adopting Resolution No. 1982- RES. 1982-27 27 authorizing the use of Lebanon Hills Golf Course on June 19 M.P.G.A. GOLF and 20, 1982, for the 1982 Minnesota Public Golf Association TOURNAMENT Four-Ball Tournament. Ayes - 5 - Nays - 0. MOTION: of Overgard, seconded by Savanick, adopting Resolution No. 1982- RES. 1982-28 28 authorizing the use of Lebanon Hills Golf Course on June 28, M.G.A. GOLF 1982 for the 1982 Minnesota Golf Association Amateur Champion- EVENT ship Qualifying Event on a complimentary basis. Ayes - 5 - Nays ~ T0. MOTION: of Overgard, seconded by Kelly, passing Ordinance No. 267 rezon~ ing Lots 2, 3 and 4, Block 10, Valley Commercial Pawk 2nd Addi- tion and Lot 9, Block 1, Bor-Nel from B-1 to M-4 as recommended by the Planning Commission. Ayes - 5 - Nays - 0. ORDINANCE 267 REZONING V.C. PARK 2ND & BOR-NEL John Gretz reviewed the Planning Commission report, dated February 18, OAK RIDGE 1982, on the petition for rezoning and preliminary plat approval of Oak ADDITION Ridge Addition. Mr. Terrance Maurer, representing Oak Ridge Associates, was present to answer questions and said they plan to start construction in spring, concurrent with the construction of Pennock Avenue. Mr. Gretz said sidewalk is pro- posed on one side of the streets connecting to 134th Street and either sidewalk or pathway along the west side of Pennock. Councilmember Branning said he objects to the street layout and does not want to see Street G intersect with Street F at a "T" intersection, but rather continue 134th Street through the plat. He would also like an outlot left for a future street connecting to the remaining triangle of land to the north. Mr. Maurer said he has talked with the owner of the triangle of land and he is not concerned about the access through this property. Mr. Maurer also said because of the topography, any connecting street would have a very steep grade. Councilmember Savanick said she agrees with Councilmember Branning's concerns and also would like Hannover to connect with this plat. Mr. Gretz said this street connection would also have a very steep grade and this intersection with future County Road 38 would be too close to the Pennock Avenue intersection. Councilmember Branning said he does not want the northern triangle of land to have direct access onto Pennock Avenue. The Council agreed to refer this back to Staff for some revision of the street alignments. The Council received the recommendations of the Park and Historical Com- mittees concerning the Old Town Hall, Scott School Building and Farquhar buildings. Mayor Garrison asked the Councilmembers for their comments. OLD TOWN HALL, SCHOOL & FARQUHAR BUILDINGS CITY OF APPLE VALLEY Dakota County, Minnesota February 25, 1982 Page 3 Councilmember Kelly said she believes all of the buildings should be preserved. The Old Town Hall should be moved to the City Hall site, the School moved to the Farquhar Park with the barn and house and preserved for future restoration. Councilmember Savanick said she is concerned about the cost involved in preserving the buildings because if it is going to be done, it should be done properly. The Minnesota Valley Restoration and Dakota County should be contacted about taking over the Old Town Hall and the School Building and the farm buildings taken down. It would be too frag- mented to have the Old Town Hall at City Hall and other historical buildings in Farquhar Park. Councilmember Overgard said the Old Town Hall should be moved to the City Hall site. The barn and summer kitchen at Farquhar should be preserved and the School moved there also. Councilmember Branning said the buildings should be preserved and both the Old Town Hall and School moved to Farquhar until such time as there might be none available to do something with them. Mayor Garrison said he believes it would be too costly to stabilize, preserve and main- tain the farm buildings. Because the Old Town Hall has minimal historic value for the City, it and the School building should be offered to the Farmington fairgrounds or to the Minnesota Valley Restoration site in Shakopee. MOTION: of Garrison, seconded by Savanick, to ask Dakota County and the REMOVE Minnesota Valley Restoration if they would like to have the Old BUILDINGS Town Hall and School building and spend no money on the Farquhar farm buildings. Augusto Molina, a resident, said he is opposed to spending money on the buildings because the cost is too high and the maintenance costs would go on forever. Marlene Romain, of the Hostorical Committee, said Agnes Scott is out of town, but she does not want to see the School building moved out of the City. The farther a building is moved from its original location, the less historical value it has. Roger Milos said it is not practical for every community to keep a historic park because it is too costly. Marlene Romain said Mrs. Scott believes the summer kitchen may be the original house on the farm site and it is more important to preserve that than the existing house. Ellen Milos said she does not believe the City needs to spend money on a historic park, but needs to decide what is really necessary for the citizens of this City. Bob Naegeli of the Park Committee, said he believes the estimate to preserve the barn in the consultant's report is too low. Farquhar was established as a historic park be- cause they thought there might be grant funds available, but since there aren't, it does not need to be a historic park. Mr. Asleson reviewed the finances for the park and said $70,000 is available for the buildings and $44,000 is available to construct two picnic shelters in 1982. CITY OF APPLE VALLEY Dakota County, Minnesota February 25, 1982 Page 4 Councilmember Overgard commented on vandalism problems at the Alimagnet Park shelter and questioned whether these shelters might not have the same problems. Marlene Romain said this is a young community now and is interested in active recreation areas, but as the community ages, the people will be more interested in passive recrea- tion areas such as historic parks. Dave Miller said he was Originally in favor of preserving the barn, but he now be- lieves Farquhar Park will be a very highly used recreation area on the east side of the City and the barn restoration would be too costly for what it would provide. Lois Puckett said if there is another barn in the City in better condition than this one, could that be kept and preserved? Vote was taken on the motion. Ayes - 2 - Nays - 3 (Branning, Kelly, and Overgard.) MOTION: of Branning, seconded by Overgard, to move the Old Town Hall to Farquhar Park. MOVE OLD TOWN HALL Councilmember Overgard said some of the plans for Farquhar showed a site for this building. Mr. Asleson said the Park Committee and Staff can review the plans and make a recommendation on the location for the Council to consider. Vote was taken on the motion. Ayes - 3 - Nays - 2 (Garrison and Savanick). MOTION: of Overgard, seconded by Kelly, to leave the remaining buildings as they are until a new Park Dirsctor is hired. Ayes - 3 - Nays - 2 (Garrison and Savanick). LEAVE REMAINING BUILDINGS RES. 1982-29 SOUTHPORT COMP. PLAN AMENDMENT RES. 1982-30 PROJ. 79-10 PLANS & BIDS RES. 1982-31 SPECIAL SERVICE DISTRICTS METRO REGIONAL RAILROAD AUTHORITY MOTION: of Overgard, seconded by Savanick, adopting Resolution No. 1982- 29 amending the Comprehensive Plan by allowing sewer and water extensions into the 40-acre Southport parcel shown as being ser- ved by the central trunk subject to approval by the Metropolitan Council. Ayes - 5 - Nays - O. MOTION: of Overgard, seconded by Kelly, adopting Resolution No. 1982-30 approving plans and specifications for Project 79-10, Timberwick 6th and Pennock Utilities, and authorizing advertisement for bids to be received at 2:00 p.m. on March 25, 1982. Ayes - 5 - Nays - 0. MOTION: of Overgard, seconded by Kelly, adopting Resolution No. 1982-31 supporting House File 1904 which would allow cities to establish special service districts and finance services and improvements within those districts. Ayes - 5 - Nays - 0. The Council received notice that the Dakota County Board will hold a pub- lic hearing on March 16, 1982, concerning its potential involvement in the "Metropolitan Regional Railroad Authority". The Council asked for more information for consideration at its March 11, 1982 meeting. CITY OF APPLE VALLEY Dakota County, Minnesota February 25, 1982 Page 5 The Council received a memo, dated February 25, 1982, from the City Administrator to the press concerning recruitment for Park Director. Mr. Asleson said he was unable to reach a salary agreement with the first candidate, Mr. Jacobson, and is now considering the second and third candidates on the list. He also said because of the State data privacy law, some of the information about these candidates cannot be publicly discussed and because of the State open meeting law, the Council cannot meet privately.either. MOTION: of Overgard, seconded by Kelly, authorizing both Mr. Gates and Mr. Kraemer, the second and third candidates, to return to Minnesota on February 27 or March 6, 1982 to meet the City,Council. COUNCIL INTERVIEW PARK DIRECTOR CANDIDATES Councilmember Branning said since the Council previously approved having the Park liaison and Staff interview the candidates, he would prefer that they meet with these candidates again and make a recommendation to the Council. Councilmember Kelly said she would prefer to have the Council meet with both candidates, either as a group or on an individual basis, on the same day. Vote was taken on the motion. Ayes - 2 - Nays - 3 (Garrison, Branning, and Savanick). Councilmember Kelly left the meeting at this time. MOTION: of Branning, seconded by Savanick, to proceed with the Park Direc- tor recruitment process and authorize the City Administrator to travel to the home states of the second and third candidates, if necessary, for further information on the candidates. Ayes - 3 - Nays - 1 (Overgard). PARK DIRECTOR RECRUITMENT RES. 1982-32 COUNTY JAIL & COURT CANCEL SPECIAL MEETING CANCEL & RESET SPECIAL MEETING CLAIMS & BILLS MOTION: of Branning, seconded by Savanick, adopting Resolution No. 1982- 32 supporting construction of an additional County jail and court facilities in Northern Dakota County. Ayes - 4 - Nays - 0. MOTION: of Savanick, seconded by Branning, cancelling the special City Council meeting set for February 27, 1982. Ayes - 4 - Nays - 0. MOTION: of Savanick, seconded by Branning, cancelling the special City Council meeting set for March 18, 1982 to review the City's Com- prehensive Sewer and Water Plans and resetting the meeting at 7:30 p.m. on April 1, 1982. Ayes - 4 - Nays - 0. MOTION: of Branning, seconded by Overgard, to pay the claims and bills, checks numbered 23707 through 23714, 26442 through 26507, 26516 through 26527 and 26529 through 26594, in the total amount of $1,567,151.41. Ayes - 4 - Nays - 0. MOTION: of Branning, seconded by Overgard, to adjourn. Ayes - 4 - Nays - 0. The meeting was adjourned at 10:39 o'clock p.m.