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HomeMy WebLinkAbout02/28/1980CITY OF APPLE VALLEY Dakota County, Minnesota February 28, 1980 Minutes of the meeting of the City Council of Apple Valley, Dakota County, Minnesota, held February 28, 1980, at 8:00 o'clock p.m. at the City Hall. PRESENT: Mayor Garrison; Councilmembers Holton, Kelly (attended at 8:06 p.m.), Overgard and Savanick; Clerk Asleson. ABSENT: None. Mayor Garrison called the meeting to order at 8:00 p.m. The Councilmembers and everyone in attendance took part in the pledge of allegiance to the flag. MOTION: of Holton, seconded by Overgard, approving the agenda for tonight's APPROVE AGENDA meeting as amended. Ayes - 4 - Nays - 0. MOTION: of Holton, seconded by Overgard, approving the minutes of the meet- FEB. 14, 1980 ing of February 14, 1980, as written. Ayes - 4 - Nays - 0. MINUTES MOTION: of Overgard, seconded by Holton, approving all items on the consent CONSENT AGENDA agenda with no exceptions. Ayes - 4 - Nays - 0. CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS MOTION: of Overgard, seconded by Holton, adopting Resolution No. 1980-21 setting a public hearing at 8:00 p.m. on March 27, 1980, to con- sider vacating a portion of the old Galaxie Avneue road right-of- way. Ayes - 4 - Nays - 0. RES. 1980-21 OLD GALAXIE VACATION HEARINC RES. 1980-22 PROJ. 80-2 HEARING VARIOUS 1980 LICENSES & PERMITS MOTION: of Overgard, seconded by Holton, adopting Resolution No. 1980-22 receiving a preliminary report on improvements in Apple Valley East 5th Addition and setting a public hearing on it at 8:05 p.m. on March 27, 1980. Ayes - 4 - Nays - O. MOTION: of Overgard, seconded by Holton, approving 1980 cigarette and off- sale 3.2 beer licenses for Glenn's Market, cigarette and service station licenses for Apple Valley 66 and a cigarette license for A & W Restaurant. Ayes - 4 - Nays - 0. MOTION: of Overgard, seconded by Holton, approving a 1980 transient merchant license for Jewel Companies, Inc., to sell door-to-door. Ayes - 4 - Nays - 0. JEWEL COMPANY TRANS. MERCHANT LICENSE The Council received the 1979 Annual Police Report. The Council received a report on sewer repairs at 12887 Germane Avenue. MOTION: of Overgard, seconded by Holton, authorizing Bonnie Shea to attend the National Liquor Stores Association annual convention in Las Vegas, Nevada, May 18, to 22, 1980. Ayes - 4 - Nays - 0. SHEA ATTEND LIQUOR CONV. HIRE PARTTIME EMPLOYEES MOTION: of Overgard, seconded by Holton, approving hiring Craig Ferguson as a Forestry Aide at $4.00 per hour effective February 29, 1980 and Mary Laffrenzen as a Forestry Inspector at $4.25 per hour ef~ fective March 1, 1980. Ayes - 4 - Nays - 0. CITY OF APPLE VALLEY Dakota County, Minnesota February 28, 1980 Page 2 MOTION: of Overgard, seconded by Holton, establishing a CETA funded HIRE LUND CETA position in the Forestry Department and approving hiring Mark FORESTRY EMPLOYEE Lund for the position effective February 29, 1980 at $3.75 per hour. Ayes - 4 - Nays - O. END OF CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS Mayor Garrison reviewed the past Council discussions on proposed improvements in the White Oak Ridge Addition. (Councilmember Kelly attended at this time.) Mr. Asleson said letters had been sent to all the property owners requesting waivers of the apprais- als and no unanimous concensus had been reached one way or the other. He said this is a two-part consideration; first is whether or not to install the improvements and second, are the assessment hearing proceedings. He recommended the City take no further action now and let the residents, as a group, obtain their own appraisals and if the appraisals show benefit to the property, agree on the cost of the improvements and bring this in- formation back to the Council at that time. Mayor Garrison said that some of the residents originally requested the improvements and he also noted that when the property north of the subdivision develops, improvements would probably be put in the entire area. Don McNeil said the residents have discussed the improvements a great deal, but they have not had a chance to discuss the group appraisal idea and would like to pursue this. Henry Zelenka said these improvements have been postponed before because of the cost and that is still the issue now, but the longer they are delayed the more expensive they will become. Mr. Asleson said, because of the bond market conditions, the City will have to know if it can sell bonds to finance the improvements before they are actually installed. Jim Walkowiak said they will never be able to get all of the people to agree to the assessment and he is in favor of the Council ordering the improvements now. The Council said the Petter property would not have to be included in the appraisals and group agreement. Don McNeil and Henry Zelenka will meet with the residents to obtain the appraisals and report back to the Council when a decision has been reached. Mayor Garrison said the owners of Southview Acres Health Care Center are interested in building a facility in the City, but before they can proceed with any plans they would have to obtain a Certificate of Need. He reviewed various letters he had received in response to his inquiries to certain agencies on the Health Care Center in West St. Paul and they were favorable. Mr. Harry Lemieux, one of the owners of the facility, was present and described the facility proposed for Apple Valley, It would consist of 75 to 90 apartments, 165 skilled care beds and 35 intermediate care beds. They have also discussed constructing a tunnel connecting to the Apple Valley Clinic, which would be east of the proposed facility, to cut down on patient trasportation costs for certain medical services. He also reviewed other items contained in the Certificate of Need Application. MOTION: of Holton, seconded by Overgard, adopting Resolution No. 1980- RES. 1980-23 23 supporting the request of Southview Acres Health Care Center SOUTHVIEW ACRES for a Certificate of Need to allow construction of a 200 bed CERT. OF NEED nursing home in the City. Ayes - 5 - Nays - 0. CITY OF APPLE VALLEY Dakota County, Minnesota February 28, 1980 Page 3 MOTION: of Overgard, seconded by Kelly~ adopting Resolution No. 1980-24 appointing the Apple Valley Mobile Puppet Theater as a goodwill ambassador for the City. RES. 1980-24 GOODWILL AMBASSADOR The Council requested that the Puppet Theater be invited to attend the next Council meeting and be presented with certificates of appreciation. Vote was taken on the motion. Ayes - 5 - Nays - 0. Mike Bassett reviewed the segments of pathways included in the proposed grant application as follows: A. Along the south side of 140th Street from Greedleaf llth Addition to Essex Avenue. B. Along the south side of 140th Street from Pilot Knob Road to Johnny Cake. C. Along the west side of Johnny Cake from 140th Street to 132nd Street. D. Along the south side of County Road 42 from the east City limits to Cedar Avenue. The Council discussed whether several other segments of pathways should also be included. Mr. Rosene explained some of the criteria the Department of Transportation uses in evaluating the grant applications and said the four segments included would best meet this and are what he understood the Council wanted included. MOTION: of Overgard, seconded by Holton, approving the Minnesota Depart- ment of Transportation Bikeway Grant Application and authorizing the Engineer to submit the application to Mn/DOT. MN/DOT BIKEWAY GRANT APPLICATION Councilmember Savanick asked whether a pathway along 140th Street from Cedar to Garden View should be included? Mr. Rosene said it was not included because it was thought the other portions were more improtant. It was also noted that the application must be sub- mitted tomorrow and is for 75 percent funding. The City will have to provide the remain- ing 25 percent funding. Vote was taken on the motion. Ayes - 5 - Nays - 0. Harold Skjelbostad, of InterDesign, Inc., was present to give a status report on the park development program. He ahs been working with Mr. Bassett and the Park Committee on plans for the various parks. He reviewed plans for Diamond Path Park which will include athletic facilities, a play area and a park building for a total estimated development cost of $162,000. Long Lake Park will have minimal development consisting mainly of a play area and open space along the lakeshore at an estimated cost of $13,000. Scott Highlands Park will include tennis courts and a softball field. Mr. Skjelbostad said these three parks are representative of the types of plans that have been proposed for the various different parks. Park buildings will be constructed at Diamond Path Park and Hagemeister Park and $40,000 is budgeted for each building. These are proposed to be wood frame construction and earth sheltered. The barn in Farquar Park will also be renovated for use as a park building. Mr. Skjelbostad described some of the play area apparatus proposed, such as using tires, culverts, large rocks, etc., instead of a lot of manufactured equipment. They are also including nine drinking fountains, including replacing those at Valley Middle and West- view, which are of a design thought to be more vandal-proof than the existing ones. Councilmember Overgard said she wanted to commend the Park Committee, InterDesign and Mr. Bassett for their work on the plans. The final plans will be approved by the Council before advertising for bids. CITY OF APPLE VALLEY Dakota County, Minnesota February 28, 1980 Page 4 Councilmember Savanick said she would like more information on the earth sheltered buildings and ventilation in them. Joe Bell, of the Park Committee, said he is familiar with earth sheltered buildings and believes this is an excellent concept and will not have ventilation problems. He also suggested she tour some older existing earth shel- tered buildings. The Council received Councilmember Overgard's report on her meetings with the commissions and committees to discuss an attendance policy. She said each of the groups differed on the number of absences that should be allowed and she also suggested adopting bylaws for the committees. Bob Naegeli said the Park Committee would like the opportunity to make a recommendation to the Council on a member's absences before a member would be removed. Councilmember Holton suggested each group adopt its own bylaws with an attendance pro- vision. Councilmember Savanick suggested adding a procedure for resignations by members in the bylaws. MOTION: of Kelly, seconded by Overgard, approving the draft bylaws for committees that accompanied Councilmember Overgard's Feb. 27, 1980 memo except the words "Any member of a committee, who is absent for three consecutive regular meetings or who is absent for any five regular meetings in any one calendar year shall be deemed to have resigned from the committee." shall be substiuted for the last two sentences of Section VI. The City Clerk shall forward the draft bylaws to the committees for their considera- tion and the attendance policy to the commissions for their con- sideration. Ayes - 5 - Nays - 0. COMMITTEE ATTENDANCE & BYLAWS MOTION: of Holton, seconded by Overgard, approving renewal of the City's workers' compensation insurance with Home Insurance Company for the period March 1, 1980 to March 1, 1981, at an estimated pre- mium of $43,000. Ayes - 5 - Nays - 0. RENEW WORKERS' COMP. INSURANCE WITH HOME INS. LIQUOR LIABIL. INSURANCE SET SPECIAL MEETING MOTION: of Holton, seconded by Overgard, authorizing purchasing $200,000 additional liquor liability insurance through Apple Valley Agency, Inc., at a premium cost of $1,750. Ayes - 4 - Nays ~ 1 (Kelly). MOTION: of Overgard, seconded by Holton, setting a special meeting at 9:00 a.m. on Tuesday, March 4, 1980, at City Hall to consider awarding a contract for Project 80-3, expansion of storm sewer pond on the Carroll farm. Ayes - 5 - Nays - 0. Mr. Asleson asked the Council whether "agent of record" letters should be issued to in- surance agents requesting them for the purpose of bidding on the City's group health insurance. He said he is aware of one insurance company that will require an agent of record letter before giving information to an agent. MOTION: of Holton, seconded by Overgard, that for group insurance bids due on March 10, 1980, the Finance Director is authorized to issue insurance agents of record letters, on a first come, first served basis, to insurance agents for specific companies, but not on a blanket basis. Ayes - 5 - Nays - 0. GROUP INS. AGENT OF RECORD LETTERS CITY OF APPLE VALLEY Dakota County, Minnesota February 28, 1980 Page 5 MOTION: of Savanick, seconded by Holton, approving hiring Patricia Beatty and Casey Tompkins as parttime Liquor Store employees at salaries as established by Resolution No. 1979-202. Ayes - 5 - Nays - 0. HIRE PARTTIME LIQUOR EMPLOYEES Mayor Garrison gave status reports on several meetings he attended recently including a State of the Region meeting, the League of Cities Legislative Action Conference and a bus tour fdr the House Transportation Committee of unfinished portions of the interstate highway system. He also said the Dakota County Board, at a meeting on February 26, 1980 approved submitting a request for acquisition of Lac Lavon to the Metro Parks Commission. Councilmember Overgard said the Park Committee has recommended retaining a consultant to prepare a trail plan for the City, including addressing sidewalks. She suggested that perhaps City staff could prepare the plan and, if necessary, have a consultant critique the plan. She said the plan should include more than juat the location of trails. It should also include estimated dates for each segment, based on its priority, and methods of funding. Mr. Asleson commented on several recent projects request of the City staff by the Council and what the priorities of these projects should be. He will prepare a list of the pro- jects for the Council to review. MOTION: of Kelly, seconded by Holton, to pay the claims and bills, checks CLAIMS & BILLS numbered 8981, 8982, 16478, 16480 through 16544 and 16552 through 16614, in the total amount of $1,081,895.90. Ayes - 5 - Nays - 0. MOTION: of Overgard, seconded by Savanick, to adjourn. Ayes - 5 - Nays - 0. The meeting was adjourned at 11:14 o'clock p.m.