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Home My WebLink About1998-5-28 Council MeetingCITY COUNCIL MEETING MAY 28, 1998 245 CALF TO ORDERMOLL CALL Mayor Larkin called the meeting to order at 7:08 P.M. Members present were: Mayor Larkin and City Councilors: Ken Guenthner, Dixie Lindsley, and Ken Kluck. Member absent: Ernie Mayers. Also present: City Planner Roger Bromander, City Clerk Stacy Doboszenski, and City Engineer Vince Vander Top. There were 10 people in attendance at the meeting. SET AGENDA The following items were added to the agenda: • Add Claims #434 & 435 • Tower Committee Meeting update OPEN FORUM No one was present for open forum.. Updateon Neighborhood Meeting for Old Spillers Road and 70th Avenue Vince reported that the consensus of the residents who appeared at the neighborhood meeting was that the cost for the project would be too high and a majority did not want to do the project. They have instead decided to pursue dust control on the entire section. Vince provided an overhead showing a priority listing of intersections that need lighting. The list was created by using traffic volume and accident data. Vince explained that the high priority intersections are mainly county roads. The Council discussed contacting Hennepin County to see what their participation would be in the lighting and we could possibly focus on the City intersections. Council consensus was to have Vince pursue Hennepin County for their participation and look at funding options. Drab Feasibility Report for Storm Sewer PWJec Vince stated that it has been a month since we last talked about the feasibility study. He explained that the report not been issued at this time. He just wanted to update council on how the process is moving along and explain how the report will be framed so that there are no surprises. He informed Council that the report will be divided under four topics: 1. Maintenance 2. Water quality 3. Water quantity 4. Other Options Vince then discussed the four topics in greater detail. (1) Maintenance: The culvert along bank drive through, the culvert sizing by the Perma-Green property, and general cleaning of the ditch. (2) Water Quality: Including a sediment trap south of the Lawn King property and creating two water quality ponds on the Pro -Tech property to trap debris and would also receive some runoff from County Road 50, and a pond on the Perma-Green property. (3) Water Quantity: Creating the ponds will help to detain peak flows. Also, constructing a storm sewer. 246 (4) Other Options: Vince suggested other areas of improvement such as improving drainage around parking lot of strip mall and increasing size of ponding area behind bank for future use by HRUA and fire protection purposes as was discussed with Ali from Elm Creek Watershed, Paul Jacobs and his engineer. This lead to a lengthy discussion on the use of the water for fire protection, HRUA involvement, and the creation of a wetland in the downtown area. Vince informed Council and audience that the feasibility study not include the future pond or the use of it for wastewater purposes. Mayor Larkin expressed his opinion of not being in favor of spending $250,000 on the project and stated that it is not a unanimous feeling among the business owners to do the project. Vince stated that there are many options for the Council to consider such as cleaning the ditch, constructing storm sewer, or do nothing. He then briefly explained different assessing options available depending on the depth of the project. Vince then recommended that the Council allow, as part of the feasibility study, to survey the alignment of storm sewer along the Pro -Tech property and the area around Perma-Green. He explained that this small amount of information could save a lot of money. This would be an increase of approximately $1000 to the cost of the report. He further informed the Council that easements would need to be obtained. On a motion by Guenthner, seconded by Lindsley, to authorize Vince to do additional surveys at a cost of $1000. Motion carried with Guenthner, Lindsley, and Kluck voting aye, Larkin voting no. Vince then stated that he will present the feasibility report at next meeting and at that time schedule public hearing. Council expressed a concern of dealing with public comment while they are just presented with the report. It was consensus to schedule a public hearing to deal with public comment after the Council has had an opportunity to review the report. There was continued discussion on the flow of drainage in the downtown area. Dust Control Information Vince reported that in talking to all other communities they are all satisfied and that it saves money, however no one has done a dollars savings study. The following items were discussed: + St. Michael says 50% reduction in grading + Hassan significant savings in gravel and staff time • Hassan applies free of charge to high volume roads • Rockford Township pays for doing all roads + Not applying dust control for the purpose of dust control, but for road stabilization • Amount of money Hassan and Rockford Township budget for dust control + Where the money would come from out of our budget for City to pay for dust control • Amount it would cost Corcoran • Hassan has more gravel and less traffic, good residual built up • City paying for patchy spots in between where the dust control is applied • Possible price per gallon savings on test strip Council consensus was to have Vince continue with his list in obtaining information from EnviroTech and search for additional cost savings information. 247 It was suggested that a newsletter be printed to explained the maintenance of a gravel road, or possibly hold a public meeting. There was also a brief discussion on the fee schedule the City has for developments and zoning applications. Council suggested doing cost comparisons with other cities. CQJSENT AGENDA Councilor Guenthner requested a correction of the minutes under the dust control test strip to read staff was directed to provide study data, no formal action was taken, instead of no action taken. Guenthner suggested using "no formal action taken" as a guideline for recording purposes. On a motion by Kluck, seconded by Lindsley, to approve the following consent agenda items with the correction of the Council minutes: • Approval of List of Claims #408 - 433 & Additional Claims 434 & 435 • Approval of the May 14, 1998 City Council Minutes with the noted correction • Approval of Resolution No. 1998 - 20, A RESOLUTION APPROVING A GAMBLING LICENSE FOR BINGO AT THE HENNEPIN COUNTY FAIR • Approval of Resolution No. 1998 - 21, A RESOLUTION APPROVING TOBACCO, BEER, AND LIQUOR LICENSES IN THE CITY OF CORCORAN, MINNESOTA Motion carried unanimously. OMER BUSINESS Tower Committee Roger explained that the Tower Committee met today. He provided an overhead of the City Hall property and informed the Council that Nextel will have to come to Planning Commission with all of their application materials. They also reviewed the proposed lease agreement. They are going to research other lease agreements. Also discussed was to find the alternate septic site for City Hall and the need to remove trees for a driveway and anchor points. SiEn. Ordinance There was a brief discussion on the sign ordinance in reference to Acacia Hills. Roger explained that this will be discussed at the Planning Commission level and will be coming to Council. DISCUSSION Correspondence The Clerk requested Council opinion on participating on the Census 2000. There was a question on cost and benefit. ADJOURN Mayor Larkin adjourned the meeting at 8:57 p.m. ATTEST: j2, j&. City Jerk ayor