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02-03-1986 CC MIN e e 3. e REGULAR MEETING OF THE ELK RIVER CITY COUNCIL HELD AT THE ELK RIVER PUBLIC LIBRARY MONDAY. FEBRUARY 3. 1986 MEMBERS PRESENT: Mayor Hinkle. Councilmembers Gunkel. Schuldt and Williams MEMBERS ABSENT: Councilmember Engstrom STAFF PRESENT: Tom Bublitz; City Administrator. Terry Maurer; City Engineer. and Darrell Mack; Wastewater Treatment Plant Superintendent 1. The Elk River City Council meeting was called to order by Mayor Hinkle at 7:30 p.m. 2. Agenda Items 7A - Building and Zoning Administrator salary. 9A - Roma Tool. 9B _ Burlington Northern Property and 9C - Main Street Zone Change were added to the agenda. COUNCILMEMBER WILLIAMS MOVED TO APPROVE THE FEBRUARY 3. 1986 CITY COUNCIL AGENDA AS AMENDED. COUNCILMEMBER GUNKEL SECONDED THE MOTION. THE MOTION PASSED 3-0. Consideration of January 27. 1986 City Council Minutes COUNCILMEMBER GUNKEL MOVED TO APPROVE THE JANUARY 27. 1986 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES AS SUBMITTED. COUNCILMEMBER WILLIAMS SECONDED THE MOTION. THE MOTION PASSED 3-0. 4. Open Mike No one appeared for this item. 5. Consideration of Consulting Services to assist City with RDF facility The City Administrator indicated that the Council had previously authorized the staff to look into consulting assistance in order to assist with the review of the EIS in relation to the RDF facility and also to receive assistance in the conditional use permit process in relation to the RDF facility. The City Administrator introduced Mr. Bob Pulford who is a planning consultant in solid waste management and environmental affairs. Mr. Pulford addressed the Council and stated information regarding his background. He indicated he charged a fee of $35/hr. for his services. The Council proceeded to interview Mr. Pulford. No action was taken at this time regarding the hiring of Mr. Pulford as a consultant to the City of Elk River. PAGE 2 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES FEBRUARY 3. 1986 e 6. Consideration of School Street Sanitary Sewer Project The City Administrator indicated that two weeks ago the City Staff reviewed an option for Creative Estates property to build a 24 unit apartment Building instead of the 48 units requested off of School Street. the area originally considered for the Health Club. The City Administrator noted that in order to build the 24 units there would have to be some modification of the sewer system which would be either a by-pass or to continue with the original plan for the sewer project. The City Administrator indicated that the Council had directed the City Staff to not consider the by-pass. but to go with the sewer project. The City Administrator noted that since then he had met with Ron Kuhn and stated the staff is now proposing to resurrect the School Street sewer project with the thought of giving Creative Estates Property credit for one half of the original assessment which would be 26.4 units. The City Engineer. Terry Maurer. discussed the options he felt were available. Mr. Maurer indicated that option #1 would give Creative Estates credit for 24 units which would leave 28.8 assessable units. Mr. Maurer indicated he felt the City would be better off not considering option #2 because this option treated Creative Estates on what they say they are going to build when all other properties are based on the maximum potential for the property. e Discussion property that Mr. was held regarding the question as in the area was previously assessed for Babinsky's property was previously assessed to whether any other sewer. It was noted for sewer. Mr. John Weicht questioned whether he and Mr. Kuhn could apply for a building permit for the 24 units before the project is ordered. The City Administrator indicated that if the project did fail to get ordered and the 24 units were constructed. the City could always resort to the by-pass in the sewer line. Darrell Mack stated that according to the Capital Improvement Program the by-pass was to be built in 1985. Counci1member Williams indicated he viable alternative. He stated he felt initiate the sewer project. did not look at the by-pass as a there was no alternative except to Counci1member Gunkel indicated she felt it would be unfair to issue a building permit to John Weicht because of the fact that no other permits could be issued to someone requesting to connect to the sewer line. It was the consensus of the City Council to set the public hearing date for the School Street project as March 17. 1986. e PAGE 3 e CITY COUNCIL MINUTES FEBRUARY 3. 1986 7. Consideration of Building Inspector The City Administrator indicated he would like to set a salary range for the Building Inspector of $20.000 to $25.000. After some discussion it was the consensus of the City Council to set the salary range for the Building Inspector at $9.50 to $12.00 per hour. 7A. Consideration of Building and Zoning Administrator Salary It was the Administrator consensus to set the at $26.500/yr. with salary of the Building and Zoning a review after six months. 8. Appointment of Assistant Weed Inspector MAYOR HINKLE MOVED TO APPOINT PHIL HALS AS THE CITY'S ASSISTANT WEED INSPECTOR. COUNCILMEMBER WILLIAMS SECONDED THE MOTION. THE MOTION PASSED 4-0. 9. Citizen's Advisory Committee e Discussion was held on the procedure to take place at the Citizen's Advisory Committee Meetings. Councilmember Gunkel indicated she felt it would be a good idea for the Committee to form sub-committees. The Council formed the agenda for the first meeting which is to be held on February 13. 1986 at the Elk River Public Library. Discussion was held regarding a proposal made by Dennis Carlson of Community Education regarding the idea of Community Ed being a part of the City of Elk River. It was the consensus of the City Council to hear what Dennis Carlson had to propose regarding this matter. Mayor Hinkle indicated he felt the Utilities Commission should be invited to the Citizen's Advisory Committee and be made a part of this process if they so wished. 9A. Roma Tool The City Administrator indicated that he had completed the grant application for Roma Tool and Plastics. Inc. He indicated that what Roma Tool is looking at in payback of the loan is a two year deferral with a ten year payback at 1% interest. The City Council indicated they had no problem with the terms of the payback. 9B. Burlington Northern Railroad e Councilmember Williams stated that he had received a phone call from a Rose Allison regarding some land which Burlington Northern is abandoning. He indicated that Burlington Northern was taking bids on the property and indicated that Rose Allison questioned whether the City might be interested in placing a bid on the property. Councilmember Williams PAGE 4 e CITY COUNCIL MINUTES FEBRUARY 5, 1986 indicated that the property could possibly be used for walking and bike trails. It was the consensus of the City Council to have the City Administrator and Councilmember Williams look into this matter further. 9C. Main Street Rezoning Councilmember Schuldt indicated that the City Council had, at their last meeting, discussed the Main Street Rezoning issue and had discussed creating a buffer zone in the Zoning Ordinance and had sent this on to the Planning Commission. Councilmember Schuldt indicated that he felt the Planning Commission could no longer make an objective decision on this matter because of the fact that the discussion regarding the buffer zone being connected to the Main Street Rezoning was printed in the paper. 10. Check Register COUNCILMEMBER GUNKEL MOVED TO APPROVE THE CHECK REGISTER. COUNCILMEMBER WILLIAMS SECONDED THE MOTION. THE MOTION PASSED 3-0. 11. Adj ournment COUNCILMEMBER WILLIAMS MOVED TO ADJOURN THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING. e COUNCILMEMBER GUNKEL SECONDED THE MOTION. THE MOTION PASSED 3-0. The Elk River City Council Meeting adjourned at 9:50 p.m. ~~~ Sandra Thackeray Recording Secretary e