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10-01-1979 CC MIN ~ REGULAR SEMI-MONTHLY MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF ELK RIVER HELD IN THE ELK RIVER PUBLIC LIBRARY October 1, 1979 Members Present: Mayor Madsen, Councilmembers Duitsman, Engstrom, Otto and Toth. Members Absent: None. 1. Meeting called to order at 7:30 p.m. by Mayor Madsen. 2. Agenda COUNCILMANTOTH MOVED APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA OF THE OCTOBER ~~ 1979, CITY COUNCIL MEETING. COUNCILMAN ENGSTROM SECONDED THE MOTION. MOTION PASSED 4-0. 3. Minutes COUNCILMAN OTTO MOVED APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE SEPTEMBER 17, 1979 , CITY COUNCIL MEETING. COUNCILMAN ENGSTROM SECONDED THE MOTION. MOTION PASSED 4--0. 4. Qpen Mike A. Open Mike Reports York Street Boat Landing - The City Administrator indicated that he had re- searched further the minutes of the past City Council meetings and that it appeared that the boat landing had never been reopened by City Council action. As such, the landing remained closed for boat launch. The Council determined that no further action will 'be taken at this time on the york street boat landing. B. Open Mike. Mr. Patrick Douglas, 18986 Lowell Street, Schoolview Addition, appeared before the City Council and asked if the City would install caution signs in the vicinity of his home to warn motorists of a deaf child in the neighborhood. COUNCILMAN ENGSTROM MOVED TO AUTHORIZE THE INSTALLATION OF TWO WARNING SIGNS FOR A DEAF CHILD IN THE VICINITY. COUNCILMAN OTTO SECONDEb THE MOTION. · MOTION PASSED tJfI$. Mr. Dick Patenaude appeared before the City Council and requested that 193rd Avenue between Elk Lake Road and County Road #1 be blacktopped. The Mayor indicated that the cost of the project would have to be assessed and that indi- viduals in the area had not requested that the road be improved. Council con- census on this request was not to act until such time as the residents in the area requested such an improvement. 5. Orono Dam Mayor Madsen indicated that all the grant money sought by the City of Elk River to finance the Orono Dam had been approved and was available for the City use on the project. Mayor indicated that it was now appropriate to determine who would do the final engineering on the project so that it could be bid and finally constructed. The Mayor and other councilmembers expressed a concern over a time table to be included in a contractual agreement with whichever engineer would be selected and it was the Council concensus that a bid award be made approximately February 1, 1980. City Council directed the City Administrator to contact the firm of CH2M Hill,; who was ".. re~ponsib1e for the preliminary design,to obtain a contract for final design including a time table so the Council may consider and act upon it if acceptable. 6. Sanitary Sewer Study Mayor Madsen indicated that he felt that a public hearing should be conducted as the first step in the process for considering whether or not a sanitary sewer interceptor should be built. The Mayor indicated that he wished to know which areas of the City wished to have sanitary sewer extended to service them and which areas did not wish to have sanitary sewer available. The City Council concensus was to support the Mayor's idea of. conducttrlg a public hearing as the first step and to have this public hearing on October 29, 1979, at:'1:30 p.m. at the Elk River Senior High School. City Council indicated that the area to be notified of the informational meeting should be as broad as possible so that all individuals who could potentially be serviced by such a s~er would be able to attend the meeting. . 7. 1980 Budget The City Council reviewed the 1980 budget request for the Municipal Library. Jan Marsh, the head librarian, indicated that $300 in the professional and consulting line item was for programming in the Library.Councilmembers indi- cated that approximately $200 has been deleted the Recreation Board budget that had been requested for the Library and, as such, Councilmembers suggested adding $100 to line item 3000, professional and consulting services, to offset the reduction in the Recreation Board budget. No further action in the 1980 budget was tak~n by the City Council. 8. Peterson Addition Improvement Mayor Madsen informed the City Council that in discussions with the Burlington e Northern Railroad regarding the crossing to service the Peterson Addition the railroad had indicated that their position of allowing only one crossing and requiring the City to pay an annual maintenance charge for the crossing was very firm. The City Administrator informed the Council that Mr. Wally Ohland had indicated that he was going to attempt to keep the private crossing at the Peterson Addition open for his individual use and, as such, he opposed paying for blacktopped street or having the road extended out to service his driveiay. The Administrator suggested to the Council that the project proceed as ordered and that the approximately 600 feet of roadw$Y required to enable Mr. Ohland to have access to the blacktopped portion of the Peterson Addition not be improved at this point. The Administrator indicated that Mr. Ohland would then not have to be assessed for the project and that if he Wished to use the existing right-of-way or needed to use the existing right-of-way for access he could do so with a minimal amount of improvements. The Council concensus was to not install blacktop for the approximately 600 feet from Mr. Ohland · s home to the proposed Ogden Street in the Peterson Addition and to take necessary actions as required to service Mr. Ohland' s home with a public roadway. It was also the Council concensus to approve of the terms and con- ditions found within the rail crossing agreement with the Burlington Northern Railroad and to allow the City Administrator to proceed with implementing that agreement. 9. Be1gin Acres Preliminary Plat Mr. Jim Klein was present representing the developer, Mr. Charles Christian, and breifly reviewed the plat for the members of the City Council. The City Administrator indicated that the City staff had no problems or concerns with e., October 1, 1979 Page 2 the plat as prepared with the exception of a slight improvement of the road grade on Kent Street which should be modified to allow a 100 foot road section with no incline where Kent Street intersects with County Road #35. COUNCILMAN om MOVED APPROVAL OF THE PRELIMINARY PLAT FOR BELGIN ACRES SUBJECT TO THE GRADE CHANGE RECOMMENDED BY STAFF ON KENT STREET. COUNCILMAN ~TROM .SECONDED THE MOTION. MOTION PASSED 4-0.' 10. School Street Draina~e Improvement The City Administrator informed the City Council that an alteration of the pro- posed drainage improvement had been made on School Street. The Administrator indi- cated that instead of two culverts, one culvert had been installed and then drains along an open ditch in City right-of-way to a natural low point on property adja- cent to School Street and then over land at that low point. The Administrator indicated that the improvement was definitely temporary in nature but it did serve to keep the water off the roadway. City Council concensus was to approve of the drainage improvement as explained by the City Administrator. 11. Red Devils Baseball Team The City Council briefly reviewed the request of the Red Devils Baseball team to improve an existing softball field for baseball purposes. The Council was somewhat concerned with the expense of adding lights to a ball field and indi- cated that this might not be feasible alternative. The City Council directed the City Administrator to refer the request to the recreation board for their review and recommendation to the City Council. 12. S & L Payment Request - McChesne,y Industrial Park COUNCILMAN TOTH MOVED APPROVAL OF THE S & L PAYMENT REQUEST FOR MCCHESNEY INDUSTRIAL PARK IN THE AMoUNT OF $37,851. 9'. COUNCILMAN ENGSTROM SECONDED THE MOTION. MOTION PASSED 4-0. 13. Non-Con Items COUNCILMAN OTTO MOVED APPROVAL OF THE FOLlOWING NON-CON ITEMS: EAGLE'S CLUB ON-SALE CLUB LI~UOR LICENSE AND SUNDAY LIQUOR LICENSE t AND. THE AMERICAN LEGION CLUB ON-SALE LIQUOR LICENSE AND SUNDAY LIQuOR LICENSE. COUNCILMAN TOTH. SECONDED THE MOTION. MOTION PASSED 4-0. 14. Check Register COUNCILMAN OTTO MOVED APPROVAL OF THE CHECK REGISTER. COUNCILMAN ENGSTROM SECONDED THE MOTION. MOTION PASSED 4-0. 15. Tentative Agenda Items tentatively to be discussed at the next City Council meeting include the 1980 budget. COUNCILMAN OTTO MOVED THE MEETING BE ADJOURNED. COUNCILMAN TOTH SECONDED THE MOTION. MOTION PASSFID 4-0. Respectfully Submitted, 6/C. Robert C. Middaugh City Administrator RCM:adb