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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC 04-16-2001 . MEETING MINUTES CITY COUNCIL WORKSESSION MONDAY, APRIL 16,2001 4:45 P.M. - CITY HALL, 4364 WEST ROUND LAKE ROAD CALL TO ORDER Mayor Dennis Probst called the meeting to order at 4:55 p.m. Those present included Councilmembers Beverly Aplikowski, David Grant, Gregg Larson and Lois Rem. Staff present included City Administrator, Joe Lynch; City Accountant, Terry Post; Parks and Recreation Director, Tom Moore; City Engineer, Greg Brown. Beverly Aplikowski left at 5 :20 p.m. STAFF DISCUSSION ITEMS Administration Devartment . Day in the Park Last year, in exchange for working at this event, employees received the Monday prior to the 4th of July off. This year the Day in the Park is again not a scheduled workday. Employees working this event have asked for compensation by requesting to have one half day off on both Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve day. This would be a total time exchange of eight (8) hours, one (1) hour for every hour worked. This item will be put on the agenda for consent at the April 30,2001 City Council meeting. Finance Devartment 2002 Budget Discussion (City Council Priorities) Staff reorganization, operation of new City Hall and pavement management program projects are several of the items that the Council believes will have a significant impact of the 2002 budget. Mayor Probst believes that TCAAP planning and staff reorganization are the only two items that would justify a levy increase. . It was requested that the staff come back next month with preliminary 2002 numbers supporting a zero levy increase and a set of identified spending items that would cause a levy increase and give the council an opportunity to prioritize items on the list. ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL WORKSESSION - APRIL 16, 2001 . 2000 General Fund Surplus Discussion Discussions included if the surplus should be left in the General Fund. The benefits of transferring were also discussed. Staff was directed to bring this item to the April 30, 2001 meeting agenda as an unfinished business item. Plannin~ and Zonin~ Right of Way Ordinance This is an Ordinance that would set uniform regulations to help govern the right- of ways on a more commercial level. The Ordinance would the city's authority to manage its right-of-ways and to recover the costs of managing the right-of ways. The Council decided to proceed with the staff recommendation of a "first reading" at the City Council meeting on April 30, 2001. Ifit is accepted at that time, a public hearing would be held at the following City Council meeting on May 14,2001 for final review and adoption of the Ordinance. Public Works Department . 2001 Street Seal Coating Project City Engineer Brown gave an overview of the streets that were selected and the reasoning for their selection, Currently DellView Avenue and Crystal Avenue were not selected due to having been done in 1997, He would not be averse to including them in the scope of the 2001 project. Typically seal coating is good for 5-7 years. It was also mentioned a different seal coat material is now being used and there would be greater consistency in the Shorewood Hills neighborhood with all streets having the same appearance. This item will be on the agenda for consent at the April 30, 2001 City Council meeting. The item will include Dellview Avenue and Crystal A venue in the scope of the project. Operations and Finance Committee Discussion (Signs) Mr. Mark Kelliher, Chairperson ofthe Office & Finance Committee, was present for a brief discussion on City Entry Signs. The committee agreed that they would like to post entry signs and have identified 5 rossible sites. The committee thought of linking the signs as part of the 50t anniversary year, COUNCIL COMMENTS . Councilmember Larson noticed in the paper that Shoreview has a time limit on their meetings and would like to initiate a policy creating a time limit for not only Council meetings but also other committee meetings. The attending Councilmembers and Mayor agreed with Councilmember Larson and Councilmember Grant proposed that 10 p.m. be the cut off time for meetings. ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL WORKSESSION - APRIL 16, 2001 . Mayor Probst has a call into Fred McCoy at Guidant regarding their proposed expansion. He is interested in asking them to present to the City Council a complete picture of their future expansion regarding the parking ramp and the adjacent former Control Data site. Mayor Probst was informed, by Joseph Strauss, that the Mayor of Maple Grove would be interested in giving a tour of their redevelopment. The tour would be two to three hours. Maple Grove's redevelopment involved a large land acreage and it would give us an example as to dealing with TCAAP. It was suggested by Councilmember Rem that some of the Planning Commissioners may also benefit from such a tour. It was mentioned by all attending Councilmembers that a Wednesday would work best. ADJOURN The meeting was adjourned by consensus at 7:57 p,m. Respectfully submitted, . , '(#p~ ;.tos h P. Lynch ( C' y Administrator . . . . FILE ARDEN HILLS CIT''Y COUNCIL REPORT RECElVED M.f4Y 0 1 2001 CITY OF ARDEN HILLS April 29, 2001 The Arden Hills City Council met in Special Session on Sunday, April 29, 2001. The meeting was held at the home of Council member Aplikowski, 1443 Bussard Court in Arden Hills. Mayor, Dennis Probst, opened the meeting at 5: 15 PM. In attendance were Mayor, Dennis Probst and Council members Beverly Aplikowki, David Grant, Gregg Larson, and Lois Rem. The purpose of the meeting was to continue a discussion started at the March Council Retreat regarding the subject of procedures; in particular to the issue of the Governance Model of procedure that had been introduced by the retreat leader, Jim Brimmeyer and fostered by the City Administrator, Joe Lynch. The discussion was open ended and there were no actions taken. The meeting was adjourned at 7:50 PM with a 5-0 vote. ~~/ ap~~~~ / /' Beverly A likowski Recorder tb Ie el+>,/"t-,,-\ 1:3/1/0 , \\)oi ~OS .fi..~ ~