CC_Minutes_2011_1010 - Laserfiche WebLink

Home

Regular City Council Meeting Monday, October 10,2011 Page 35 sands of dollars more. Mr. Miller clarified that his only urgency in this recom- mendation and that of bond counsel was to allow the City to capitalize on this op- portunity. John Kysylyczyn,3083 N Victoria Street Mr. Kysylyczyn provided a bench handout, attached hereto and made a part he- reof; representing his research on data practices in Minnesota State Statutes, Chapters 469.048 — 469.068. Mr. Kysylyczyn questioned if anyone had actually read the Statute on the powers and authority of a Port Authority, with Mayor Roe and Councilmember McGehee indicating that they had done so. While he rea- lized that a legal opinion was pending as Mr. Miller had indicated, and of which he had requested a copy, Mr. Kysylyczyn expressed his concern in using that le- gal opinion depending on other examples and case law. Mr. Kysylyczyn refe- renced page 62 of his handout, other cities having Port Authority powers (Rose- ville, Albert Lea, St. Paul, Minneapolis, and Duluth), and questioned whether those powers were being "cherry picked" and taken out of context or being used indiscriminately. In referencing pages 54 and 59 of the handout, Mr. Kysylyczyn noted that it discussed the powers, duties and acquisition of property for railroad, trucking and for establishing port facilities. What was being proposed in Rose- ville, Mr. Kysylyczyn opined had nothing to do with those stipulations; and fur- ther opined that the Port Authority had originally been established in Roseville as a tool for development of the Twin Lakes area in 1987 when the majority of the area was a trucking terminal, and allowing powers to condemn those properties. Mr. Kysylyczyn opined that to use a portion rather than the entire chapter defied logic. b. City Manager Evaluation Format Mayor Roe asked City Manager Malinen if he had time to review the draft City Manager Evaluation Format, with City Manager Malinen responding that he had not had sufficient time to participate in any constructive discussion at this point. Councilmember McGehee expressed frustration in the delay of City Manager Ma- linen in reviewing the document. City Manager Malinen stated, based on his understanding of previous City Coun- cil discussions that the existing evaluation format was to be used for 2011; with this document intended for future use after additional discussion and revision; which made his review of the document at this time rather premature. Mayor Roe concurred with City Manager Malinen's recollection; with the Coun- cil as a body seeking to review and refine the City Manager's evaluation process in the future, but to evaluate him with the current process for the nine (9) months of 2011, and use a fifteen (15) month review of the remainder of 2011 with 2012, with those refinements, for future evaluations. •