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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council - 01/07/1975 ECTU MINUTES EDEN PRAIRIE CITY COUNCIL 'JTFSDAY.. January 7, 1975 7:30 PM, City _Hall Me e COUNCIL A.I�-ZBERS : Mayor D. W. Osterholt , Joan y rs , Sidney Pauly, Wolfgang Penzel, William Bye COUNCIL STAFF PRESENT : Acting City Manager John Frane City Attorney Harlan Perbix Planner Dick Putnam City Attorney, Harlan Perbix, administered the oath of office to recently elected Council Members Joan Mevers and William Bve. Invocation was given by John Miles, Seminarian, Immaculate Heart of Mary. Pledge of Allegiance . Roll Call. I. MIiEUTES OF REGULAR MEETING HELD DECM"MER 10, 1974. - Pg . 5 , Para . 3 , delete "Park and Rec.Commission"s", insert "his" . Pg. 102 Para. 69 2nd line , delete "75"s insert Pauly moved to approve minutes as corrected and published, p-leyers seconded. Notion carried unanimously. OFFICIAL DE910MATIONS: A. Resolution No. 926 — 1975 Ileeting Dates and Times. Penzel moved to adopt Resolution No. 9261 Pauly seconded. Mayor Osterholt stated meetings will be held on the first, second , and fourth Tuesdays of the month and suggested reserving one meeting for public hearings, if possible. Motion carried unani— mously. B. Resolution No. 927 — DesIgnati.ng Official Newspaper. Mr. Jeff Peterson of the Eden Prairie Newspaper requested the Council to withhold designating an official paper for 90 Days until their legal status has been settled. Councilwoman Pauly asked if it would be possible to divide thy: year between the two papers and have each designated as the official paper for half a year. Mr. Perbix suggested the deletion of 111975" from the Resolution so the City could change their designation during the year. Meyers moved to adopt Resolution No. 927 and delete in the title and text the year 111975" s Penzel seconded. Motion carried unanimously. k C. Resolution No. 928 — Official Depository for City Funds,. Penzel moved to adopt Resolution No. 928, T-Ieyers seconded. Motion carried unanimously. .d Minutes —2— January 7, 1975 II. OFFICIAL DESIGNATIONS: (Cont• d. ) D. Resolution No. 929 — Investment Authorization Penzel moved to' adopt Resolution No, 929, Pauly seconded. Motion carried unanimously. E. Resolution No. 930 — Signatory Authorization f °s Meyers moved to adopt Resolution No. 930, Penzel seconded. ;lotion carried unanimously. F. Resolution No. 931 — Facsimile Signer atorj Authorization Penzel moved to adopt Resolution No. 931, -Pauly seconded. Motion carried unanimously. G. Mayor Osterholt requested a nomination for Vice Mayor. Penzel nominated Councilwoman Meyers, Bye seconded. I-lotion carried unanimously. III. APPOINTMENTS : : A & B. Association of Metropolitan Municipalities Penzel nominated Mayor Osterholt to fill the position of Official Representative for the City with Council Members Bye , Meyers , Pauly and Penzel acting as alternates . Meyers seconded. I-lotion carried unanimously. C. South Hennepin Human Services Council Penzel' s term has another year to run. Penzel nominated Mrs. i-lary Hayden as consumer representative and Acting City I-Tanager John Frane as representative for the City. Meyers seconded. Motion carried unanimously. D. CATV Study Commission Penzel nominated Councilwoman Meyers as representative for the Council, and Acting City Manager John Franc. Bye seconded. I-lotion carried unanimously. E. Board of Appeals and Adjustments Pauly moved to appoint present members Messrs. Anthony Hirt, James Wedlund, Don Sorensen, and Tom Cebulla; and nominated Mr. Bye as Council Representative. Penzel seconded. Motion carried unanimously. F. Building Code Board of Appeals Penzel moved to nominate Messrs. Wayne Brown, Paul Molzahn, Robert Lapic, Charles DeBono and Meyers seconded. Motion carried unanimously. Mayor Osterholt will nominate another individual later. Minutes -3- January 7, 1975 ?'II. APPOINT?, ENTS : (Contd.) G. Planning Commission 4 .. Mayor Osterholt nominated Dr. Ben Bofenkamp, Bye nominated Roger Boerger, Panzcl nominated Norma Schee , and Meyers nominated Richard Fcrrick. Pauly moved to consider all four names nominated, Penzel seconded. Ilotion carried unanimously. A vote was taken and I-Irs . Schee and Mr. Boorger were named to tho Planning Commission. Penzel moved to nominate Pleyers as Council Representative , Pauly seconded. Motion carried unanimously. Pauly requested the matter of Council Members serving on advisory boards bo discussed or placed on the agenda for a futura meeting. The decision was made to place on agenda for February 4, 1975 meeting. H. Park and R,:croation Commission Mayor Ostcrholt recommended Brian rlikkelson as Youth Member, Mr. Jerry Kingrey, Pars , T•Iary Upton; and Mr. Penzel as Council Representative. s. Pauly moved to accept the Mayor's recommendations for the Park and Recreation Commission, Penzel seconded. Motion carried unanimously. 4 I. Human Rights Commission f Mayor Osterholt recommended Lou Teslow, Eleanor Beal, Daffney y Krause; and Mrs . Pauly as Council Representative. Penzel nominated Mrs. Cheryl Grussing. Bye moved to approve the nominees, Pauly seconded. Motion carried unanimously. J. Appointment of Acting City rianagcr Mayor Ostcrholt recommended Mr. John Frane be appointed as Acting City Manager, Meyers moved to appoint Mr. John Franc as Acting City Manager, Penzel seconded. T-Zotion carried unanimously. K. Appointment of City Attorney Mr. Franc recomm,-,nded Plr. Harlan Perbix for City Attorney. Penzel moved to appoint Mr. Perbix as City Attorney, Bye seconded. Motion carried unanimously. IV. PETIT IONS�wREQUESTS AND COT-21UNICATIONS : A . Communication from Sun News a ers requesting designation of c.. op in.-i q xnncton a- , en Prairi.c; Sun as the City's official newspaper for 1975. Penzel moved to receive and file , I-layers seconded. Motion carried unanimously. Minutes -4- January 7; 1975 Iv. Pk"rITIONS , REQUESTS AND COTTIUN ICAT IONS : ( Contd. ) B. Communication from Sheriff Don Omodt dated December 20, 1974 in icating aiscontinuation of t eir coverage ,of the Crosstown-. Mr. Hacking presented to Council and stated it posed no problem at the present time . Mayers moved to receive and file , Penzel seconded. Motion carried unanimously. V. ORDINANCES & RESOLUTIONS: A. Second reading of Ordinance No. 280 regulating fees and c arges or busincss licanscs ,, permits and municipal servicEs for repealing Ordinance No. 210. Penzel requested clarification of Sec . 8.19 A-1 regarding townhouses and apartment versus condominiums. Attorney Perbix will change wording to clarify meaning. B. Second reading of Ordinance Iuo. 27$ providing for review of .� certain proposed signage programs by the Chief Building Inspector, amending Ordinance No. 261. Meyers moved to adopt second reading of Ordinance No. 278y Penzel secondcd. Motion carried unanimously. VI. REPORTS OF OFFICERS, BOARDS & COTU-TISSIONS : A . Report of Councilwoman P•Ieyers 1. Review of Major Center Area Report Bids: Councilwoman T•To-yers rvqucstcd that Mr. Putnam present this matter to the Council. Mr. Putnam stated a total of 932 orders have been received and that a cost of $5 .49 per copy would cover the total cost of printing. Metro Printing gave low bid of $5122 .00. Penzel moved to authorize the printing of 2500 copies of the PICA Report. by Metro Printing at a cost of $5122.00, and a uniform price of $5.00 per copy. Bye seconded. Roll call vote taken with Council Members Bye , Meyers, Pauly and Pcnzcl voting in favor and Mayor Osterholt against . Motion carried. B. Report of Actin City P-Iana&Qr 1. Employee Compensation Program for fiscal 1975 Pauly suggested delaying action and rcquostod additional .information. Meyers asked for an existing salary table along with increases, various grades and the $100 monthly Minutes r-5- January 79 1575 w VI. REPORTS OF OFFICERS , BOARDS & COi ItIISSIONS: (Cont' d. ) B. 1. car allowance. a Mayor Osterhelt "asked that grade increases be separated from cost-of-living increases. Pauly suggested the 1$0 a mile car allowance be justified. Bye suggested the Council recieve more imput as to how they arrived at the recormiended amounts. Mayor Ostcrholt suggested this matter be placed on the agenda for the February •4, 1975 meeting, and making the raises re-troactive. Mayors moved to hold a special meeting on January 20, 1975 at 7:30 P14 `in City Hall to consider the Employee Coupon-- sation program, Pc.nzcl seconded. Motion carricd'unani- mously. 2. Affirmative Action Program Mr. Franc explained a program was necc$s.ary in order to qualify for various types of Federal -funding. Pcnzcl moved to approvo the Affirmative 'Action Program, Pauly seconded. -Motion carried unanimously. 3 . Agrccmcnt for Contractual- Sorvi.ccs for Health Authority 3.or' the t;iuy "off' .Face Prairie or-1975 Meyers suggested'-the first line in Paragraph 5 be corrected to read, "DZr. Holloway is expected to set up and conduct a program of edudation and enforcement of Ordinance No.250." Penzol moved to -adopt agroo.ment as amended, Noyers seconded. Motion carried unanimously. 4. Public Safety Grant , Resolution No. 932 9 Officer Hacking rcquestc:d the Council pass the Rcso3.ution for sponsorship of the grant. Also stated the second year of the program would cost the City about $3900. Meyers moved to approve Resolution No. 932, Pcnzol -secondod. Motion carried unanimously,. C. Report of Planning Director 1. December 24 ' 1974 letter from Nletrapolitan, Council. regard- in& Major enter ARE =an Rciview. Mr. Putnam requested an extensign on .the ravicw until � 1 January 27, 1975. Bye moved to approve extension, MOyors seconded. Motion carried unanimously. Minutes -=-6- 3anuary 7, 1 75 VI. REPORTS OF OFFICERS, BOARDS; & C01111ISS IONS r_,(Cont•d.) C. Report of Planning Dircetbr (Contd. ) 2. Summary of V.10tropol'itan Council's ..staff reports on MOA Plan and Edch Frairic ItIn€; RoutQse Mr. Putnam stated the plan is being updated and copies will be distributed to, Council mcmb-6rs prior. 'to meeting to be held January 14, 1975. h Penzel moved to place on agenda for January 14v 19759 P;eycrs seconded. Motion .eorri-od urianimously. D. Report of Finance Diructor 1. Clerk's License List_ Mr. Franc stated Lyon' s Tap should be added to #.fie list fora 3 .2 beer- license . Council Mc,-mbcrs questioned, Mr. Berg, Owner,. as to the person who- will operate the establishment, %oho the awricfis are, etc. Mr. Berg stated he and his wife own.- Lyon's Tape c�)ntigant on their license being approved and` it will be An by them. Mr. Penzcl asked why 'PTctro Water Conditioning and Sullivan Septic Tank Scrvicc were-,not on the list because they do business in :Edcni Prairie , , and what a Solicitor's LiConsc covered.. Mr. Franc explained the Solicitor's License was for the Uniform -Guard Service and that Metro Water Conditioning and Sullivan Septic Tank Service had not applied for a license . Penzel moved to approve the Clerk's License List with the addition of Lyon' s Tap and. the deletion of thc' Solicitor's Licc.nso, :Meyers- seconded. Motion carried unanirsously. 2. Payment of Claims 'Nos. 5571,- 556$9 5656-5799 Mcyers moved, to approvo payment of Claims as listed, Bye seconded. Roll call vote taken and mot on -aarriod> un&hi:- mously. VII. NEVI BUSINESS : A . Pauly suggested a Dog Day bc1 set for ,cog',rly sprig. -p poople could bring their dogs in and get theirr' license and have a ,, Veterinarian on duty to give the roquircd. shots. Minutes -7- January 7, 1915 VII. NEW BUSINESS: (Cont'd.) B. Mr. Francs requested permission to hire .,an auditor for two wooks to help him close the books. Moyers moved to consider action on this matter, Penzel seconded. Motion carried unanimously. Meyers moved to authorize Mr. Franc -tea employ _temporary accounting help for up to $O hours at a rate of -not more than $25 an hour from the George N. Hansen Accounting Firm. Penzel seconded. Lotion carried unanimously. C. Penzel moved to consider action on signing of Plutual Fire Aid Agreements, Ncyers se-condod i Motlon , carried unanimously. Moyers moved to authorize the Mayor and Acting City Managor to sign Mutual Firc Aid Agreements for Edan Prairie. Penzel seconded. Motion carried unanimously. VIII. ADJOURNMENT: s Penzel moved to adjourn, Mayers seconded. - Mot::An Carried unanimously. 1 Meeting adjourned at .1.0:20 PTS. h