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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council - 11/13/1990 EDEN PRAIRIE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED MINUTES TIME: 7:30 PM, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1990 LOCATION: CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 7600 Executive Drive COUNCILNEMBERS: Mayor Gary Peterson, Richard Anderson, Jean Harris, Patricia Pidcock and Douglas Tenpas CITY COUNCIL STAFF: City Manager, Carl J. Jullie, Assistant to the City Manager Craig Dawson, City Attorney Roger Pauly, Finance Director John D. Frane, Director of Planning Chris Enger, Director of Parks, Recreation do Natural Resources Robert Lambert, Director of Public Works Gene Dietz, and Recording Secretary Roberta Wick PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ROLL CALL All Councilmembers present I. AEFROVAL OF AGENDA AND OTHER ITEMS OF BUSINESS MO„ "f ION Pidcock moved, seconded by Anderson, to approve the agenda. ( Anoderson requested that Item X.A.1., Highway Clean-up, be added. Peterson requested that Item X.A.2., Appointments for the Southwest Metro Transit Commission be added. Pidcock added Item X.A.3., Update on the Southwest Corridor Transportation Coalition. JuLlie requested that Item III.N. be added to the Consent Calendar. This item would be to set November 20, 1990 to review the Board of Appeals and Adjustments decision regarding the Hedquist Addition. Moiion to approve the agenda as amended carried 5-0. II. MII"NLZIES A. Special City Council Meeting held_ Tuesday, 2. 1990 Pidcock moved, seconded by Tenpas, to approve minutes of October 9. Anderson said that in the October 9 meeting he had asked Mr. Obermeyer in which Watershed District Birch Isle Lake was located. This discussion was not in the minutes. Anderson said he had asked Obermeyer about the problem with the lake level and Obermeyer said he would check on it. At the next meeting Obermeyer brought back a report on the water level. C - 1 t City Council Minutes 2 November 13, 1990 MOTION Pidcock moved, seconded by Anderson, to continue the minutes of the October 9 meeting to the Council meeting of November 20. Motion approved 5-0. B. City Council Meeting held Tuesday. October 16, 1990 MOTION Pidcock moved, seconded by Tenpas, to approve the minutes of October 16, 1990. Motion approved 5-0. C. City Council Meeting held Tuesday, October 23, 1990 MOTION Anderson moved, seconded by Pidcock, to approve the minutes of October 23, 1990. Pidcock said that on Page 2536 of the packet, Page 5 of the minutes, Vote on the Motion, Pidcock also opposed the motion. Minutes approved as amended 5-0. III. CONSENT CALENDAR A. Clerk's License List B. HERITAGE PRESERVATION ORDINANCES - 2nd Readinst of_Ordinance No. 37-90, Establishing the Heritage Preservation Commission; Adoption of Resolution No. 90-271, Authorizing Summary of Ordinance No. 37-90 and Ordering Publication of Said Summary: 2nd Reading o Ordinance No. 38-90, Amending City Code Chapter 11; Adovtion of Resolution No. 90-272, Authorizing Summary of Ordinance No. 38-90 and Ordering Publication of Said Summary C. Special Assessment Credit for Lot 1. Block 2. Wyndham Crest D. Resolution No. 90-258, Rgguesting the Historical & Cultural Commission to Explore City Participation in the Sister Cities Program E. Trail Connection at Lark$pur Lane (Resolution No. 90-273, Acquisition by Eminent ]Domain) F. Recommendation of Revised Pool Use Schedule/Foxje� t Swim Club Request ff G. Figure SkatinglOpen Patch Prououd 1, 4 City Council Minutes 3 November 13, 1990 H. Final Plat Approval of Wilson Ridge 3rd Addition (located at the N.W. Quadrant of Flying Clqud Drive and. Valley View Road) Resolution No. 90-260 I. Approval of Revised Agreement for Acquisition of Pgrmanernt Easement from Michael McGraw for thVExtension of Mitchell Road, I.C. 52-156 J. COMPOSTING ORDINANCE - 2nd Reading of Ordinance No. 30-90; Adoption of Resolution No. 90-270, Authorizing Summary of Ordinance No. 30-90 and Ordering Publication of Said Summary (CONTINUED TO Nd,OVEMBER 20, 1990) K. Authorize Application for Permit to Connect to Metropolitan Waste Control Commission Facility for Lot 1. Block 1. Bryant Lake View Estates (Resolution No. 90-264) L. Authorize Application and Execution of License for Permit to Cross Protected Waters with Minnesota Department of Natural Resources for Lot 1. Block 1,. Br,*1ant Lake View Estates (Resolution No. 90-265) M. CROSSTOWN PRAIRIE ADDITION by Leighton P. Reese. Request for One-Year Extension of Deadline for Crosstown Prairie Addition Developer's Agreement (formerly A. & H. Welding, Crosstown Prairie Industrial Park) N. Set November 20 as the date to review the Board of Appeals and Adjustments decision on the Hedguist Addition MOTION Pidcock moved, seconded by Anderson, to approve the Consent Calendar as amended. Pauly said he would like the record to show that in Item III.E., there was a substitute for the lead-in language to the motion. The new lead-in paragraph should be as follows: "A permanent easement twenty feet (20') wide for the purpose of constructing, using and maintaining a trail for the passage of the public by foot, bicycle, or otherwise as authorized by the City of Eden Prairie on, over, and through real property in the County of Hennepin, State of Minnesota, described as follows: "A strip of land twenty feet (20') wide lying ten feet (10') on either side of the following described center line:" City Council Minutes 4 November 13, 1990 Pauly also called attention to a memorandum from Steve Durham to which was attached a revised Ordinance No. 30-90, Item III.J relating to composting. Revisions include: (1) Definition of a "Multiple family dwelling", and (2) clarification of types of refuse which were permitted in compost. Jullie said that the ordinance now included the recommendation of the Commission, and if the Council were to accept the Commission's recommendations this Ordinance should be amended to provide for the things they had requested; for example, an exemption for those people participating in an experimental project. MOTION Anderson moved to discuss Item J at a later time. Seconded by Pidcock. Motion approved 5-0. Consent calendar approved as amended 5-0. IV. PUBLIC HEARINGS A. BLUFFS EAST EIGHT ADDITION by Hustad Development. Request for Planned Unit Development Concept Review on 186 acres, Planned Unit Development District Review on 15 acres with Zoning District Change l from Rural and R1-22 to R1-13.5 on 3.5 acres, and Preliminary Plat of approximately 15 acres into 8-single family lots, 2 outlots and road right-of-way. Location: North and east of Bluff Road, south of Franlo Road. (Resolution No. 90-267 - Preliminary Plat) Jullie said notice for this public hearing was sent to the owners of 65 properties in the project area and was published in the November 8, 1990 issue of the Eden Prairie News. Wally Hustad presented the project which he said was a continuation of the Bluff Country PUD approved in 1987. It consisted of eight single-family lots. Each lot would have 110-115 feet of frontage. Depths range from 130-165 feet. Enger said the Planning Commission reviewed this item at the October 22, 1990 meeting. The Planning Commission recommended approval of the requests to on a 7-0 vote subject to the recommendations in the staff report of October 19, 1990. The staff had recommended that a storm sewer system which was originally proposed by the developer to the placed in a future phase, be constructed concurrent with this proposal, and that rear yard swales have a minimum slope of two percent to provide for positive drainage. The detailed storm water runoff and erosion control and utility plans are yet to be provided to the City Engineer for final l City Council Minutes 5 November 13, 1990 review and approval. The final plans would also be submitted to the Watershed District for its review and approval. The plan would also be subject to the cash park fee. The Park, Recreation and Natural Resources Commission did not review the proposal. Anderson asked if the staff was satisfied that the drainage problem had been resolved. Enger replied that the DNR indicated that it was not sure how the storm water was being managed because the information it received was only for this 8-lot section of the plat. The storm water collection catch basins and pipe would be supplied as a part of the first phase, but would lead into the storm water system for the entire Planned Unit Development. The DNR was concerned about retention of the storm water runoff so that it would not run directly into Purgatory Creek. The full storm water plan would be implemented as the property was developed. Anderson asked what would happen to ghat water. Enger said it would be put into pipes and directed toward swales; then it would run over land into Purgatory Creek. Anderson asked if the swales would create any problem on the Creek. Enger said there should be no problems from this subdivision because the amount of storm water coming off the lots would be relatively low. However, as future lots were developed, the water runoff would be increased and there would need to be retention included as part of the storm sewer system. Pidcock eked who would be monitoring the situation. Enger replied that it would be monitored by both the Watershed District and the City. Anderson asked what the situation was an deeds and lands that had been offered as donations to the City. Lambert said this would be discussed at a meeting with Hustad and Pauly on Friday. There were no comments from the audience. MOTION Harris moved that the Public Hearing be closed and the first reading of Ordinance No. 39-90 for Rezoning be approved. Seconded by Pidcock. Motion approved 5-0. MQTION Harris moved to approve Resolution No. X-2G7 for the Preliminary Plat, and that staff be directed to prepare is Development Agreement incorporating Commission and staff recommendations. Seconded by Anderson. Motion approved 5-0. t City Council Minutes 6 November 13, 1990 V. PAYMENT OF CLAIMS MOTION Pidcock moved the payment of claims, seconded by Anderson. Roll Call vote: Anderson, Harris, Pidcock, Tenpas, and Peterson all voting "AYE". VI. ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS VII. PETITIONS, REQUESTS & COMMUNICATIONS A. Townline Road Presentation and Status Report (Resolution No. 90-261) Jullie said notice for this agenda item was mailed to approximately 300 residents in the project area. The notice gave the residents some insights regarding the City's long-standing planning and support for the proposed four-lane roadway. The primary purpose of the discussion would be to update councilmembers and the public regarding the need for the project and some major design modifications which had been incorporated over the last several months and which were now being proposed in order to help minimize the impacts on the residential neighborhood. These modifications had a very substantial cost implication and therefore needed Council review and approval. Tim Feno from Strgar-Roscow-Fausch, the consulting engineers, pointed out that in 1987 the Eden Prairie City Council approved the preliminary plans for Townline Road. However, in the City of Minnetonka the plans were not approved and meetings and discussions were held for several years in attempt to negotiate an acceptable design project. In April, 1990 SRF was hired to look at the project again in the light of concerns of he residential neighborhoods. Rick Brown from SRF presented slides which depicted the process that the consulting engineers went through in order to make their recommendations. The slides covered the objectives which were to determine the need, an optimum design concept, and to develop a design concept which was sensitive to the environment. He discussed the involvement of residents, cities, the County, and consultants. He pointed out that traffic studies had been done to predict the amount of traffic on this road today and up to the year 2010. Today the road could be expected to carry 2,500 to 17,000 cars a day, with 12,000 to 30,000 being forecast for 2010. The most intense issue was whether the road should be a divided or undivided highway west of Eden Prairie Road. He pointed out that a road with a center median was safer and had better aesthetics. This was what SRF was recommending. i City Council Minutes 7 November 13, 1990 Tenpas asked what the accident rates would be on a divided versus an undivided four-lane roadway. Brown said the figures were 1.82 accidents per million vehicle miles for a four-lane divided roadway with a median; 2.5 per million vehicle miles for an undivided four- lane roadway. This was about a 40 percent difference. Michael Glapion, 6483 Craig Drive, spoke in favor of the expansion of Townline Road. He believed Townline in its present conduction to be unsafe because it had become a major thoroughfare. He encouraged the Council to approve the expansion to a four-lane road before costs increased even more than they had already. Mark Palmberg, 6217 Whispering Oaks Drive, spoke against the four- lane road because of environmental concerns. He said he believed a two-lane road would preserve the peaceful nature of the area. Larry Piumbroeck, 6255 Wessel Court, spoke on behalf of the Townline Road Citizens Committee. He spoke in favor of a two-lane roadway on Townline. He said the Committee had identified the following unresolved issues: Safety of children in the area as speeds of about 55 mph would present a danger to nearby homes and pedestrians; destruction of the wildlife habitat and the separation of the wetlands would result in more wildlife kills; salt runoff into Purgatory Creek would be damaging to the environment. He asked for the following commitments: (1) That Council recognize the Citizens Committee and that it be given opportunity for input with the City and County; (2) That a Committee member be allowed to be present at any and all meetings concerning this road; (3) That the Committee would have access to staff information and data to help the Committee understand the impact of the road design, and allow Committee input to mitigate problems for the neighborhoods; (4) That a contact person from the Committee and the City be named to keep information flowing from both sides; (5) That there be no design approved for any roadway which would exceeded State noise standards and reduced wetlands without replacement; (6) That all the funding required to mitigate noise, aesthetics, and other negative impacts be given in a comprehensive manner so completion of all elements including berming, noise barriers, and landscaping could be done simultaneously and not delayed because of budget constraints; (7) That the City provide a schedule of on-going information of the approval process that would relate the stages toward final approval and allow the residents to be given a full voice in the process. Luanne Tolliver, 14901 Williams Lane, Minnetonka, spoke representing the residents in the northeast and northwest corners of the proposed County Road 4 and Townline Road intersection. She said the neighborhood supported a bridge at this intersection. She said the neighborhood opposed the at-grade intersection because it would result in one total and six partial condemnations in the neighborhood; it would involve reduction of wetlands and park lands; it would create high levels of noise and air pollution in the f City Council Minutes 8 November 13, 1990 neighborhood; it would create inconvenience to residents because of limited ingress and egress to Victor Lane and County Road 4 because of an added median on County Road 4; an excessively long, honeycombed roadway would create health and safety hazards, plus creating corner lots with curb and gutter assessments for some of the residents. Jim Cardinal, 15701 W. 62nd Street, spoke in favor of the four-lane highway. He said the present roadway was dangerous and noisy, and said he believed the decision should be made without further study as he believed the new roadway was needed as soon as possible. Timothy Kosiec, 6233 Mallory Lane, spoke representing the residents of the Timber Creek Subdivision. He said residents in this subdivision objected to the plan because the frontage road access would enter through Mallory Lane within the residential boundaries. They were concerned about safety with this plan because the frontage road would enter directly opposite a park entrance. They were also concerned about the affect on the wildlife in the area and that the plan would be detrimental to the value of the property in the area. Jared Deville, 6621 Duck Lane Road, Said he would favor something between a freeway and Townline Road as it was now. He believed a four-lane roadway would increase the speed of the traffic on Duck Lane Road. He favored a two-lane road with walkways along the side. A resident of Apple Valley, who had purchased a building site at 6268 Chatham Way, said he would like to see Townline Road improved. However, he questioned if the projected traffic levels were accurate and asked whether they were based on an improved two-lane road or a four-lane road. Mal Fay, 15600 Porth Lund Road, said he was concerned that areas of Eden Prairie were being cut off from each other with traffic and roadways. He asked if walkways would be installed along Townline Road. Mike Stokstad, owner of Hazard Consultants, Inc., asked the Council to consider whether using other routes could lower the traffic level on Townline Road. He believed the projected traffic counts for the road could be low if it were developed as a four-lane highway, and suggested upgrading other roads that carry traffic through commercial and non-residential areas. a r City Council Minutes 9 November 13, 1990 Sue Grady, 6227 Mallory Lane, said that many residents had received criticism for not researching the issue of Townline Road before building their houses. However, she said she had done the research and was told by the City's Engineering Department that it would be striped two-lane and she had nothing to worry about. Linda Yearons, 18474 Channault Way, said that she was concerned that people would take a detour on Pleasantview Road from Highway 101, and then to Dell and Channault to avoid the stop light at 101 and Dell Road. Lynn Foulke, 17305 W. 62nd Street, said she was concerned about the homes within 40-50 feet of Townline Road. She had been told by the County that Townline would only be a two-lane road. She said she was also concerned that wildlife and property values would suffer from a four-lane road. She suggested the Council consider some fair compensation to the residents. Brad Herman, 6221 Mallory Lane, asked about the costs on the project which he understood to be $14 million for the roadway only. Brown from SRF corrected him and said that figure included everything. Herman said that the projected traffic counts didn't make sense and the City should not build a roadway that would attract this much traffic. He believed a four-lane road would be � detrimental to the quality of life in the City. Sheri Hunninghake, 6278 Mallory Lane, requested that if the road was to be built, that the speed limits be set for a residential community and that trucks be prohibited from the road. Crystal Pasack Messmore, 6252 Chatham Way, said she was concerned about speeds of the traffic coming off of Townline Road on to Chatham Way. She said she favored an updated two-lane highway. Rogene Meriweather, 6100 Baney Court, Minnetonka, said she believed two issues needed clarification: (1) On October 29 the Minnetonka Council approved the concept plan with no median west of Scenic Heights Drive, and (2) $9 million for a two-lane roadway was higher than had been discussed in Minnetonka. Lisa Wagner, 18237 Tristram Way, spoke against a four-lane road because that area was zoned residential, not commercial. She said she did not consider the road to be progress and encourage the Council to listen to these concerns. Jim Kertzmann, 6244 Heathbrook, said he was told in 1988 that 62 would be improved to a two-lane road only by the City Engineer. Pauline Harold, 16411 Ellerdale Lane, said she was concerned about drivers using Ellerdale Lane as a shortcut. i i City Council Minutes 10 November 13, 1990 Harry Hodge, 16463 Ellerdale Lane, questioned what right the City, County or State had to put four-lane traffic on to a private road such as Ellerdale. Jeff Elgin, 6257 Mallory Lane, said he had two concerns: (1) that there was sufficient funding for landscaping; (2) that the park entrance would not be protected as it was now if the traffic were to be routed through Mallory Lane. Susan Olson, 6105 Bany Court, Minnetonka, chairperson of the Committee SAVE, said she hoped that the two communities would be able to work together on the project. There were no further comments from the audience. Harris said she had four questions: (1) what accommodations were being made for pedestrian travel; (2) were the traffic projections made on two lanes or four lanes; (3) did the residents have access to the proposed criteria accepted by Minnetonka; (4) had the monies available for landscaping increased along with the cost of the road. Dietz said the budget included $330,00 for plant material for the landscaping, which did not include retaining walls or fences. Regarding the frontage road, Dietz said that at the time the Council appi oved the layout plan in 1987, Eden Court was shown to be a right-in, right-out only with a full median and no full access at Townline Road. Since that time the consultant had been asked to look at some design solutions for that, and as a result the request had been made that Eden Court have a full-access intersection with Townline Road. The staff recommended the connection be made at Mallory Lane to tie the road system together. Regarding pedestrian walkways, the plan had shown pedestrian walkways on either side of the road. However, because of the frontage roads the plan showed that the walkways on the Eden Prairie side tied into the frontage roads, they would act as pedestrian areas. The present resolution requested that the trail system be continuous on the Eden Prairie side as well to provide a separate trail from County Road 4 to 101 for pedestrians. Regarding traffic projections, Dietz requested that the consultants answer this question. The consultant said that a roadway in and of itself did not attract traffic. A model was run for both two-lane and four-lane roads and there was no significant difference in traffic volumes, which suggested that all other roadways were either at capacity or near capacity. Tenpas asked what consideration had been given to the potential upgrade of Highway 101. Brown said the projections showed there would be considerably more traffic on Highway 101, 18,000 to 19-000 x i City Council Minutes 11 November 13, 1990 vehicles in 2010. He said that by 2010 or sometime before, Highway 101 would also need to be upgraded. He said that when the model was run, it was not assumed that Highway 101 would be upgraded to four lanes. Dietz said he believed it was clear that in the next 20 years improvements would be needed to Highway 101 which would need to be coordinated with Chanhassen. Anderson asked what the cost would be to the City if Towniine were upgraded to a two-lane highway as compared to letting the state and county fund the upgrade to a four-lane highway. Dietz said that perhaps it could be widened and made into a two-lane facility for $2 million, but the grading to get proper vertical and horizontal curves could not be done fir that amount of money. With proper grading and installation of proper alignment, he estimated a two-lane road would cost about $9 million, or 75 percent of the current estimate for a four-lane roadway. Anderson said he understood that the project would be funded by the State if it met its requirements for a four-lane highway. If the City decided to make it a two-lane hi,g-hway, it would not get money from the State. He asked for explanation of this situation. Dietz said the design standards that come with County-State-Aid funds as well as Municipal State-Aid funds require certain minimum design standards, and they called for a four-lane design if there was a projected traffic volume in exciess of 8,000 vehicles per day. The estimated traffic was 18,000 on the east and 12,000 on the west. At the request of the City of Minneto-nka, Hennepin County proposed a variance to the design standards for Minnesota Department of Transportation and the request was turned down. So if the roadway were to be built to other than CSAH standards, which meant a four- lane facility, State aid funds could ncmt be used to build it. Anderson asked how much money that was. Dietz replied that the Hennepin County share of the cost was about $10 million and the County had proposed to fund its entire share with state-aid funds. Anderson asked if the City did nothing else but upgrade it to a two- lane road, what type of traffic problems would that create within the City. Dietz said that if it were only widened, there would still be horizontal and vertical curves which did not meet proper stopping distance standards, and the City would still have an accident-prone road. Anderson asked if the people in the western part of the City be able to get to other parts of the city as tlhose living elsewhere in the City. Dietz said they would for a period of time. However, he said that with 4,000 vehicles a day on Tow nline Road, it was half-way to f City Council Minutes 12 November 13, 1990 the need of a four-lane facility today. If in five or ten years it needed to be widened again, some pavement would need to be removed, which was the reason for having a 20-year design standard for roadways. Anderson asked what would be the most efficient thing to do as far as the cost to the City was concerned.. Dietz said that would be the proposal as it now stood. There would need to be a duplication of effort in a shorter period of time if t;he City did not build to the anticipated needs over a 20-year life-cycle. Tenpas asked whether the County required the roadway to be a specific width, for Exsauyly 52 feet, anal if there were flexibility on how the road could be striped. Dietz said That at one time consideration was given, as a compromise, to a 52-toot-wide road striped as a two-lane facility, to be striped later as a four-lane when necessary. Minnetonka had approved it as a four-lane undivided facility with no consideration for striping it as a two-lane. Pidcoc.k pointed out that the Chamber of Commerce study had emphasized the need for this roadway. She asked how Cherry Drive would be handled along with Some otiter roads that come into Townline. Dietz said that with a median traffic from Cherry Drive and Whispering Oaks would be able to access and connect to Townline Road with right-in, right-out, only. Without the median those streets would have full access at Townline Road. The sidewalks would tie into the trail system. Tenpas noted that everyone was agreed that the road needed to be upgraded. One of the big issues was the safety and a median would be safer. However, other costs needed to be considered such as who was responsible for maintenance of th* median. He suggested that perhaps the City could made another request to the County and State as to the width of the road and funding. He would like to re- examine the median and turn lane issues. He said he was eager and willing to work with the residents but that the project needed to move forward. MOTION Tenpas moved to adopt Resolution No. 5O0-261. Seconded by Anderson. Peterson and Harris pointed out that this was approval of a concept only, and that the Council would continue to work with residents with their concerns. Motion► 5-0. City Council Minutes 13 November 13, 1990 VIII. REPORTS OF ADVISORY COMMISSIONS A. Human Rights k Services Commission - Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration Event Committee Report (Continued from October 16, 1990) Commission member Kent Barker said that he was requesting Council support for a second Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Celebration in Eden Prairie on February 3, 1991 from 4:30-7:00 PM at the Eden Prairie High School The Commission wanted to recognize a person or a group living within Eden Prairie who had provided services above and beyond the normal employment relationship in the areas of aac>C, religion, sex, national origin, disability, dependence, public assistance. It would be seeking nominations through the newspaper and various organizations. He requested Council's agreement on the project. MOTION Anderson moved, seconded by Pidcock, to support the Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration Event on February 3, 1991. Motion approved 5- 0. IX. APPOINTMENTS A. Appointment of 2 City Officials to the Landfill Closure Committee Peterson noted that Gene Dietz and Chris Enger had been recommended for these positions. Rod Rue and Jean Johnson would be alternates. MOTION Pidcock moved, seconded by Anderson, to appoint Dietz and Enger to the positions on the Landfill Closure Committee. Motion approved 5- 0. X. REPORTS OF OFFICERS, BOARDS A COMMISSIONS A. Reports of Councilmembers 1. Highway Clean-up Anderson said several groups had contacted him to find out how to sign up for clean-up of highways. He reported that there were no more state highways where there was room for volunteers to clean up. Hennepin County was now looking at such a program. City Council Minutes 14 November 13, 1990 MOTION Anderson moved, seconded by Pidcock, to direct staff to encourage the County to begin a clean-up program similar to the State program, and to investigate the possibility of the City beginning a clean-up program for the City streets. Tenpas suggested that there be a way, other than signs, to publicly recognize the groups that do this work. Motion approved 5-0. 2. Southwest Metro Transit Commission Peterson said that he would be resigning as chair of the Southwest Metro Transit Commission at the end of December. George Bentley, the other representative of the City, would also be resigning. One appointee needed to be a Councilperson; the other could be a resident at large. He encouraged Councilmembers to be thinking of potential members for this Commission. 3. Update on Southwest Corridor Transportation Coalition Pidcock said the $1.7 million from Federal government had been received for Highway 212 design, and pointed out that the $10,000 committed by the City over last several years had increased and multiplied. B. Report of City Manager 1. Set Special City Council Meeting for 6:00 PM. November 20, 1990 MOTION Pidcock moved, seconded by Harris, to set a. Special City Council Meeting for 6:00 PM, November 20, 1990. Motion approved 5-0. 2. Set City s for the month of Jgnuary 1991 January 8 and January 22 MQTION Pidcock moved, seconded by Anderson, to set City Council Meetings for January 8 and January 22, 1991. Motion approved 4- 0-1 with Peterson abstaining. C. Report of City Attorne-y D. Report of Director of Planning �v a City Council Minutes 15 November 13, 1990 E. Report of Director of Parks. Recreation and Natural Resources 1. Petition from the Residents of "The Ridge" Development Lambert said several alternatives had been investigated. He said Mr. Rotter had agreed to reduce the cost of an easement from $20,000 to $15,000. $6,000 had been offered. Rotter also offered to sell a lot for $47,000. Lambert said there was no money left in the budget to fund the project. A possibility for fundng would be to assess the adjacent properties or take the money from the balance of the general fund. Peterson asked if the lack of access at this site was an oversight, or was access planned, or because of resident pressure was another being considered. Lambert said the plan showed an access to this trail on the east and on the west, and the oversight had been on the west in that the people that live to the west must go out to Dell Road and come back to access the trail. Lambert said the suggestion was to put a 5-foot-wide concrete sidewalk between two lots which could be done on a 10- foot-wide easement. He said Rotter had been offered $3.65 per square foot, which would be the lot cost. This was not acceptable to Rotter as he believed this would cause $10,000 worth of damage i to the lots. Harris said she would not be in favor of buying the lot. She requested clarification on the assessments. Lambert said that the people who now own the lots would pay the assessment and Rotter would pay the assessment on the unsold lots. However, benefit would have to be proved and Lambert said he believed this would be difficult when there was not a 100% petition from thA residents. ' MOTION Harris moved, seconded by Pidcock, to continue the meeting to 11:15 P.M. Motion approved 5-0. Lambert said he wanted the residents, Rotter, and the Council to decide how much this trail access was desired. Tenpas suggested that the developer be offered $13,000 for the piece of property to make the trail. Anderson said he believed the trail access belonged there but was not sure how to pay for it. He asked if it were possible to condemn property that already had easements for storm sewers. Pauly said this would be very expensive and time-consuming and probably cost at least $13,000. r 3 City Council Minutes 16 November 13, 1990 Peterson said he would vote againzt another access to the trail inasmuch as there was already two accesses to the trail. M03CION Tenpas moved to offer $13,000 to buy the land for trail access, seconded by Anderson. Motion approved 4-1 with Peterson voting Nay. F. Report of Fing&n 'e Director G. Report of Director of Public Works 1. Snow Removal/Ice Conti of Policy t MOTION Pidcock moved seconded by PP Harris to approve the Snow Removal/Ice Control Policy. Dietz said there was one suggested change on Page 3 of the Policy, Page 2648 of the packet, which was to delete the first sentence in the first paragraph, so the paragraph would begin, "The City is concerned about the effect of salt and sand, on the environment and will limit its use." Motion to approve the policy as amended approved 5-0. XI. NEW BUSINESS XII. ADJOURNMEL4T 1 r i MOTION 3 Anderson motioned to adjourn at 11:15 p.m. Seconded by Tenpas. Motion approved 5-0. 1