City Council - 01/11/1977 APPROVED MINUTES
EDEN PRAIRIE CITY COUNCIL
TUESDAY, JANUARY 11 , 1977 7: 30 PM, CITY HALL
COUNCIL MEMBERS: Mayor Wolfgang Penzel
Billy Bye
Joan Meyers
Dave Osterholt
Sidney Pauly
COUNCIL STAFF PRESENT: City Manager Roger Ulstad; City Attorney
Harlan Perbix; Director of Community
Services Marty Jessen; Planner Dick Putnam;
Landscape Architect Chris Enger; and
Joyce Provo, Recording Secretary
IWOCATION: Councilman Dave Osterholt
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIM;J�CE
ROLL CALL: Penzel , Bye, Osterholt and Pauly present; Meyers arrived at meetinu at
7: 40 Phi.
1 . : 7)PRC,'1"AL OF AGENDA AND OTHER ITEMS OF BUSINESS
TI0,N: Osterholt moved , seconded by Bye, to approve the Council Agenda
published. Motion carried unanimously.
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_ . IC HEARINGS
977 Corr%ni ty Development Block- Grant point application for approximate]
$45, JJ ct Federal fuirds to be used for el ioible community__p�rojects.
Continued Publ 7 c Eiear� ng f rom January 4 , 1 y77 y
City Planner Putnam explained that the Planning Commission, at their 1
meeting held January 10 , endorsed the same projects as recommended �
by the Parks, Recreation & Natural Resources Commission as described
in nernc from Director of Community Services Jessen dated January 4, 1977.
Bob Hal 1 , 15061 Summerh i l l Drive, asked the following questions :
1) Hcw much area is going to be set aside for the actual playground?
2) How much money will be spent on the Edenvale area site? and 3)What
will we have when it is completed?
Director of Community Services Jessen explained that the area is north
of Valley View Road and Edenvale Boulevard with a total -of approximately
34 acres committed to the City. The City will be spending between
$15, 000 and $20,000. At this time Mr. Jessen could not answer question
as to what playground equipment will be installed as all of the final
grading estimates have not been received and the City will first solicit
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neighborhood input.
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A. 1977 Corimuni ty Development Block grant (continued)
Mr. Hall further questioned if the residents would know what they
are going to end up with before the Edenvale site is completed.
Jessen replied that the first thing the City staff would do is get together
with people who live in Edenvale and who would use the facility the most
through ne i.ghborhood meetings.
Mrs . Meyerhoff, 7055 Woodland Drive, questioned if the Edenvale site
would be non-profit. Jessen responded it would be City owned.
Mrs . Meyerhoff further asked if the City had thought of having the
Army Reserve do the grading. Jessen stated he would see if this could
be done as he has not explored this possibility in great detail .
Meyers questioned if we receive the total dollar amount and manage
to save some by using volunteer labor, do we lose the money or can we
use it on additional projectsr Putnam explained we do not lose the
money and that the City can use it for other projects if we like, or we
can use it for the project we have, i .e. , play equipment.
Bye expressed his disappointment that 'the tree replacement did not
come into strong consideration and asked if the Task Force had been
contacted. Jessen explained that stuff has attempted to define a list
of projects that would be fundable. He further explained that he has
talked to a couple of people on the Forestry Task Force and their
opinions range from "I think we have budgeted money for that already and
spend this on other facilities in the City" to "tie should get every
dollar for dutch elm replacement we can get" . Jessen stated the Parks , fM r
Recreation & Natural Resources Commission discussed this previously c
and felt this money should be used for recreational facilities.
MOTION: Osterholt moved, seconded by Meyers, to close the Public
Hearing and adopt Resolution No. 77-9, authorizing submission of the ,;
City of Eden Prairie Grant Application to Hennepin County for inclusion
in the Urban Hennepin County Community Development Block Grant Application, r
in accord with the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, based
on the recommendations from the Parks , Recreation & Natural Resources
Commission and the Planning Commission. Motion carried unanimously.
Sanitary Sewer and Watermain Improvements on Heritage Road, I .C. 51-290.
TResolution No. 1220
City Manager Ulstad explained that this is a continued public hearing
from December 7, 1976, and referred to the signed petition dated
113177 which listed the concerns of residents on Heritage Road. Particular
attention was paid to item 8 whereby the residents requested that the
builder meet with the property owners to see if an agreement could• be worked
out which would be advantageous to all parties involved.
Jim Hoag, 7660 Heritage Road, spoke on behalf of the petitioners and
answered questions of Council members. 3
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B. Sanity Sewer and blatermain Improvements on Heritage Road, I .C. 51-290.
Conti rued
MOTION: Bye moved, seconded by Osterholt, to continue the Public Hearing
for Sanitary Sewer and Watermai n Improvements on Heritage Road, I . C. 51-290�
and direct staff to set up a meeting or meetings between the petitioners,
other residents , and the developer and report back to the Council at the Y
February 15th Council meeting. Motion carried unanimously.
III . REPORTS OF OFFICERS, BOARDS & COMMISSIONS
A. Report of Director of Community Services
1. 1977 LAWCON Grant Final A lication
Director of Community Services Jessen outlined his memo in detail dated
January 7, 1977. EE
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City Planner Putnam spoke to the 4 alternative road alignments,
those being: 1) the disjointed northern alignment; 2) the alignment
to the south; 3) directly through the middle of the park; and
4) the northern route within the park.
Chris Enger, Landscape Architect, displayed a model of Round Lake
pointing out the recreational facilities approved by the Council
and spoke to 2 road alignments: 1) the direct route; and 2) the
ncrthern route wi thin the park.
,lessen explained that the School Board will be considering the
road alignments on Thursday, January 13, but felt the Council could
proceed with the grant application before proceeding with approval
of the road alignment.
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Osterhol t felt the $2, 700 which is proposed to be used for a boat
launch could be better used for children in the Round Lake Park
area .
Tom Bartel , Eden Prairie News , asked what the difference in cost
would be between the 2 routes and who will be paying for it. Ulstad
explained that payment would be worked between the School District
and the City, and thedifference in cost is about $100,000 (direct
route being $375, 000 and the northern route $475,000 just for road
construction costs ).
Idrs . Rutherford, 7023 Woodland, questioned if the LAWCON grant is
just to be used for Round Lake or if the grant could be .used for the
Edenvale Park site. Penzel explained that this grant could be used
only for Round Lake.
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A_ 1977 Grant Final Appl ication (continued)
MOTION: Uye moved, seconded by Meyers , to adopt Resolution No. 77-2,
authorizing the City Manager to sign application for grants to develop
recreational lands and open space under the provision of the Federal
Land and Water Conservation Fund Act and the State Natural Resources
Fund Act. Motion carried unanimously.
MOTI014: Meyers moved, seconded by Bye, to adopt Resolution No. 77-3,
authorizing the filing of application for grants to develop recreational
land and open space under the provision of the Federal Land and Water
Conservation Fund Act and the State Natural Resources Fund Act. Motion
carried unanimously.
IV . NEW BUSINcSS
A. Mayor Penzel acknowledged the invitation to Council members to attend
a meeting on January 22, 1977, 9: 00 AM at the Minnetonka City Hall , with
Senator John Keefe and Representative Douglas Ewald to discuss legislative
programs and objectives for the 1977 legislative session.
V . ADJOUR^�tiENT
MOTION: Bye moved, seconded by Pleyers , to adjourn the meeting at 9:10 PM.
Motion carried unanimously.
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