City Council - 03/13/1980 - Joint Meeting A�
MI NUILS
Jultli Sc:{iUU{_ {s0/ll;l)/CITY cUUrJCiL MEETING
MARCH H 13, 191100 i
Tile Ede2n Prairie School hoard and Cden Prairie, City Council held a
special joint weetinq tin March 13, 1980, starting at 8:00 p.n1. in
kuuni 410 of the Ldc•r► Prairie High School .
_,taff ►nembur•_. and vi itors present:
St,,ff MCNII)OF'S Visitors
Jack Grec'r►awalt , Ink-rim Supt. Gary Nybert, Smiley Glotter Assoc.
Di -Arict # 272 Mas Matsumoto , Smiley Glotter Assoc.
kogcr Ulstad , t.ity 1•1,mager Ernie Olin, Eden. Prairie News
Merle Ganin, Mr. cat {;us . Services Jan R Royer Luuma , Citizens (LWV)
School W -Arict
bob Lailit,ert , C i Ly S Leif f
Ca11 to Order
School District Chairperson , Jo Wigen, called the meeting to order at
8: UU p.m.
A Roll Call ww, tal.c•n Lhat reflected till School Board members present
exec'pt Gary Mtdirviiwe i ser and all City Cuunci 1 members present except
Paul Redpoth.
Estal,lishin� Agc'r►d,r
Chairperson , Jo W olcn, stated that two main topics for the agenda were:
( 1 ) Conrnuni ty Canter, (2) Park Sites. No other topics were added.
Cumiluni ty Cerrler
Ju Widen initiaLed conversation by indicating that the School Board had
a high de; irc tur t-A,iblishing a coumunication vehicle that could approp-
riately .c!r•vc. the. of ti►e School Huard and City Council in pl anninq
and (mv, Lr•uc:t m1j th,• t'urnn►trrr i Ly Len Ler. Mayor Wol fr;anq Penzel ttra►rked the
`.khool Iivar•d fur' rnviLing and hosting tine Joint Meeting. lie ref 1ecLed
hope anti c olit I<tc•r►c c, that buth governmental bodies could resolve any or all
diffic:uILic••, 1.0 thc' ►uc►tucrl satisfaction of both governmental units. lie
cvnpha: i ed thc of loth governmeiitt11 r.miLs cuum 0cdting any and
all concern,, -it.uut the Community LviiLer �,o that rlt;oltrtion could be reached
till ,ill I I w Mayor further %ulItIvstvd tIiaL buth government I units
I'V11111t. the! 11,1 1<t work trot rec o mir•nd,d solution: to any problems
rdc'nt i t i CLI and t.ht-1i pc•r mi t. the rc .{yc?ct ivc' to react.
JDint School IivaroI/C i Ly Comic i I 11uetin(.1-Ma1-01 13, 1980
The architect'. l)ro,ented a preliminary drawing of the proposed Community
Center. The areh i tt.ct emphasized that this preliminary sketch was not
being recom im.nded but was only a p l aii on cl i no l ly pre•.ented to the city
when the Conranittut• wav> in process of seceting an architeLt. The Archi -
tec Ls emplid s i zed tAw L their ins true t iuns were to work through Bob Lambert.
When presunta t iun,, were to Occur, the architects workiriq through Bob Lam- '
Bert would seek rt-quired approvals from the respective appropriate govern-
mental units . The architects stated that they had a number of questions
that must be but the mo,.t c:rcici,sl question was the determination
of an agreeable site. There are marry additional questions , but none of
then) can be m,-vicr t.-d until the site location is determined.
Juhn Lobben remarked that since the Community Center was b-ing constructed
fur• joint uscr.r(,lc' and tJ),Wint�, it ►r►ic�ht be al►propr•iate for a column body
to be used to re,,pond to and answer questions from the architect. David
Os Ler'hol t s to Lu,1 uw t the elected bodies need to rely upon hired profes-
sionals to review cmicerns and problE•mrs and should lot the hired profes-
s i urra l s return to tho resper t i ve boards when nQcessary for appropriate
yu i dance. Somu J i :cu5a ion ensued about the appropriate site with some
individuals that the site micjht be nurth of 72nd street. Sidney
Pauly states! that •.hc felt it was important to keep the site east of the
ex i t i nay high -A.hoo 1 a:s uri cf i na 1 ly discussed duri ny the bund referendum
%iris.) that ' s Lhe 1ucatiurr the public exl►ects the bui Wing to be contructed.
MOTION MADE tsY W01.1 ►.'tNG PENZ.EL Atli.) SECONDED BY JOHN LOBBEN TO DIRECT THE
RLSPECTIVE GOVERNIh11-NIAL STAFFS TO PRESENT TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND SCHOOL
BOARD VIABLE ALTLRNAI IVL SITE PLANS NO LATER THAN MARCH 20, 1980. MOTION
PASS E1).
Lyle 5hdw inquired of the School District' s participation in future design-
in('l or plannincl of the Community Cc:r►tek' as it affects the educational pro-
gram of the '-.t.houl District. Wolfgang Penzel stated that the Liaison
CoimO ttee that had been established , would weet at the end of the schematic
design phase and there.1tter as needed , but that they would not be asked to
meet un a stop-by-steh basis . The Mayor also inquired if it would be
appropriate to have another joint meetiml on March 20, to receive the
staff report as rc•flutrsted in the resolution. David Osterholt emphasized
that thu Schuol 13uarcl should Lake the nace5sary tine to be comfortable with
the ultin►ato ito 1ucation th<+t (.Wlves from the current: study. Loren Irvine
requested a I i ,,t of' advantages _ mj disadvantatles of each alternative site
that is reviewed. Chairperson , Jo Wiger► then confirmed that there would
be mother jo •rnL wuetintl orr March 20, 1980, starting at 6: 30 p.m. in Room
410 of the It i clh Sc:hou l building.
C i L Schoo l_ tes
kuhert LamberL iriLr•uduced the School/City Site subject by reviewing the
history of tht- topic in fde-n Prairie. Wolfclany Pentts1 stated that he felt
the City Council ' % intention had ilready been physically demonstrated by the
city having yjro lud a school site at the Preserve. ThQ existing pad reflects
the City' ,., i n Lt nt to continue to toopera to on City/School sites. Currently,
nu develc►l►nrc•nt. h,►', occurred at the rranlo Site. Currant plans do call for a
oint siL!� at I r'0nlu ROdd 10us t)f.hc•i' 10e,Itions. David Osterholt reported
that hi,.turic .rily the. plan has ►wun to devel(g) school/park sites. Mr.
0l,terh,)lL rt•t it-c it-d c rent er-n howevc v , when tht- city requOSts fill to help
develu1r Lift! Silo and thu School IWArict, rl!yuests that such fill
i,c• l)ur'Cf► Strd Jo Widen 5 ated that tht-re nueda to fie a ciarifictltiun on
.I.; 1 (it -,t hill) hi I ity I.uunt. I I W-t-L ill,I-M,it'i.I1 13, 11)1M 3
tht• ",.d)e Ut t i i I " lwc mvI c: tiidt wd- tiot tilt! intent of the School District.
J.ic:1. GI-evrt.iwa It t I.II i f ic•il that t it,re w.i:, t►ewn- a di,cussion that ttiuney
wituld Liv vAL.h.iwit•tl ,ttt •, iI.el-, . Mayen• feuzol r-vported that Nert,cptiuns differed.
t Ilunc, i t nit-tilt I-v-. 11.10 1tt•r4 t• ivc•d th.it ti►e d i•.Irict way, attempt,iriy to sell fi l l
to Lilt: city.
Lurvit li-vitie iridit .tit•d that tile! SLImul t !Arica was. interested ill establish-
ing . frrutu Llie City I.uuuc:i1 , their ut.►itiiuri rc:ttardintl City/Schoul Sites and
t•c•tlue:, ted L I IV (,ILy I tJuuc- i I tt) lilace that intt_nL it writing. As tithe !asses
1it•ulile chati.p. ..!rill ntt•uiur'ies fade. . therfurv. lilac:intj Such infuriwtiuti ill writ-
i nt.1 wuu 1 J tot: lit.11tt tr 1 to With tiie t: i ty Cutuic i I acid the School District.
Will t tj.tny t'VI►te l '..t i d OWL tiler City CUUM- i I hats newer• Placed the City/SChuUI
tuulrer-ai IVe , jb- 1tvirwom ill ti rw.-(ilutioti licit in affv.ct it' s all unuffiCial
,A ty Itui it y LI) t tittpt•r alt- with tilt- Schuul Di Ar•ict uii such matters . David
W.,tt•r•i it)II Iola tt•nit J 1.lif' .11)1Ir•ulwiatvnu•.,-, ut tilac: iFig such iif ten LIons in writing,
wo i t t),iriq Pell:c• I t ur t ht-•i• !, to Lvd Lha o f Lilt, Sc.liuu I U i 5 tri ut has a lowj-range
111,111 011 :.chut, l , lt.- that it wt,uld tit: cilihr•uliridtc: alid helpful to
i itt or-m Lite_ c i t.y tit •.lit II p l aiv> st► th.i t the e i Ly Could be better i nfur red
.Intl tliut't lit:111 t u t 1 tt I.It a L i 111) f i)UWL! ju i ti t 5 i Les . Ile further S td ted the
City Cuutic. i l uttu!tl de•, it1FwLiri(l City/School site,. ds
JoiifL SiLe-, . Wult,lawl Petizel rvgli :lt�d that Hub Lambert and Jack Greettdwdlt
dt•Vt'lul) a1,1,r'ultr' i,tit• i_t••,uluLiuw3 fcir the ►'W.I+t:Ltive budie:i titdt we)uld cldrify
the: city' ,* iritt.-tit tit I►r'ovide land for 5chool5 on the joint 1,1drk/sclivol sites
.Ind tur Ltic: t.ttttl tit tJt:vvh)Ij a r•u',olutitin ltt•uvidiliq alihrufrriaLe fill for
tht- Lity at tilt_•• Lal.t! Lileti Site.
MO T 1UN MAUL tit WUI 1 t„till; t'ENLLL AND SLLUNDLD BY NORMAN FRIEDERICIIS TO ADJOURN
AT 9 :41 p.m. 1-101 I WN 1"W,,,E I_t.
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