City Council - 03/23/1981 - Joint Meeting MINUTES f
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JOINT CITY COUNCIL/PLANNING COMMISSION
Monday , March 23, 1981 approved
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6:30 PM., City Hall
CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS: Mayor Wolfgang Penzel , George Bentley, F
Dean Edstrom, Paul Redpath, George Tangen
COMMISSION MEMBERS: Chairman William Bearman, Liz Retterath, `
Matthew Levitt, Grant Sutliff, Hakon
Torjesen, Virginia Gartner, Robert Hallett
STAFF PRESENT: Chris Enger, Director of Planning; John
Frane, Acting City Manager; Bob Lambert,
Director of Community Services ; Carl Jullie,
City Engineer; Keith Wall , Public Safety;
Bob Tyson
i. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
Planning Commission Chairman Bearman called the meeting to order explaining
that the topic of the meeting, as the agenda stated, was to discuss site
alternatives for location of City Services.
II. PRESENTATION FROM CITY STAFF OF SITE SELECTION CRITERIA FOR CITY SERVICES
COMPLEX
CityPlanner, Chris En er introduced staff members resent to explain the pros and
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cons of locating at the existing City Hall site compared to a site near the Major
Center Area.
Keith Wall explained that the Crime Prevention aspect of a Public Safety Building
would be located equally well at either site, because of the fact that most di-
spatches of vehicles were from points in the field rather than from a central
point. However, he explained that the next fire station for the City should be in
a location that would serve the Southwest area of town. Growth would begin to
occur west of Co. Rd. 4 once a new sewer trunk was extended, and there would be a
need for an additional fire station which could also cover the Airport. -
Placement of the Public Safety building at the Co. Rd. 4 site would assure that
the fire station would be adequately manned by volunteers from the Public Safety
Department.
If Public Works also located at the Co. Rd. 4 site, it would provide a convenient
point for serving Public Safety vehicles and also be a source of additional fire
volunteers.
Wall explained that good access to Co. Rd. 4 and Co. Rd. 1 would also provide
direct access to the major residential population areas of town.
Wall felt, that other than the fire station question, the sites were equal ; the
advantages of locating a police and fire public safety building at the Co. Rd. 4
site make it better from a public safety stand point.
City Council/Planning approved
Commission Minutes -2- March 23, 1981
14all was asked when Public Safety would need new facilities. He replied that,
with the addition to the water treatment plant, where their existing facilities
are, next year ,they would need new quarters.
Bob Lambert explained that the Park and Recreation Shop needed to be located
centrally in accessibility to City Parks. He illustrated that Bryant Lake Park
and Anderson Lakes Park, in the northeast area of the community would be main-
tained by the County. The City Parks, were therefore mainly located on either side of
Co. Rd. 4 or Co. Rd. 1, and were most easily accessible with maintenance equip-
ment from those roads.
He mentioned a need for outside storage which""could be screened at the Co. Rd. 4
site but would be more difficult for higher residential buildings in the M.C.A.
Mr. Lambert felt that the existing City Hall site was best for location of a park
shop.
Carl Jullie presented the advantages of both sites. He explained that the
geographic center of town was not the residential population and access center of
town. Public Works would be concerned with providing street and utility mainten-
ance services in town. The density of water, sewer, street, and storm sewer
services in a residential area was many times greater than in a commercial/in-
dustrial area, such as the Major Center Area and the Smetana Lake Industrial
area. Therefore, from a Public Works standpoint, the site at Co. Rd. 4 pro-
vided a more central location to existing and future service areas than a Major
Center site.
Mr. Jullie went on to compare the screening possibilities for outside storage,
explaining that the Co. Rd. 4 site had excellent topographic features which
could be utilized to screen required outside storage.
Mr. Jullie explained that the site on Co. Rd. 4 and Co. Rd. 1 would provide
good high capacity roads for access to all parts of the community without having
to utilize City Collector Roads as in the M.C.A. site.
Chris Enger explained that a site in the M.C.A. was a correct land use.
He presented the 1968 Guide Plan which showed a commercial corner at Co. Rd. 1
and Co. Rd. 4 and the 1979 Guide Plan which showed City Services and a park at
the existing City Hall site.
While he had concerns about being a compatible land use with outside storage in
the M.C.A. , because of the difficulty of screening, he felt outside storage at
the Co. Rd. 4 site could be screened very well . He went on to explain that the
cemetery and a park would be to the north, Rural land with future residential
to the west and Rural land with future possible neighborhood commercial use to
the south and Co. Rd. 4 and existing large lot residential to the east.
Mr. Enger also felt the " Co. Rd. 4 site would be the closest to the crossroads of
the residential population.
Mr. Enger gave a brief summary and the meeting was adjourned at 7:30 PM.
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