City 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.
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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
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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:"
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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Anderson motioned to adjourn at 11:15 p.m. Seconded by Tenpas.
Motion approved 5-0.
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