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regular 'meeting of the'Hopkins City Council was. held on January 2, 1996
in the Council'--~~~~~rs of Hopkins .City Hall.
Present were Mayor'Redepenning, Council'Members Hesch, Maxwell, Johnson and
Jensen..' Also present' were staff •~~~rs Mielke,• Kerrigan, Steinman,
' Gessele and City Attorney Jerre Miller. - ,
• I . ' ~ ~ CALL TO ORDER • . ',
'Mayor Redepenning called the meeting to order at 8:00 p.m.
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~I I,. OPEN AGENDA -PUBLIC COMMTNTS /CONCERNS .~ ~ • ,
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.Mike Miller, Neighborhood Advisory Board Chair,'appeared to encourage the
'Council to,give the board direction for the coming year.
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'III. CONSENT' AGENDA ~ -
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.' ' ,' ~ ', , ; . 1. , APPROVAL OF DECEMSTR 19 , 1995REGULAR NETTING MINUTES
' 2 . APPROVAL • OF MISC~•T•'~NTOUS LICENSES
3•.' APPROVAL OF DISBURSELKENTS, ~PRTLIST 979
' ' •' 4 . APPROVAL OF DISBURSffiKEN'rS, PRELIST 980 ~ ~ - '
• ~ 5. APPROVAL OF ACTION -APPOINTMENTS TO HUMAN RIGHTS COI~ISSION
~' . 6. APPROVAL OF ACTION - STT DATT FOR COUNCIL/STAFF ' RETTi~iT -
.'. ~- 7. 'APPROVAL~OF ACTION -DESIGNATION OF THT OFFICIAL CITY N~PSPAPER
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;,• 8. 'APPROVAL OF ACTION --INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMTNT REVENUE REFUNDING
• BOND--SUPE1tVALU, INC. PROJTCT,~SERILS 1993 (-CR96i05) '
' 9 . 'APPROVAL , OF ACTION -• COI~LETION OF, 3tTQUIRTD IMPROVEMENTS, PINTS
' - ', , NOSILY HQMT PARR (CR96-06) ~ ,
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Council Member Hesch moved and Council Member Maxwell seconded a motion to
,approve the Consent Agenda. A poll of the vote was as follows: Council
Member Maxwe-11,•Aye; Council Member Jensen, Aye; Council: Member Hesch, Aye;
' Council Member Johnson,~Aye; .Mayor'' R~~~penninq, Aye. The motion was
• carried unanimously. ~ , • ,
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~~IV. NEM BUSINESS'
• •' ~. ~ A. CONSIDER ACTION -CONDITIONAL USS PERMIT-, 53 0' 11TH AVENUS SOUTH '
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Jim Kerrigan reported to the Council t~iat Diamond Laboratories is proposing
, to construct an office/warehouse at 530 lath Avenue South. The proposed
warehouse will be~•20,061 square feet and the office 'will be two stories
with •6013, square feet. The Zoning and Planning commission recommended
approval of a conditional use permit unanimously. ,-
,'Doug Karon, Diamond Laboratories; presented the site plan for the project. -
Staff rec~anded a motion to adopt Resolution 96-2, approving a
onditional use permit to construct an office/warehouse at 530 11th Avenue
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Council M~~or Maxwell moved and Council Member Jensen seconded a motion to
adopt Resolution 96-02, approving a conditional use permit to construct an
office/warehouse at 530 11th Avenue South. A poll of the vote vas as
followB: COUnCil Member Maxwell, Aye; COL111Ci1 M~~h"Y' Jensen, Aye; Council
M~rar Hesch, Aye; Council Member•Johnson, Aye; Mayor Redepennfnq, Aye.
The motion vas carried unanimously.
B. CONSIDER ACTION - VARIANCE, 10 FOOT SIDE-YARD SETBACTt, 530 11TH AVENUE
SOUTH (CR96-04) .
Jim Kerrigan stated that Diamond Laboratories has applied for a conditional
use 'permit to construct an office/warehouse at 530 11th Avenue South.
There is a 50-foot Nine Mile Creek easement on the south side of the
prope~cty. Nine Mile Natershed District will not allow construction of any
kind over this easement, not even a parking lot. Because of this easement,
any construction on the site is moved to the north. The Zoning Ordinance
requires a 20-foot setback on all sides in the I-1 zoning district. The
building will have a 20-foot setback on all asides except the northerly
side. The northerly setback will be 10 feet. The Zoning and Planning
•ComaDission recommended approval of the 10-foot side yard setback variance
unanimously.
Staff recommended adoption of Resolution 96-3, approving a l0-foot side
yard variance for the office/warehouse at 530 11th Avenue South.
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Council Me~ror'Maxwell moved and Council Mir Jensen seconded a motion to
adopt Resolution 96-03, approving a 10-foot side yard variance for the
office/warehouse at 530 11th Avenue South. A poll of the vote vas as
follows: Council Member Maxwell, Aye; Council M~,rt---r Jensen, Aye; Council
Member Hesch,• Aye; Council Member Johnson, Aye; Mayor Redepenning, Aye.
The motion was carried unanimously.
C. CONSIDER ACTION - APPOINTMENT OF MAYOR PRO TEI~ORE (CR96-O1)
Staff recommended a motion to approve a Mayor pro tempore.
Council ls~~tsr Maxwell moved and Council Mrt~~~*' Jensen seconded a motion to
appoifnt Mrs: Hesch as Mayor pro tempore. A poll of the vote vas as
'follows:' Council Member Maxwell, Aye; Council Member Jensen Aye; Council
' Me~~-r Hesch, Aye; Council Member Johnson, Aye; Mayor Redepenning, Aye.
The motion was carried unanimously.
D. DISCUSSION - RESPONSE TO STROJAN L~ri~t~~x
Mr. John Strojan appeared before the Council to ask if changes in policy
that were recommended in the 1994 Attorney Generals audit had been
implemented. Council assured him that all recommended changes have been
implemented.
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V. REPORTS - COMMITTEES/COMMISSIONS
A. APPOINT BOARD 'AND COMMISSION LIAISONS
Council Members were appointed to board and commission liaisons as follows:
Council Member Maxwell: Zoning and Planning~Commission
Cable Commission -
Council M4~~~*' Hesch: Park Board
Raspberry Festival Board
Council Member Jensen: Chemical Health Commission
' Council Mp~~or Johnson: Neighborhood•Advisory Board
School District 270 Community Education
B. ~ COFFEE MITH THE COUNCIL
The Mayor and Council Members discussed the schedule for Coffee with the
Council.
Mayor Redepenninq closed the regular Council Meetinq•at 8:50 p.m. for an
executive session on the Dahlberg lawsuit and reopened the regular Council
Meeting at 10:35 p.m. -
IX. ADJO
Thera being no further business, Council •Member Hesch moved and Council
•Member Jensen seconded a motion to adjourn. The meeting vas adjourned by
unanimous cons tat 10:35 p.m. -
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Charles D. Redepenninq,'Mayor
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