AgendaSchedule:
6 p.m. Special HRA Meeting
7:30 p.m. - City Council meeting
L CALL TO ORDER
JJ PRFSENTATION
HOPKINS CITY COUNCIL
FINAL AGENDA
January 16, 1996
7:30 p.m.
HOPKINS JAYCEES - GENE MAXWELL
TURN OFF THE VIOLENCE ESSAY CONTEST WINNERS - RENEE MEUWISSEN
HBCA 1996 WORK PLAN - JENNIFER HEARON
1!!. PROCLAMATION
WE LOVE OUR KIDS MONTH
4111 APPEARANCE
DON ROESNER, SIGN GRANT LOAN APPLICATION FOR COMMERCIAL REHAB (MEMO)
- PAUL STEINMAN
OPEN AGENDA - PUBLIC COMMENTS/QONCERNS
( Three minute limit for each person)
QONSENT AGES
1. APPROVAL OF JANUARY 2, 1996 REGULAR MEETING MINUTES
2. APPROVAL OF MISCELLANEOUS LICENSES
3. APPROVAL OF DISBURSEMENTS, PRELIST 981
4. APPROVAL OF ACTION - AUTHORIZE ENGINEERING SERVICES--MEADOW-
BROOKE STORM SEWER (CR96 -12)
5. APPROVAL OF ACTION - PAY EQUITY REPORT (CR96 -11)
6. APPROVAL OF ACTION - CHANGE ORDER, CONSULTANT FEE, VALLEY/WEST-
BROOKE EAST STREET IMPROVEMENTS (CR96 -14)
Vote: Maxwell Jensen Hesch Johnson Redepenning
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? CALL THE RAZZLE LINE - 939 -1421
(The Razzle Line is the City of Hopkins voice message system.)
D. CONSIDER ACTION - ZONING AMENDMENT- -STORM WATER MANAGEMENT
ORDINANCE (CR96 -9) - JIM KERRIGAN
PUBLIC HEARING
A. CONSIDER ACTION - VACATION OF UTILITY EASEMENT, 1106 -1124 MAINSTREET
(CR96 -07) - JIM KERRIGAN
Recommendation: Approve Resolution 96-4 approving Ordinance 96 -778 vacating a utility
easement at 1106 -11124 Mainstreet, for first reading.
Vote: Maxwell Jensen Hesch Johnson Redepenning
a OLD BUSINESS
A. CONSIDER ACTION - ADOPTION OF STRATEGIC PLAN FOR ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT (CR96 -08) - PAUL STEINMAN
Recommendation: Accept the revised Strategic Plan for Economic Development for the City
of Hopkins.
Vote: Maxwell Jensen Hesch Johnson Redepenning
J NFW ROSINESS
A. CONSIDER ACTION - DISCUSS CUL -DE -SAC ON 18TH /19TH AVENUES (MEMO) -
STEVE STADLER
B. CONSIDER ACTION - CONCEPT APPROVAL, MOLINE WELLHOUSE AND TREATMENT
PLANT RENOVATION (CR96 -13) - STEVE STADLER
Recommendation: Approve the Moline Water Plant renovation concept and authorize
proceeding with preparation of final construction documents (design - development
phase).
Vote: Maxwell Jensen Hesch Johnson Redepenning
CONSIDER ACTION - PARKING LOT IMPROVEMENTS, 8TH AVENUE AND
MAINSTREET (CR96 -10) - JIM KERRIGAN
Recommendation: Authorize preparation of plans and specifications for interim parking lot
improvements on the City /HRA property located at the northeast corner of Mainstreet
and 8th Avenue (Lots 11 and 12, Block 66, West Minneapolis).
Vote: Maxwell Jensen Hesch Johnson Redepenning
regular meeting of the Hopkins City Council was held on January 2, 1996
in the Council Chambers of Hopkins City Hall.
Present were Mayor Redepenning, Council Members Hesch, Maxwell, Johnson and
Jensen. Also present were staff members 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
II. OPEN AGENDA PUBLIC COMMENTS /CONCERNS
Mike Miller, Neighborhood Advisory Board Chair, appeared to encourage the
Council to give the board direction for the coming year.
I11. CONSENT AGENDA
1. APPROVAL OF DECEMBER 19, 1995 REGULAR MEETING MINUTES
2. APPROVAL OF MISCELLANEOUS LICENSES
3. APPROVAL OF DISBURSEMENTS, PRELIST 979
4. APPROVAL OF DISBURSEMENTS, PRELIST 980
5. APPROVAL OF ACTION - APPOINTMENTS TO HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION
6. APPROVAL OF ACTION - SET DATE FOR COUNCIL /STAFF RETREAT
7. APPROVAL OF ACTION - DESIGNATION OF THE OFFICIAL CITY NEWSPAPER
(CR96 -02)
8. APPROVAL OF ACTION - INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT REVENUE REFUNDING
BOND-- SUPERVALU, INC. PROJECT, SERIES 1993 (CR96 -05)
9. APPROVAL OF ACTION - COMPLETION OF REQUIRED IMPROVEMENTS, PINES
MOBILE HOME PARK (CR96 -06)
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 Maxwell, Aye; Council Member Jensen, Aye; Council Member Hesch, Aye;
Council Member Johnson, Aye; Mayor Redepenning, Aye. The motion was
carried unanimously.
IV. NEW BUSINESS
A. CONSIDER ACTION - CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT, 530 11TH AVENUE SOUTH
(CR96 -03)
Jim Kerrigan reported to the Council that Diamond Laboratories is proposing
to construct an office /warehouse at 530 llth 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 recommended a motion to adopt Resolution 96 -2, approving a
c onditional use permit to construct an office /warehouse at 530 llth Avenue
South.
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Council Member 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 was as
follows: Council Member Maxwell, Aye; Council Member Jensen, Aye; Council
Member Hesch, Aye; Council Member Johnson, Aye; Mayor Redepenning, Aye.
The motion was carried unanimously.
B. CONSIDER ACTION - VARIANCE, 10 FOOT SIDE -YARD SETBACK, 530 11TH AVENUE
SOUTH (CR96 -04)
Jim Kerrigan stated that Diamond Laboratories has applied for conditional
use permit to construct an office /warehouse at 530 llth Avenue South.
There is a 50 -foot Nine Mile Creek easement on the south side of the
property. Nine Mile Watershed 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 sides except the northerly
side. The northerly setback will be 10 feet. The Zoning and Planning
Commission recommended approval of the 10 -foot side yard setback variance
unanimously.
Staff recommended adoption of Resolution 96 -3, approving a 10 -foot side
yard variance for the office /warehouse at 530 llth Avenue South.
C ouncil Member Maxwell moved and Council Member Jensen seconded a motion to
adopt Resolution 96 -03, approving a 10 -foot side yard variance for the
office /warehouse at 530 llth Avenue South. A poll of the vote was as
follows: Council Member Maxwell, Aye; Council Member 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 TEMPORE (CR96 -01)
Staff recommended a motion to approve a Mayor pro tempore.
Council Member Maxwell moved and Council Member Jensen seconded a motion to
appoint Mrs. Hesch as Mayor pro tempore. A poll of the vote was as
follows: Council Member Maxwell, Aye; Council Member Jensen Aye; Council
Member Hesch, Aye; Council Member Johnson, Aye; Mayor Redepenning, Aye.
The motion was carried unanimously.
D. DISCUSSION - RESPONSE TO STROJAN LETTER
Mr. John Strojan appeared before the Council to ask if changes in policy
that were recommended in the 1994 Attorney General's audit had been
implemented. Council assured him that all recommended changes have been
implemented.
JANUARY 2, 1996 CITY COUNCIL MEETING
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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 Member Hesch: Park Board
Raspberry Festival Board
Council Member Jensen: Chemical Health Commission
Council Member Johnson: Neighborhood Advisory Board
School District 270 Community Education
B. COFFEE WITH THE COUNCIL
The Mayor and Council Members discussed the schedule for Coffee with the
Council.
Mayor Redepenning closed the regular Council Meeting 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. ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business, Council Member Hesch moved and Council
Member Jensen seconded a motion to adjourn. The meeting was adjourned by
unanimous consent at 10:35 p.m.
Terry Obermaier, Deputy City Clerk
ATTEST:
Charles D. Redepenning, Mayor
COUNCILMEMBERS
LICENSE
NUMBER BUSINESS
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0 96101 Blue Moon Inc.
804 Mainstreet
Hopkins, MN 55343
t 96102 Mendota Valley Amusement Inc
9177 E. Courthouse Blvd Ct
Inver Grove Hight, MN 55077
0 96103 MN Vikings Food Service, Inc.
215 Excelsior Blvd
Hopkins, MN 55343
0 96104 MN Vikings Food Service, Inc
101 Jefferson Ave
Hopkins, MN 55343
0 96105 MN Vikings Food Sevice, Inc
715 South 5th St
Hopkins, MN 55343
LICENSES TO BE APPROVED - 01/16/96
LICENSE OR PERMIT
Restaurant ( <2,500 sf)
1 Juke Boxes
36 Mechanical Amusement device
1 Restaurant ( <2,500 sf)
5 Vending machine - packaged
1 Restaurant ( <2,500 sf)
12 Vending machine - packaged
Vending machine - packaged