Agenda -FinalHOPKINS CITY COUNCIL
FINAL AGENDA
Monday, February 1, 2010
7:30 Dm
II UNTIL I THE START OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING II
Schedule: 7:25 pm — HRA Meeting
7:30 pm City Council Meeting
Work Session after Close of Regular City Council meeting
1_ CALL TO ORDER
II. OPEN AGENDA — PUBLIC COMMENTS /CONCERNS
(Public must fill out a Speaker Request Form. Three minute limit for each person)
III. CONSENT AGENDA
1. Minutes of the January 12, 2010 Work Session
2. Minutes of the January 19, 2010 City Council Meeting
3. Minutes of the January 19, 2010 Council Work Session after the City Council Meeting
4. Minutes of the January 26, 2010 Work Session
5. Ratify Checks Issued in January 2010; Harkess
6. Approve Six Temporary 3.2 Malt Liquor Licenses for the Church of St. John the
Evangelist; Obermaier (CR2010 -015)
Vote: Youakim Brausen Rowan Halverson Maxwell
IV. PUBLIC HEARING
1. Approve 2010 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program; Beard
(CR2010 -014)
Vote: Youakim Brausen Rowan Halverson Maxwell
V. NEW BUSINESS
1. Second Reading of Vacant Property Registration Ordinance; Elverum (CR2010 -017)
Vote: Youakim Brausen Rowan Halverson Maxwell
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ASK THE CITYI Call (952) 939 -1421
Ask the City is the City of Hopkins voice message system)
2. Second Reading of Demolition Permitting Process Ordinance; Elverum (CR2010 -016)
Vote: Youakim Brausen Rowan Halverson Maxwell
3. Approve Hennepin County Transit Oriented Development Grant Application Program
for the Blake Rd. Corridor; Beard (CR2010 -004)
Vote: Youakim Brausen Rowan Halverson Maxwell
VI. ADJOURNMENT
Vote: Youakim Brausen Rowan Halverson Maxwell
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ASK THE CITY! Call (952) 939 -1421
Ask the City is the City of Hopkins voice message system
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MINUTES OF THE JOINT HOPHINS AND MINNETONKA CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION
• Hopkins Fire Hall
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Mayor Maxwell called the meeting to order at 6:35 pm. Present were Mayor 1Vl�well and Council members
Kristi Halversan, Rick Brausen, Bruce Rowan, Cheryl Youakim and Hopkins City Manager Rick Getschow,
Public Works Director Steve Stadler, Director of Planning and Economic Development Kersten Elverum,
Planner Nancy Anderson, Community Development Coordinator Tara Beard, Hopkins Planning Board
Members Molly Cummings, Tom Jenny, Patrick Beddor, Commissioner Jan Callison, Minnetonka Mayor Terry
Schneider, Minnetonka City Manager John Gonyou, Minnetonka Assistant City Manager Geralyn Baxone,
Minnetonka City Council members Dick Allendorf, Amber Greeves, Bob Ellingson, Tony Wagner, James
Hiller, Minnetonka Planning Commission members John Cheleen and Steve Adams, Minnetonka City Staff
Elise Dubin and Julie Wishnack.
SHADY OAK LRT STATION:
The purpose of the joint meeting is to have a discussion about issues and to determine the next step in the
process, specific to Shady Oak Light Rail station.
The locally preferred alternative for the southwest light rail alignment, 3A, was adopted by the Hennepin
County Regional Rail Authority in November of 2009. It now moves to the Metropolitan Council for a final
� decision. After the decision, the "new starts" application will be made to the Federal Transit Administration.
The significance of the particular alignment for the Shady Oak stations that the line will turn and head south,
instead of being located within existing right of way.
The environmental review is also close to completion. This will come in the form of the DEIS, or draft
environmental impact statement. This is expected to occur in 2010. The final environmental impact
statement will be completed during preliminary engineering, which is expected to begin after the new
starts applications made to the Federal Transit Administration. Actual construction of the line is
expected to occur in 2013/14 and the line would potentially be operational in 2015.
There are two stations in Minnetonka, one of which is shared with the City of Hopkins, the Shady Oak
Station. The other station is located within the Opus Business Park. Hopkins has two stations in
addition to the Shady Oak Station.
Minnetonka side of the station area has 17 parcels of land, which are owned by approximately 12
property owners. The area size is 31.3 acres and the value is approximately 15.5 million. The Hopkins
side includes 5 parcels, owned by 4 properiy owners. The current property value is 20.7 million.
Financial Issues:
In regards to financing issues Minnetonka stated that LRT improvement added into the CIP. They stated
that $5,000,000 is unfunded. Hopkins stated that station area infrastructure for LRT is not yet identified
in CIP because they are uncertain of cost. They will attempt to partner with Metropolitan Council.
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The SWLRT project was recently approved as a Hennepin County Community Works Project.
Community Works Process is a comprehensive tool to assist with coordination, planning, and use of
multi jurisdictional infrastructure and economic investments. The scope of the work should be
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developed within 90 days.
Jan Callison stated that Resolution No. 09-0596 regarding Southwest LRT was approved by the board. � �
She stated that Hennepin County does have an interest and recommends working in a very positive way.
She stated that there is limited staff and limited money available. She suggested that the cities look at
Hiawatha and Central corridors to see what worked and how we can we can make it complimentary to i
our cities. She also stated that entities cannot be sold along the line. Ms. Callison stated that she will I
look at Urban Land Grants i
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General Discussions: There were discussions on: I
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1. Shady Oak Rd Improvement project. j
2. The Hay Dobbs station plan. �
3. Redevelopment issues and the need for additional information regarding market potential, (
infrastructure needs, and shared vision. �
4. Met Council gets final say on parking. �
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Hopkins Mayar Maxwell and Minnetonka Mayor Terry Schneider asked to go around the room and state �
what are some of the ideas/concerns. They are: i
1. Plan how businesses adapt and how we will help those that have been with the cities a long time. I
2. Concern with traffic pattern, need thru street, how are people and traffic going to circulate? !
3. Publicize what is going on ahead of time, do the PR right and discuss our long term goal. I
4. Transit and access on 17 Ave extension, consider improving street north of 17th. �
5. Keep the character of the community, look at Hiawatha and Bloomington.
6. Look at policy issues and overall issues. Need a concept plan. We have potential tenants to offer �
to developers. Pull in apartments, offices and mix use developers. �
7. Bring expectation down a little. Less wishful thinking and more reality. The numbers are �
unrealistic. How many jobs are being displaced? Find users for buildings. Create jobs other !
than just office jobs. �
8. Don't have piece meal developers.
9. Get roads in place, show routes for streets and build up. i
10. How do we ensure 1, 2 and 3 process? Plan ordinance before infrastructure. We need to ;
determine what compliments each other. �
11. Be clear on flow of traffic, pedestrian flow, parking (may not be enough), coordinate with �
business owners, think about buildings in human scale, affordability for housing, meet Met �
Councils goals, have a detail discussion about funding. �
12. Worried about infrastructure, phasing overall vision, financing, re-use industrial buildings, look �
at how good Alliant Tech worked out. �;
13. Don't become pathway to somewhere else. r
14. Concern about developer ruruling over existing businesses.
15. Think big picture, the developer will help with everything.
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The next step is for both cities to meet and to think about a plan and a process in agreement with both cities and
to create a plan of action and present that to both Councils.
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City Manager Getschow would like the Council to think about suggestions that we want to work on for the State
of the City.
City Manager Getschow stated that we will not attempt special legislative for our TIF District thisyear
City Manager Getschow stated that the HBCA Annual meeting will be on Thursday, February 11 at 12:00 p.m.
City Manager Getschow stated that the "State of the Community" by the ICA and Rresource West will be on
Thursday January 28 during a combined Rotary meeting.
City Manager Getschow stated that as part of the search for a new Chief for the Police Department he would
like the Council to fill out a form asking questions about what is an ideal candidate for the Chief's position.
There will be further discussions at upcoming meetings.
City Manager Getschow will check into 8 and 1 St (Frazier; 12 unit apartment).
On a motion by Brausen, and second by Youakim, the meeting was adjourned at 9:05 pm.
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Debbie Sperling, Secretary
CITY COUNCIL
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Eugene J. Maxwell, Mayor
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• A regular meeting of the Hopkins City Council was held on January 19, 2010, in the Council
Chambers of the Hopkins City HaIL
Present were Mayor Maxwell and Council Members Youakim, Brausen, Rowan, and
Halverson. Also, present were staff members Getschow, Genellie, Stadler, Elverum, and City
Attorney Jerry Steiner.
L CALL TO ORDER
Mayor Maxwell called the meeting to order at 7:30 p.m.
II. OPEN AGENDA - PUBLIC COMMENTS AND CONCERNS
There were none.
IIL PRESENTATIONS
1. Recognition for John McLaughlin, Joint Community Policing Partnership (JCPP)
Chief Reid introduced Mr. John McLaughfin. The JCPP was founded by Hennepin County in
1995. The goals were defined as 1) Educate diverse population so they would have a better
understanding of Law Enforcement and the rofes of the Police; 2) Educate the Police Officers
so they would have a better understanding of the various ethnic communities; and 3) lmprove
• the interactions betwee�n the Pofice Department and the various ethnic communities. The
program includes 4 cities in Hennepin County that have diverse populations. JCPP has been
recognized internationally for its outreach to the communities.
John McLaughlin is the Sr. Policy Analyst for Hennepin County that developed the program
and budget for JCPP. The 4 participating cities asked Hopkins to present the award of
appreciation to Mr. McLaughlin because he is a resident of Hopkins.
Mayor Maxwell presented the plaque with 4 shields representing the 4 police departments.
2. Organic Recycling
Louise Miller gave a presentation of what organic recycling is, how it is-collected, and how it is
composted and then sold for use as rich top soiL
Ms. Miller started the program at the Depot Coffee House, has worked with City staff to
implement the collection of organics in the other City buildings and hopes to eventuaf{y have
citywide participation.
IV. CONSENT AGENDA
1. Minutes of the January 5, 2010 City Council Minutes
• 2. Minutes of the January 5, 2010 City Counci! Work Session Minutes
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3. Second Reading Amending Sections 605 and 710 of the Hopkins City Code � I
Regarding Municipal Waste Collection (CR2010-01.1)
4. Approve Single Stream Recycling Contract Extension Between The City of Hop kins
and Waste Management (CR2010-012)
5. Ratify Checks Issued in December 2009 (Memo)
6. Approve Entering the Minnesota Department of Health 2009 Environmental Health
Services Delegation Agreement (CR2010-009)
7. Approve the Pay Equity 1mplementation Report (CR2010-010)
� Chris Kearney and Larry Myers came forward to answer questions about the Environmental
Health Services Delegation Agreement.
Council Member Brausen moved and Counal Member Halverson seconded a motion to
approve the Consent Agenda. A po�l of the vote was as follows: Council Member Youakim,
aye; Council Member Brausen, aye; Council Member Rowan, aye; Council Member Halverson,
aye; Mayor Maxwell, aye. The motion carried unanimously.
V. NEW BUSINESS
1. Approve the First Reading of Vacant Property Registration Ordinance (CR2010-005)
, The City has more vacant properties than in the past because of an increase in foreclosures.
' Vacant properties increase the potential for vandalism and property damage, other criminal
activity, squatting, threats to the health and safety of neighbors and the loss of tax base. �
The ordinance would re uire that all vacant properties, vacanf for 90 days or more, be
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and crime issues and discourage the holding of vacant properties. The ordinance would
require the installation of a gas shut-off valve to decrease the risk of fire, explosion or
dangerous conditions. The fee for the registration would be $500 for one vacant property,
increasing to $1000 each subsequent year the property is vacant. The fee for two or more
vacant properties within 500 feet of each other would be $1000 per property the first year and
$2500 per property for each subsequent year of vacancy. The Inspection department would
enforce the ordinance.
City Attorney Jerry Steiner came forward with Ms. Elverum, who presented the item. The
? ordinance was drafted by the City Attorney's office.
Council Members discussed the definition of actively marketing, exceptions for homes that are
being remodeled/rehabbed, determining what a vacant property is and when it is vacant,
insurance on properties, and notifying property owners in the City.
The City Council agreed that before the second reading, Mr. Steiner should include an
exception for properties that hold a current building permit for remodel or rehab, should tighten
up the definition of "actively marketing", should research if the City can require proof of
insurance on vacant properties and if the City can require that the owners of vacant properties
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• post no trespassing signs on the property. The Council also asked Mr. Steiner to have the
League of Minnesota Cities review the ordinance.
Council Member Rowan moved and Council Member Brausen seconded a motion to approve
for first reading, Ordinance 2010-1012, relating to vacant properties in residential zoning
districts with the changes and direction to the City Attorney as stated. A poll of the vote was as
follows: Council Member Youakim, aye; Council Member Brausen, aye; Council Member
Rowan, aye; Council Member Halverson, aye; Mayor Maxwell, aye. The motion carried
unanimously.
- 2. Approve First Reading Amending Ordinance Regulating the Demolition of
Residential Property (CR2010-005)
{n October 2008, the City approved an interim ordinance prohibiting the demolition of single-
fami{y homes. The purpose of the moratorium was to give the City time to review the existing
institutional ordinance for possible amendments before any single-family homes were
removed.
It has been a goal of the City for a long time to preserve the City's single-family homes. That
goal is documented in the Comprehensive Plan.
The City Attorney recommended an amendment to section 420.01 of the Hopkins City Code to
ensure that when a sing{e-family home is demolished, a new home be constructed in its place.
• The majority of the requirements for a demolition permit are currently part of the permitting
process. New requirements are the agreement to construct and complete a new dwelling and
to post security with the City equal to 10% of the cost of the home to be constructed.
The Council discussed the 10% security deposit, adding a penalty or fine for non compliance,
and demolition of two homes to combine lot and build one home.
The Council agreed that prior to second reading, Mr. Steiner should verify that the
AdministratiVe Citation penalties would apply to this ordinance, include an exception for
demolishing two homes to combine the lots and build one home, and add language to return
the 10% security fee in increments as the building progressed.
Council Member Brausen moved and Council Member Youakim seconded a motion to approve
Ordinance 2010-1013, amending Section 420.01 of the Hopkins City Code related to
demolition of homes in residentia! zoned districts for first reading with the inclusions as stated
by the CityAttorney. A poll of the vote was as follows: Council Member Youakim, aye; Council
Member Brausen, aye; Gouncil Member Rowan, aye; Council Member Halverson, aye; Mayor
Maxwell, aye. The motion carried unanimously.
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VIII. ADJOURNMENT ,;;,,,�
There bein no further business Council Member Youakim moved and Coun il �
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Brausen seconded a motion to adjourn the meeting. The meeting was adjourned by
unanimous consent at 8:43 p.m.
RespectFully Submitted,
Terry Obermaier, City Clerk
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• MINUTES OF THE CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION
AT CONCLUSION OF THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Mayor Maxwell called the meeting to order at 8:50 pm. Present were Mayor MaYwell and Council
members Brausen, Halverson, Youakim, Rowan, and City Manager Rick Getschow
OTHER:
• City Manager Getschow stated that the January 26 Work Session Agenda will include the topics of
Police Chief Search and Paperless Packets. Information will be available at that Work Session to
discuss those two topicso
• City Manager Getschow discussed with the Council the plan for the (new) Human Rights
Commission. One idea may be to rename the commission and have a new commission cover more
topics than simply human rights. Other city commissions that are similar also deal with issues
related to citizen engagement and diversity in the community. The main point is that human rights
may be too narrow of a focus that is needed in Hopkins at this time and a new commission could
deal with a larger community issues that also do involve human rights, diversity, resident
engagement and volunteerism. The staff will come back with recommendations for the commission
in the near future.
• • City Manager Getschow stated that a TV news story just came out regarding the film that will be
produced and partially filmed in Hopkins.
• City Manager Getschow and the City Council discussed plans for the State of the City event to be
held on February 23 at the Hopkins Center for the Arts,
With no further business, a motion was made by Brausen, seconded by Youakim to adjourn the meeting at 9:55
p, m, The motion passed unanimously.
Rick Getschow, Secretary
CITY COUNCIL
ATTEST:
� Eugene J. MaYwell, Mayor
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