10-12-99 WScrrY covrtcII, woRK s~oN - ocroB~ i2, i999
A work session of the Hopkins City Council was held at 6:30 p.m. on October 12, 1999,
at the City Hall. Council members present were Mayon Redeg-~nn~~ sn~d Council members
Hesoh, Jensen, Johnson and Maxwell. City personnel present were City Manager Mte1~, and
Finance Diar..~~ Yager. Also present were Jay Strachota and Don Olson.
2000 Budget DLL, Lori Yager, prese~er
This was sa i,~faa~nation p*~~. Ms. Yager said the Pavilion/Ice Arena fiord is
covering its opers~ting costs, other than depr+~~tinn- The ice real ~ccre~~ expenses, including
its abate of the depreciation, largely becaouse the demand for ice is high. The dry floor, sooces and
league rental fall short. She noted this is the fast year a~tm~ative costs have been allocated,
and may need do be adjusted in the fib... In'mswer do questions fi+om Cede Maxwell, Dan
Olson said they cannot raise roller blading rectal as other at+eaas charge the same, and the Pavilion
would lose the business aitiogether. They may raise the scones team yrar fee by X25. He said this
is the first year sooner/dry arena is not covering its share of the expenses. As to equipment needs,
within 5-10 years an ice resurfaoer will be needed; new cost is X68,000 but a trado-in miah+ re~u:e
that to $350,000. Vending machine income is down bec~uuse previously the Pavilion ran it
themselves, so income was income, with oasts doducted later in the f gores; now inmcame is
~ inco®e. Korea Jensen said that public figures should Hate that this is the first year d~~tian
~md aJ~,i,~is~ative costs have beta figured in. 17ure was ge~ral discussion of second floor spa~oe
renotal, but s~,....n.~nity room reootai income is small.
Art S
Ms. Yager noted it is difficult to maloe projations since the ~'' has no history yet. It
is clear, however, that the ~'e~+cr is usigg uP its cash balance.
Jay S said the fiu,~i~g of the neon-..,fit ~~..t~~+ shrnild help the budget.
Money to maloe uP losses has tb Dome ~ donations, grants sad memberships as rental income
is at peak. He also noted that about X100,000 of the deficit is due do de~+eciatian and bond cost,
~ ~Y-~-~Y operation. Diane Johnson salved why ~~~fica~sianal service costs had doublod, and
Jay explained that ~ persons hired for events were put in that c~begory this year; then when the
neon profit is formed, it will smaplify transfer of that ea~peose to the new orB~..t~~. Ms.
Johnson A~'-ex~ about the original debt. Mr. Mt~1~ said there is still about X120,000 letl. Ms.
Johnson said Jaycxes seem do favor X50,000 from their ~...t.,B proceeds to go to file ~"+r- over
five years, for which they will get some usage of the b~>il~tna.
Fran Hesch said at one time there had been some discussion of 196 of new development
money being used for the ~ ~ -~. , just as the park fund gets monies. She thtn~ this should become
a policy. She added that there is no question the ~' helped the economic development of
Hopkins and some of those funds ahauld be able to be used. Karen Jensen agreed a 196 fee
ordinance was a great idea.
General Conseuaoa: Funding ideas need to be discussed further at a later session.
C~~••m••~~th-~ide Shored Vis6o~n ~ ~ ~
These wan general discussion of Mr. Allen's lid of foa~s groups. Korea Jensen meted
people with disabilities, people fra~n public hog end subsLdized haasing be added. HAMA
should be added. Fran Hesch sngg~cd A~~y Hall, the Depot outreach coordinator, as a
resource person for youth, and thought an ad in the paper would help curate i~r...t. Gene
Maxwell noted the business group Hands to include neon-Main Street businesses.
General Ca®se~s: Mr. Miellae will pass on the suggested groups to Mr. Allen. Council
members will give Mr. Mip1~ names of any ptn~iailar persons who coact them or whom they
think should be included. It will be made clear do Mr. Allen that the focus groups work should
be arranged to stay within his estimated figure.
Updates
Stnale l~amilo Dwellioa Mom-` ~ ~ ~ ~.
The Council was given copies of the proposed CUP ordinance. Mr. M~et~ said that city
staff is preparing for ear~sion of the m~.~cu~ do give the Council further time to work on the
issue.
General Conseasas: After disca~saion, the Council araald liloe i~mstion on inr~~rn~al
~~nt~g as well as CUP ordinan~oes.
~c Conoecn
The Council looked at the Public works anon foz the coiner of 6th St. S. d~
10th Ave. S. Frsn Hesch said she felt something should be done as the pmoblem was sot least partly
caoused by Council d~ci~ions for the businesses there. ~e added she told Mr. Warner's neighbor
that he should get the neighbors together and come to a Council meeting.
General Co®sesm~s: The Public works should be put iffio effort. If this
turns out to not be enough, costs for a cul~o-aac snd barrier sho~ild be d.,~,~,ined, as well as
costs for modifying the turn lanes.
Collahoratwe ~*~ W*l+
Council members were given copies of a report and an o-mail from Stacy Horwitz, who
was hired by MSDC. Any ideas ~ Council members should be given to Mr. M~et~.
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Diane Johnson A^~ that thanlrs be passed on for the open house on Saturday.
Motion to adjourn was made by Fran Hesch and seconded by Karen Jensen. It passed
sly. Meeting adjourned at 8:40 p.m.
Kasey Kesler, ~r,cazding sr,.;~~,laa~r
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