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02-11-97 WS. Work Session Minut February 11.1887 A City Council work session was held on Tuesday, February 11,1997 in the Raspberry Room at Hopkins City Hall. Present were Mayor Redepenning and Council members Gene Maxwell, Fran Hesch, Karen Jensen, and Diane Johnson. Also present were City Manager Sthve Mielke, Renee Meuwissen, Heather Alen, Jim Kerrigan, and Steve Stadler. The meeting was celled to order at 6:35 p.m. ~ IlAayor Redepenning. The first item of business was a joint meeting with the Chemical Health Commission. Chemical Health Commission members in attendance were: Mary McNeil, Crys Sanchez, Dave Taber, Sharon AAacDonald, and Howard Epstein. , Mary MdVeil gave an overview of acoornplishmerrts of the Chemical Health Commission over the past few years. A discussion was then held on the Mission Statement as presented by the Commission, along with a discussion of goals for the Chemical Health Commission. . The next topic of discussion was a proposed tobacco ordinance. Dave Taber .. presented the ordinance to the Counal and asked for feedback and direction. Following discussion, it was the consensus of the Council that the Chemical Health Commission should solicit input from the business community, and then resubmit the ordinance to the Councl. The next agenda ism was a discussion of Policy 8-B, Roadway Improvement Policy. Stmre Stadler reviewed the current policy and a staff report outlining potential optional actions the,Counal could take. Following discussion between the Counal and members of the audience, Council asked staff to respond to several questions,' incuding issues relating to the petition process and haw it could relate th a neighborhood petition vs. an affected street petition. They also would like th see language which would help provide an option for providing no curb and gutter or raised asphalt edge as an option within the policy. Staff indicated that they would also resean;h various engineering options to see what technology would allow for various heights of raised asphalt edges, and indicated they would search for fiscal studies th indicate the bene~f'~t of concrete curb and gutter. Staff indicated that the policy would be re-presented to the Counal at the regular Council meeting on March 18. The last agenda item was a discussion of the reconstnx~ion of County Road 3. Mark Koegler of Hoising~n Koegler Group, Inc., presented background information to the Council on the process that was utilized during the Excelsior Boulevard corridor study. Jim K~en~igan outlined a previous and upcoming discussion with neighborhood residents wherein the residents expressed walk rer~on m~m~a ?~ll'97 P~eZ concern about the current E~a~elsior Boulevard rec~onstruc~ion plans. Staff' indicated that a fiolla~up meeting with the r _ silents will be held on March 19. AAfter discussion. it was suggested that a meeting be held with the businesses in the corridor ~ rwview the current c~or~figuration as well as future plans to r~ec~eive input, and attempt to have a County representative at meetings with both the residents and businesses. There being no further business motion was made by Council member Johnson seconded by Council member Jensen ~ adjourn the meeting: The meeting was adjourned at 9:35 p.m. ~~~ CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS: ~T / V / ~~ y~ ~ ~`~ ~.