Loading...
10-13-92 wsr... ~t S HOPKINS CITY COUNCII. WORKSESSION October 13 1992 • A C.auncil wor~sassion was hdd on October 13,1992 in the Rsspbenry Room at Hoplcma City Hell. In attendance was Mayor Bexg, and eras Shirley, ~ ~eP~'~ ~ Anderson. Also in attendance wa~e ataffmembers,11~d1oe~ Kerrigan, Haraxaing, 3tt4iawen, Gueta~on, Max and Panla~tz. Also in attendance was Stiev~e Barberia of Chi'lda Play Theater. Mayor Berg called the meeting to onler at 7 p.m. CEIIt.DS PLAY THEAT~.t Mr. K~a~rigan reviewed a memozandum he prepared the status of the .,.,t proposal which the steffand Council had been wor1~ on during the past several months. He also reviewed a lefts received from Childs Play 1'hester which atsted that Childs Play fdt that they were running out of time and could no lor~er accept the uncartaiaty of (~da Play Theater Cornpaay's future. The letter asks the Council to decide within 60 days whether or not the City wi11 acra~.....wdate[~h+1d~e Play by ~~8 a 12,500 -15,000 square foot stand alone b~uMgg for ChOds Play Theater, whether the City will c~+t up to 1.5 ~1F~n dollars ~ the oooon of the building, sad finally, whether the City can rt to a date no later than hme 15,1993 for oonstivction of the bt»1~~nB to begin Kerrige~i stated that the Suburban Chevrolet property was still unavailable since Suburban Chevrolet had sat tbrmalized•and cleted their plena for a move to Brien Prairie Suburban contends that this move will occur in the foreseeable firt~n~e . Kea asloed the Council to giver dilr,.;tion oa whether or not the Council wished the sta~to continue under the Current proposal for en ...dC~ t~linmeiit ~ilirlex, consider a nCW proposal tD de~nelop a stand alone pc.fo.ll>tlg arts theeter Or t0 ..~rac~acli the project with a dual tiaclc approach, m which bath the s~md alone sad ...dc. tainment complex would be purseied. Discussion was held by the Council and a conseiiaua was reached that a dual tracl~ approach sho~ild be utiii~ in analyzing thin development ~aject,. The staffia t0 pr+epare for a decasioa by the City Couacal oa Drcr--..tier 15th and will attempt to getha~ inforn~stion related to the project, iacll~d~ng alternative sites finanaal " 'ty of the pr+aject, and public input. II. DISCUSSION -REFUSE COLLECTION SYsrt:M Mr. Gustafson reviewed a memorandum he prepared for the Cauocil rdatigg to the various services pro~iided by the City in the area of refuse and s..llitation. • ~~ The savic;es discussed were ~rt~~nated re6use oollec~ion, 300 gcllou ooutainec coll~c*~~n, recycling o ~ ~ extra bu11~ item pickup, $ee bu11c item drop o~ Yard waste pio~ip, spring aad fl~ll leaf piclnip, and brush pickup. C1uu r~~nended that the G~ty oo~nue coII~cting :-r-r - ~ ~ ~ n~ r~esideutial refuse as it hes sin~oe 1986 with some ~-s. Chu is r- --.,., that 300 oo~er oollec~ian be dia~r~++nued, that reaideo~tial refuse be altered to s 4~ay ooll~rti~~+ period, that the present vohim~e based system ooutinue~ that the SSO~cash award program ~ ~~,.~~cling be disAa~nued, and the Couooii oo®sider c~iOg ~ yard waste and brush pick up starting in 1993. Aber dissuasion, the Council asked staffto prepare items ~ CouaoB action as necessary. III CITY MANAGER EVALUATION -FOLLOW UP M~sri1~TG Due tD the late Maur, this item was rescheduled for a special workseesio~n on the 20th of October at 7 p.m The meeting was adjourned at 9:55 p.m. ATPSST rial.oo w. HeB, ~a~orG9~ COUN ~~~ ~~.~ ~- .~ .,_~ , ~// ~ - _ - --, t~ -~ -~ / f _ .