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06-15-1987 WS -. MINUTES OF THE COUNCIL WORKSESSION - JUNE 15. 1987 A Council worksession was held in the Council Chambers at Hopkins City Hall on June 15, 1987. , Present were Councilmembers: Milbert, Shirley, Anderson and Redepenning; (Mayor Lavin was not in attendance) Park Board members Connors, Smith, Winship, and Maxwell. Also present were City staff members: Rapp, Wilson and Newville. DISCUSSION - COMMUNITY CENTER GOALS AND OBJECTIVES The first item of discussion was the goals and objectives of the Community Center. The City Manager explained since grants are no longer financing the Community Center activities, it is necessary to get some direction from the Council as to what the role of the Community Center is in the City. ~ Mr. Wilson reported that the Metropolitan Council Advisory Committee on Aging has designated the Hopkins Community Center as a "Community Focal Point". With this designation, the Community Center would take on a lot of responSibility. Senior Outreach is housed in the Community Center, but is not actively involved in the coordination of services between themselves and the Community Center staff. In the past the Council has expressed a desire to open the Community Center to all facets of the Community, not only to seniors. The Center holds Teen Center Night and does allow other groups to use the Center. The Center, at this point, is used about 80% for senior activities and 20% for other. Staff feels that the Community problem and is often confused with Center. The Center is not open on a group wishes to use the Center Charged. Center has an identity the Eisenhower Community Saturday and Sunday. If on these days they are . The consenus arrived at in the meeting was, (1) that the Council wishes the Community Center to continue to be a Community Focal Point for seniors, (2)continue to make the C nter available to other groups as it has been doing,(3) the City should continue to provide the funds needed to do this,(4) that the staff be allowed to look into alternatives for the identity of the Center and bring them back to the Council for consideration, and (5) ask staff to come up with some ideas to enhance the identity of the Center. The Council Room and Association Anderson. members and Mr. Rapp then moved to the Community was joined by members of the Hobby Acres and City staff: Mielke, Thiel, Robinson and G. ~ . . STREET IMPROVEMENT - HOBBY ACRES Jon Thiel and Cliff Robinson surveyed the city streets and prepared a map showing the streets which they rated in good, fair and poor condition. The map indicated that many of the streets in the City are in poor condition and that includes many of the streets in Hobby Acres. There are no storm sewers in the Hobby Acres area, so water penetrates into the base, deteriorating the roadbed. Gordon Anderson reported that the estimated cost of improving the streets in Hobby Acres is $454,000, which includes curb and gutter. Storm sewers would add approximately $200,000 to that cost. The storm sewers are traditionally paid for by the City. The cost of the street repair is traditionally assessed to the benefitting home owners. Dividing the costs between the 66 owners in the area would bring the cost to each unit to approximately $6,880 per unit. The City and the neighborhood agree that the road needs to be repaired. The City feels that if a new roadway is erected it should be protected by installing curb and gutter The Hobby Acres Association reported that the owners in their area are not in favor of having curb and gutter and are not willing to have the full charge assessed to their property. Many of the owners would be satisfied to have a 2 inch blacktop mat put over the existing roadway. The neighborhood does not feel that their property value would be increased by the amount of the assessment. Council asked the staff to explore alternatives and come back to them with a specific recommendation. Jim Genellie entered in the meeting at this point to discuss the following item. LEGISLATIVE POLICY MANUAL A draft copy of a "Legislative Policy Manual" was presented to the Council. Mr. Rapp explained that the administrative staff prepared an administrative poliCY manual. They then divided this manual into administrative poliCY and legislative policy. It was difficult to separate the poliCies as some of the responsibilities overlap. The Council indicated that they \ . . did not have sufficient time to thoroughly study the manual. After discussing briefly some of the items contained in the manual, they decided to make this a topic of discussion on the next worksession agenda. The meeting adjourned. ~f~.Ubm~tted' Jean Kaedin~ COUNCILMEMBERS: ATTEST: ~~~ .