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Home My WebLink About[04a] Minutes, May 21 May 21, 2018 Page 1 of 3 Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, the City Council for the City of St. Joseph met in regular session on Monday, May 21, 2018 at 6:00 PM at the St. Joseph Government Center, opening with the pledge of allegiance. Members Present: Mayor Rick Schultz, Councilors Dale Wick, Troy Goracke, Bob Loso, Administrator Judy Weyrens. Others Present: Cindy Abercrombie, Cory Ehlert City Representatives Present: City Engineer Randy Sabart, Finance Director Lori Bartlett, Community Development Director Therese Haffner Public Comments: No one present wished to speak. Approve Agenda: Loso made a motion to approve the agenda; seconded by Wick and passed unanimously by those present. Consent Agenda: Loso made a motion to approve the consent agenda as follows; seconded by Wick and passed unanimously by those present. a. Minutes – Approved the minutes of May 7, 2018 and May 17, 2018. b. Bills Payable – Approved check numbers 053424-053470, Payroll EFT #001503-001508 and Accounts Payables EFT #001831-001832. c. Treasurer’s Report – Approved the April 2018 Financial report as presented. d. Transfers – Authorized the transfer of TIF proceeds as presented. e. School Resource Officer – Authorized the Mayor and Interim Police Chief to execute the Joint Powers Agreement between the City of St. Joseph and ISD 742 for providing the Cooperative Funding of the School Resource Officer Program. f. Compensation – Increased the salary of the Police Sergeant to step one of the Police Chief pay range while serving as Interim Chief. Public Hearing, Vacation of Drainage & Utility Easements: The City received a request from CLC Partners, LLC to vacate certain internal drainage and utility easements between Lots 1, 2, and 3, Block 1 Jasmine Plat. The purpose of the vacation request is to readjust lot lines going from 3 lots to 2 lots and to allow structure over the easements. The City engineer and Public Works Director have reviewed the request and have verified that the easements requested to be vacated will not be needed and there are no city utilities within those easements. The utility companies have been contacted and have no objection to the vacation request. Mayor Schultz opened the public hearing. As no one present wished to speak, Schultz closed the public hearing. Loso made a motion authorizing the Mayor and Administrator to execute Resolution 2018-020 vacating internal drainage and utility easements between Lots 1, 2, and 3 Block 1, Jasmine Plat and approve new drainage and utility easements. The motion was seconded by Goracke and passed unanimously by those present. Cindy Abercrombie, National Gun Violence Awareness: Abercrombie, a resident of St. Joseph, is the lead for the St. Cloud area Chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America. Abercrombie is st requesting consideration of proclaiming Friday, June 1 to be National Gun Violence Awareness Day in St. Joseph. Abercrombie pushed the need for gun violence awareness and gun safety awareness. Schultz stated the City can put the event on the Cable Access channel, sign outside, and posted in the lobby. Overall, other Minnesota municipalities are not aware of the movement and mayors are hesitant to adopt a proclamation of this type. May 21, 2018 Page 2 of 3 Loso made a motion authorizing the Mayor and Administrator to execute Resolution 2018-024 declaring the first Friday in June to be National Gun Violence Awareness Day. The motion was seconded by Goracke. Wick made a motion to amend the previous motion and amend Resolution 2018-024 by removing all statistical language and replacing the City Declares with the City Recognizes. The motion was seconded by Loso and passed unanimously by those present. Original motion to execute Resolution 2018-024 with the approved amendments was passed unanimously by those present. Refuse Pickup, Republic Services: Jon Snyder and Tim Bruno approached the Council to discuss the Spring and Fall clean-up collections. Snyder stated the amount of debris people put out has increased over the years. Snyder suggested having a Saturday clean-up day where residents would bring their garbage to a central location and Republic would haul the garbage away. Republic would check licenses of those brining the garbage. Republic collected 77 tons averaging at 100 pounds a home. Snyder believes that people from outside the community are bringing their garbage for the clean-up days. Snyder suggested having a Saturday clean-up in the Fall as a trial. Wick raised the concern for those that do not have larger vehicles to haul to the collection site. Snyder agreed that it wouldn’t be as convenient, but they are hoping to eliminate the abuse of having anyone outside the community dropping their garbage off in town for the pickup. Schultz stated he has a house in a community that does a one day pickup. Schultz noticed it is difficult for the garbage trucks to keep up with the amount of people bring their garbage which causes long lines and not everyone being able to drop off their garbage during the specified times. General consensus of the Council was to have staff discuss alternate collection possibilities for Fall pickup. Planning Commission - Rezoning: Weyrens stated the City made application through DEED for a BDPI grant to help create a shovel ready industrial park. The City has been notified that before the grant can be awarded the property for which the grant will benefit needs to be designated as Industrial. The subject property for the grant currently has a mixed zoning designation to include commercial and industrial. Therefore, the City initiated a zoning amendment to rezone the subject property to LI, Light Industrial. The Planning Commission conducted a public hearing and has recommended the Council approve the Zoning Amendment. The intent of the Light Industrial District is to provide space for industrial activities involving a minimum degree of refuse byproduct and air or noise pollution. Wick made a motion authorizing the Mayor and Administrator to execute Resolution 2018-021 Adopting Findings of Fact related to a Rezoning Request from B3 General Business and Agriculture to LI Light Industrial District; Resolution 2018-022 An Ordinance Establishing the Rezoning of Property to LI Light Industrial District; and Resolution 2018-023 Authorizing Summary Publication of Zoning Ordinance 502.25. The motion was seconded by Goracke and passed unanimously by those present. City Engineer Reports: Sabart stated WTP 1 Improvements are close to completion. Regarding the alley improvements, the final wear course in the northern block will be paved tomorrow. Committee Updates, EDA: Wick reported the EDA approved the commissioning of a hotel study. The City had a study completed in 2014 and many factors have changed since. In order for the City to solicit a hotel a study will need to be completed to illustrate the support and viability. May 21, 2018 Page 3 of 3 Administrator Reports, Proposed Ordinance – Commercial Paper: Weyrens stated the proposed ordinance was brought forward by Councilmember Wick regarding the distribution of newspapers in the public right of way, specifically the Shopping news. Wick stated the papers end up on the sidewalks, in the streets and could potentially go into storm drains. Additionally there are times were multiple papers are delivered at an address that may not have anyone home for a longer duration. th Weyrens added the Ordinance will be put on the June 4 agenda for adoption as 10 day notice on the website is required. Loso asked how the Ordinance would be enforced. Weyrens stated the police would enforce the ordinance by ticketing. Administrator Reports, Update on Colt’s Academy: Weyrens met with Gary Gange to discuss an exit strategy for the when the District vacates the former Colts site. Initially the school district was going to take the playground equipment, however they will leave it if they do not have to reseed the parking area, shampoo the rugs, and can take with them the existing phones for parts and some of the networking equipment that is not infrastructure in the walls. Mayor Reports: Mayor Schultz reported on the following:  The APO met and approved the Unified Work Program.  Bonding request did not make it to the final bill in the Senate or House th  Anne Buckvold was appointed to the City Council beginning June 4 Adjourn: Wick made a motion to adjourn at 6:50 PM; seconded by Schultz and passed unanimously. Judy Weyrens Administrator