10/15/1974 - City Council Regular,~ ;...x .~.. ~~..~
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itle refi,*x14r mcr tic~g of he Erag«o. City Coe?rcil was held on 0ctouer 15, i9?=~•
at b~30 p~.n, at the City Hall. All momber3 were present.
N'_~:niJTES. After the P7.edge of Al.?.egiance, upcn motiox: by ~?ac:~.ter, ;=~cond~.~'
:~'.:~ych, all me.~ib~:rs voting in faz or, it *.cas fiESOi.VED teat the raii?.a.~`es of r.h~~
f~a`olcer lsr meei;'3~„ ba approved :~it~:a t'_~.e: exception that or. Page 6 e`.~:e paragrap!i
P:.~~ytied Part: To~~a~:ioZ shrse:ld be wordFd ":i.t was RESOLVED th.afi due 4an *_;xe high
a.ntex•ast requirements, that dvvelc~pE..~s bL gxa::.~:ed an! extension of time to pay ~:`.,.a
full a:roua?t of treir park cash danation iai cash at tha rate toter. in u~::~~~:e~rcti to
zreisz~; S0, 3a75 nr at the time of sr.,ar~: of certificate of occupancy kk~ich~-.~r is
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1~ie4 UTIL7:'AI' r(?ND ISSUE. Mr. ,io3z~e3 G3:Fc~n cf J~:ran & Moody fit,e:~ aYpe«:_<:~
ar.:d subra.itted a pr°esa~atavio~. coyc~::ct.ing a proposed 197~f Utilit;~ 8oaui tom. s;~= =~', >:I.~
a~~p. o?simate sum of $fi70,000, Hz in;".i^at.ed the sale of bond is re.:aible, Up^~^
r*~ot:.oti by Pyclr~zrh, s~e:reucled Steith, al:. members voting in f aJO:-, i~: ca<~s RE301~~'i;D
that the C1e::k ba authorized to advast;e:' for bids to be •re^~Y:?ve:i a:•:~c. ~.,~.n~d at
F;4ti pore. o~: %I~~vEr:~cer 1?_, 1a7~+ at the City gall.
k'TRE_iaEl'~~'t'e'l~;tv'-f'„ Mr, 2;i11 Schultz appeared on beha7.f of tiie Fi?'~ iex~ar~:;ne;nc:
and r~:comme~ndc~d tiZat at:e Cit;~ Council authorize the adver&;isi.;ag ox b'ds fr~r a.Er:~a i
_:~re *•rs~~%. Ji,cit~ raLtion by Rydrych, seconde3 WaciiLer, all aaeanbers v~otirig iii favor,
+.' Etia.3 TLSO~.,r~:~I3 i~haf: ~:?:e Cleric be authorized to advertise for bids ~;o i)e opr~z~~d
o.l: fi't~^ Ci::;v i?37?. nn De:.euiber 3, 1974 st 700 p.m., according to sF,eci.fioati.vrs t°s:~.,~;
hay? bc:.:Ya urepare3. ;=ox t;hQ fire trur.It a:zd reviewed by the Counoil,
r~~L'9:Gr !a~,dARiT~NT, Police Chief DesLauriers appeared and revir~e3ed bri.~fl.y soTaa
~.r.oNCSe,d c,t«Lages i~tr the 1975 police budget. Zn ad.dition; He xF.iues~:ed that t"rte
^c;s:s~•~.1 aectt~oiiza 'wire drafi:ing of an ordinance for re~~i~ton..of the 3.2 beer liccrse
?.r~~i~-:,_~:r:e ~`:~? L~~ ;~rovi.de, that mirrors under, l8 be ge^rm:?t.ted to ba employed in 3.,~
(:Sr':a~o'1i.~3hYTi~?!'°.:^ L'.Y1G~d'!:' Certain re3r_Y"~Ct'i,®i1S i".°. CO!sOa.Zili3;rC°' i4'~:? ~;toiC° 11-.~4s Tha
Courci~. ceq:;ested ti~A C:~.t~- Attorxa~:~ 4o pr~:pare a .raft ash'. sus~x~a~.L it to the Co;.s•_9~.;.1.,
b1~SC~:T.?.'~~~G'JS. T.ere were na x°.aw utility b~.ssiness, .-ea~?c Co~r~ictee b~.:sinass
or buildi :g Ferm~.~: agi~l3.cations s+.:bxaii~te~'_,
i~R.G~TLCt `3.~s+ o /~SSESSNICN^t HEARaidGu About 715 p~m. tiie I~'.ayor con•~~aned i:.r:xe
a:~3rsssr~ant hearirxg rElating to streets isupro:*emzrts for Elrene Rcad coaisring os
Iz;:grov.~~~e,it. Project ~~134, p~~, ,7aroxee Ha~;=~:ister and Mr. Da:~ Gus~,afsor.. appeared
us i>rop~.nLy o~rne~rs affecte3, r~~. Gus~:.assvn requested that yhe Indssst=:ia1 zened
~? ar:~Y East nf. Elrene Road ue asses: ed at the residential rate because of an in.'en-~
Lion a:.ore~or~a tihe land to residn:xt~ial, It w.zs recognized that ties two otbzer
par^c~_v of pYOperty on the assessment roll that are curren~:ly zoned Agricul~;ura1
,~±-~d may be ch nge3 to a difererlt zU:a~.:~g at a later time, with a k.ossi'~l.e increase
in a;hs a:~o;~rt of assessments levier? ~,. aitsst tzat property, ~~. Gus!;afecrx 3.r~~ ..~4t. d
that iie would subacit an applica'rio~,. ;:o razo~~e to Residential ,tf t"rxe Gaurio:? ~:,~nu~S3
art favorab?~• on the reduction in. the assessment for the property descr~.t~e;~ ~~sr:.,„
TJAOx7 motion by Smith, seconded Wachdr r, all meu.bars voting in favor, it was
R SG7.,VED that tiza haarirg be continuse? n~~til C~}ober 29, 197/+ at 7 ~+~G p„ze,
NiARY~ t~C`tI~'R GF TfzE Ci~TJP~CH 4 PAP::y,r; I~.QT, Ths hear~.:.n~' on tlse apR~lica:icn o:c
:racy, Moti.~~x ~ c:.s a Ci-At:ich and St, Paul Ccaz~panys, Ix~c, ~.o rczorir: ?.. 92 acreG fra'~a
~3g~-i.cul*_c~.r4i to k~ ~ Public Faciliti.as was next convened. T•.~o .APC rEco:,~~:nad
a,.~oroval of she ;.ezrx:ing and the b:.-ad:~ng permit. Father Burns aprcar ed o.i bAhalf
o''. ~:hc ~ipp' i~.a:x'wo i7pon motion by Wachter, seconded Ruhn, all mesrbers vot~.txg ixi
fa'=~ov~, i.t• c~~.s RESL~i,VF.D that the application to rezone be approve.?. i,'poz r,c~_..oc~ '1~=
S~T,~.t_i., se,rcAic'.ra? Glacr.l.Ur, all nemi:ers voting yes, it was RESOLVF:.D Y.haz tlia ar,}jlia.
cati:~,~ for ~a°~:d~Hr+; k,drazi* for thL naricirg lot rropos~d car th•~~ pro; r=rty hs a~z~,:.P~°.~W~-i>
~A^.P_.~i ~_3?fD ~':ll)m Thn Mayor them ne~:t convened L-ra t~ue3.ic hear;.,,, r. c;?.atl.;zg ~'u
4ha a,~•p?."ratdon of Fortune Rea).ty, ,Inc, for appr!sva?. cr Eag3n 3~0 tilT..` ix3 thr-.
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Snu`.:h a of &ection 32, South of Cliff Read 4n3 mrnedia*.e•~ i?v±"~?'_ o: tree Minnesota
State Zua site. Tha APC recor~nsnded denial. Mr, Byron Z~Ja#'scsit:e appeared and
indicated ~.~~a` it would beaten ;'ear p~:o ject with a convention carter expected to
be commer~ce3 in 19;'6 to 1977 and other development proceeding later, The estimatc:4
cost would be $100,000,000, The Cofancil reviewed thL reasons far recorunandatio.~s
of denial by the APC on SeptEmber 24, 1n74. The Eagan Park Cotatuittes r2com~nerd_d
aauirst approval as had the County Park L'irector. A letter from tY-e County Fark
177.rECtor was read to the Council drat the County was considering tl'~e land for
oge,~ space as a critical area as defined by the Metro Council. Funding for
acquisition of the parcel had been received by Dakota County. Mr. Watschke
indic~Led that Fortune Realty has the land under a purchase agreement ti~ithou.t a
conringerc;~ for rezou.nb. The Cou~z~~;~ int-~nds to acquire the East r40 acres bet*,ae~n
~3ohnr~y Cake R;dge Road and Galaxie Acenu~. It was further s~nderstcod tba~- I:1~~cta
Coci.ty would hold title to the property and the question of assessments for sani-
tart' sewer trunk purposes was discussed. The City Attorney and County Atto~:rep
rvi~l be reviewing the issue an3 repciting to the Council in the event that the
Gcunty acq!x:.res the property. Several property owners in Eagan app~:ared anti]
requested tho` the Council take fsvorGble action on the application.
rig:. Uo.~ld Lridgewater, the director of the Zoological Society agpea.red and
o'ojected to tY1e change, Mr. Rahn indicated that in 196a an3 1°69 e~hesi the com•:ua.;:-
icen*_ •~as m.~ds to the Zoological Board that Dalcota County an;1 the communiE:eo VAUIr'.
ac1uise the land, t13ai: the Eagan Board cowmitted itself t-o open space North of the
Loo si*e. Nu. Watschke indicated that there c.2re no financial cvttraitments £or i.12~~
pro j.^.t. tlpo:i aio~:ton by Smi th, seconded Rydrych, it was P,ESOLVED that the a;~pliy
ca.ti.or+. ba z~::~ied %or reasons including those above, the fact that i:h~. City I~ad
com?riitte:d a.tself to cper space North of the Zoo site, that the pr~~posed projact was
rot cori3;.ste:its with the current Land Usk Gu~ida and thera was no spriuus finane•~al
bs.:king for tze ;~rojec~: at the present time. All members voted in favor, except
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W^~cliter Qa"h+~ 'i»t d ugai:~st, 1~1:. Wat:e~.h:!re the-a requ-?~tea £1: C~''i.?'~.'I.C•11 iCUZ•1 the
Counoii us ~:owleeh~:: it 1}=~d ail ~.ti t,.resv ir. Che tyga of pro;;:cf: ~,iz tha gan~ral
axes. cIp i~;:h~.cazed that his cumiaa~:y i*.;tanded to go aP•ia.ad witt. ;~ ai,silar, project !.1".
soave location, il?taYe `~Tas no actiodi cn tl`e toques V.
C',~3.!1RV :faE EAST ~- DCR COMPANY. T_he ne?:t public hoaxing toga±'dad ~:he applica-
Lion of DCR C3mpa*iy fo±- preliminary plat approval of Cedarvale East in Sactioi~ 1R.
The 1'lann...iit, Ccn~~..ssion recommended apgrova'?. AZr. Richard Stryker appeared fir
sZiP applica~?.t. T!'.a Council discassE3 the possible recomae*idation that there be
no further exits ^r~tG Rahn Road from the parcel of the property but made no
comm-i~.ment as to the location of tho streets and exits f:,:om the Southern portion
of the parcel, ??e further indicated that in the future there ~~ay be other inter3,c:f,
streets, iiZCltiding access streetso t~por. nation by Polzin, seconded R;~drych, all
u,a~r„bexs ~~ot•'ng yes, it was RESOLVE^ t'i~at the preliminary pAat b4 araroved,
F.QCER MARTiIP1__,_______G'Ait CHASE ADD~TLOiI, tlr, Roger Martin appeared o:~ li3 ;: own
behalf regardi~ig possible c~~orm water problems in the area of property c!vra~~:=:,1 Y,y rim
in Qak Chase Addition in relation to turo small lakes in the Norihe.~°n portion of
Oak Chase, lie q.±astioned haw the City t.nt:en3E:1 to keop file level of the po?ids
and further., hots cost of maintaining the level would be pa3,d for ixi tl^Le r""u*_ure,
'-'ie City E:~QI.r.aer irklicated that normal s!~epage would he relied on as l~:i~g as
possible to maintain the level but that in the future, if difficulties anise critli
flip pond l,:vals, tY:at Counci? should review the matter at that time.
I`3o actio,~ iris taken on the proposed house ntzraber ordinan.e.
P'?J`1sM"isER 5~h !~'ETZNG CHANGED TQ OCTOBER 29th, UpVil motion '~;~ WacllteL,
s44.ora: ~a Sm~.th, a1.1 members voting yea, id was R1;S01~VED that the regular mee:iug
of 1;'ovarbc~x 5, 1:Zr~ be rescheduled for October 29, 1974 at Sy3Q p,n~. at `~1~E Ci!';~
"rl:~ll ia~ tha:` xQovembQr 5th is general election day,
1.9;5 t~L?t?GP,To The Council then reviewed i*_i Cca~a detail tct:e 1;75 proposed
bJd~et, Tipo±~ mo;:ian ty ~'ach~cer, seconded Rydrych, all members voting yes, it Baas
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Rii:SOLVED +that t2.a prsposed budgaZ be approv~;d as p;:epareci, :!~:cw.udir.,g an a3di3:~~r~~a1
$3,OOtIoCO fir wa%z:: qua?ity steid~~:, Ydg~r~n uco!:i~~:~ by Smith, ^~:cund~d by Rahn,
P~r•s, ICxtlg:t's sUla:~y fo;: ? 9;'S ~;as increased $5.00 per n~on~.:a anti in addition that
the police sargeants be granted $15,00 over~`ia~e par month in lieu of i2 times
salary for over=time,
E~GAN POLICE SAiJ1RIE S 9 197::, The Council then discussed t.3e proposal sub
ni^.•ted by the Eagaxa Police Department Association covering salaries and wcrki:~g
,~nditians roi 175, Council deferred the matter until October 2S+a:Ix.
PP.O,?EC'P ~tllif, - P.IVER HILLS 9~:Z APiDImIO:V,_ The City Cler'~ then submitted rI?e
bids for Pro ject ~k146 serer a.td avatar improvements to River Hills 9th Addition,
T.he io;,, bio.des was Richard Knutson, Inc. in the sum of $122,2b6.50 w~hxcn wss
:ecc~rmended for approval by tine Cit;~ Ens;ineFr. Upon motion by Pol.ziu, seconded
Smif:h, it was RESOLG'~ that tha low bid as described above be approved arLi .tP~y
contract awarded to Richard I:nutson, I~.~c~
EEAU D'Ri.~ DRIVE EASEI~i!?NTS, T:~e City Engineer and City Attorney disc;z,;sEd the
Irrog~•zss of acquisition of easemant~s on Beau d'Rue Drive, Approximately 18 easa~
menus are requ?.rc3 and all. but two easeme.tts leave been signed. Tns~ Council.
authorized the Engineer to instruct the contractor to do additional gxa~ling ~~nd
blac:etoppin,g of the driv~~aay at the Pet Clinic property o~~•ned by Dry Ferguson anc~
the Enginacr indicated that Dr, Ferguson gill build a retaining wall Haar Beau d'
Rise Drive at hi:: cost. L'pon motion by Po:~.zin, seconded Rahn, al.l members vc;ti.ig
yes, it was Rr.SOLVED that the foregoing action on the Pet Cliziic prvpct•ty be
a..~.;hor:;.ved and ur:tiie-r that the City Attorney be authorized to offEr C?iacles
RttagE.r f:.ie Qum in cash that it would require to move two pine trees along B+~~:u ci'
I.ut: Drlva or to have the contractor move the trees a~, Eagan's cos#: and ixt ado?_ta.c:4
pay M°r. Ruegar $1^Oa00 in cash and move a sta;:ic.r ro;~~ of asparagus becausa of
slop~.rg re~luirements.
PARi~ RFSIDEP~CE I,EP.SF„ The Cit;- Clerk submitted a proposed listing agreement
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w~'th J.E. i.'arzan.to, I:~c. for rental of the ro.sidence an the Patrick E:.gan park
property. Upon motion by Polain, c~;co.sde~? Wachter, it was .ZESOI,V~ that the
lis~.ing agre~mtL~t 'oa apprcved fora 60 day pdric~d. All mam~~ars voted yes.
JANIT.GR SERVT~:3 ., CITY HAf~L. The Crunci~. next discussed a prcposed revised
agreement ~e::th Roger Schmidt for janitorial service for tho Ci~,;~ I.all. Than was
no action taken on the request.
STREIaT LIGYT:~TvG. The proposed lightinU p3.an for Wilderness Park Addition
was sub~itted by Atrsold Carlson. The Council indicated that the building inspector
should revieta such l~tghting plan for approval.
PARR CnI:~CCTTEE TERMS„ Tn2 City Clerk irdic~:ted that the Park Committee termU
expiring January 1st will be Barbara Schmidt, Jan CaileniuF and Roger Martin.
METRA~I_ The Cit, Cleric subna.td~:d a letter from Mr. Tony Berr.F~:di of Mafira~m
objecting to tI"ie $390.00 amount b~.llcd for division of lots for Manito suK~u2v9.siv,a.
The Council requested the Clerk to ceritiriue parsuit of payment of the billo
Councilalan Wachter requestel that all owners of all new homes in Eagan be
given a copy of the guide for the caxe and mai:ltenance of septic tanks and that
this policy be carried otY%by the Fuilding Inspector.
~TERRX°S CAP~EN ST_OP.E ^- CEDAR L-'.VEYJ*JE~ The City Engineer then reviewed a regzx~yx
cif the owrar of Jerr}•°s Garden Store on Cedar Avenue for. payaaent by trAe City of
Eagan of $938„38 for a sewer ejector in that a deEp sewer service was regt:ired to
service the building on the propea•i:,~. Ths engineer indicated that the cos;: for
deepening the saniic.ary sewer line on Cedar Avenue would have been an additional
$~:~9~..00 and recommsaicled that the sum be paid to the owner. Upon ffiot7_o's: by S~~~iir's,
seco9ic'ed Rahr.., all members voting in favor, it was F.ESOLiIED that $891.00 be cre~-
diked agair:st the a,sessment for the propes~ty or if paid in ful?. *Yiat cz,sh be paiA.
to the ownor.
BIl,T~S, Upon motion by P.ahn, seconded Polz9.n, all memt~er3 voting in favor, •Lt
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YTas RT'fis'T ~r~:r ~:~>~~ a+.-. vtsa.3 as su;miti_;,d as foli~as be ordereG' pa.Ld ~ j`Z76 thro~;h
~f283; ;'~l3?.35 through ~~13323,
AS;~LSSPI°'3T PR.P.!~YMFNT. OP.llT.PIAIV'i;Lo TYie City Attorney the_. requested authority
to prepare an ordinance regauding prcpaymFnt of partial assessments within the
first 30 day period after adoption of an assessment roll as recournended by the
Assess~aent CommitL•ee, Upon motion by Smith, seconded Wachter, all members voti.n,~,
3:~ favor, it was F~SOLVED that such an. ordinance be prepared.
ZONING T~r1P AID ORDTNANCI; REVISIQNS~, T.lie City Attorney also s~*bmitted a
pop~:sed letter to be mailed to developers and to be submitted to the Haws media
regardi*~ submission of material aru3 infoz-ctation in Lelation to the proposed
°cvasio~z of the Zoning ordinance and xonix±; map. The Council instructed the City
C;.4•~:k to submit such a letter tQ g:.~op~::ti+t;~ oTarers and developers in tt;e area and
semi ~:o the news media,
Upon motion, the meetinb ad~ourred at 11030 p„m.
Oct:obar I5, 19i4
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