10/17/1978 - City Council Special
MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE EAGAN CITY COUNCIL
EAGAN, MINNESOTA
OCTOBER 17, 1978
A regular meeting of the Eagan City Council was held on October 17, 1978, at
6:30 p.m. Those present were: Mayor Murphy, Councilmen Parranto, Egan, Smith and
Wachter. Also present were: City Clerk Bolke, City Engineer Rosene, City Public
Works Director Colbert, and City Attorney Hauge. It was noted that Tom Colbert has
recently joined the staff as the Eagan Public Works Director and was attending his
first meeting of the City Council.
AGENDA. Wachter moved and Egan seconded the motion, all members voted in favor,
to approve the agenda as distributed with the exception that the application of
S.E. Partners for preliminary plat approval of S.E. Addition was continued at the
request of the applicant.
MINUTES. Egan moved and Parranto seconded the motion, all members voted yes,
to approve the minutes of the October 3, 1978, Council meeting with the exception,
however, that on Page 4 relating to Project #241, Dodd Road area improvements,
letters were received from Mr. Richard Joos and Mr. Frederick Lauer opposing the
installation of improvements in Lakeside Estates Addition. Smith then moved and
Wachter seconded the motion, all members voted yea, to approve the minutes of the
September 28, 1978, and October 5, 1978, Special Council Meeting minutes with the
exception on Page 3 relating to the 1979 Mill Levy certification that Murphy requester
that his vote be changed to no. Noting that it is necessary to reconsider the motion
Murphy moved and Egan seconded the motion to reconsider the motion relating to the
1979 Mill Levy. Those who voted aye: Murphy. Those who voted no: Parranto, Egan
Smith and Wachter. The motion did not carry.
METRO CLEAN AIR COMMITTEE. Mrs. Marge Christianson of the Metropolitan Clean
Air Committee, 1829 Portland Avenue, Minneapolis, appeared and requested to explain
the progress relating to the Clean Air Act amendments of 1977 and asked that the
Council appoint a liaison person with the Committee regarding required State Clean
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Air Act plans and to communicate with City officials in the future. Mayor Murphy
volunteered to act as a liaison.
POLICE DEPARTMENT. Chief DesLauriers appeared and indicated that three quotes
had been received from auto dealers for a gas powered police car. The low quote
was from Joe O'Brien, Cheverolet and Cadillac of Hastings, with the quote of $5,349.:
Chief DesLauriers recommended against the purchase because it did not have a police
package and further recommended the purchase of the low bid from Wilroy Ford
including police package received at an earlier time in the sum of $4,268.53 which
included a 1977 Ford trade-in. After considerable discussion concerning the budgetar
restrictions, Wachter moved and Murphy seconded the motion to authorize the award
of the low bid from Wilroy Ford described above for the police vehicle with police
package. Those in favor were: Wachter, Murphy and Parranto. Those against:
Egan and Smith.
TOM BROWN - PARK COMMITTEE. Wachter moved and Smith seconded the motion, all
members voted in favor, to request that a letter be forwarded to Tom Brown expressing
appreciation for his service on the Park Committee.
LUMBERJACK TREE CARE CONTRACT. Smith moved and Parranto seconded the motion,
all members voted in favor, to approve the contract with Lumberjack Tree Care for
removal of diseased elms in two Eagan park areas. Egan moved and Parranto seconded
the motion to approve the request for a grant refund from the State of Minnesota
for shade tree disease removal purposes. All members voted yes.
PROJECT #235 - LENORE LANE UTILITY IMPROVEMENTS. The Mayor convened the public
hearing regarding Project #235 consisting of sewer, water and storm sewer improvement
on Lenor Lane as Hart of the Clearview Addition area. The City Engineer explained
the project and a number of affected property owners were present. It was noted that
seven out of ten affected owners approved of the improvements and there was also
discussion concerning the possibility of blacktopping Lenore Lane. Mr. Rosene