11/09/2000 - City Council Regular
Minutes of the Special Meeting of the Eagan City Council
November 9, 2000
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MINUTES OF A
SPECIAL MEETING OF THE EAGA..~ CITY COUNCIL
EAGAN, MTh"NESOTA
November 9, 2000
A Special City Council meeting was held on Thursday, November 9, 2000 at 6:30 p.m. at
Blackhawk Middle School. Those present were Mayor Awada and City Councilmembers Bakken,
Blomquist, Carlson and Masin. Also present were City Administrator Hedges, Director of Public Works
Colbert, City Engineer Matthys and Communications Coordinator Foote.
CALL TO ORDER/CONVEl\"E MEETING
Mayor Awada called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m.
CANVASS BALLOTS FOR NOVEMBER 7 MUNICIPAL ELECTION
City Administrator Hedges presented the results of the November 7, 2000 Municipal Election,
indicating that Ms. Cyndee Fields and Ms. Meg Tilley received the highest number of votes and would
become members of the Eagan City Council in 2001. Councilmember Carlson moved, Councilmember
Bakken seconded a motion to approve the results as presented. Aye: 5 Nay: O.
ENGINEERING ANALYSIS PRESENTATION
Mayor A wada stated that in order to accommodate the high volume of questions and concerns
about the information being provided, especially for neighborhoods where the individual neighborhood
meeting might not be until January or February 200 I, the City Council should hold a series of one-hour
meetings to briefly review the information as soon as possible. Councilmember Bakken moved,
Councilmember Carlson seconded a motion to conduct Special City Council meetings on November 17
and 18,2000 for the purpose of holding one-hour information sessions with each neighborhood included
in the engineering analysis. Aye: 5 Nay: O.
City Administrator Hedges introduced the staff and consultants present at the meeting, made
comments about the storm and outlined the expectations for the meeting. Director of Public Works
Colbert addressed the history of the storm event, the hydrologic probabilities of recurrence and the City's
design standards. He then acknowledged Mr. Mark Hanson and Mr. Rick Brasch of Bonestroo, Rosene,
Anderlik and Associates, who presented detailed information on each of the ten neighborhood areas
included in the study.
Following a two-hour presentation, several questions were raised by citizens in the audience and
responded to by the consultants and City of Eagan staff. More detailed responses will be presented in the
subsequent neighborhood meetings by staff and consultants.
At the conclusion of the presentation and discussion, Mayor Awada thanked the staff, consultants
and residents for their participation in the meeting and stated that the Council would look forward to the
scheduled neighborhood meetings.
MUNICIPAL ELECTION RESULTS DISCUSSION
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Councilmember Masin asked that the write-in votes received in the municipal election be
included in the bid summary tabulation. City Administrator Hedges stated that the list of write-in votes
will be added to the summary.
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting adjourned at 10:00 p.m.
NOVEMB,ER 9, 2000
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