01/14/1997 - City Council Special
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MINUTES OF A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE
EAGAN CITY COUNCil
Eagan, Minnesota
January 14, 1997
A special meeting of the Eagan City Council was held on Tuesday, January 14, 1997, beginning at
4:30 p.m. in Conference Rooms A and B, Upper Level of the Municipal Center Building. Present were Mayor Egan
and City Councilmembers Awada, Blomquist, Masin and Wachter. Also present was City Administrator Hedges.
The purpose of the meeting was to interview candidates seeking advisory commission appointments.
AGENDA ADOPTION
City Administrator Hedges stated that along with Councilmember Blomquist, they had both been
contacted by members of the Lawrence Poppler, Sr. family requesting that the City Council consider a change in the
special assessments that were levied for Project 636R. City Councilmember Blomquist stated that Mr. Pop pier is
objecting to a $600 assessment per lot for five lots whereby he was charged for the engineering firm of Bonestroo,
Rosene & Anderlik verifying the location of utility services for each of the lots. She suggested that this item be
further discussed after the Commission interviews.
City Administrator Hedges stated that a question had been raised whether a one-year alternate
appointment counts as part of the maximum three, three-year consecutive terms that are allowed for Commission
members. He stated that to date past practice has been not to include the alternate year as part of the three
consecutive three-year terms as outlined in the City Code. City Councilmember Blomquist asked if language relative
to the alternate is an ordinance or a policy. City Administrator Hedges stated that it is a policy of the City Council
and can be changed at the discretion of the Council.
Mayor Egan acknowledged the agenda to include, in addition to the Commission interviews.
further discussion of the Poppler assessment and the one-year alternate position and how it relates to the three,
three-year consecutive terms for commission members.
ADVISORY COMMISSION INTERVIEWS
Mayor Egan welcomed each candidate to a ten minute interview whereby, along with City
Councilmembers, there were questions asked relative to the advisory commission the candidate was seeking
appointment to. There were 26 candidates interviewed with the last interview being completed at approximately 9:30
p.m. Each candidate was thanked for their time and interest in serving their community and was informed that the
appointments would be made during Organizational Business at the next regular City Council meeting scheduled for
January 21, 1997.
POPPlER ADDITION ASSESSMENTS/PROJECT #636R
Mayor Egan acknowledged a request by City Councilmember Blomquist to discuss that portion of
the Popper Addition assessments pertaining to a verification of service lines. City Councilmember Blomquist stated
that she felt the Popplers are being assessed for records that should be maintained by the City and consulting
engineer and that it is unfair to charge $3,000 for verification of certain service lines that should be a part of the local
record at City Hall. City Councilmembers Awada and Wachter explained that as members of the Public Works
Committee, they have had a thorough discussion and numerous meetings with the Popplers regarding the special
assessments for Project 636R which included reference to verification of the service lines. They further stated that
the record will state that service line verification by the consulting engineer was taken into consideration when the
special assessment amounts were reduced and a final agreement was reached between the Popplers and the City
of Eagan at the December 16, 1996 City Council meeting. After further discussion, it was agreed that City
Councilmember Blomquist would contact the Popplers and share the response of the City Council.
City Councilmember Blomquist suggested that all efforts be made by the City's Engineering
Division to obtain old records from Bonestroo, Rosene & Anderlik to avoid this type of problem in the future.
OTHER BUSINESS
There were no additional items of business discussed.
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ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at approximately 10:00 p.m.
January 14, 1997
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