01-11-11 CM MinutesCouncil/Manager Meeting Minutes
January 11, 2011
Present: Mayor Loomis and Council Members Freiberg, Pentel, Scanlon and Shaffer, City
Manager Tom Burt, Director of Public Works Jeannine Clancy, Mark Grimes, Director of
Planning and Development; Mark Kuhnly, Chief of Fire and Inspection Services; City
Planner Joe Hogeboom, and Administrative Assistant Judy Nally.
The meeting began at 6:30 pm in the Council Conference Room.
Senior Housing
Tom Burt stated the speakers who were scheduled to speak were not able to attend. Mark
Grimes and Joe Hogeboom reviewed the housing report; senior-only housing districts and
options for amending the conditional use permit section to encourage senior housing.
The Council discussed the City of New Hope senior-only housing district; providing
incentives to developers to provide senior housing; the type of mixed senior housing
needed; different options including, independent, assisted, and care centers; market rate
housing; lower and higher density housing.
The Council requested staff pursue amendments to the City Code to allow, through the
conditional use permit process, some density bonus for developers and options to allow
senior-only housing in the Residential Zoning District (R-3).
Residential Solid Waste and Recycling Study
Rich Baker, Environmental Commission Chair, presented the history and the results of the
Commission's study of solid waste and recycling.
Baker outlined the Commission's goals regarding solid waste management. The
Commission will be focusing their efforts on the following: Developing licensing provisions
to encourage innovation in areas such as energy efficiency, organics collection,
construction debris collection and waste reduction; developing ordinance provisions which
require that each property has weekly refuse service to assist in reducing dumping in parks
and open spaces; improve recycling opportunities at commercial and multi-family
residential buildings.
The Commission also recommended the following changes to the recycling contract:
offering residents a large, wheeled recycle bin; increasing the revenue sharing amount to
100%; change the materials eligible for recycling and retain weekly collection.
Jeannine Clancy explained that the cities of Golden Valley, Minnetonka and Plymouth have
had a long term relationship in which they have collectively negotiated for recycling
services. Last year the Plymouth Council directed Plymouth staff to develop an request for
proposal for recycling services. It appears that the City of Minnetonka would like to extend
the existing contract with Waste Management. Clancy indicated that, since there have been
no significant service concerns with the Waste Management, it would be in the best interest
to explore the option of extending the contract with Waste Management with the
Environmental Commission's recommended changes.
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The Council requested staff to meet with the City of Minnetonka and Plymouth and come
back with a recommendation on extending the current contract including the
recommendations from the Environmental Commission.
Model Tobacco Licensing Ordinance
Tom Burt stated when the Council adopted the revisions to the City Code Section regarding
tobacco licensing to be in compliance with the Tobacco Modernization Act of 2010. The
Council requested that after the League of Minnesota Cities developed its model ordinance
the Council would determine if it wanted to make any further changes to the City Code
based on the model ordinance.
The Council discussed both the model ordinance and the City Code and requested staff to
prepare an amendment to repeal the City Code Section 6.34 and use the model tobacco
licensing ordinance as presented, removing Section 3 (K) and (L) and Section 13 and
incorporating City Code Section 6.34, Subdivision 7 Violations, into the amendment.
Council requested the new City Code Section regarding tobacco licensing be brought back
to a future Council/Manager meeting.
Change in Polling Place for Precinct 7
Sue Virnig, Finance Director, reviewed the reasoning behind the recommended change in
location for the polling place now at the Christian Life Center, 8025 Medicine Lake Road to
Sandburg School, 2400 Sandburg Lane. Issues that must be addressed in selecting a polling
place include: parking and accessibility requirements, availability for one or two times a year;
voting hours from 7 am to 8 pm; and the need to serve approximately 2,000 voters during
that time. She stated that postcards will be sent to all registered voters notifying them of the
change in polling location if the change is authorized by the Council.
The Council concurred with the staff recommendation to change the palling place to
Sandburg School and requested the item be placed on the January 18, 2011 City Council
agenda for approval.
The meeting adjourned at 7:55 pm.
Judy Nally
Administrative Assistant