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REGULAR MEETING MINUTES November 19,2019—6:30 pm
Council Chambers
Golden Valley City Hall
7800 Golden Valley Road
1. Call to Order
The meeting was called to order at 6:30 pm by Mayor Harris.
1A. Pledge of Allegiance
1B. Roll Call
Present: Mayor Shep Harris, Council Members Joanie Clausen, Larry Fonnest, Gillian
Rosenquist and Steve Schmidgall
Staff present: City Manager Cruikshank, City Attorney Cisneros and City Clerk Luedke
2. Additions and Corrections to Agenda
MOTION made by Council Member Schmidgall, seconded by Council Member Clausen to approve
the agenda of November 19, 2019, as submitted and the motion carried.
3. Approval of Consent Agenda
MOTION made by Council Member Schmidgall, seconded by Council Member Clausen to approve
the consent agenda of November 19, 2019, as revised removal of 3G-Authorize Preliminary Design
Work for 2021 Pavement Management Program and the motion carried.
3A. Approval of Minutes:
1. Council/Manager Meeting—October 10, 2019
2. City Council Meeting—October 15, 2019
3B. Approve City Check Register and authorize the payments of the bills as submitted.
3C. Minutes of the Boards and Commissions:
1. Human Rights Commission —September 24, 2019
2. Open Space & Recreation Commission —September 23, 2019
3. Rising TIDES Task Force—September 10, 2019
4. Basset Creek Watershed Management Commission —September 19, 2019
313. Approve 2020 dates for Council Calendar.
3E. Adopt Resolution 19-60, amending City Departments to add the following departments:
Communications, Human Resources, Legal, and Public Works.
3F. Adopt Resolution 19-61, amending 2019 General Wages and Salary for Two
Reclassifications and 2019 Budget Amendment.
3`, Authorize Prelimi.,-,ry Design Week fee: 2021 Pavement M-.r agemeRt PFOgF Fn
3H. Acceptance of Grants:
31-11. Authorize the Mayor and City Manager to sign the Funding Agreement with the City of
Minneapolis for the Toward Zero Deaths Grant Program and adopt Resolution 19-64,
accepting a Grant for the City of Minneapolis and the State of Minnesota for Toward
Zero Deaths Enforcement Grant Program.
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3. Approval of Consent Agenda - continued
3H. Acceptance of Grants- continued
31-12. Adopt Resolution 19-65, accepting a Grant for a finance intern from Minnesota
Government Finance Officers Association for up to $3000.
31. Receive and file the October 2019 Financial Reports.
3. Items Removed From the Consent Agenda:
3G. Authorize Preliminary Design Work for 2021 Pavement Management Program
Physical Development Director Nevinski provided information on the 2021 Pavement Management
Program including the upcoming schedule and answered questions from Council.
MOTION made by Council Member Schmidgall, seconded by Council Member Clausen to adopt
Resolution 19-62, ordering preparation of the Feasibility Report for the 2021 Pavement
Management Program. Upon a vote being taken, the following voted in favor of: Clausen, Fonnest,
Harris, Rosenquist, and Schmidgall, the following voted against: none and the motion carried.
MOTION made by Council Member Fonnest, seconded by Council Member Rosenquist to authorize
the Mayor and City Manager to execute the 2021 Pavement Management Program Professional
Services Agreement with Short Elliott Hendrickson, Inc. in the form approved by the City Attorney
to perform preliminary project design for the 2021 Pavement Management Program in an amount
not to exceed $388,100 and the motion carried.
MOTION made by Council Member Schmidgall, seconded by Council Member Clausen to adopt
Resolution 19-63, relating to the Financing of City's 2021 Pavement Management Program;
establishing Compliance with Reimbursement Bond Regulations under the Internal Revenue Code.
Upon a vote being taken,the following voted in favor of: Clausen, Fonnest, Harris, Rosenquist, and
Schmidgall, the following voted against: none and the motion carried.
4. Public Hearing
4A. Public Hearing—Ordinance#675—Approval of Conditional Use Permit 124, Amendment
#1—721 Hampshire Avenue South
Planner Campbell presented the staff report and answered questions from Council. Planning
Manager Zimmerman answered questions from Council.
Mayor Harris opened the public hearing. No one came forward. Mayor Harris closed the public
hearing.
MOTION made by Council Member Rosenquist, seconded by Council Member Schmidgall to adopt
Ordinance#675, approval of Conditional Use Permit 124, Amendment#1 allowing for used vehicle
sales at 721 Hampshire Avenue South. Upon a vote being taken, the following voted in favor of:
Clausen, Fonnest, Harris, Rosenquist, and Schmidgall, the following voted against: none and the
motion carried.
5. Old Business
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6. New Business
6A. Approve Amended Language to Pavement Management Policy
Assistant City Engineer Kakach presented the staff report and answered questions from Council.
City Manager Cruikshank and Physical Development Director Nevinski answered questions from
Council.
Ms. Linda Caruthers, 8225 23,d Avenue North, said she is not in the current PMP but she disagreed
with changing the streets widths. She said she was concerned how the process took place and that
she heard about it on the Next Door app because her address is not in the program until 2021. She
said she attended the open house and Council meetings because parts of her street are in every
planned year. She said because the widths would be different each year, she felt everyone should
be invited to the open houses. She said many people walk with strollers in her neighborhood,
which would be harder with narrower streets because there are not sidewalks. She said with only
four years left of the PMP, the policy should not change.
Mr. Tim Momsen, 8450 Winnetka Heights Drive, said he felt this issue should be for the entire City
and asked why change it now because he felt there were still a lot of questions. He felt the item
should be tabled so more residents could be informed and able to add input because the policy
would be in effect for the next fifty years. He asked if the narrowed street widths were considered
during the winter because when the snowplows go through, they would be narrowed further.
Ms. Karen Murphy, 2390 Wisconsin Avenue, said she is not on the schedule until 2022 but she was
here to support the people in her neighborhood because their street connects to hers. She said
there is a lot of biking and walking in the area and she agreed with the last person and asked why
the policy was changing now with only 4 years left. She said she thinks the rainouts would be the
same even if the streets were narrowed because of the hard soil. She said her road is 29 feet and
going to 26 feet would be a big adjustment.
Ms. Melinda Gerdes, 2505 Xylon Avenue North, said she is part of the 2020 PMP and that most
residents in the remaining PMP have 28 to 30 feet streets so for the next 4 years, the 28 feet
standard should be maintained and then the policy could change. She asked if it was unethical for
the City to say it was an oversight in the policy and now their actions make the policy. She said the
future vision of maintaining 28 feet street widths would eliminate the need in the future to vote on
parking on one side of the street. She said the residents use the streets every day and pay the
taxes. She said she spoke to the surrounding cities and their streets are 28 feet.
Ms. Kathy Longar, 2105 Aquila Avenue North, said her neighborhood is special because two busy
streets, a nature area and two parks border it. She said what enables people to walk to the parks in
groups was having wider roads where cars can safely pass them. She said going from 28 to 26 feet
may be only 2 feet, but it would make a difference.
Mr. Mike Fait, 8521 Rose Manor, said his street only has seven houses on it and the majority of his
neighbors attended the open house. He said his street is 33 feet and going down to 26 feet would
make a big difference. He said he was also concerned about the streets narrowing further once the
snowplows went through.
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6A. Approve Amended Language to Pavement Management Policy-continued
There was Council discussion regarding the proposed language amending the Pavement
Management Policy.
MOTION made by Council Member Schmidgall to authorize the Mayor and City Council Members
to approve the proposed amendments to the Pavement Management Policy and there was no
second so the motion failed.
MOTION made by Council Member Clausen, seconded by Mayor Harris to change the proposed
Pavement Management Policy from 26 to 28 feet. Upon a vote being taken the following voted in
favor of: Clausen, Fonnest, Harris and Rosenquist, the following voted against: Schmidgall and the
motion carried.
MOTION made by Council Member Fonnest, seconded by Council Member Rosenquist to authorize
the Mayor and City Council Members to approve the proposed amendments to the Pavement
Management Policy as amended. Upon a vote being taken the following voted in favor of: Clausen,
Fonnest, Harris and Rosenquist, the following voted against: Schmidgall and the motion carried.
6B. Second consideration -Ordinance 673 and 674- Regulating Solid Waste Collection and
Solid Waste
Physical Development Director Nevinski presented the staff report and answered questions from
Council. City Attorney Cisneros answered questions from Council.
Mayor Harris stated that per the Council's agenda all ordinances listed under new business are
eligible for public input. The following participants addressed the Council.
Ms. Marti Mick, 90 Louisiana Avenue South, said she likes that the licensing will be more restrictive
but she thinks the haulers should determine which day they would be picking up and customers
can decide to go with them. She said she does not want the same haulers coming to the same area
twice a week. She said the idea was to reduce the amount of truck traffic in the neighborhoods.
Mr. Charlie Quimby, 2415 Vale Crest Road, said he was disturbed that at last meeting there was a
proposal that pickups would only be one day a week but then it changed at the meeting. He said he
did not attend the meeting because he thought the issue was going the right way with fewer
haulers in the area and then the meeting happened and an amendment was done. He said this felt
like false advertising because the public was involved in the process, recommendations for the
proposal made and then changed at the meeting.
Ms. Karen Murphy, 2390 Wisconsin Avenue, said she does not care how many days' haulers come
through her neighborhood. She said she was concerned about the Monday and Friday only pickups
because of the City ordinance that says you cannot leave your garage container out in front of your
residence in street view. She said if her pick up day was Friday and she went out of town on
Thursday that she would not be following the ordinance. She asked if the pickups were on Monday
and Fridays only, would the ordinance change so she could leave her container out or could pick-up
days be changed to mid-week.
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6B. Second consideration -Ordinance 673 and 674- Regulating Solid Waste-continued
Mr. Mark Stoltman, CEO of Randy's Sanitation, said from a hauler's view that the recommendation
to add a day was not going to add another hauler's trip to the City because it would not be
economical. He said his company strived to meet the one-day requirement by setting the recycling
and refuse pick-up on the same day and that they were fortunate to have enough equipment to do
so. He said he did not think haulers would visit the streets twice in a week because most do not
have enough equipment to do so. He thanked the Council for adding a second day.
There was Council discussion regarding the ordinances regulating solid waste collection.
MOTION made by Council Member Fonnest, seconded by Council Member Rosenquist to amend
Ordinance 673 by changing the first sentence in the second paragraph of Sec. 16-192 to read:The
City Manager or their designee shall have the authority to develop additional reporting
requirements, application requirements, environmental standards including by not limited to
hauler vehicle requirements and other requirements as they deem necessary to provide for the
safe, orderly and cost-efficient preparation, collection and disposal of all waste materials covered in
this ordinance and the motion carried.
MOTION made by Council Member Fonnest, seconded by Council Member Schmidgall to adopt the
second consideration Ordinance#673, repealing in its Entirety Chapter 16—License, Taxation and
Misc. Regulations, Article VII. —Collectors of Solids Waste, Recyclables, and adding a new Article VII.
—Solid Waste and Recyclables Collection as amended. Upon a vote being taken the following voted
in favor of: Clausen, Fonnest, Harris, Rosenquist and Schmidgall, the following voted against: none
and the motion carried.
MOTION made by Council Member Schmidgall, seconded by Council Member Clausen to adopt the
second consideration Ordinance#674, repealing in its Entirety Chapter 22—Solid Waste and
replacing it with a new Chapter 22—Solid Waste. Upon a vote being taken the following voted in
favor of: Clausen, Fonnest, Harris, Rosenquist and Schmidgall, the following voted against: none
and the motion carried.
MOTION made by Council Member Schmidgall, seconded by Council Member Clausen to approve
the summaries of Ordinances#673 and#674 for Publication based on the finding that the title and
summary clearly inform the public of the intent and effect of the ordinance and the motion carried.
6C. Review of Council Calendar
Some Council Members may attend the League of Women Voters MN Centennial Celebration
Exhibit on November 23, 2019, at 10 am at the Golden Valley Library, 830 Winnetka Avenue.
Some Council Members may attend the Open House for Proposed Park Changes on November 25,
2019, at 6:30 pm at Brookview, 316 Brookview Parkway.
The City Offices are closed on November 28 and 29, 2019, in observance of Thanksgiving.
The next City Council meeting will be on December 3, 2019, at 6:30 pm.
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6C. Review of Council Calendar-continued
Some Council Members may attend the Winter Market in the Valley on December 8, 2019, from
10 am to 2 pm at Brookview, 316 Brookview Parkway.
Some Council Members may attend the Rising TIDES Task Force meeting on December 10, 2019,
from 5:15 to 6:15 pm in the Council Conference Room.
The next Housing and Redevelopment Authority Work Session will be on December 10, 2019, at 6:30
pm.
The next Council/Manager meeting will be on December 10, 2019, following the HRA meeting.
Some Council Members may attend the 2019 Canadian Pacific Holiday Train event on December
11, 2019, at 4:45 pm at the Golden Hills Drive Railroad Crossing.
The Toys for Tots Parade will be on December 13, 2019, at 4:30 pm from the Golden Valley Police
Department to KARE-11.
Some Council Members may attend a reception for the outgoing Council Members on December
17, 2019, at 5:45 pm in the Council Conference Room.
The next City Council meeting will be on December 17, 2019, at 6:30 pm.
The City offices are closed on December 24 and December 25, 2019, in observance of the Holidays.
6D. Mayor and Council Communication
Mayor Harris said the Minnesota House of Representatives Capital Investment Committee stopped
at the Perpich Center and looked at their bonding project. He said during the stop, the City did a
presentation for the pedestrian underpass-bonding project.
The Council discussed the fiscal disparities issue.
7. Adjourn
MOTION made by Council Member Schmidgall, seconded by Council Member Clausen and the
motion carried to adjourn the meeting at 9:15 pm.
Shep rd M. Harris, Mayor
ATTEST:
Kristine A. Luedke, City Clerk