2016.02.05 Council Meeting Packet
Posted: January 29, 2016
CITY OF CRYSTAL
City Council Meetings
Tuesday, February 2, 2016
MEETING SCHEDULE
Time Type of Meeting Location
5:30 – 7:00 p.m. Blue Line Extension Open House Community Room
6:15 p.m.
6:30 p.m.
1st Council Work Session to discuss:
• Constitution Week
• EQC Work Plan
Conference Room A
7:00 p.m. Regular City Council Meeting Council Chambers
Immediately
following the
Regular City
Council Meeting
2nd City Council Work Session to discuss:
• 2016 Council goals
• Constituent issues update
• New business
• Announcements
Conference Room A
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4141 Douglas Drive North • Crystal, Minnesota 55422-1696
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City Council Meeting Agenda
February 2, 2016
7:00 P.M.
Council Chambers
THE CITY MANAGER’S COMMENTS ARE BOLDED.
1. CALL TO ORDER, ROLL CALL, AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
The Council will consider approval of the agenda.*
3. APPEARANCES
3.1 The Council will receive a presentation by Melodie Hanson from Robbinsdale Area
Redesign on the Helping Us Grow (HUG) program.
Melodie will be presenting information on HUG’s February Diaper Drive – the
Crystal Community Center is one of the drop off sites for the Drive.
4. COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES
The Council will consider the minutes from the following meetings in a single motion:
a. The Regular City Council Meeting from January 19, 2016;
b. The Council Work Sessions from January 19, 2016; and
c. The Council Work Session from January 25, 2016.
5. CONSENT AGENDA
The Council will consider the following items, which are routine and non-controversial in
nature, in a single motion:
5.1 Approval of the list of license applications submitted by the City Clerk to the City
Council, a list that is on file in the office of the City Clerk;
5.2 Approval of a resolution adopting City Council Rules of Procedure; and
5.3 Approval of Samantha Erickson’s resignation from the Planning Commission.
6. OPEN FORUM
(Open forum is an opportunity for persons in attendance to address the Council regarding
items of concern. Each person will be allowed three minutes to speak and no items may be
addressed for more than ten minutes. No Council action may be taken on any items brought
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Crystal City Council Meeting Agenda
February 2, 2016
before the Council on Open Forum. The Council may place items brought before it on Open
Forum in agendas for subsequent Council meetings and staff reports may be required.)
7. PUBLIC HEARING
7.1 The Mayor will open a public hearing to receive comment on Municipal Consent for
the Blue Line Extension light rail transit project.*
Blue Line Project office staff will provide a brief presentation and overview of
the project and process. This hearing is to provide residents the opportunity
to comment on the project. The Council will not be asked to consider formal
action until its February 16 meeting. The City Council is required to take
action on municipal consent by March 4.
8. REGULAR AGENDA
8.1 The Council will consider approval of disbursements over $25,000 submitted by the
Finance Director to the City Council, a list that is on file in the office of the Finance
Director.
Recommend approval of disbursements over $25,000.
8.2 The Council will consider two resolutions approving the plans and specifications
and ordering the ad for bids for Phase 15 Street Reconstruction Project.
This year’s street reconstruction project is Phase 15, in the Twin Oaks
neighborhood. A neighborhood meeting on the proposed project was held
on January 14 at the VFW. To keep the project on schedule, recommend
approval of the resolutions approving the plans and specifications and
ordering the ads for bids for Phase 15.
8.3 The Council will consider a resolution restricting parking along portions of Wilshire
Boulevard and Regent Avenue in the Phase 15 Street Reconstruction Project area.
Wilshire Boulevard and Regent Avenue are State Aid streets and must meet
State Aid rules for design standards for widths and parking/no parking.
Recommend approval of the resolution restricting parking along portions of
Wilshire Boulevard and Regent Avenue.
8.4 The Council will consider two resolutions accepting the Feasibility Report and
calling for a Public Improvement Hearing for the 2016 Alley Reconstruction Project.
This year’s alley reconstruction project includes 3 alleys in the Welcome
neighborhood. The City Council authorized the Feasibility report at its
January 19 meeting and the neighborhood meeting on the proposed project
is scheduled for February 8. Recommend approval of the resolutions
accepting the Feasibility Report and calling for a public hearing for this
project.
Crystal City Council Meeting Agenda
February 2, 2016
8.5 The Council will consider two resolutions approving the plans and specifications
and ordering the ad for bids for the 2016 Sanitary Sewer Lining Project.
This year’s Sanitary Sewer CIP includes $450,000 for repair/lining of sanitary
sewers. Recommend approval of the resolutions approving the plans and
specifications and ordering bids for this year’s sanitary sewer lining project.
8.6 The Council will consider a resolution authorizing a contract with UHL for City Hall
HVAC component replacement.
This year’s capital budget for city buildings includes $75,000 for HVAC
controllers at City Hall. As the Council knows, there are some heating and
cooling issues in the building and the plan is to convert the existing system
to sensors with updated controls. Recommend approval of the resolution
authorizing the contract with UHL for this work.
8.7 The Council will consider a resolution authorizing the purchase of GPS units for
Street maintenance equipment.
This year’s capital budget includes $7,500 for purchase of GPS units for
snow removal equipment. This information will be used for tracking resource
usage and operations. Recommend approval of the resolution authorizing
the purchase of GPS units for Street maintenance equipment.
8.8 The Council will consider a resolution authorizing the purchase of a Utilities pickup
truck.
This year’s Utilities capital budget includes funds for replacement of a 2003
pickup truck. Recommend approval of the resolution authorizing the
purchase of this replacement vehicle.
8.9 The Council will consider a resolution to purchase updated squad car video system
for the entire fleet.
This year’s Police capital budget includes funds for replacement of the
department’s in-squad video system. Recommend approval of the resolution
authorizing the purchase of this equipment.
9. INFORMATION AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
a. The City Council will have a work session on Thursday, February 11 at 6:30 p.m. in
Conference Room A at City Hall.
b. City offices will be closed on Monday, February 15 for Presidents’ Day.
c. The next Citizen Input Time is Tuesday, February 16 at 6:00 p.m. in Conference
Room A at City Hall.
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d. The next City Council meeting begins at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, February 16, in the
Council Chambers at City Hall.
e. The Crystal Business Association meets on Wednesday, February 17, at 8:30 a.m.
at Anytime Fitness, 5580 West Broadway.
f. Girl and Boy Scout troops interested in leading the pledge at future regular City
Council meetings may contact city staff for information.
g. All City Council meetings and work sessions are open to the public as well as
recorded and available for viewing or listening at www.crystalmn.gov.
10. ADJOURNMENT
11. MEETING SCHEDULE ON FEBRUARY 2, 2016
Time Type of Meeting Location
5:30 – 7:00 p.m. Blue Line Extension Open House Community Room
6:15 p.m.
6:30 p.m.
1st Council Work Session to discuss:
• Constitution Week
• EQC W ork Plan
Conference Room A
7:00 p.m. Regular City Council Meeting Council Chambers
Immediately
following the
Regular City
Council Meeting
2nd City Council Work Session to discuss:
• 2016 Council goals
• Constituent issues update
• New business*
• Announcements*
Conference Room A
* Denotes no supporting information included in the packet.
Have a great weekend; see you at Tuesday’s meeting.
Crystal City Council Work Session Minutes January 19, 2016
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Pursuant to due call and notice given in the manner prescribed by Section 3.01 of the City
Charter, the first work session of the Crystal City Council was held at 6:31 p.m. on
Tuesday, January 19, 2016 in Conference Room A located at 4141 Douglas Drive,
Crystal, Minnesota. Mayor Adams called the meeting to order.
I. ATTENDANCE
The city clerk recorded the attendance with the following members:
COUNCIL:
Present: Deshler, Kolb, Peak, Adams and Dahl.
Absent: Libby and Parsons.
STAFF: City Manager A. Norris, Assistant City Manager/HR Manager K. Therres, City
Attorney T. Gilchrist and City Clerk C. Serres.
II. AGENDA
The Council and staff discussed the following agenda item:
1. Amendments to Chapter 3 of the City Code (based on comments from the City
Code Review Task Force).
The Council continued the above agenda item to the second work session for further
discussion.
III. ADJOURNMENT
The work session adjourned at 6:58 p.m.
______________________________
Jim Adams, Mayor
ATTEST:
_____________________________
Chrissy Serres, City Clerk
Crystal City Council Meeting Minutes January 19, 2016
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1. CALL TO ORDER, ROLL CALL, AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, the Regular Meeting of the Crystal City Council was
held on Tuesday, January 19, 2016 at 7:01 p.m. in the Council Chambers at 4141 Douglas
Drive in Crystal, Minnesota. Mayor Adams called the meeting to order.
ROLL CALL
Mayor Adams asked the city clerk to call the roll for elected officials. Upon roll call, the city
clerk recorded the following attendance:
COUNCIL:
Present: Deshler, Kolb, Peak, Adams and Dahl.
Absent: Libby and Parsons.
STAFF: City Manager A. Norris, Assistant City Manager/Human Resources Manager K.
Therres, City Planner D. Olson, Engineering Project Manager M. Cyert, Police Chief S.
Revering, City Attorney T. Gilchrist and City Clerk C. Serres.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Mayor Adams led the Council and audience in the Pledge of Allegiance.
2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
The Council considered approval of the agenda.
Moved by Councilmember Kolb and seconded by Councilmember Peak to approve the
agenda.
Motion carried.
3. APPEARANCES
3.1 Police Chief Stephanie Revering addressed the Council. Mayor Adams conducted the
swearing-in of Deputy Chief Doug Leslin, Lieutenant Pete Underthun, Sergeant Adam
Harrer, and Police Officers Andy Robles and Jon Kurtz.
4. COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES
The Council considered the minutes from the following meetings in a single motion:
a. The Regular City Council Meeting from January 5, 2016;
b. The Council Work Sessions from January 5, 2016; and
c. The Council Work Session from January 14, 2016.
Moved by Councilmember Kolb and seconded by Councilmember Peak to approve the
above minutes in a single motion.
Motion carried.
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5. CONSENT AGENDA
The Council considered the following items, which are routine and non-controversial in
nature, in a single motion:
5.1 Approval of the list of license applications submitted by the City Clerk to the City
Council, a list that is on file in the office of the City Clerk;
5.2 Approval of Resolution No. 2016-14, accepting the following donations:
a. Crystal Employee Holiday Party: Paster Properties - $500
b. Crystal Police Explorers: Buffalo Wild Wings - $74.66 and West Metro Fire Relief
Association - $500
c. Crystal Police K-9 Unit: Crystal Crime Prevention Board - $1,162.25;
K-9 Donation Boxes - $474.43; Heather Rende - $15; and Peggy Young - $15
d. Crystal Police Reserves: Allina Health Systems - $100
e. Crystal Recreation Department: State Cyclocross Race - $3,250
5.3 Approval of setting a date and time for the Local Board of Appeal and Equalization
Meeting at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, April 5, 2016;
5.4 Approval of the 2015 Pay Equity Report for the City of Crystal;
5.5 Approval of Resolution No. 2016-15, appointing the firm Kern, DeWenter and Viere
for auditing services for the 2015 financial statements;
5.6 Approval of a summary of December 15 closed meeting to conduct the performance
evaluation of the city manager; and
5.7 Authorize execution of contract with city manager.
Moved by Councilmember Deshler and seconded by Councilmember Peak to approve the
consent agenda.
Motion carried.
6. OPEN FORUM
No public comment was given during Open Forum.
7. REGULAR AGENDA
7.1 The Council considered approval of disbursements over $25,000 submitted by the
finance director to the City Council, a list that is on file in the office of the finance director.
Moved by Councilmember Deshler and seconded by Councilmember Dahl to approve the list
of disbursements over $25,000.
Voting aye: Deshler, Kolb, Peak, Adams and Dahl.
Absent, not voting: Libby and Parsons.
Motion carried.
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7.2 The Council considered two resolutions on a proposal to create a separate parcel at the
north end of 5537 West Broadway (Target) and build a 5,000 sq. ft. commercial building
to be addressed as 5547 West Broadway.
City Planner D. Olson addressed the Council. John Kohler, VP of Development and
Construction for Paster Properties, also addressed the Council and answered questions.
Moved by Councilmember Deshler and seconded by Councilmember Kolb to adopt the
following resolution, the reading of which was dispensed with by unanimous consent:
RESOLUTION NO. 2016 – 16
RESOLUTION APPROVING CARDINAL COURT 2ND ADDITION PRELIMINARY AND FINAL PLAT, SITE AND BUILDING PLAN, CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS, AND VARIANCE AT 5537 WEST BROADWAY AVENUE
Voting aye: Deshler, Kolb, Peak, Adams and Dahl.
Absent, not voting: Libby and Parsons.
Motion carried, resolution declared adopted.
Moved by Councilmember Peak and seconded by Councilmember Dahl to adopt the
following resolution, the reading of which was dispensed with by unanimous consent:
RESOLUTION NO. 2016 – 17
RESOLUTION APPROVING A VARIANCE FOR
THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 6801 - 56TH AVENUE NORTH
Voting aye: Deshler, Kolb, Peak, Adams and Dahl.
Absent, not voting: Libby and Parsons.
Motion carried, resolution declared adopted.
7.3 The Council considered a resolution ordering the preparation of the 2016 Alley
Reconstruction Feasibility report.
Engineering Project Manager M. Cyert addressed the Council.
Moved by Councilmember Deshler and seconded by Councilmember Peak to adopt the
following resolution, the reading of which was dispensed with by unanimous consent:
RESOLUTION NO. 2016 – 18
ORDERING PREPARATION OF THE FEASIBILITY REPORT
FOR 2016 ALLEY RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT
PROJECT #2016-07
Voting aye: Deshler, Kolb, Peak, Adams and Dahl.
Absent, not voting: Libby and Parsons.
Motion carried, resolution declared adopted.
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8. INFORMATION AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
The Council made several announcements about upcoming events.
9. ADJOURNMENT
Moved by Councilmember Peak and seconded by Councilmember Deshler to adjourn the
meeting.
Motion carried.
The meeting adjourned at 7:45 p.m.
____________________________
Jim Adams, Mayor
ATTEST:
_____________________________
Chrissy Serres, City Clerk
Crystal City Council Work Session Minutes January 19, 2016
Page 1 of 1
Pursuant to due call and notice given in the manner prescribed by Section 3.01 of the City
Charter, the second work session of the Crystal City Council was held at 8:51 p.m. on
Tuesday, January 19, 2016 in Conference Room A located at 4141 Douglas Drive,
Crystal, Minnesota. Mayor Adams called the meeting to order.
I. ATTENDANCE
The city clerk recorded the attendance with the following members:
COUNCIL:
Present: Deshler, Kolb, Peak, Adams and Dahl.
Absent: Libby and Parsons.
STAFF: City Manager A. Norris, Assistant City Manager/HR Manager K. Therres,
Communications Coordinator M. Peterson, Community Development Director J. Sutter,
Police Chief S. Revering, City Attorney T. Gilchrist and City Clerk C. Serres.
II. AGENDA
The Council and staff discussed the following agenda items:
1. Continued discussion of amendments to Chapter 3 of the City Code (based on
comments from the City Code Review Task Force)
2. City Strategic Communications Plan
3. Review 3 strikes/rental licensing enforcement
4. Annual review of Council rules
5. Constituent issues update
6. New business
7. Announcements
III. ADJOURNMENT
The work session adjourned at 9:59 p.m.
______________________________
Jim Adams, Mayor
ATTEST:
_____________________________
Chrissy Serres, City Clerk
Crystal City Council Work Session Minutes January 25, 2016
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Pursuant to due call and notice given in the manner prescribed by Section 3.01 of the City
Charter, the work session of the Crystal City Council was held at 6:05 p.m. on Monday,
January 25, 2016 in the Game Room located at 4800 Douglas Drive, Crystal, Minnesota.
Mayor Adams called the meeting to order.
I. ATTENDANCE
The city manager recorded the attendance with the following members:
COUNCIL
Present: Deshler, Kolb, Peak, Adams and Dahl.
Absent: Libby and Parsons.
STAFF: City Manager A. Norris and Community Development Director J. Sutter.
OTHER: From the METRO Blue Line Extension Office: Dan Soler, Alicia Vap, Nick
Landwer and David Davies.
Hennepin County Commissioner Mike Opat.
Chad Ellos from the Hennepin County Transportation Department.
II. AGENDA
The Council and staff continued discussion of a potential pedestrian bridge for the Bass
Lake Road station on the proposed METRO Blue Line Extension (Bottineau Light Rail
Transit).
III. ADJOURNMENT
The work session adjourned at 6:34 p.m.
______________________________
Jim Adams, Mayor
ATTEST:
_____________________________
Anne Norris
City Manager
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APPLICATIONS FOR CITY LICENSE
February 2, 2016
GAS INSTALLER
Airics Heating 2609 Hwy 13 W Burnsville, MN 55337
B & D Plumbing, Heating & A/C Inc 4145 Mackenzie Court St Michael, MN 55376
Centraire Heating Inc 7402 Washington Ave Eden Prairie, MN 55344
Dean’s Professional Plumbing 7400 Kirkwood Ct N Maple Grove, MN 55369
Ditter Inc 820 Tower Dr Hamel, MN 55340
Kline Corp dba Practical Systems 4243B Shady Oak Rd Hopkins, MN 55343
Midwest Maintenance & Mech 750 Pennsylvania Ave S Golden Valley, MN 55426
Ridler Cooling dba Uptown Cooling 3110 Washington Ave N Minneapolis, MN 55411
South-Town Refrigeration 6325 Welcome Ave N #200 Brooklyn Park, MN 55429
PLUMBER
Barr Webb Ind. Inc 3530 E 28th Street Minneapolis, MN 55406
Centraire Heating Inc 7402 Washington Ave Eden Prairie, MN 55344
Citywide Plumbing LLC 3318 167th Lane NW Andover, MN 55304
Dean’s Professional Plumbing 7400 Kirkwood Ct N Maple Grove, MN 55369
Ridler Cooling dba Uptown Cooling 3110 Washington Ave N Minneapolis, MN 55411
Steve Pokorny Plumbing 3830 Rhode Island Ave S St Louis Park, MN 55426
RENTAL – NEW
3300 Douglas Dr N – Douglas Terrace Apartments LLC (Conditional)
3320 Douglas Dr N – Douglas Terrace Apartments LLC (Conditional)
4817 Douglas Dr N – RHA 3 LLC
3300 Welcome Ave N – MNSF II Acquisitions (Conditional)
3613 Welcome Ave N – Timothy Fuhrmann (Conditional)
5755 West Broadway – 5755 West Broadway LLC
6021 34th Ave N – Luella Puumala (Conditional)
RENTAL – RENEWAL
3237 Adair Ave N – Peter and Szara Loring
4031-4033 Adair Ave N – James Rolsing
5756 Brunswick Ave N – Michael Mohinani
4425 Colorado Ave N – Iglesia Ni Cristo Church of Christ (Conditional)
4523 Colorado Ave N – CFCB Holdings LLC (Conditional)
3317 Douglas Dr N – Commonbond Communities
6609 Dudley Ave N – Kent McKinnon (Conditional)
5402 Fairview Ave N – Outreach Six Acres Inc
2912 Hampshire Ave N – RHA 3 LLC
4134 Hampshire Ave N – IH2 Property Illinois, LP (Conditional)
4533 Hampshire Ave N – Jeoffrey and Alissa Begin
2726 -2728 Jersey Ave N – Thomas and Alice Conover (Conditional)
5943 Jersey Ave N – JMW Investments
5228 Kentucky Ave N – Michael Mills
3404 Lee Ave N – Delavon LaMoore
6300 Lombardy La – Duane Baltus
6701 Lombardy La – 4800 C Heights LLC (Conditional)
4617 Louisiana Ave N – Richard Felling
3501 Major Ave N – IH2 Property Illinois, LP (Conditional)
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5413 Maryland Ave N – Ling Feng (Conditional)
8400 Northern Dr – Child Inc (Conditional)
5801 Oregon Ave N – Gairbyat LLC (Conditional)
5108 Quail Ave N – Vickie Huber and Scott Huber
5320 Quail Ave N – Elwyn Mattson
5817 Quail Ave N – Dan Schwankl (Conditional)
3432 Regent Ave N – Bin Wang
5424 Toledo Ave N – JDA Group LLC (Conditional)
5558 Unity Ave N – RLR Real Estate LLC
3827 Welcome Ave N – Espeseth Farms Inc (Conditonal)
4312 Welcome Ave N – Al Stobbe Homes Inc
5930/40/50 West Broadway – Jacqueline Schmitz (Conditional)
3033 Wisconsin Ave N – Rachelle Ellis
3612 Yates Ave N – David Cheng (Conditional)
4856 Yates Ave N – JDA Group LLC (Conditional)
3426 Zane Ave N – Equity Trust Company
7323 33rd Ave N – EJD Properties LLC (Conditional)
5807 34th Ave N – Terry Schwichtenberg
8004 34th Pl N – IH2 Property Illinois, LP (Conditional)
5925 36th Ave N – Proven Solutions LLC
6909/6911 36th Ave N – Bengt Lund/Jan Jordet
6400 40th Ave N – Steven Ferkingstad and Janet Steppe
7025 42nd Ave N – Marie M Sipe Revoc Trust (Conditional)
6118 47th Ave N – Leo and James Rehmann
6617 52nd Ave N – Ripberger LLC (Conditional)
6901 58th Ave N – Eugene Bryskin (Conditional)
6921 59th Ave N – James M Pierce (Conditional)
TREE TRIMMER
AAA Shadywood Tre Experts 402 11th Ave S Hopkins, MN 55343
Arbor tech Tree & Landscape 2800 15th St NE Sauk Rapids, MN 56379
Central MN Tree Service 480 Rice Creek Blvd Fridley, MN 55432
Crystal Tree Service P O Box 28068 Crystal, MN 55428
Eagle Tree Service 8637 225th Ave NW Burns Township, MN 55330
CITY OF CRYSTAL
RESOLUTION #2016-______
RESOLUTION ADOPTING COUNCIL RULES
WHEREAS, Chapter 3, Section 3.03 of the Crystal City Charter states the “council
determines its own rules and order of business.”;
WHEREAS, Chapter II, Section 200.09 of the Crystal City Code authorizes the council
to “make and change its own rules from time to time by resolution”;
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 200.09, the rules adopted by the council supersede any
conflicting rules within Roberts Rules of Order (Newly Revised Edition), which constitute the
standing rules of procedure for the council; and
WHEREAS, on March 3, 2015, the Crystal City Council adopted a new set of council
rules; and
WHEREAS, Section 4.1 of the council rules requires the annual adoption of the rules by
the Crystal City Council.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Crystal
that the Council Rules attached hereto are hereby adopted and are effective immediately.
Adopted this 2nd day of February, 2016.
BY THE CITY COUNCIL
______________________________
Jim Adams, Mayor
ATTEST:
_______________________________
Christina Serres, City Clerk
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