2019.07.16 City Council Agenda
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City Council Meeting Agenda
July 16, 2019
7 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. Presentations:*
3.1. Recognition of Officer Marcus Issa
3.2. Recognition regarding promotions of Reserve Officers Evenson and Tingle
3.3. Recognition of Chief’s Award to Public Works Employees Randy Ek and Matt Blomquist
4. Consent Agenda
The Council will consider the following items, which are routine and non-controversial in nature, in a
single motion:
4.1. Approval of the minutes from the following meetings:
a. The City Council meeting on June 18, 2019.
b. The City Council work session on June 18, 2019.
4.2. 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.
4.3. Approval of a resolution accepting the following donations:
a. $15,000 from the Chad Greenway Lead the Way Foundation for Becker Park Play Area.
b. $10,000 from VFW Post #494 for Crystal Frolics.
c. $500 from American Legion #630 for Crystal Airport Open House.
d. $250 from Golden Valley VFW #7051 for Crystal Airport Open House.
4.4. Approval of a resolution authorizing a mutual access easement with Hennepin County for the
City Hall - Rockford Road Library campus.
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5. Open Forum
(The City Council appreciates hearing from citizens about items of concern and desires to set aside
time during each meeting for Open Forum. To provide ample opportunity for all, speaking time is
limited to three minutes and topic discussion is limited to ten minutes. The Mayor may, as presiding
officer, extend the total time allowed for a topic. By rule, no action may be taken on any item
brought before the Council during Open Forum. The Council may place items discussed during Open
Forum onto subsequent council meeting agendas.)
6. Public Hearing
6.1. The Council will hold a public hearing to consider new on-sale dual wine/beer and Sunday liquor
licenses for Cajun Kitchen, Inc. d/b/a Cajun Kitchen, located at 5440 West Broadway.
Chao Lin, owner of Cajun Kitchen, Inc., d/b/a Cajun Kitchen, is requesting new on-sale dual
wine/beer and Sunday liquor licenses for 5440 West Broadway. All the required paperwork
and background check have been completed. After taking public comment, recommend
approval of the new liquor licenses.
6.2. The Council will hold a public hearing to consider a resolution approving the sale of Lots 1 – 3,
Block 1, Iron Horse Addition (5160, 5168 and 5176 Louisiana Ave N).
The city received two proposals, one from Tollberg Homes and the other from Acacia
Construction. Both proposals offered the city’s minimum price of $205,000 for the three lots.
Tollberg submitted split entry home plans similar to those it has built on other lots in Crystal.
Acacia submitted two story home plans similar to those it has built on scattered site lots in
New Hope. Staff recommends acceptance of the proposal from Acacia.
7. Regular Agenda
7.1. The Council will consider approval of disbursements over $25,000 submitted by the finance
department to the city council, a list that is on file in the office of the finance department.
Recommend approval of disbursements over $25,000.
7.2. The Council will receive the 2018 Audit and Comprehensive Annual Financial Report.
Matt Mayer or another representative of BerganKDV will present the city’s 2018 Audit and
Comprehensive Annual Financial Report. After hearing the presentation, the Council should
accept the 2018 audit and financial report.
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7.3. The Council will consider the second reading and adoption of an ordinance amending Chapters
10 – 20 of the City Code and a resolution approving its summary publication.
At its June 4 and 18 work sessions, the City Council reviewed substantive corrections to the
remainder of the City Code, primarily in Chapters 10 – 12, and most of the amendments are in
Chapter 12 regarding liquor licensing. The City Council approved the first reading of the
ordinance making these changes on June 18. Recommend approval of the second reading of
the ordinance amending Chapters 10 – 20 of the City Code and approval of the resolution
approving summary publication of this ordinance.
7.4. The Council will consider an amendment to the West Metro Fire-Rescue District joint powers
agreement.
As part of the West Metro Fire-Rescue District’s 2018 audit, the WMFRD Board discussed the
need to update the joint powers agreement and bylaws for the District so the disbursements
language matches current State law. In the 2017 the Legislature eliminated the written claim
on disbursements requirement for home rule charter cities of the second, third or fourth class
but not for statutory cities. Crystal is a charter city and New Hope is a statutory city. The
state law allows a joint powers organization to follow requirements outline in the joint
powers agreement and the District is already following the new law for charter cities. At its
July 10 meeting, WMFRD Board approved the amended Bylaws making this change, subject to
the Crystal and New Hope city councils approving the amended Joint Powers Agreement.
Recommend approval of the amended Joint Powers Agreement.
8. Announcements
a. The Crystal Business Association meets Wednesday, July 17 at 8:30 a.m. in the Community Room
and is hosted by Associated Bank.
b. Crystal Frolics is being held at Welcome Park from July 25-28. More information is available at
www.crystalfrolics.org.
c. Saturday, August 10, is the Crystal Lions Corn Feed, the Antique Car Run, Hot Rod Show and
Serenity Village Community Church/Feed My Starving Children’s MobilePack at the Crystal
Community Center, 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.
d. Serenity Village Community Church’s Village Fest is Sunday, August 11, noon – 6 p.m.
e. The next City Council meeting is Tuesday, August 20 at 7 p.m. in the Council Chambers at City
Hall.
f. Local organizations are invited to lead the pledge at City Council meetings; contact city staff for
information.
g. City Council meetings and work sessions are open to the public. Current and previous meetings
are available for viewing and listening at www.crystalmn.gov.
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9. Adjournment
10. July 16, 2019 Meeting Schedule:
Time Type of meeting Location
6:45 p.m.
City Council Work Session to discuss:
• City Manager monthly update and midyear work
plan review.
• Constituent issues update.
• New business.*
• Announcements.*
Conference Room A
7 p.m. City Council meeting Council Chambers
* Denotes no supporting information included in the packet.
Have a great weekend; see you at Tuesday’s meeting.