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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1974-06-11 CC MIN . ... 186 , , . \ , COUNCIL CHAMBER Stillwater, Minnesota June 11, 1974 7,30 P. M. REGULAR MEETING The meeting was called to order by President Powell The Invocation was given by Mr. Marshall. Present: Councilmen Balfanz, Peterson, Thompson, Wohlers and President Powell Absent: None Also Present: City Coordinator, Marshall; Assistant City Attorney. Holsten; Superintendent of Public Works. Shelton; Public Safety Director, Abrahamson; Director of Parks and Recreation. Blekum; Con- sulting Engineer. Elliott; Lily Lake Arena Manager. Bob Brothen Press: St. Paul Dispatch - James Broede Stillwater Evening Gazette - Doug Seitz WAVN - John Hanvelt Citizens: Robert Steindorff. Lyman Doe, Mr. & Mrs. Lloyd Bodlovick, Owen Thomas. Len Drentlaw. Mr. & Mrs. David Bixley, Frank Kerkhove, Marge 0' Brien. J. E. Brown. Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Nolde, Jr.. Mr. & Mrs. Donald Nolde. Francis Rice, John DeCurtins. Jr.. Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Sullivan. Mr. & Mrs. Chester Moeglin, Charles Swanson. Rod Lawson, Mrs. James Simpson. Mrs. Howard Madsen, Bill Simowski, George Kutz. Joseph Nolde, Sr.. Mrs. John McDonough, Mr. & Mrs. Bronson Simonet, Ivan Weiss, Stan Demoski, Robert Tennant, Richard Morse. Ron Christoffersen,Mary Lou True, Hugh Sweetman. Dr. Joseph Shapior, Paul Voight. Dr. David Braslau. INDIVIDUALS-DELGAT10NS-PETITIONS This was the day and time set for a hearing on a Special Use Permit requested by MMSBF to construct a 48 unit apartment b dlding on South Greeley Street adjacent to the Brick Pond, Case No. 162. The notice of the hearing was published on May 30, 1974 and copies were mailed to all property owners within 300 feet of the proposed project. The Mayor opened the hearing. MRS. MARY Me OONOUGH. 1005 West Willard Street, questioned the previous meeting of the Council with the Developer and MAYOR POWELL said that the hearing would be run as usual and that everything would come out in due time. BOB STEINDORFF. speaking in behalf of the petitioners, said that since most of the people have seen the proposal, he would be willing to answer any questions. FRANK KERKHOVE, 1316 South Everett Street. asked how much of the 8~ acres was out of water and MR. STEINDORFF said that 4~ acres were buildable. GEORGE KUTZ. 705 South Holcombe Street, said this was the Brick Yard and not the Brick Pond and that this was all part of Lily Lake and that the beach was under water fifty years ago and that it is against the regulations to interfere with the water level of the lake. MR. STEINOORFF said that they have done an environmental assessment of the area and that the people who did the study found no basic objections to the project. MRS. MC DONOUGH said that everybody who owns property is responsible for the level of thie lake and wondered if we could ultimately have a situation like we have at Big Marine Lake and she felt that somebody had to assume the responsibility for the drainage to Lily Lake. MAYOR POWELL stated that over the past twenty years Lily Lake has risen considerably and over the last four or five years the level has increased further. MRS. MC DONOUGH _ asked why the Council wanted this area developed in this manner as it affects the whole Greeley Street which she felt could not take any more of this heavy development _ what is going to stop someone from putting in 60 units next door to it _ what is going to happen to the recreation area - does somebody have to be killed before a stop is put to it. .- "^"" ~ '- . . '-- . . . . (June 11, 1974 - continued) MARGE O'BRIEN, 509 South Greeley Street, said the safety of our children should be considered first of all - with the recreation center down there, this is the first responsibility. OWEN THOMAS, 114 West School Street, said if the people are worried about traffic then we should shutdown the golf course for the people on the North Hill. They are talking about something that we have no concern about _ it is not being done deliberately - the water level is an act of God. RON CHRISTOFFERSEN, 324 East St. Croix Avenue, said although it is zoned for this type of building, felt it should be rezoned one way or another. You used to be able to walk around Lily L~ke and that the beach is gone because of the arena - if the area was rezoned we would get this matter over with. ,,,"", MAYOR POWELL said that we can't rezone it now because somebody has applied for a Special Use Permit for a multiple dwelling and we were through this all on the West side. When an earlier request for 84 units was denied in that case, the people wanted us to buy the property. We do have a complex on that side and we could justify that purchase. It was agreed upon with the people that were here at the last hearing that the City should buy that for recreation and now the owner has come in with a petition on the east side _ all the requested information has been presented to the Council and they have met certain criteria and the City could be sued if the permit were denied because the owners have the right to develop their property. MRS. MARY LOU TRUE, Chairman of the Planning Commission, speaking as an in- dividual, said there is another factor involved and that is the physical factor of the Water level. We are going to have to see how much runoff is going to be added to this Lake because of this development. It is beside the point _ the water problem is something that has to be looked at. MAYOR POWELL - before this application came in, our engineer was commissioned to study the leva of Lily Lake and the quality of McKusick Lake which he has complied with. MRS. TRUE -This is something that is going on allover the country _ how much longer can we keep adding developments which will contribute to this Water level. MRS. Me DONOUGH felt that the size of the unit should be looked at _ there should be a minimum and a maximum for this area--so many units per acre and she felt that 14 units per acre was a lot for this area. MAYOR POWELL - according to the building codes of the City they are within che limits. ..) MR. . MARSHALL- the number of uni ts was reduced from 63 to 48 at the request of the Planning Commission. FRANK KERKHOVE - at the March 12th meeting as you recall the City agreed to buy this land that the Council would set a date to sit down with the owners to discuss the purchase of the land and at that point the neighbors were to be notified as to when you were to have this meeting and he said this was not done. MR.. MARSHALL - the meeting was on Friday at 4:00 P. M. MR. KERHOVE, asked if they notified the public of this meeting to negotiate the purchase price of this property as it came out on April 5th that the developer had requested a Special Use Permit for the East side and he could not find any minutes of this meeting negotiating the purchase of the property on the west side of Greeley Street. MAYOR POWELL said the press was notified, none came, a figure was presented to them, that is $67,000 and that is as far as it went. No agreement was reached on the east side. The owners were told that if they met the requirement of the Planning Commission, that the Council would approve the project as the land was correctly zoned. MR. KERKHOVE asked if this was done without any people around and that they did grant this permit and MAYOR POWELL said that there was no building permit issued and that there would not be until the Special Use Permit was acted upon after this hearing. MR.. KERKHOVE said it was cut and dried as he read the article in the paper with a 63 unit apartment building on the Brick Pond side. MAYOR POWELL - the $67,000 price placed on this property would be offered to the City of Stillwater no matter what happened on the other side and MR. KERKHOVE said that the public was told that they were to be invited to their negotiations if the Council turns down this Special Use Permit, they could come back in with a request to build on the Lily Lake side. . " .-~.... 187 1 \ ~ . . . 188 (June II, 1974 - continued) . HUGH SWEETMAN, attorney from St. Paul - felt the Council has acted without proper publication to the public according to what was printed in the paper and what was told to him by Mr. KERKHOVE and the conclusion would be that the City Council has contracted with the developer for the purchase of this property without a public hearing. MAYOR POWELL - it may appear to he that way - we have agr~ed to nothing. When the people were here on March 12th. a show hands indicated that we buy the property on the west side a~ whate~r price we could get it for. I ~hink at that time $80,000 was the price mentioned - this necessarily was not the price that they would sell it for. Their attorney submitted a figure to us for our consider- ation. To say we are commtted to grant a Special Use Permit or we are going to buy a price of property is not correct. MR. KUTZ - he recommended that the City condemn it and that would settle the whole argument. JOSEPH NOLDE, JR., 815 Everett Drive, asked how much was earmarked in the Revenue Sharing for Recreation and the rely was $190,000 for a five year period. COUNCILMAN BALFANZ said we have to follow a program on this money and hopefully that we can acquire some land deleting certain areas. We will pay $67,000 includ- ing the house. MR. KERHOVE - repeated that they were not notified of this meeting in any shape or form. CHESTER MOEGLEIN, 1112 South Everett Street, there is no thru lots from Greeley to South Fourth and the City is overloaded with traffic in the area and there is a need for planning that goes beyond the number of units. DR. JOSEPH SHAPIRO - it was his opinion that this ~artment would not have an adverse effect on the water level of the lake - at the present time the water runs off that property. With the development of this apartment the runoff quality will be better than it is now because of a better filtration system as the water now takes the soil with it. MR. KUTZ - stated that all of those houses are built on the lake bottom and when the water comes up they will be in trouble. MR. DENNIS SULLIVAN, 1315 South Everett Street, said that we should be looking at a total picture of the whole Brick Pond area which includes the area to the south which is not developed which is in Stillwater Township and we have to set an example and we should be able to avoid some problems if we do this. DUANE ELLIOTT - In studying the control level of Lily Lake we did look at the total watershed that contributes to Lily Lake and McKusick Lake. We did consider this fact and did present a proposal for a storm water pumping station on the north shore of Lily Lake at a cost of ~70,OOO. He has submitted the report to the DNR for comment - it is a long range program for the Lily Lake and Brick Pond area. MR. SWEETMAN - it seems that from the brief presentation that the parking does not conform to the code and questioned if Section 1311 and if all of these provisions have been complied with. He said there was no question that this was a multiple dwelling and he should be made to comply with it. He felt that there should be a little more examination of the plans before the Special Use Permit is granted and the Council should wait for a report from the DNR before the Council makes a decision as there could be an impact on so many people. MR. MARSHALL stated that the project complied with all of the requirements of the Planning Commission except for a parking variance which has been recommended by the Commission. There will be 36 instead of the requested 48 outside parking spaces. MR. STEINDORFF said that the additional spaces would be provided if they were requested by the Council. BRONSON SIMONET, 510 South Greeley Street, felt the basic problem is just too many people per square foot and that the codes should have been written into the regula- tions that control the number of people per square foot - don't allow so many people and that one gentleman brought up one good point on what could happen to the south and west of this area. MAYOR POWELL - this zoning code has to represent all of the people in Stillwater. JOSEPH NOLDE, JR. - on the hill we have a three million dollar hospital and the patients like to look out on this area to the south as it is a beautiful view. MRS. MC DONOUGH - when the people bought the land it is their gamble and not the Council's gamble. They did not know if the Council would permit three units per acre or not; it is up to you to decide - it is their gamble. It is only a few years that multiple dwellings were down there and the children come to play at Lily Lake. ~ '- ~ ~' . . . . . (June II, 1974 continued) . MR. STEINDORFF - we feel the area is beautiful and we want to maintain the beauty. MRS. TRUE questioned how apartments can enhance this community. MR. KERKHOVE - we are not Opposed to this building on that site, but there was a great range of what can be built there, possibly nothing else is economically feasible at this time, but there are other ways of developing this piece of property that have not been investigated. He felt that 48 units is not the only economical way to use that property. MR. STEINDORFF - this is what we feel is right, but you people have your Greeley Street is designed for 10,000 cars daily and only 3,500 use it and we have had two experts working on the ecological questions. ~ MR. MOEGLEIN questioned the safety of the children crossing Greeley Street to use the recreation area and MR. SULLIVAN pointed outthat the roadway in the Town- ship does not meet these same specifications. ,'-" CHUCK SWANSON, Washington County Highway Department, said it is 24 feet in the Township which is the way they are constructed until they become permanent and they would be torn up at that time. MRS. BRONSON SIMONET, asked what about noise pollution with trucks and apart- ment traffic and DR. SHAPIRO stated that the average is 350 cars per hour and the apartment building would create 64 DBA units which is below the State limits. MR. PAUL VOIGHT, 1410 South Greeley Street questioned statements made by Bob Miller about the issuance of permits for aprtment or multiple dwellings until he was assured money for scho91 construction. DENNIS SULLIVAN stated that he had presented some photographs to the Mayor of L1ly Lake and the size of the beach and asked for some comments from the Council. MAYOR POWELL stated we can control the level as we have a feasibility study to keep the Lake at a certain depth and we will work with the County on this. ROBE~TENNANT, 1031 West Abbott Stteet, asked about the cost of this project and DUANE ELLIOTT said this would be a forced main discharge into a storm sewer and will be a part of the County project in that location, which will carry the water to McKusick Lake. It would take 30 days to bring Lily Lake to the desired level with a continuous flow to McKusick where the water is needed. The volume of water to the Lake is the same but the peak flow is greater, but there will have to be a control on the use of fertilizers. - BRONSON SIMONET - felt that the City should accept some responsibility of hold- ing down building to see what the future is in the School District since they did request a moratorium on building a few years ago. COUNCILMAN THOMPSON asked about the amount of rent which would be charged for these apartments and MR. STEINDORFF said $200 to $250 range. AN UNIDENTIFIED CITIZEN asked what kind of people Mr. Steindorff intended to attract and he replied there would be 12 efficiency apartments, 9-one bedroom and the balance would be two bedroom units. w MR. SULLIVAN asked about the sand in the lift stations and the backup on South Everett Street and what would be the impact on the general area with 150 more people in that small area and DR. SHAPIRO said he could not see any measurably impact or effect. He felt it would not affect the water quality of the lake and in fact may even benefit it as there would be less erosion with less grassy area and clay. The area to the north would be left as it is. MR. STEINDORFF - there would be no correct any erosion leading to it. in which they will ultimately sign work in the north area, but they would This would be part of the Special Use Permit an agreement. MRS. MC DONOUGH asked about the added blacktop and DR. SRAPIOR said the amount would be 20% or 8,000 square feet. She also asked how many of the units would be underground and it was stated there would be one level partially underground. MRS. TRUE CITED THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION _ (I) That a Special Use Permit be issued contingent upon the writing up a detailed Special Use Permit which would spell out concerns that the Planning Commission has voiced and the recommendations of Mr. Schwab, Washington County Planner, concerns about the lighting and several others. This has not been made up as it all depended upon the outcome of the hearing tonite. There would be citizen imput into this also. They would sit down with Mr. Schwab and make up a detailed Special Use Permit for this project on this site. '-' . . ..-." 189 ) . . . 190 (June II, 1974 - continued) MRS. Me DONOUGH asked if the Planning Commission had discussed less than 48 units and MRS. TRUE said that initially it was 63 units and they did inform him that 63 was too many, but 48 units was agreeable to the Planning Commission and the County Planner, but we would like to have 24. MAYOR POWELL asked Don Nolde how many units were on the west side of Greeley Street and he replied that there were 42 units on 6% acres of land. CHUCK SWANSON said that Mr. Schwab did make an affirmative recommendation on the project to the Planning Commission with some stipulations. RON CHRISTOFFERSEN asked about the financing for this project and MR. STEIN- DORFF said that he did not know and then MAYOR POWELL stated that this was not a part of the hearing. RICHARD MORSE. 1319 West Pine Street, stated that he sure hoped that the Council would represent the people on this matter. MAYOR POWELL said that the City has ordinances and laws that they have to abide by as to how this land can be developed. BRONSON SIMONET said even though you have Ordinances that the Council does not have to be "purists" and they should put forth a little "horse sense" on this matter - there are just too many people in this one area. MAYOR POWELL said the Council could have a second reading of an Ordinance that would take care of this which would provide for Low Density Multiple Dwellings. but it couldn't now apply to this site. MAYOR POWELL asked the City Attorney, if this request were denied tonite. what is the next step and MR. HOLSTEN, Assistant City Attorney. replied that it would then be up to the developer to take some ~al action. MAYOR POWELL said the law allows for a certain amount of land use controls _ we do have the right to deny him the permit but cannot prevent him from developing the land forever. MR. HOLSTEN - whether or not 48 units is reasonable for this particular location is based on your determination of the Ordinance. It is up to the Council to prove that it is unreasonable. A CITIZEN asked if the Council could defer action on this until they knew what was going to happen to the rest of the area. MAYOR POWELL said there .wasn't one single Council member that was willing to spend that kind of money for that property on the west side of the street _ if they are looking for recreation land they can buy it for about $2.000 per acre, but it bas to be done. We know what the figure is and we know if we turn this Special Use Permit down. we are going to get another request to put another apartment on the west side. It is conceivable that we could get a request for a Special Use Permit on both of them again or be taken to court, if they were denied. MR. KERKHOVE questioned if someone else could come in and apply for this and MR. HOLSTEN said the question is whether or not 48 units are unreasonable and it is up to the Council. CITIZEN - Will we be faced with another Special Use Permit? If this does go in what are they proposing to do with the alley behind those three _ four plexs to the East and he objected to it being open and MR. STEINDORFF said this would only be used for emergency access. MR. SWEE~MAN - it seems to be the tone of the Council that they have to grant the permit - how about a public hearing for the other parcel of land _ there seems to be a great number of people against this. MAYOR POWELL read the draft of the resolution "Granting the Special Use Permit" for the 48 unit apartment building by the Brick Pond.". and MR. MARSHALL explained the contents of the resolution. MRS. MC DONOUGH voiced an objection to the resolution and the sale of the property with the Special Use Permit attached. MR. SIMOWSKI asked about the suggestions for the Special Use Permit to come from the County and the citizens. DON NOLDE asked that the hearing be continued for another thirty days and figure out some of the problems and then have another meeting. The Mayor closed the hearing at 9:30 P. M. ~ l_'..c '- '-' . r . \ ' , . . . (June 11. 1974 - continued) 191 . THE MAYOR DECLARED A RECESS FROM 9,30 to 9,45 P. M. COUNCILMAN PETERSON stated that after several months of hearing and pros and cons, he would move to introduce a resolution "APPROVING THE CONSTRUCTION OF A 48-UNIT APARTMENT BUILDING ADJACENT TO THE BRICK POND WITH THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT REQUIREMENTS TO BE DRAWN BY THE PLANN1NG COMMISSION AND THE WASHINGTON COUNTY PLANNER". Councilman Balfanz seconded the motion. (Councilman Wohlers opposed) ( see resolutions) On motion of Councilman Peterson. seconded by Councilman Balfanz a resolution was introduced "AUTHORIZING THE CITY TO ENTER INTO A PURCHASE AGREEMENT WITH MMSBF FOR THE PURCHASE PRICE OF $67,000 FOR THE PROPERTY ON THE WEST SIDE OF SOUTH GREELEY STREET ADJACENT TO THE ARENA" which would have no impact on the Comprehensive Plan. (All in favor) ,,,,,,", 2. On motion of Councilman Peterson, seconded by Councilman Thompson the Council granted a three day "On Sale 3.2 Beer License to the Jaycees for Lumberjack Days in Lowell Park. 3. Petition was received from residents for a basketball court to be located at Staples Field but since it was the plan of the City's Recreation Depart- ment to include this basketball court as part of the improvement of this area no action was taken on this petition. 4. MR. ROD LAWSON presented to the Council the request of Mr. Kenneth Graham to build a home on one of Tony Leitte's unplatted lots. On motion of Councilma.n Peterson, seconded by Councilman Balf~nz the Co~cil granted a permit to Mr. Graham to build a home on Tony Leitte's property subject to a percolation test and also subj~ct to receiving a deposit from Mr. Leitte for the purchase price of this property and also that of Mr. Stiles and Mr. St. Martin. (all in favor) UNFINISHED BUSINESS 1. On motion of Councilman Peterson. seconded by Councilman Wohlers a resolution was introduced "AWARDING THE CONTRACT FOR LOCAL IMPROVEMENT NO. 120. CROIX- WOOD FIFTH AND SlXTH ADDITIONS AND SURROUNDING AREA, UT1LITIES TO AUSTIN KELLER CONSTRUCTION CO.. ST. PAUL 1N THE AMOUNT OF $433,092.50." (all in favor - se<. resolutions) 2. This was the day and time set to open bids for Local Improvement No. 122- Sealcoating. The advertisement for bids was published in the Stillwater Evening Gazette, the official newspaper of the City, on May 28, 1974. The following bids were opened by City Coordinator, Raymond Marshall; Super- intendent of Public Works, Jack Shelton; Deputy City Clerk. Dorothy Schnell; Councilman George Wohlers at 3:00 P. M: -- Bid No. 1 Allied Blacktop Co. 3601 - 48th Avenue North Minneapolis, Mo. 55429 Bid Bond v $60,352.50 Total Bid Bid No. 2 Blacktop Construction R. Ill, Box 212 Shakopee. Minnesota 55379 Bid Bond Total Bid $58,315.20 On motion of Councilman Balfanz, seconded by Councilman Peterson a resolution was introduced "ACCEPTING THE BID FOR CONSTRUCTION OF LOCAL IMPROVEMENT NO. 122 - SEALCOATING, BLACKTOP CONSTRUCTION, SHAKOPEE, MINNESOTA IN THE AMOUNT OF $58,315.20". (all in favor - see resolutions). . ~" . . . \ t . . . . \ . ' , 192 ( June 11. 1974 - continued) (Monies for this project to he taken from Revenue Sharing _ $20,000 and the balance to he bonded for and taken out of the General Fund) 3. The second reading of "AN ORD1NANCE ESTABLlSHING ELECTION WARDS AND PRECINCTS FOR THE CITY OF STILLWATER" was postoned until a future meeting. 4. MR. MARSHALL informed the Council that there was an all day meeting this date regarding the Storm Sewer on County Road No.5. NEW BUSINESS 1. On motion of Councilman Peterson, seconded by Councilman Balfanz a resolution was introduced "AGREEMENT TO PARTICIPATE IN TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES". (all in favor - see resolutions). 2. Mr. Elliott commented on the North Interceptor Report which would serve the Dutchtown area and that 443 acres could be served by the survey and there would be 1,000 acres outside of the City for the Metro Interceptor. 3. A letter was received from the Corp of Engineers regarding the Dike Report which was submitted to them. 4. A letter from the Boundary Area Commission regarding the Sewer Board's Washington County Study was received in which it stated that they will leave the plants on the river with tertiary treatment. 5. The Council received a Planning Report from the Washington County Planning Commission regarding the land use and zoning analysis in the vicinity of Highways 36 and 212 interchange. (see report in the file - Washington County). APPLICATIONS On motion of Councilman Thompson, seconded by Councilman Peterson the following licenses were granted: CONTRACTORS The Carpenters - Judd ~ates & Ted LeTourneau 921 South Seventh Street, Stillwater General Renewal Kenneth F. Klocek 504 East St. Louis St., Stillwater General Renewal Walter LaRoche & Dewey Dau 802 South Sixth Street, Stillwater General New Jack Rice 8496 Lofton Avenue North, Stillwater General Rene'wal Ray Zoller 301 West Stillwater Avennue, Stillwater Tree Trimmer Renewal 3.2 OFF SALE BEER John Hooley - Hooley's Supermarket 902 South Fourth Street, Stillwater Renewal E. James Meister 901 South Fourth Street, Stillwater Renewal The first r~ading of an "0ff Sale 3.2 Beer" application for Thomas Mc.Laughlin, Stillwater Country Boy, 215 North William Street, Stillwater. (renewal) COMMUNICATIONS From Timothy Cowan regarding the condition of the storm drain and curb at his home at 406 West Olive Street. The City Coordinator and the City Attorney were directed to write a lett,!r to Rev. Cowan regarding this matter. ~ '- ,-. "",,- .."""', . . . . . . o ,..) . ~ (June II, 1974 - continued) 193 From Vonnie Kilkelly. 2626 Edgewood ~ourt regarding the sodding of the drainage ditches in the Croixwood Development. Mr. Elliott will contact Mr. Thompson regarding this matter. From employees of the Washington County Welfare Department regarding the restricted parking on the west side of Greekf Street from Abbott Street to the south end of Lily Lake Park. Mr. Marshall was instructed to send a letter informing them that we are in the process of providing parking for their building and that they should be patient. From the following complaining about cats and dogs-- Mary Jo Blaisdell Mr. & Mrs. Floyd Lundt Mr. & Mrs. Enna Bouma CONSULTING ENGINEER'S REPORT 1. Mr. Elliott informed the Council that Orfie Construction is back in town to finish up the work on the streets from last year. The Council felt that there should be an article in the Gazette so that if the residents had any complaints regarding this project they could contact or notify the Public Works Department. CITY COORDINATOR'S REPORT 1. Mr. Marshall made an announcement regarding the League Convention which was commencing on June 12, 1974. 2. The assessment policies memorandum was held over for a future meeting. 3. The matter of license and permit fees will be discussed at a future meeting and the police department will use some of the summer help for making a survey of the unlicensed dogs in the City. 4. The matter of the Open Meeting Law was brought to the attention of the City Council. 5. On motion of Councilman Peterson, seconded by Councilman Thompsur,. the City Coordinator was instructed to send back to the Local 320 their proposal demands for the year 1975 for the Stillwater Police Department and ask for justification and clarification of these demands. 6. Mr. Marshall presented to the Council the matter of possible buildable lots in the Brown's Creek ravine and he will attempt to find the owners of this property. 7. On motion of Councilman Peterson, seconded by Councilman Balfanz the Council requested that the Personnel policies be left at fifteen years for paid hospitalization for employees and dependents who retire because of age. 8. On motion of Councilman Peterson, seconded by Councilman Thompson the City Coordinator was instructed to dispose of the matter of the rubble walls on South Gr4eley Street by contacting the property owners regarding their obligation on this matter. 9. On motion of CCluncilman Peterson, seconded by Councilman Thompson the claim from Goggins Candy Company on a sewer backup be referred to the City Attorney for his study and recommendation and report back to the Council. 10. On motion of Councilman Thompson, seconded by Councilman Wohlers, Jack Shelton was designated as the Shade Tree Inspector for the City of Stillwater. COMMITTEE REPORTS PUBLIC SAFETY 1. On mot~on of Councilman Wohlers. seconded by Councilman Peterson a resolution was introduced "Employing Kurt Swanson as a Volunteer Fire Fighter" (see resolutions). "- \ . . \ ' , I .' . . , . 194 (June II, 1974 - continued) . I PUBLlC WORKS ~ 1. Mr. Marshall made a brief report on the storm sewer projections which will be taken care of. l PARKS AND RECREATlON 1. The matter of the basketball floor at the arena was discussed and it was the consensus of the Committee that we put in a concrete floor to solve the problem so that we could use the building the year round. They suggested that we advertise for quotes to find out what the cost would be and consult Our engineer on this matter. On motion of Councilman Thompson, seconded by Councilman Balfanz that Mr. Blekum, Mr. Brothen and MR. Elliott draw up specifications for a concrete floor at the arena and advertise for bids. 2. Mr. Blekum stated that the wooden floor could be used for hockey boards and Councilman Balfanz will check with the Andersen Foundation ahout the disposition to be made of this floor. 3. The Stillwater Jaycees had received approval to spend $500 for picnic tables for the park across the river when they were ready and they are now ready for them. These tables would be bolted down to the Cemen~ slab floor that is on the old Legion Beach Site. Mr. Blekum was audDrized to order the requested tables. ORDINANCES None RESOLUTIONS The following resolutions were read and on roll call were adopted: 1. Directing the Payment of the Bills. 2. Granting a Special Use Permit - MMSBF, INC. _ 48 Unit Apartment Building _ South Greeley Street. (Councilman Wohlers opposed) 3. Accepting the Bid of Austin Keller Construction Co. _ Local Improvement No. 120 (Croixwood Fifth and Sixth Additions). 4. Awarding the Bid for Sealcoating _ Blacktop Construction S. Agreement to Participate in Traffic Control Devices 6. Approving Employment of Volunteer Fire Fighter _ Kurt Swanson 7.* Authorizing the City to Enter into a Purchase Agreement with MMSBF for the Purchase Price of $67,000 for the Property on the West side of South Greeley Street adj acent to the Arena. * Not published - see minutes of July 9, 1974 meeting ADJOURNMENT On motion of Councilman Thompson, seconded by Councilman Wohlers the meeting adjourned at 11:20 P. M. )-~ 9~~ ... yor ATTE~ (1--~/ L. {tJ{ ,~ c~l ~ v r- .- '- . ~. . , . .