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9. Set Future Work SessionsCITY OF 9 CHANHASSEN 690 COULTER DRIVE • P.O. BOX 147 • CHANHASSEN, MINNESOTA 55317 (612) 937 -1900 • FAX (612) 937 -5739 MEMORANDUM TO: Mayor and City Council FROM: Don Ashworth, City Manager i�A YZ-- DATE: May 18, 1995 SUBJ: Set Future Work Sessions We have work sessions scheduled through the a regiment, I would like to place the "Beddor, , ry elieve the cn Commission that we were not able to have oh 3yF item was a priority for the city council. fart of June. With the city n ci 's ,k Chanhassen" litigation as :00 item ical item is the joint meeting wit the Planning May Pas originally planned. I believe this As can be seen from the attached correspondence, we c collection." Additionally, I would like;to take part of tl sessions to update the city council on-the city hall expa �y J, �W We also need to get a work session date to interview PI one vacant position (the attached applications are in the Planning Commission) :inue to have interest in "organized time for one of our future work on project. g ring Commission candidates for x:L: - der as r men e C1 PENDING WORK SESSION rrEMS Date Proposed Date Identified Discussion Item Work Session Resolved Date 1 -10 -94 City Hall Expansion 11 -21 -94 3 -6 -95 - 6 p.m. 4 -17 -95 - 6 p.m. 1 -10 -94 Senior Housing 4 -21 -94 10 -3 -94 Joint Meeting with Carver Co. 3 -20 -95/6 p.m. HRA/Chan. HRA/City Council Authorize Bond Sale 4 -24 -95 Board of Review: - Work Session 4 -3- 95/6:30 pm - Hearing 4 -17 -95/7 p.m. 1 -10 -94 Affordable Housing Update Report 4 -21 -94 10 -10 -94 Code of Ethics 12 -5 -94 4 -3 -95 1 -10 -94 Gateway Entries -- Dakota, Great After Vision Plains, Market Boulevard, and 2002 County Road 17 5 -19 -94 5 -15 -95 Organized Collection 3 -7 -94 6 -20 -94 7 -11 -94 2 -13 -95 10 -10 -94 Park & Recreation Referendum 11 -9 -94 - Town Meeting at Dinner Theatre 2 -7 -95 - Proposed Acquisition/Funding 4 -24 -95 Joint Meetings with Commissions: - Planning Commission - Park & Recreation Commission 5-15-"9, pm - HRA 6 -5 -95 - Public Safety Commission 6 -5 -95 1A C5.z ✓ /3/�� May 9 , 19 9 5 City of Chanhassen ' organized Collection Committee As a volunteer from our neighborhood I circulated the attached petition favoring organized collection. I have ' collected 23 signatures calling on a total of 26 houses. In describing organized collection, I mentioned the following points. 1. Neighborhood would have 1 hauler. 2. It most likely would not be their picked hauler. 3. There most likely would not be a savings, but there ' could be. 4. They might have to switch the type of cans used. 5. We would have 1 garbage day. 6. We would cut the number of trucks to 1/5 of our ' present traffic. 7. Less trucks mean less wear and tear on our streets. ' Three people who did not sign gave the following responses. 1. Resident did not want the government involved. 2. Resident did not like the cans used by the other ' haulers. 3. Resident was in favor of our neighborhood switching to one as long as the new service provider would provide the same services as his current hauler (Woodlake). ' The above represents a good sampling of our neighborhood. I believe that if I continued to call on every house I would ' receive a similar response rate. With Cub Scouts, two kids in the little league and a baby, this is all I could fit in presently. ' Our neighborhood currently has 5 haulers and 5 recycling trucks a week. We have at least 4 garbage days. We are also on a dead end street. ' I think it is the City's role to organize collection in neighborhoods like ours. We do not have an association, so mandating on our own would be difficult. I dislike increased ' government involvement in our lives, but when it comes to health and safety issues we look for your help. ' Sin erely, Steve Midthun ' 6510 Fox Path Chanhanhassen Tel: 470 -1767 PETITION SUPPORTING ORGANIZED COLLECTION IN THE CITY OF CHANHASSEN We the undersigned urge the Chanhassen City Council to ratify the Organized Collection Recommendations proposed by city staff and enter into a contract with haulers to organize garbage collection with in the City of Chanhassen. We believe that the benifits of organized collecttion such as a decrease in garbage collection costs, reduction of road Nvare and tear and diminished environmental impacts far out wiegh our consern over our choice of hauler or service day. NAME ADDRESS 1. S- 4c . - /17�fq /n,orflyN 6S�o fox P� 2 . �� u v� 637* 3. ti c 14 y A4P& 1 - AiO i, &SSo F4-� 4. A c Lt l 5. Lk 8. FU X l U fi l 9. 10� 12\ ev PETITION SUPPORTING ORGANIZED COLLECTION IN THE CITY OF CHANHASSEN 1 We the undersigned urge the Chanhassen City Council to ratify the Organized Collection ' Recommendations proposed by city staff and enter into a contract with haulers to organize garbage collection with in the City of Chanhassen. We believe that the benifits of organized collecttion such as a decrease in garbage collection costs, reduction of road ware and tear and diminished environmental impacts far out wiegh our consern over our choice of hauler or service day. ADDRESS '7�4 LA V- C, - 7« to e /L - /0 � 1-,"�Ko -11 5. 7. c — i /fir �✓/L' —di -- �� /J / Cc�J 10. 12. _ Thomas J. Camphell Roper N. KnUCSOn Thomas M. Scott Gary G. Fuchs James R. Walston Elliott B. Knctsch K CAMPBELL, KNUTSON, SCOTT & FUCHS, P.A. Attorneys at Law -� (612) 452 -5000 Andrea McDowell Poehler Fax (612) 452 -5550 N `'ttl'ew K. Brokl Marguerite M. McCarron George T. Stephenson Mr. Don Ashworth City of Chanhassen 690 Coulter Drive, Box 147 Chanhassen, MN 55317 May 17, 1995 A4 A �i1laA o c, c C4-- �'^ v C f -� RE: Beddor v. Chanhassen r'e� 121--74,. X , '`- e Dear Don: rz s ■ Enclosed is a copy of the Court of Appeals decision in the above matter. The Court affirmed the original decision by the trial court in all respects. , Mr. Beddor has until June 15 to request a review of this matter by the Minnesota Supreme Court. I assume he will file such a request. The Supreme Court reviews very few cases. I believe it is extremely unlikely that the Court would see any reason to review this matter. If Mr. Beddor files a request for review, the Supreme Court typically rules on such a request within a couple weeks. Therefore, assuming the Supreme Court does not review the matter, the appeal process will be concluded on or about July 1. Please call if you have any questions. I will keep you posted on all developments. Best regards, TMS:slc Enclosure AMPBEI: , KNUTSON, . COTT & FUCH , P.A. it L �. T homas M. Scott Suite 317 • Eaoandale Office Center • 1380 Corporate Center Curve • Ea�oan, MN 55121 t , This opinion will be unpublished and ' may not be cited except as provided by Minn Stat. 8 480A.08, subd. 3 (1994). i ' S STATE` 'OF MINNESOTA ° ' �i:1 1f� \f �.'� h•i �. E i! \�1 ii - -)i E :i L C. ..i ?. .. `. � tl IN COURT OF APPEALS PRE01 i 0 1:(i i .�.:'t .CAN .'it: F'iLE u, TE ' C9� 94 20 ZG B EL O% ' ' Carver County Mulally, Judge' District Court File No. C9 -93 -1111 ' Frank Beddor, Jr., et al., Lawrence A. Moloney Todd A. Noteboom Appellants, Doherty, Rumble & Butler ' 3500 Fifth Street Towers 150 South Fifth Street Minneapolis, MN 55402 -4235 ' vs. City of Chanhassen, et al., Thomas M. Scott ' Campbell, Knutson, Scott & Respondents. Fuchs, P.A. 317 Eagandale Office Center 1380 Corporate Center Curve ' Eagan, MN 55121 ' Filed May 16, 1995 Office of Appellate Courts Considered and decided by Schumacher, Presiding Judge, Parker, Judge, and Mulally, Judge. ' U N P U B L I S H E D O P I N I O N MULALLY, Judge ' Beddor, et al., appellants here, commenced this lawsuit in 1993 contesting the City of Chanhassen's decision to proceed with ' ` Retired judge of the district court, serving as judge of the Minnesota Court of Appeals by appointment pursuant to Minn. Const. art. VI, § 10. : 7 Z i .i I-_V C,. I ✓1.- (iLN�(... �J , C. [�.� J �j1i :� I ih.N 7��i•S Cai2 C.;�� / J w ' C( O, �P M : r .a. ✓ 740 C, S 3 � C P• . an extension of a residential roadway. Beddor alleged environmental degradation in violation of Minn. Stat. § 116B.01, the Minnesota Environmental Rights Act. The court ultimately ruled for the city, after a denial of the city's motion for a directed verdict, and appellants moved for a new trial and for amendment of the findings, conclusions and order. The court made certain amendments but denied the bulk of the requests in the motion and denied the motion for a new trial. Appellants now bring this appeal challenging the trial court's findings of fact and conclusions of law. FACTS Beddor objected to the City of Chanhassen's proposal to extend • local street through his property in order to provide access to • certain residential parcel. The city council voted in favor of commencing condemnation of Beddor's property, but Beddor and certain of his neighbors objected. The council declined to reconsider the project and condemnation proceedings commenced. Appellants then petitioned the city council to conduct a study to assess the impact the project would have on the area, but the city decided a study was not required. Appellants then filed suit pursuant to the Minnesota Environmental Rights Act (MERA). Minn. Stat. §§ 116B.01 -.13 (1992). Appellants then amended their complaint to include a count pursuant to the Minnesota Environmental Policy Act (MEPA), Minn. Stat. §§ 116D.01 -.07 (1992), and the Uniform Declaratory Judgment Act (UDJA), Minn. Stat. §§ 555.01 -.16 (1992) . The condemnation proceeding was joined with -2- this action; the city's motion for summary judgment was denied, and ' the case proceeded to trial. The case was tried to the court with both sides presenting ' expert testimony with respect to the impact on trees, water, and quietude, as well as traffic volume and safety in the area. The ' trial court ordered judgment for the city and Beddor appeals. D E C I S I O N Findings of fact, whether based on oral or documentary evidence, shall not be set aside unless clearly erroneous, and due regard shall be given to the opportunity of the trial court to judge the credibility of the witnesses. ' Minn. R. Civ. P. 52.01. "[T]his court will only reverse a trial court's findings of fact if, upon review of the entire evidence, we ' are 'left with the definite and firm conviction that a mistake has ' been made.'" In re Guardianship of Dawson 502 N.W.2d 65, 68 (Minn. App. 1993) (quoting Glovik v. Strope 401 N.W.2d 664, 667 (Minn. 1987)), pet. for rev. denied (Minn. Aug. 16, 1993). On the basis of this standard of review, we affirm the trial court's findings of fact as follows. ' 1. The Minnesota Environmental Rights Act provides any person in the state of Minnesota with a mechanism for protecting ' the air, land, water, and other natural resources of the state from pollution, impairment or destruction. County of Freeborn v. ' Bryson 297 Minn. 218, 224, 210 N.W.2d 290, 294 -95 (1973). In ' order to make a prima facie case under the Minnesota Environmental Rights Act, plaintiffs must show that there is a protectable ' natural resource and, second, that there is a likelihood of a substantial impairment of that natural resource. Id. at 228, 210 N.W.2d at 297 (citing Minn. Stat. § 116B.02, subds. 4, 5 (1972)). Under MERA, protected natural resources include "all mineral, animal, botanical, air, water, land, timber, soil, quietude, recreational and historical resources." Minn. Stat. § 116B.02, subd. 4 (1992). In MERA cases, we review trial court findings under the clearly erroneous test. Krmpotich v. City of Duluth 483 N.W.2d 55, 56 (Minn. 1992). Beddor challenges several of the findings of fact that the trial court made with respect to this count, specifically those regarding the impact the project would have on trees, water and quietude. (a) Wetlands Beddor challenges the trial court's finding that the ponds were not protected wetlands. While Beddor's expert testified that the Lot 5 pond was a wetland, there was evidence to show that this was true in 1992 but that the designation was changed in February 1994 to "utilized pond." This was due to Beddor's own application to obtain a wetlands alteration permit so that he could combine the Lot 5 pond with another pond. Beddor completed the combination of the two ponds in 1993 and the City updated the wetland inventory records to reflect the fact that the combined ponds had become one utilized pond. The trial court's finding is thus not clearly erroneous. -4- (b) Feasible and Prudent Alternatives Beddor argues that the trial court's finding that there were no feasible and prudent alternatives to the proposed project is contrary to the record. This is not so. There was evidence presented at trial that the alternatives proposed by Beddor involved the construction of roads too steep to be prudent or feasible. There was also evidence showing that diverting the surface water, as proposed by Beddor, into another watershed would be inconsistent with the principle of management planning to follow natural drainage conditions as much as possible. The trial court's finding that there were no feasible and prudent alternatives to the proposed project is thus not clearly erroneous. (c) Quietude Beddor's challenge to the court's finding with respect to quietude is unpersuasive. There was disputed evidence as to what the increase in the decibel level would be as a result of increased traffic in the area. Beddor's own expert admitted that his projected 1.3 decibel increase in traffic noise would not be noticeable. The trial court's finding that the proposed project would not threaten the quietude of the area was thus not clearly erroneous. (d) Environmental Assessment Worksheet (EAW) Beddor challenges the trial court's finding that the City did not arbitrarily and capriciously fail to conduct an EAW in this matter. Under the applicable rule, a responsible governmental unit shall order such an EAW if the evidence presented demonstrates that -5- the project may have the potential for significant environmental effects. Minn. R. 4410.1100, subpt. 6 (1993). The responsible governmental unit shall deny the petition if the evidence does not so demonstrate. Id. The court found that the mere suggestion that there may be a potential for significant environmental effects was not enough to compel an EAW. This finding was not clearly erroneous. Evidence at trial showed that the project at issue is a minor one which will result in minimal if not unnoticeable environmental impact. At the crux of appellant's argument is the suggestion that since the so- called County Road 17 Pond and Christmas Lake will experience some runoff from the project, an EAW is warranted. But the trial court had ample evidence before it that this runoff would not be potentially significant. The trial court's finding with respect to the city's refusal to conduct an EAW is not clearly erroneous. (e) Traffic and Safety Issues Beddor challenges the trial court's failure to find that the city's decision to proceed with the project was arbitrary and capricious due to the city's failure to conduct a traffic and safety study. Contrary to Beddor's argument, there was evidence at trial showing that the City had continually considered traffic and safety issues within the subject area. Other evidence showed that four or five alternative plans for the road extension were reviewed. At trial, it was demonstrated that additional traffic along the route would be minimal. There was also testimony at trial that road signs had been placed along Pleasant View in response to past concerns about traffic safety. The trial court's ' finding with respect to the city's concern for traffic and safety issues implicated by the project is not clearly erroneous. ' 2. Beddor claims that the trial court improperly considered and gave weight to his former support for the extension of Nez ' Perce Road through to Pleasant View, and improperly considered his ' personal motivations in bringing the lawsuit. In its initial judgment, the trial court, though evidently ' aware of Beddor's alleged personal motivations in this action, was of the opinion that no sanctions could be imposed because there ' were factual issues raised, thereby precluding summary judgment. ' Such factual issues were extensively entertained by the court in a lengthy memorandum which concluded that Beddor's case failed the ' MERA analysis. The trial court did not base its determination on Beddor's alleged questionable intentions, but based it on the resolution of the factual issues brought before the court. ' D E C I S I O N A review of the record reveals that the trial court's findings in this case are not clearly erroneous. The findings and conclusions in this matter are supported by the record and are ' affirmed. ' Affirmed. L (14;'13/95 14:33 $612 947 1525 FROM CITY OF CHANHH:�SEN GELCO PAINETWORK 04.13.1995 97:19 P. A pril >A.RUCATTON rog a yamasS E0 COMMISSION A DXTE t P 13, 1995 COMMZ84T APPLYING FoRi Planning Commission ALTERN�TE s = Craig J_ Peterson 8/31/57 BTRTHDItTS (optional) ADDRESS z 1340 Qakside Circle CZTYj Chanhassen 8IPe 55317 gals$ p4oNE a 612/448 -9997 WORX I MQNE , 612/947 - 1555 KOW LOCI UAVE YOU BEEN A RESIDENT Or CHANHABaER? t 3 YR S� H LEVEL OF EDU CA TION ATTAINED, PLUS DE GREES, Yp ANy MBA - Management CURRE E14PWYMENTs (state p013i.tion, employer is brief description of dut es. If w it h prevent employer for only a s hort time, l ist previo S emp"ayment ax " 11 4 _yi ra Prnsi Admini ctratinn .. Gelco PayNet Financial Services Corporation 15 Ye rs of Service ACTJVJ:S 1S8 AND AFFILIATIONS: (Inolude elective offices, honors and r0cogn�tiOns received, if any.) - Inc. Non p ofit organization that integrates abled and di$abled individuals into wi 1deiness adventures. REABONS FaR REEKIN4 THIS POSITYON AND YOUR QUALIFICATIONS i i I feel that I can provide both a business and personal perspective into. the d decisions that are heard in front of the commission. I have ?been involved in the real estate function of our organization for o4er 10 years now and have made presentations to both planning cOmmi sions and city councils. r IN FILTOG THIS APPLICATIOXQ, I UNDERSTAND THAT A COMMITMENT OF MY TXM$, E EROY, INTEREST AND PARTICIPATION WILL BE XNVOLVED, ANDY AM PREPARE TO RAKE SUCH A CO _ ME NT IN THE EVENT i AM APPOINTED TO THE "01 COMlM18 B ION. "� i 1 � 5 B w.+. .1. C 6J1, � RESUME OF DONALD N. MEHL PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY Extensive experience in small business operations with emphasis in the organization and management of engineering and manufact- uring functions. Broad background in product development, design engineering, manufacturing and quality control. EMPLOYMENT HISTORY ' 6/88 - present; Tonka Lures, Inc. President and Owner Design, manufacturing and sales of products related to the sport fishing and boating industries. 1/88 - 4/93; Creative Research & Manufacturing, Inc General Manager Responsible for all functions of manufacturing operations. 12/80 - 12/87; Creative Research & Manufacturing. Inc. President and Owner Design and manufacturing of specialized biopsy needles for the medical product industry. Sold company in 12/87. 5/76 - present; Mehl Engineering, Inc. President and Owner ' Perform all types of professional level engineering services including product research and development, design engineering, product and manufacturing costs, ' manufacturing methods and processes, tool and manufact- uring engineering and engineering management. 7/73 - 9/76; Northwest Microfilm, Inc. V.P. 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