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CC 2017 06 26 CHANHASSEN CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING JUNE 26, 2017 Mayor Laufenburger: So before we begin our council meeting tonight we have a special guest with us. Tonight we are going to incorporate into this meeting the winner of a recent Mayor for a Day writing contest. At this time I’d like Jacob Buboltz to join me here and sit at the council table. Jacob can you come around this way. Applause would be appropriate. Now in just a moment I will ask Jacob to open the meeting and we will then recite the Pledge of Allegiance as is our custom and then following that Jacob will offer some words of welcome and then Jacob and I will together step in front of the table for a brief presentation where I will give him his Mayor placard, as you see it displayed there, and then once that’s complete photos can be taken and then we’ll proceed with the rest of our meeting. So Jacob this is where you take over okay. Jacob Buboltz, Mayor for a Day, called the meeting to order at 7:05 p.m. The meeting was opened with the Pledge to the Flag. COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: Mayor Laufenburger, Councilman McDonald, Councilwoman Tjornhom, Councilwoman Ryan, and Councilman Campion STAFF PRESENT: Todd Gerhardt, Chelsea Petersen, Paul Oehme, Kate Aanenson, Todd Hoffman, Jerry Ruegemer, and Roger Knutson PUBLIC PRESENT: Bailey Krause 9824 Kirkwood Lane No. Grafelman Family 7091 Redman Lane Dave Kirkbride, Halla Greens 2080 Boulder Road Lisa, Joel, Amanda, and Luke Hilgendorf 1430 Lake Susan Hills Drive Sue Sime 1430 Lake Susan Hills Drive Maryanne Halana 670 Creekwood Street Andrea Joos 9042 Sunnyvale Drive Curt, Judi, Christy and Hannah Quiner 725 Ponderosa Drive Jacob Buboltz: I’d like to welcome you all to this council meeting. Not only to those of you in the council chambers but also to those of you watching on Mediacom cable public access channel as well as those using the City website for livestream of this meeting. My name is Jacob Buboltz and I’m in sixth grade at Chapel Hill Academy. Thank you for giving me this opportunity to be mayor. Mayor Laufenburger: Jacob you can stand right here. First of all this year Chanhassen th celebrated our 50 anniversary of being a city and at that time I talked about the future or the next 50 years and I identified that someday 50 years from now there will be a mayor who will be Chanhassen City Council – June 26, 2017 standing and addressing the community. Well we’re looking at a candidate for the mayor 50 years from now. Jacob wrote an essay on what it would be like to be mayor for a day and I want to read you just the end of his essay. Very well written and he even cited the Roman Republic as a model by which we could follow in terms of a good city government but let me read the rest, just the last portion. These in Jacob’s words. In conclusion a city where citizens get involved and have a voice turns out to be a better city with a better government which could lead to helping solve city problems faster and more efficiently. I couldn’t agree more. Nice job Jacob. Very nice. This is a pin which is the emblem of Chanhassen and you can see the mayor always wears one so I would expect to see that on your coat and also here’s a certificate of recognition citing you as Essay Winner 2017 Mayor for a Day. Jacob congratulations. Nice to have you here and may mayorhood1 be in your future. Okay, alright. Thank you very much Jacob. Jacob Buboltz: Thank. Mayor Laufenburger: Nice job. To John and Kristine and brother Cooper congratulations. Proud moment for you. Proud moment for Jacob. Thank you Jacob. Oh and you get to take this too. Nice job. Okay the next item on our agenda this evening is, Jacob gave a very proper welcome. We do have an official action. Council members are there any modifications to the agenda as printed this evening? There being none we will proceed with the agenda as printed and distributed. PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENTS: Mayor Laufenburger: We have a major event coming up in the coming week. Coming 9 days th and that is the 4 of July celebration. I’m excited to invite everyone to the City of Chanhassen’s thth largest community event of the year. This is the 34 annual 4 of July celebration. The ndrdth celebration will be held on July 2, 3 and 4, Sunday, Monday and Tuesday and the event is presented by the City of Chanhassen and sponsored by the 2017 Community Event sponsors nd which are businesses all over the city of Chanhassen. On July 2, Sunday it will be family night at the carnival from 3:00 p.m. until 10:00 p.m. and of course there will be pony rides from 3:00 rd until 8:00 p.m. On Monday, July 3 activities begin at 3:30 p.m. and include the Southwest Metro Chamber of Commerce Business Expo, the Rotary Club of Chanhassen presents the Taste of Chanhassen, the beer and wine garden. There will be carnival rides, concessions, kiddie parade, skateboard competition, live music by Ragtown and the ever popular street dance featuring the Casablanca Orchestra. How many years in a row for the Casablanca Orchestra, do you know? th Todd Hoffman: 20. th Mayor Laufenburger: 20, my oh my. That will go from 7:00 to 11:00 p.m. Then on Tuesday, th it doesn’t stop folks. Tuesday, the 4 of July events start early again with the adult fishing contest on Lake Ann at 7:00 a.m. and other events throughout the day at City Center Park and Lake Ann include a kids fishing contest, a medallion hunt, live music by American Bootleg, 2 Chanhassen City Council – June 26, 2017 carnival rides, concessions, and then Rotary Club again presents the Taste of Chanhassen and the beer and wine garden. The classic car show and of course the parade right through downtown Chanhassen sponsored by the Chanhassen Rotary Club so be sure to join us for a spectacular fireworks display over Lake Ann at 10:00 p.m. Bring your families, neighbors and friends for 3 days of fun and my wife and I look forward to seeing everyone there. This is a spectacular event. It helps put Chanhassen on the festival map all across the United States. Fourth of July, it th is the fun thing. 34 years in a row and this is the 50 anniversary of the city so you can get your t-shirts. Jacob I want you to, I was going to wear a t-shirt tonight but I thought that wouldn’t be honoring of you being the mayor so please folks get your t-shirts and you can get them at city hall. I think they’re 10 bucks. How much are they? 10 bucks each. Come in an array of colors. th They’d be a wonderful time so 4 of July. Mr. McDonald are you going to be in the parade? Councilman McDonald: Yes Mr. Mayor I will be there. Mayor Laufenburger: So bring all your candy bags because I know Jerry is very generous with his candy. Councilman McDonald: Very generous. Mayor Laufenburger: Absolutely. Next I have some more presentations to make. This is in thth conjunction with Chanhassen’s 50 anniversary. We had a 50 anniversary essay contest. Why I Love Chanhassen so on behalf of the Chanhassen City Council I want to congratulate the winners and the participants who submitted a Why I Love Chanhassen essay as part of the City th of Chanhassen’s 50 anniversary celebration. High school, middle school and elementary school students were invited to submit a 100 to 500 entry to have a chance to receive the grand price in age category of $100 so I’m going to come out front and introduce those winner right now. So as I call your name I’m going to have you come up and stand next to me and then stay up here because we’re going to get a picture of everybody at the same time, okay. So our first, the first the runner-up for the elementary school is Danica Grafelman, is that right? Are you Danica? Did I say that right? Come on up Danica. So that’s your special award and I bet somebody wants to take a picture of us right here. There we go. I’m going to have you step right over there. And the runner-up in the middle school students, that would be grades 6 to 8, so what grade are you going into Danica? Danica Grafelman: Fifth. thththth Mayor Laufenburger: Fifth grade so that’s the 4 and 5 category. In the 6 through 8 category we have Hannah, I hope I’m saying it right, Quiner. Hannah Quiner: Yes. Mayor Laufenburger: So congratulations to Hannah. There we go. Okay you can stand right next to Danica. 3 Chanhassen City Council – June 26, 2017 Hannah Quiner: Thank you. Mayor Laufenburger: Now the winner in the elementary school student category is Ava, is it Joos? Did I say that right? Oh that was a guess. Two o’s together. When was the last time you saw that? Ava congratulations. And what school are you in Ava? Ava Joos: Chanhassen Elementary. Mayor Laufenburger: Chanhassen Elementary. And you know what else I have for you? This is your $100 dollar prize for first place. …I want you to step over here, okay. Ava’s going to read her essay in just a moment. The winner in the middle school student category if Luke Hilgendorf. Luke are you here? Luke stand right next to me. We’re going to get pictures and in a minute I’m going to, anybody else? Luke where do you go to school? Luke Hilgendorf: Pioneer Ridge Middle School. Mayor Laufenburger: Alright. And Ava where do you go to school? Ava Joos: Chanhassen Elementary. Mayor Laufenburger: And how about you Danica? Danica Grafelman: Chanhassen Elementary. Mayor Laufenburger: And how about you? Hannah Quiner: Middle School. Mayor Laufenburger: Okay I have something else for you too. In exchange for you reading your essay you can get, this is worthwhile. So Ava do you have your essay with you? We’re going to hear these essays. Why I Love Chanhassen. Let’s start with Ava. Would you like me to hold something for you? I’ll hold this for you. Ava Joos: Why I Love Chanhassen. I’m so lucky to live in Chanhassen. One thing I love to do in Chanhassen is explore the many fun parks. I can bike on the adventurous bike trails and I love adventures so it’s right for me. People are friendly at school and home. Every time I walk outside people greet me with a friendly hello. I haven’t mentioned my favorite part, the library. The multiple books keep me going and I can relax in chairs and travel to different worlds. I love how it makes me feel at home. In 50 years Chanhassen just keeps getting better and better. 4 Chanhassen City Council – June 26, 2017 Mayor Laufenburger: Can you come over on this side Luke? I’m going to hold this for you. By the way did you notice how Ava was using hand gestures? I see great oratorical performance in the future. Okay, you’re up Luke. Luke Hilgendorf: Why I Love Chanhassen. I love Chanhassen because it’s a safe and fun place to live in. I’m outside a lot with my friends, my family and friends and there’s a lot of fun places to go like the parks and library. I also like Chanhassen because I get to have a dog and I know he’ll be safe. I always go outside and play with him. It’s also fun when the town has parades and celebrations. I always love when those happen. It’s fun to see all the people on cool floats and the other things that are going on. I also like the summer and winter activities we all get to do. One of my favorites in the summer was Discovery Playground. Even though I’m too old to go now I still like to think, I still have fun thinking of all the fun things I did with my friends. Another thing I love about Chanhassen is the community. I like to go outside playing with the neighborhood kids. It’s also good for my parents because they get to talk with the other parents and these are all the reason I love Chanhassen. Mayor Laufenburger: Wonderful. Wonderful. Before you sit down, what we do tonight is acknowledge the value that young people bring to this community and I think it’s just exciting that each of you in your own way bring a character and a quality, including you Jacob, to this community that can only be measured really in the next 20, 30 and 40 years so we’re glad that you’re in this community and we hope that you stay in this community so thanks very much kids. Have a good evening. Now we do have some business to conduct this evening. You’re welcome to stay for the rest of the evening if you’d like but if you’re interested in taking your leave at this time I would not be offended by that so okay. But I do want to say one more thing to all of you th that are watching, not only that are here but also watching at home or on the web, at that May 9 th celebration for celebrating our 50 anniversary I did invite and encourage people to write a letter or a story or some sort of picture and send it into Chanhassen City Hall. Mark it Chanhassen 2067 and we will then compile all of this and it will be delivered to whoever it is who is the mayor in 2067 so that individual can share with the throng that’s gathered and say this is what Chanhassen was like 50 years ago so I would encourage all of you to participate with that. You can either send by email. You can drop it off at City Hall and we’ll make sure that it’s incorporated into that simulated time capsule. Todd Gerhardt: We have a reminder on Facebook too. Mayor Laufenburger: Thank you very much Mr. Gerhardt. Are there any other prizes we have to give away Mr. Ruegemer? Jerry Ruegemer: No we’re good tonight. Mayor Laufenburger: Okay, thank you very much. And thank you to all you parents who came by. We’re thrilled that you would support and encourage the participation that Jacob says is so important so thank you very much. Our next item on our agenda is our consent agenda. 5 Chanhassen City Council – June 26, 2017 CONSENT AGENDA: Mayor Laufenburger: This evening we have consent agenda items D(1) through (10) excluding (5) and (8). Consent agenda items are to be considered as routine and will be considered in a single motion based on staff recommendation unless anyone on the council or visitors present would like to have a discussion. Is there any item on the consent agenda you would like to pull out for consideration? Mr. McDonald. Councilman McDonald: Yes Mr. Mayor, I’d like to pull out item number 9. Mayor Laufenburger: Item number 9. Alright we will do so. And will probably discuss that immediately following the consent agenda. Anybody else? Councilwoman Ryan: Mr. Mayor? Mayor Laufenburger: Yes Councilmember Ryan. Councilwoman Ryan: Two items. D(4) and (7) please. Mayor Laufenburger: D(4) and D(7). Okay. Mr. Gerhardt. Councilman Campion: One more. Mayor Laufenburger: Okay. Councilman Campion: I just had a question on why was item 5 deleted. Mayor Laufenburger: Mr. Gerhardt you want to address that question? Todd Gerhardt: Bids came over so we were going to bring it back to a work session and sit down with City Council to discuss what items you may want to delete from the overall list. Councilman Campion: Okay. Todd Gerhardt: We think we got some competitive bids in some areas and some that were a little high on so we want to have a discussion with council but we still have 60 days to award the bid. Councilman Campion: Alright, thank you. Mayor Laufenburger: Alright then I’m looking for a motion to approve consent agenda items number D-1, 2, 3, 6, and 10. 6 Chanhassen City Council – June 26, 2017 Councilman McDonald moved, Councilwoman Ryan seconded to approve the following consent agenda items pursuant to the City Manager’s recommendations: 1. Approve City Council Minutes dated June 12, 2017 2. Receive Planning Commission Minutes dated June 6, 2017 3. Receive Park and Recreation Commission Minutes dated May 23, 2017 4. Pulled by Councilwoman Ryan for Discussion. 5. Item Deleted. 6. Approve Massage License for Ascension Wellness Massage, Inc. 7. Pulled by Councilwoman Ryan for Discussion. 8. Item Deleted. 9. Pulled by Councilman McDonald for Discussion. 10. Approval of 120 Day Extension of Lease Agreement with Roadrunner Truck Repair, Inc. for the old Public Works Building, 1591 Park Road. All voted in favor and the motion carried unanimously with a vote of 5 to 0. Mayor Laufenburger: Alright let’s take these items up in sequence. Staff are you prepared with these? Okay, let’s do item D(4). CONSENT AGENDA: 4. APPROVE MANCHESTER PARK MASTER PLAN. Mayor Laufenburger: Staff report please. Is this you Mr. Hoffman? Todd Hoffman: Yes it is, thank you Mr. Mayor, members of the council. I’m currently downloading. Mayor Laufenburger: Okay, take your time. While you’re doing that, Assistant City Manager Ms. Petersen, are we taking any steps to capture these essays that these kids wrote and put them on the website? Can we do that? Chelsea Petersen: Yes we absolutely can. 7 Chanhassen City Council – June 26, 2017 Mayor Laufenburger: Okay let’s do that because these are represent good thought about from the young people in our community. Chelsea Petersen: We’ll have them up tomorrow. Mayor Laufenburger: Okay, thank you very much. Todd Hoffman: Mayor I’m all ready. I apologize for the delay. Mayor Laufenburger: You ready? Mr. Hoffman, go ahead. Todd Hoffman: The proposed motion this evening is that the City Council approves the proposed master plan for a new neighborhood park to be located adjacent to the City’s west water treatment plant facility and approves the name Manchester Park reflecting the park’s location on Manchester Drive. The background of the Park and Recreation Commission initially th reviewed and then tabled this item on April 25 to take the opportunity to tour the proposed park site. Staff presented additional information to the commission concerning the history of rd Manchester Park property acquisition and the associated planning efforts on May 23. This property was, for the park was purchased in ’05 to accommodate both the water treatment plant and the neighborhood park. The plan has always been to wait until the water treatment facility was constructed and build the associated neighborhood park at the same time. The water treatment plant facilities project includes some portion of the work needed to complete the park. The items that will be built concurrent with the water treatment plant include grading, construction of the cul-de-sac which is currently Manchester ends at a dead end. A stub street and has a temporary cul-de-sac and 2 front yards in that neighborhood so this permanent cul-de- sac will be constructed. A parking area for the park. A small parking area. A trail connection from the top of the park to the bottom of the water treatment plant area and retaining walls. Future construction which if approved would occur in 2018 will include the purchase and installation of the park’s first playground. The playground border. Wood resilient surfacing. Concrete surfacing and a picnic shelter. Residents in the area were notified of the discussion. The first meeting we had about 3 or 4 residents that were here. Most voiced some form of opposition to the park. They thought there were other parks in the area. They didn’t want it directly adjacent to, in their neighborhood or down their street. The second time after the tour there was no residents present for the second public hearing and then the Park and Recreation Commission that evening recommended unanimously that the City Council approve the plan that you have before you tonight. Mayor Laufenburger: Okay. Let’s see Councilmember Ryan you asked that this come off the consent agenda. I’ll give you first opportunity to speak if you’d like. Councilwoman Ryan: Yeah, thank you. As Mr. Hoffman pointed out the, at the first meeting there were a few people there that voiced some opposition but I think it was more from what I read it was concern and in some of the conversations that I had leading up to that meeting and 8 Chanhassen City Council – June 26, 2017 following that meeting were really two fold. One had to do with where the port-a-potty was going to be located and the other one was, had to do with the loss of the mature trees and so there was a fairly extensive conversation, from my understanding and what I read at that meeting and then the decision was to, for the commission to go and do a site visit without participation of the neighborhood. They wanted to do it just with the commission themselves. Not with the neighbors just to get a better understanding of what that piece of land was and then it came back to the commission and nobody did show up. I have heard from some of the people in that area, again I don’t think it’s necessarily not in my back yard. It’s you know the question really was, did the architect who put this together did they come back with any alternatives as it relates to this port-a-potty. If you look at this cul-de-sac it’s not screened. It sits right on the corner and I think one of the residents said you know it’s 30 feet from her house and just was asking if there was any, you know an alternative location. Could some trees or bushes be planted just so when she is looking out her window she doesn’t have to look at port-a-potty or port-a-john or whatever they’re called. Satellite. And although Chanhassen does a great job maintaining them and I think that was expressed that you know they’re always well stocked and cleaned and everything else. It’s just it’s not pleasant to be, people to be looking at that. That was one concern so I was curious if there was something that could be done about that. And then there was also concern about the loss of some of those pine trees and mature trees along the trail and again the screening of the park so I just wanted to bring this forward tonight to see if there had been alternative plans presented back to you. Mayor Laufenburger: Mr. Hoffman you want to comment on that? Todd Hoffman: I’d be glad to. Thank you Councilwoman. Bailey Krause is here this evening with WSB and she needs to get up and speak, she can come up and comment as well. The location of portable toilets is a common topic of conversation in our community and the basis for their location is for, so a truck can get readily accessed to clean these units. We receive requests almost on a universal basis every time we put in a park to screen them. Build a containment, you know isolate them. Hide them. Do something and we just do not propose that because of the budget to create those type of things and then just the fact that we keep a uniform policy. So one way or the other we want a uniform policy. We either hide, screen them, build a container around them or we don’t and to date we’ve chosen not to do that and so if you drive around in our parks the portable toilets are going to be perfectly out in the open and exposed so people can know where they’re at and we don’t build containments. So if we want to build containments and invest in the cash in doing that then that would be a change in our current policy. Mayor Laufenburger: Okay. Mr. Hoffman do all of our neighborhood parks have port-a-potties? Todd Hoffman: They do. Mayor Laufenburger: Okay. And we have a service contract that those are serviced. Todd Hoffman: Weekly. 9 Chanhassen City Council – June 26, 2017 Mayor Laufenburger: Weekly to ensure that they don’t become offensive, is that right? Todd Hoffman: Correct. Mayor Laufenburger: Okay. Todd Hoffman: The design could easily be modified to screen it, either through landscaping or through some kind of structure if that was… Mayor Laufenburger: But the contract you have with the people who do this they, the contract essentially stipulates that they can be easily accessible by these trucks, right? Todd Hoffman: Correct. Mayor Laufenburger: And if we were to hide them, conceal them then that likely would mean more manual labor to get access to these versus easily accessible by a truck, is that correct? Todd Hoffman: The difference there is if we put it say away from the street in the back then we’re going to have a challenge getting to the unit. We could screen it there at the curb side and they could still access the unit but to date we’ve not. Mayor Laufenburger: It’s just been our practice. Todd Hoffman: Either purchased, designed or installed these screening mechanisms. Mayor Laufenburger: Okay, alright. Councilwoman Tjornhom. Councilwoman Tjornhom: Do you have an estimate of how much it would cost to screen it? And I know you probably. Todd Hoffman: Yeah dollar wise under $5,000 you could build a fence, a container, an enclosure, something like that and then you have to maintain them long term. We have about 70 of these units in so if you multiple that, if you want to start here you’re going to hear from other people that we’ve said no to in the past. Mayor Laufenburger: And why does Manchester Park get one but we don’t right? Todd Hoffman: Yeah, there was a very big fuss over the same thing at Reflections at Lake Riley at Riley Ridge Park and what happened there is the residents paid for the trees that were installed so the resident across the street came in and paid for some trees and had them installed around the unit at that location. 10 Chanhassen City Council – June 26, 2017 Mayor Laufenburger: Okay. Councilmember Ryan any other comment? Councilwoman Ryan: No but how about the mature trees? Todd Hoffman: Bailey’s here. Councilwoman Ryan: Okay. Mayor Laufenburger: Just step up and state your name for the record please. Bailey Krause: Good evening Mr. Mayor and council members. My name is Bailey Krause and I am with WSB, the consultant for this park. Mayor Laufenburger: Okay. So can you talk about the trees? Bailey Krause: So the trees are going to be removed and part of the water treatment project so, and then with our plan that we have come up with we had proposed a few new trees in there and from my understanding with that previous meeting that there may be additional trees that want to be planted by the neighbors there. Councilwoman Ryan: Because it’s my understanding that there was at the last meeting there wasn’t familiarity with some of the trees. I know the City knows where the trees are but just from the architect’s standpoint where the mature pine trees are and the comment was those have to go but if there was any alternative positioning of the trail to save some of those trees to again screen from the water treatment plant and some of the park to protect those neighbors, was that an option? Bailey Krause: Well with the large impacts from construction that would happen with how mature the trees are, there would not be a long duration of the tree with how much of the construction impacts from the water treatment facility on many of the mature trees there so removing them we would come back and plant the largest ones possible to make them last the longest. If you put, plant a larger tree than it could stunt it’s growth but. Councilwoman Ryan: And so tonight we’re approving the plans which includes the landscaping so the question comes back to is there a new plan that has these trees, these additional trees that you’re talking about, are those in this plan that we’re going to be approving tonight? Todd Hoffman: There are two sets of landscaping happening with this project and then to go back and speak to the large row of trees it’s directly down the center of the cul-de-sac and so the pine trees that are there, the large trees that are there go straight through the cul-de-sac and straight through the playground area so you cannot move the cul-de-sac. The playground area can’t be moved so that row of trees is coming out. There are two planting sets going back in. 11 Chanhassen City Council – June 26, 2017 One with the water treatment plant. There’s landscaping included in that contract and then there’s also landscaping that will be included as a part of the park. Councilwoman Ryan: And that’s what’s represented here? Todd Hoffman: Both are represented here. Both the landscaping with the water treatment plant. Councilwoman Ryan: So this plan is the new, this wasn’t the plan that was presented at the Park and Recreation Commission. Todd Hoffman: This was the plan that was presented to the Park and Recreation Commission. Same plan. Councilwoman Ryan: Okay. Todd Hoffman: The row of trees extends to the west as well. To the west of the cul-de-sac and those are being preserved. Yep, there they are. Mayor Laufenburger: Any other member of council with comment or question? Or motion. Todd Hoffman: This is centered on the cul-de-sac. These trees. These trees are centered on the playground area and then this, from this direction here they’re being preserved. Councilwoman Ryan: Okay. So we’re really not willing to plant some arborvitae to protect, or I mean to screen the port-a-potty? Todd Hoffman: We have not in the past, no. Councilwoman Ryan: And so how many. Mayor Laufenburger: But. Councilwoman Ryan: Go ahead. Mayor Laufenburger: If I can, but you said that in Riley Ridge, Reflections on Lake Riley a neighbor came forward with the funds to plant the trees, is that correct? Todd Hoffman: That’s correct. Mayor Laufenburger: Okay. Todd Hoffman: And then also as a part of this plan, I’m not sure which house you’re speaking to but there are numerous trees between the location of the portable restroom and their homes so 12 Chanhassen City Council – June 26, 2017 there are some spruce trees that are located on that plan. The ones just to the, inbetween the park and the residential property there. Councilwoman Ryan: It’s the one on the east side of the street. Todd Hoffman: Correct. Councilwoman Tjornhom: So Todd what home is impacted that would have the potential of seeing the port-a-potty? Mayor Laufenburger: It’s the last home on the, the most southerly home but it’s on the east side of Manchester so it’d be the right. Todd Hoffman: It could be either one. This one or this one, I’m not sure which. Mayor Laufenburger: Councilmember Ryan which one are you saying? Councilwoman Ryan: The east side. Mayor Laufenburger: So that where it is right now, okay. Okay. Todd Hoffman: And there is landscaping between that home and the location of the portable restroom pad. Mayor Laufenburger: When you say landscaping, what do you mean by landscaping? Todd Hoffman: I believe it looks like 3 spruce trees. I’m looking on the parks plan. Mayor Laufenburger: I’m looking at the parks plan too. So on the east but just on the top side. Todd Hoffman: Yeah. Mayor Laufenburger: And what would be the size of those spruce trees, Bailey would you know? Ms. Krause. Do you know? Bailey Krause: Those are I bet, I believe they’re about 15 to 20 feet tall. Todd Hoffman: And those are going in with the water treatment plant project. Bailey Krause: Or oh the proposed ones here? Mayor Laufenburger: Yeah. 13 Chanhassen City Council – June 26, 2017 Bailey Krause: Those would go in at about 6 to 8 feet. Mayor Laufenburger: 6 to 8 feet so. Bailey Krause: So a significant loss but. Mayor Laufenburger: But the 6 to 8 feet also gives those trees an opportunity to establish and not be stunted by ground cover or anything like that, is that correct? Bailey Krause: Correct. Mayor Laufenburger: Okay. Todd Gerhardt: Mr. Mayor, council. We’ve had very poor experiences planting anything over 10 feet in a spruce, evergreen type tree. Mayor Laufenburger: When you say poor you mean the mortality? Todd Gerhardt: Very high mortality. Mayor Laufenburger: Okay. Paul Oehme: Mr. Mayor? We had talked to these property owners too in the process for the water treatment plant too and we have an extensive landscaping plan already with the contract for the water treatment plant and what we’re going to be doing with the property owners too is placing these trees along the property lines on the north side and meeting with the property owners to try to screen some of the areas that maybe they don’t want to see in the park or on the water treatment plant site too so we’re going to try to work with the property owners to try to place our trees in the best location possible and try to work with the property owners to try to meet their needs as well. Mayor Laufenburger: Sounds like what you’re saying Mr. Oehme is what we have here is a master plan that the cul-de-sac is firm. The park area is firm. The trail is firm. The building or the gazebo is firm but the placement of trees could be adjusted based on discussions with the neighbors, is that what you’re saying? Paul Oehme: Correct, yep. Mayor Laufenburger: Okay. Councilmember Ryan anything else you want to add? Councilwoman Ryan: I think that’s great. I’m sure that knowing that or being communicated that they’ll have an opportunity to discuss where those to protect or to do some of the screening 14 Chanhassen City Council – June 26, 2017 from their house, I think they’d appreciate that. That wasn’t the sense that they got previously so. Paul Oehme: Okay. Mayor Laufenburger: If I may I think it’s also important to note that discussion with a homeowner doesn’t necessarily mean the homeowner gets to decide where that tree is. Councilwoman Ryan: Right but provide an opinion of… Mayor Laufenburger: Absolutely. Councilwoman Ryan: And I know you’d do the best to accommodate it if we can’t put a screen around. Mayor Laufenburger: Right, okay. Any further discussion, questions, comments or motion? Councilman McDonald: Mr. Mayor I’ll do a motion. Mayor Laufenburger: Alright, thank you. Councilman McDonald: I would propose that the City Council approves the proposed master plan for a new neighborhood park to be located adjacent to the City’s west water treatment plant facility and approve the name Manchester Park, reflecting the park’s location on Manchester Drive. Mayor Laufenburger: Okay, we have a motion. Is there a second? Councilwoman Tjornhom: Second. Mayor Laufenburger: Thank you Councilmember Tjornhom. I would just like to add to this that it doesn’t need to be a part of the motion but I would direct staff to ensure that dialogue with the affected neighbors be incorporated into the execution of this master plan. Okay. All those in favor of the motion, any further discussion on the motion? Councilman McDonald moved, Councilwoman Tjornhom seconded that the City Council approves the proposed master plan for a new neighborhood park to be located adjacent to the City’s west water treatment plant facility and approve the name Manchester Park, reflecting the park’s location on Manchester Drive. All voted in favor and the motion carried unanimously with a vote of 5 to 0. Mayor Laufenburger: Let’s go to, thank you Ms. Krause. 15 Chanhassen City Council – June 26, 2017 Bailey Krause: Thank you. Mayor Laufenburger: Thank you very much. CONSENT AGENDA: 7. APPROVE RESOLUTION FOR AN LCDA GRANT APPLICATION FOR VENUE/ALDI. Mayor Laufenburger: And who’s is this? Kate Aanenson: Mine. Mayor Laufenburger: Okay. Thank you Ms. Aanenson. Go ahead. Kate Aanenson: Thank you Mayor, members of the City Council. What this action item it was requesting is that on behalf of the developer the City would be requesting a grant from the Metropolitan Council for $715,000. The project for the grant includes a substantial underground stormwater management to address the pre-existing conditions and the deficiencies in the area and seeks to maximize sustainability by incorporating a green roof on the commercial space, which will be visible to the residents living in the building and then also doing some PhotoVoltaic system to generate clean renewable energy and then enhance the pedestrian access th to connection to the sidewalks and that would be to the parking ramp and then also to West 78 Street so again the applicant is the funding source must be passed through the City. We’re not guaranteeing or matching any funds so the City just makes sure that the funds are being approved th for what they are requesting. So the application for this date is for June 28. Therefore this is your only meeting before the application is due and funding wouldn’t be secured for the Met Council until December so there’s no guarantee. There’s other, it’s a competitive process so when a developer asks us if we could give support typically that is our process to bring it to you and again these do meet the requirements of the Met Council’s request for the category that they’re in and we’ve had a pre-meeting with them and explained to them the project so we didn’t want to spend time with the developer if this wasn’t a process so we’re looking for the council’s approval of this resolution to allow them to continue to go through the process of securing those potential funds. Mayor Laufenburger: Alright thank you Ms. Aanenson. Before I ask, turn it over to you Councilmember Ryan, Ms. Aanenson would you just clarify for me one thing. Number one, does the granting of this application have any tax impact on citizens of Chanhassen? Kate Aanenson: No except for just the staff time. You know checking their, what they’ve done, which we would anyway with the approval and inspection. Mayor Laufenburger: And this is an application that is requested by the developer. Kate Aanenson: That’s correct. 16 Chanhassen City Council – June 26, 2017 Mayor Laufenburger: And they understand that our role in this is simply to provide a resolution of support. The decision to grant the funds comes from the Metropolitan Council Livable Communities, is that right? Kate Aanenson: That’s correct. Mayor Laufenburger: Okay, alright. Thanks for that clarification. Councilmember Ryan you asked that this be brought off the consent agenda. Your questions or comments. Councilwoman Ryan: Yes a few questions before I get to the ones that I have written. Could you explain that again? So they’re, in asking for our support in this resolution are they, you said they’re working with Met Council right now on the grant or they’ve already? Kate Aanenson: The grant will be sent out with this. If you, it has to have the resolution through the City. They want to know that they’re in the process. It’s a very competitive process so they’re not going to just take projects in line if there’s no, it’s not going to be approved because you can’t get reimbursed for stuff until you get the grant approved so the only. Councilwoman Ryan: So United Properties puts the grant together or fills out the application? Kate Aanenson: Yep. Yes, yes. Yes and then so they wouldn’t get reimbursed for work until after the grant’s received so it’s a timing too for them so. Councilwoman Ryan: And it’s a once a year grant process? Kate Aanenson: Maybe twice a year but you know again it’s a timing issue. If they wait until the next cycle they would be into the end of 2018 so this would allow them to potentially take advantage of putting that in in the spring of 2018 if the project were to be approved. Councilwoman Ryan: Okay. And in the Planning Commission meeting I know there was some discussion around whether or not there was going to be the green roof. Kate Aanenson: Yes it’s not only the Aldi’s. There’s some issues with Aldi’s but it will be on, there’s two tiers on the apartment building so it’d be on a different section of the apartment building. Not on Aldi’s. Councilwoman Ryan: Okay. And then two more questions. One haven’t we already put forward a grant from the CDA for $60,000? Kate Aanenson: Yes we have. 17 Chanhassen City Council – June 26, 2017 Councilwoman Ryan: Okay. And so now they’re coming back and asking for $715,000 towards this. Kate Aanenson: Correct. Councilwoman Ryan: And does this not cause any concern to have such a significant amount of money going to this project potentially? Kate Aanenson: Well I think we’ve bundled, we’ve done other things through deed where we’ve bundled numerous resources together. I think we’ve done it on other redevelopment projects. As you know redevelopment projects for example over on the British Petroleum site where we’ve got Potbelly’s, Smashburger and then where we have the gas station where we did the redevelopment of Starbuck’s. Mayor Laufenburger: Ivan’s Sinclair? Kate Aanenson: Yes both of those we cobbled together a couple resources. Those are just more challenging because they’re deficient in infrastructure regarding stormwater management and those sort of things so yes, we’ve cobbled together resources. Councilman Campion asked a question that was not heard on the audio. Kate Aanenson: Well I think you have to look at the proportionality too, the size of the projects and the complexity. Mayor Laufenburger: Mr. Campion let’s let Councilmember Ryan finish her questions and then. Councilwoman Ryan: I was going to ask that so that works. I guess this is the concern that I have is that you know not only do we have, are they asking for a fairly significant amount of money for this project but as we all know we’re starting that vision process for what we want to do with downtown and I am concerned that by moving forward, going to Met Council and asking them to look at this portion of the city and granting just such a significant amount of money to this area before we have a better understanding of what our needs potentially could be moving forward when we get this vision process and have a better understanding of what we’d like to see downtown become and have an understanding of that. I just am very concerned about the amount of money that is going to this particular project and then eliminating the opportunity for later in the year or next year when we have the vision process comes back and we have opportunity in another part of downtown that we have put such a significant amount of money into this area. Kate Aanenson: Understand the concern and I can’t address all those issues but I will say this, when you have a project in front of you is when you have to secure it. We don’t know when there’s going to be another project. Yes we’re going to look at the downtown plan. Some of that 18 Chanhassen City Council – June 26, 2017 might be different types of infrastructure regarding road realignment so this is a specific category for this type of thing so is someone else going to come in and ask for some of these same improvements? And what the timing of that would be. We’ve worked on this project for 2-3 years so I would think if there’s something else coming in someone might be starting on that already. I’m not aware of anything else that we’re looking at downtown. I’m actively not working on anything else in the core of downtown. But we are working on the downtown study for sure. Councilwoman Ryan: And you know it just, for United Properties you know in January we approved the $60,000. The grant for $60,000. Mayor Laufenburger: Well the City didn’t approve that. The grant was approved by Community Development Agency. Councilwoman Ryan: The resolution. Right we approved the resolution. Mayor Laufenburger: Right. In other words we established a resolution of support but the application still has to be approved by the organization that grants the funding. Yeah. Councilwoman Ryan: Okay I’ll ask it a different, or I’ll state it a different way. United Properties asked the CDA for $60,000. Now they’re looking to Met Council for $715,000. They’re asking the City to approve a TIF district. This just kind of causes some concern for me so I just wanted to bring that up. Mayor Laufenburger: Okay, any other questions or comments? Okay, Mr. Campion you had a question. Councilman Campion: I had one question. Is the, is this funding necessary now to make this economically viable? I mean I look at the part about the other pieces may be optional but the stormwater management elements is the piece that I can see most going towards the core development. I mean without this does the development not go forward? Kate Aanenson: I can’t answer that. They’re going through the process. I will say this, you know just because you’re applying for $700,000 doesn’t mean you’re going to get the whole amount. They could get a portion of that so. Mayor Laufenburger: Or they may get none. Kate Aanenson: They may get none, exactly. There’s a chance they get nothing so it’s not any different than any other developer that would come to us I’m in that window. Is there an opportunity that you could support this project and we’ve done that on other projects. 19 Chanhassen City Council – June 26, 2017 Mayor Laufenburger: And I think Mr. Campion, I think Ms. Aanenson said it correctly. You’re asking a question is it economically feasible. That’s a decision of the developer you know. We could pass judgment on that but it’s really ultimately it’s the developer to determine whether or not there’s economic reward for them to do a development like this. Councilman Campion: Well and I am just interested in that given the point that Councilmember Ryan made that you know does the, if they were to be awarded this full sum would that somehow preclude us from future monies for what other, you know the other developments that might go on downtown. Mayor Laufenburger: Okay that’s a legitimate question. Mr. Gerhardt do you know the answer to that question? Todd Gerhardt: Every application is looked at based on it’s own merits and what’s attractive about this development is that we’ve asked them to implement green roofs because people will be looking at the roofs of some of these buildings and we’ve asked them to make a pedestrian connection to the park and ride facility to make it as easy of a flow for pedestrians to access the park and ride facility. And stormwater management throughout the entire downtown is a challenge today based on the infrastructure that we put in 30 years ago so based on this being a market rate apartment next to a park and ride facility I would think they’re going to point very well. And it’s everything that the planning staff has requested as a part of their application so it was staff’s recommendation to the council to support this application. Mayor Laufenburger: Ms. Aanenson you’re involved with the ULI organization aren’t you? Kate Aanenson: (Yes). Mayor Laufenburger: Do you have any sense on how often grants of similar nature, not necessarily size but how often are grants like this applied for and granted to developers in other communities in the metro area? Minnetonka, etcetera. Can you just talk a little bit about that. Kate Aanenson: Sure. Minnetonka’s gotten some. Eden Prairie’s gotten some but I think all of that. Mayor Laufenburger: When you say the City has but it’s the developer. Kate Aanenson: Through the developer correct. Through the City and on those and I would say too when you have a larger builder they have probably more experience working on some of these projects. The developer, the LLC part of United Properties does projects all over the metro area so they have some experience working with that. I just want to circle back to the question about need because I know we had this discussion when we had a new franchisee that’s going to open up this week and we…said do we really need to give them assistance so we try not to look at that part of it. We’re saying in our downtown core stormwater management is tough. 20 Chanhassen City Council – June 26, 2017 Mayor Laufenburger: Yep. Kate Aanenson: That costs them a lot of money and almost killed the deal to the tune of $350,000 and so those are very expensive costs and that’s some of the issues here. So when you’ve got someone like that that can help reduce some of those costs and as you know until you get out of the ground that’s the tough part. Until you get your footing and foundation so if a developer comes to us and say you know I really want to pursue this to help reduce my risk and we want a project to move forward we always consider that and bring it forward to you. Mayor Laufenburger: Well Ms. Aanenson when we applied for the Livable Communities for the Ivan Sinclair site, how long ago was that? Do you recall? Kate Aanenson: ’14 or ’15. Mayor Laufenburger: 3 years ago maybe. Todd Gerhardt: 2 years. Mayor Laufenburger: Okay and have there been similar applications since then? Was that the most recent one? Todd Gerhardt: That was the most recent. We’ve received deed grants associated with federal package. Bernard Group. Working on another one right now. Mayor Laufenburger: Were those grants related to construction or were those grants related to employment? Todd Gerhardt: They were associated with employment but they did extensive remodeling and occupied empty space in the community. Mayor Laufenburger: Okay. Todd Gerhardt: Another project that did receive Livable Communities and tax increment financing is Village on the Ponds development and that was a pedestrian oriented, new urbanism project where they wanted to introduce bus shelters as a safe location for people to catch the bus so all the bus shelters located on Village on the Ponds were a part of the Livable Communities grant that we received. Right now Met Council gives out $130 million dollars in Livable Communities grants per year. Mayor Laufenburger: $130 million? Todd Gerhardt: $130 million. 21 Chanhassen City Council – June 26, 2017 Mayor Laufenburger: That’s Metropolitan Council so that’s the 7 county metropolitan area. Todd Gerhardt: Correct. Mayor Laufenburger: And this is. Todd Gerhardt: $700,000. Mayor Laufenburger: Okay, alright. Any other question or comment? Once again Ms. Aanenson we are not granting this application. We are merely demonstrating that the City Council, if this motion passes or if we get a motion and it passes, then we are simply demonstrating that we support the application for this grant so that it can be submitted by June th 28, is that correct? Kate Aanenson: Correct and it’s specifically on the merits of the things that they have identified. The stormwater, connections, those things. th Todd Gerhardt: And Mayor and council this item is coming back to you at the July 10 meeting. Mayor Laufenburger: This item particularly or the project itself? Todd Gerhardt: Venue. Mayor Laufenburger: Venue, okay. Todd Gerhardt: Okay and if for some reason the council doesn’t appear Venue the grant application will cease. Mayor Laufenburger: It goes away. Todd Gerhardt: So I don’t want you to think that you’re approving this grant application will automatically grant the approval of the venue. I just want to make sure that’s clear amongst the public and the City Council. Mayor Laufenburger: Okay. th Todd Gerhardt: But this has a February, or June 18 deadline that we’re trying to meet. th Mayor Laufenburger: June 28 deadline. th Todd Gerhardt: 28, sorry. 22 Chanhassen City Council – June 26, 2017 Councilman McDonald: Mr. Mayor? Mayor Laufenburger: Councilman McDonald. Councilman McDonald: I’d like to propose a motion that the City Council adopts the attached resolution identifying the need for Livable Communities demonstration account funding and authorizing an application for grant funds. Mayor Laufenburger: Okay we have a motion. Is there a second? Councilwoman Tjornhom: Second. Mayor Laufenburger: Thank you Councilmember Tjornhom. Is there any further discussion? Okay I’m going to change this the way we vote on this one. I would like to say all those in favor of the motion signify by raising your right hand. All those opposed raise your right hand. Resolution #2017-39: Councilman McDonald moved, Councilwoman Tjornhom seconded that the City Council adopts the attached resolution identifying the need for Livable Communities Demonstration account funding and authorizing an application for grant funds. Mayor Laufenburger, Councilman McDonald and Councilwoman Tjornhom voted in favor. Councilwoman Ryan and Councilman Campion voted in opposition. The motion carried with a vote of 3 to 2. Mayor Laufenburger: Okay that motion carries 3-2. VISITOR PRESENTATIONS. TOUR DE TONKA 2017 – TIM LITFIN, MINNETONKA COMMUNITY EDUCATION. Mayor Laufenburger: Mr. McDonald I’m going to ask that we defer this item, D-9 for just a second because we have a visitor with us tonight that I think is, he was kind of hiding behind Mr. Hoffman there so visitor presentations are anyone wishing to address the council on a matter that is not on the agenda for the evening and we simply ask that you step to the podium. State your name and address for the record and why you’re here. Welcome Mr. Litfin. Tim Litfin: Good evening Mr. Mayor, council members, city staff and community members. Thank you for having me here tonight. Tim Litfin. I’m here to talk about Tour de Tonka. A bike ride that probably comes through Chanhassen in early August and I’m passing around some goodies that all the riders and the volunteers will get this year so council members feel free to don the glasses while you listen to a presentation and I’ve got a power point and, do you have the video? Mayor Laufenburger: I should have given you some prep time Mr. Litfin. 23 Chanhassen City Council – June 26, 2017 Tim Litfin: There’s a video we’ll pull up. It’s a highlight video from last year Mr. Mayor. Right at the bottom. Just about 3 ½ minutes long and then I’ll talk about the event and while the video’s playing I’ll get you back on your agenda here real fast. I apologize for being late. I was similarly presenting at the City of Minnetonka and got bumped there. Todd Hoffman: Tour de Tonka 2016 or Chanhassen? Tim Litfin: 2016 Tour de Tonka video. There you go, that’s the one. Councilwoman Ryan: Are these 3D? Tim Litfin: Oh definitely. Definitely. $2.99 gets you 3D. A video of highlights from the 2016 Tour de Tonka was shown. Tim Litfin: This shows the start of the race…and this is Minnetonka High School start early in the morning. The first Saturday in August. Beautiful morning just like it’s promising to be this year. And this year we’ll be starting at 3 sites. We’ll add the Minnetonka Community Education Center for a third start site this year. And that’s for safety. We can get more riders out easier, quicker, faster, safer if we have a third site for starting. There are 7 different ride choices this year. Anywhere from 16 to 100 miles and you can see all kinds of highlight pictures. You might see yourself in here somewhere. I’m sure we have a rider…I know we have the wonderful Carver County sheriff’s department here to provide great safety for this event and we want to thank them. They’re awesome people as you know. 527 volunteers last year…pull this event off. …we’ve had 41 states represented for riding in the event which is pretty remarkable. I certainly didn’t expect that some 12 years ago when we were planning this out on a napkin but it’s turned out to be a great event. It’s a major event for the community. 23 cities we’ll be able to ride through this year. There are some of the riders at the start at Minnetonka High School… 14 rest stops full of music and treats for everybody. All kinds of goodies. Here’s some volunteers. Anybody in here plays a musical instrument we’re looking for one more band or you can create your own band… Also council members we’re going to be honored this year, Mr. Mayor Laufenburger will give the welcome address at Minnetonka High School. He’ll be atop of a 20 foot tower. Mayor Laufenburger: You didn’t say anything about a 20 foot tower. Tim Litfin: We’ll lift you up gracefully. It’s a wonderful day. It has been. What’s really fun is it’s a ride, not a race. Some people think it’s a race and we have a reminder from our law enforcement community to try to control that urge by some but most people know it’s just a ride. A pleasurable opportunity to get out and enjoy the western suburbs and further out. Cute study, or cute statement from somebody is 2 years ago…get back with stories and they tell stories all the time…geez what a great ride. I was way out in western Minnesota. Really, where were you? He says I was in Norwood and so you never know what their perspective is when they come to 24 Chanhassen City Council – June 26, 2017 this event because they’re coming from literally all over. We had 160 communities represented in the ride last year so it’s a fun event. It proudly comes through Chan and first Saturday in August. Any volunteers that are out there or listening tonight we would love to have you and if there’s riders out there as well, TourdeTonka.org. Thank you to city staff here has been awesome to work with each and every year I thank you. Todd and Todd and other staff, thank you very much and getting law enforcement and mayor and council members appreciate your support. Thank you. Mayor Laufenburger: Alright, any questions for Mr. Litfin? We enjoy a wonderful partnership with Minnetonka on this event and we’re pleased to provide our real estate for you to do this. Can you tell me how many riders did you have last year? Tim Litfin: Last year we had 3,523 I believe was the number so that’s a nice number. It helps us get them out safely by going to 3 sites this year and you know we’re not looking to be the biggest ride ever but we’re a pretty good sized ride. We just want to be the most fun and the safest event that we can be and so far we’ve been that. Mayor Laufenburger: And you support the ICA Food Shelf which is obviously a food shelf that serves the western and southwest metro area. Tim Litfin: Yes sir Mr. Mayor, thank you for bringing that up. The ICA Food Shelf is a big partner of our’s and they’ve very happy to do that. As we are. Mayor Laufenburger: Good. Well I’m looking forward to being with you. That’s the morning th of August 5, is that right? th Tim Litfin: Yes sir, Saturday, August 5. Mayor Laufenburger: O Dark 30 I think you asked me to be there, is that correct? Tim Litfin: You’re going to be there early and I know you’re up anyway early Mr. Mayor. Great communicator is your mayor as you know and so we have fun emailing back and forth from time to time. Mayor Laufenburger: Well I hope that we can get some good Chanhassen folk out there to either volunteer or to ride. Tim Litfin: Chanhassen has been within the top 5 every single year for participation in the event so feel good about that out there. And volunteers as well in the top 5 so thank you Chanhassen as well. Mayor Laufenburger: Alright, well thank you Mr. Litfin for being here and say hello to your son for me okay. 25 Chanhassen City Council – June 26, 2017 Tim Litfin: Thank you Mr. Mayor. Have a good evening everyone. Mayor Laufenburger: This visitor presentation time is available for anybody wishing to address the council on any matter that is not on the agenda tonight so there being none further we’ll close visitor presentations and we’ll return to our items that came off the consent agenda. CONSENT AGENDA: 9. APPROVE RESOLUTION ACCEPTING DONATION FROM THE CHANHASSEN ESTATES RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION (CERA) TO ASSIST WITH THE PURCHASE OF A REPLACEMENT THERMAL IMAGING CAMERA FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. Mayor Laufenburger: Mr. McDonald I think you raised this question. Is there a staff report on this? Chief you want to talk about this? Chief Don Johnson: Mayor, Councilman McDonald, yeah I received a phone call from Ron Pilgrim who lives in the neighborhood and he requested that we find a way to accept a donation for the fire department in regards to the money left within CERA. I talked about a few different options for him including the relief and the City and him and his wife Lynn requested that they donate to the City so we could purchase or assist with purchasing a piece of equipment. Mayor Laufenburger: Just for the people know Chanhassen Estates is the area directly south of the McDonald’s along Dakota, is that correct? Chief Don Johnson: Correct. Mayor Laufenburger: Okay, alright. Mr. McDonald did you have a question about this? Councilman McDonald: Mr. Mayor I don’t have a question. The reason I pulled this off is that I think anytime anybody does something for the benefit of the city they deserve more recognition than to have this buried within the consent agenda. We do it for all types of organizations and I think that again we should give recognition and our thanks to the Chanhassen Estates Residents Association for doing this. Again it’s out of the goodness of their heart. It goes for a good cause. I think anything that helps the fire department is good for the community so I just wanted to make sure that they got their proper due and that at least in a public forum we do recognize their donation and that the City expresses it’s thanks and gratitude for them thinking of us. Mayor Laufenburger: Alright. Any other question or comment? Chief Don Johnson: Mr. Mayor, Councilman McDonald. I did offer to bring Mr. Pilgrim and his wife and he would not come to the council meeting so. 26 Chanhassen City Council – June 26, 2017 Councilman McDonald: That’s my job Chief is to make sure that if they don’t show up they still get recognition. Chief Don Johnson: I understand. Councilman McDonald: So tell them thank you. Chief Don Johnson: I will. Todd Gerhardt: Mayor, council, we usually follow up these items on behalf of the City Council and the Mayor signs a letter thanking them for their generous donation also so we will do that. Councilman McDonald: But again. Todd Gerhardt: But it wasn’t public. Councilman McDonald: This has been memorialized now. It will be on the internet forever and that their name is out there so again thank you. Chief Don Johnson: Thank you. Councilman McDonald: Now Mr. Mayor if it’s alright I’ll make a motion that the City Council approves a resolution accepting a donation from the Chanhassen Estates Residents Association (CERA) in the amount of $672.50 to assist with the purchase of a replacement Thermal Imaging Camera for the fire department. Mayor Laufenburger: Thank you Mr. McDonald, we have a motion. Is there a second? Councilman Campion: Second. Mayor Laufenburger: Thank you Mr. Campion. Any further discussion? Resolution #2017-40: Councilman McDonald moved, Councilman Campion seconded that the City Council approves a resolution accepting a donation from the Chanhassen Estates Residents Association (CERA) in the amount of $672.50 to assist with the purchase of a replacement Thermal Imaging Camera for the fire department. All voted in favor and the motion carried unanimously with a vote of 5 to 0. FIRE DEPARTMENT/LAW ENFORCEMENT UPDATE. Mayor Laufenburger: This is a time for our monthly fire department and law enforcement update. We have with us Sergeant George Pufahl from the Carver County Sheriff’s Office for our monthly update on law enforcement. Welcome Sergeant. 27 Chanhassen City Council – June 26, 2017 Sgt. George Pufahl: Thank you and good evening Mr. Mayor and City Council. So I’ll be delivering the update for Lieutenant Kittelson who’s out of town this week so. Our monthly calls for service for Group A crimes last month was 51 in comparison to the month before was also 51 and then April 48 and then March 50. Group B crimes this last month was 14. Previous was 17, 13 and 9. Non-criminal calls for service, we had 484 calls this last month. We had 508 traffic stops and then administrative, administrative went up from 36 the previous month to last month 100 and that’s basically because of alcohol license renewals that are coming up and that we had and also solicitor permits that had come through as well. Mayor Laufenburger: So those administrative calls are not specifically in response to activity that is not in compliance? Sgt. George Pufahl: Correct. Mayor Laufenburger: These are things that you do in order to support city business. Sgt. George Pufahl: Yep, yep. Those supporting city businesses. Going through applications and just yearly renewals and so forth. Mayor Laufenburger: Okay, very well. Sgt. George Pufahl: For arrest citations and verbal warnings we had 28 incidents resulting in 34 individuals being arrested and charged with 73 different crimes or assortment of crimes so. January we had 21 arrests. February we had 42. March we had 39 and April was at 42. We had 99 citations, 43 for speed, 16 for no proof of insurance, 8 for driving after suspension or driving after revocation. But if you look at the comparison of citations given and warnings given we had 290 warnings for infractions so we’re looking at when officers look at a balance making sure that we’re educating people, just not citing everybody as well so I think we’re doing a pretty good job of educating for what we’re doing. TZD, Towards Zero Death. This last month we had the seat ndth belt wave. Child restrain enforcement. That was May 22 through June 4. County wide we had 45 citations for no seat belts. City of Chanhassen got 7 and then coming up, well with the TZD it’s so you’re aware of it, it’s state and federal funded for overtime enforcement efforts and we participate with all the other agencies in the state of Minnesota. We work together. Together we work on the same days and same timeframes just so we can have the enforcement out there for education. Just like if you look at the billboards as you go by on Highway 212 it says buckle up. Better seat belt stuff. You know it’s not just us doing that. It’s everybody else in the state thrd so. Coming up July 7 through July 23 is our speed wave enforcement so just a head’s up. That’s coming up. Community update. Detail with Deputies. Lieutenant Kittelson presented a th law enforcement update with the seniors at the Senior Center on June 5 and then Lake Minnetonka Triathlon we assisted with traffic control on the bicycle portion of the triathlon that th went through the city of Chanhassen on June 17. Training dates or training update. We just finished up a fourth session of training for the sheriff’s office and it was mainly range and then 28 Chanhassen City Council – June 26, 2017 also scenario based skills building situations. And then we recently, Sergeant Anderley and his team just did a pedestrian safety detail in the city of Chan. Powers and Lake Susan Drive. Time of that detail was 8:20 p.m. to 8:50 p.m. so there was still some light out. As a result or the focus on it was using non-marked crosswalks and basically focusing on targeted vehicles traveling south on Powers, which is a 4 lane road and has a posted speed limit of 45 miles an hour so basically we just want to see what we have for compliance or non-compliance of people. We had an individual who was our bait person who was our walker. They go across the street and as a result we had 24 vehicles stopped. We had lowest speed of somebody going through the intersection was 29 miles an hour. Highest speed was 55. 11 of the 24 drivers stopped failed to yield for pedestrians and were given verbal warnings so at this time we’re helping educate and then beyond that they’ll be a different route so most of the drivers were unaware that they had to yield to pedestrians because it didn’t have a crosswalk there but actually per state statute and state law yeah you do. Mayor Laufenburger: So regardless of the presence of a crosswalk, if a pedestrian enters the roadway the vehicle operator is required. Sgt. George Pufahl: Yep, he/she yeah they need to stop. Now as they’re proceeding through the intersection, as soon as the person goes past them and they’re already in the next lane of traffic then the vehicle can proceed through so they don’t have to wait for the person to get from side A all the way to side B. Mayor Laufenburger: All the way through. Sgt. George Pufahl: But if they get past that, their lane of traffic then they’re clear to proceed forward through so. And then one of the situations a driver actually laid on their horn continuously until after she passed the pedestrian as she felt the pedestrian was in error so that person was talked to and advised that no, you’re in error so. And then as a summary of the statute where traffic control signals are not in place or in operation the driver of a vehicle shall stop to yield the right-of-way of a pedestrian crossing the roadway within a marked crosswalk or in an intersection with no marked crosswalk. The driver must remained stopped until the pedestrian has passed the lane in which a vehicle has stopped so just like I mentioned earlier. th And then with 4 of July, just kind of a friendly reminder. Public safety reminder. If it comes from Wisconsin or out of state and it comes in, more than likely it’s going to be illegal so just we th don’t want to see any accidents over the weekend or over 4 of July coming up. We do want people to enjoy themselves and have a good time but typically if it flies in the air and goes boom it’s illegal so just use caution on that as a general rule so that concludes my report. Mayor Laufenburger: Just a moment then Sergeant. Any questions or comments for Sergeant Pufahl? Nice job Sergeant. Nice to have you here. Sgt. George Pufahl: Thank you. Have a good night. 29 Chanhassen City Council – June 26, 2017 Mayor Laufenburger: Next we have our monthly report from Chief Johnson. Chief Don Johnson: Good evening Mayor, council. This is my report for the month of May. I’m happy to report we hired 7 folks. They started June 12th so brings our numbers up from, to 42 of 45 positions. They’re actually already starting hard at work. We’ll be starting EMR th training with them at just after the 4 of July. Excited to have 7 new folks aboard. Went to 55 calls during the month of May. Totals through May were 289 calls. Duty crew responded to 11 bringing our annual total of duty crew calls up to 42. Significant calls included 26 EMS calls including 6 motor vehicle accidents. One structure fire on West Farm Road and one car fire on 5 and Dell. Monthly training was officer training and pre-plan with the walk through for Chick-fil- A. We did some relay pumping and we’re doing auto extrication tonight. I just returned from the Wisconsin Fire Chiefs Association conference in Green Bay. That was part of an ambassadorship with my duties with Minnesota Chiefs Association so it was interesting to see another organization’s education conference. And I got to go to Green Bay for the first time so. ndst Other activities, Station 2 was closed from May 22 through June 1 to completely repair the asphalt driveway and sidewalk. We couldn’t drive on it at that point so I’m happy to report that that work is done thanks to work through Streets and Public Works. We honored our annual commitment to the Chanhassen Legion by escorting the Honor Guard on Memorial Day as well as filling the medical detail for the City celebration. We staffed a medical standby crew for a Lions Walk at the Arboretum. We also assisted the Rotary again this year with the Gala and the th parking. Always appreciate being asked to do that. And we had our annual banquet on May 13 and thank you to Councilwoman Tjornhom for attending that that evening and giving the group th an address. Upcoming is 4 of July. I’m happy to report that all of our positions are staffed. We’ll be working with the sheriff’s office to have that city incident action plan made up. We’ve th got quite a bit of stuff coming up for the fire department as well as Black Hat on July 17 so those invitations should have went out to council and city staff and with that I can stand for questions. Mayor Laufenburger: Alright thank you Chief. Any questions or comments for Chief Johnson? Todd Gerhardt: Chief Johnson you didn’t tour communities around Green Bay and check out any of their equipment did you? Chief Don Johnson: I did attend an event that toured a fire station in Green Bay, yes I did. Mayor Laufenburger: What color are their fire trucks? Chief Don Johnson: Their fire trucks are red. Todd Gerhardt: They have quite a bit of assistance in fire equipment purchasing in Wisconsin. Mayor Laufenburger: Oh really? From anybody we know? 30 Chanhassen City Council – June 26, 2017 Todd Gerhardt: The State I think. Mayor Laufenburger: Chief I have a question for you. Chief Don Johnson: Yes Mayor. Mayor Laufenburger: When you have an incident that involves a tragedy of some sort, do you have a chaplain that you deploy for compassionate care with the parties at all? Chief Don Johnson: We do. We’re very lucky to have the fire department chaplain Steve Anderson who is married to one of our firefighters in the west end. Steve is extensively trained. He has his own parish as well as he’s got quite a bit of experience in dealing with things that come from having your own parish. Steve does a lot of the things that when an incident like this would happen and we’ve had deaths in the community where the fire department and the police and EMS are gone, Steve will stay with that family and work through things waiting to make sure that their faith provider is there. If they have needs that we can help with or that he can help with. It’s pretty significant for us to have Steve. Steve’s got a radio. He’s got a pager. He understands and will check in and check with us if we need his services on day or evening when his pager goes off. This month we’re actually, we’re sending him to San Francisco to the National Conference on Critical Incident Stress Management and from that he’ll have a certification to help with those types of incidents so quite common for us as responders to, if we have a critical incident that we respond to the community that involves significant loss or a major incident where our folks are having trouble dealing with that, Steve would be qualified to hold those types of counseling sessions with our responders or other responders around. Steve also works pretty closely with Carver County Chaplains Group. He goes to their meetings. He assists them and Chanhassen if they don’t have a chaplain as well as they’ll assist us if Steve’s not available so very good network of, that Steve can provide for us and with being part of the fire department just another service that we can extend to the community through him. Great, th alright. Thank you Chief. Well we’re looking to seeing your fire trucks in the parade on the 4 of July. Chief Don Johnson: They’ll be there. I’d like to add what Sergeant Pufahl said with the community and a lot of these aerial devices. Once you let them go you can’t get them back so some of them will burn until they hit the ground and often times that could be somebody’s roof or vegetation. Wood mulch is very volatile so if it lands in the wood mulch that tends to start on fire and well after you go to bed so I’d really encourage the public to stay within the legal means of using fireworks and stay away from the aerial devices. Mayor Laufenburger: Celebrate responsibly. Chief Don Johnson: Correct. Mayor Laufenburger: Alright, thank you Chief. 31 Chanhassen City Council – June 26, 2017 Todd Gerhardt: Mayor just to add to your incident where there might be children in a car accident, ABATE of Minnesota did donate about 30 teddy bears for the fire department this last, not this last, yeah this last Monday so they could give it to the child to kind of comfort them during an accident or fire. So thank you ABATE of Minnesota. American Bikers for Awareness and Training and so they’ve done that I think 4 years ago and they go throughout all the fire departments and donate bears in Carver County. Mayor Laufenburger: Wonderful. Thank you Chief. Thank you Mr. Gerhardt. PUBLIC HEARING: APPROVE REQUEST FOR ON-SALE WINE AND BEER LICENSE, HALLA GREENS, 495 PIONEER TRAIL. Mayor Laufenburger: And who’s got this one? Ms. Petersen. Nice to see you Chelsea. Chelsea Petersen: Thank you Mr. Mayor. Halla Greens at 495 Pioneer Trail has applied for a beer and wine license. They do have a beer only license at this point in time. They can serve 3.2 beer and I think strong beer but this license would allow them to sell wine as well. No hard liquor though. It would be in the same areas that they can sell beer currently. The club house, the surrounding patio areas as well as the course and the range. As part of this new license we did do a background check and no comments from the public were received and there were no alcohol related violations found with the club itself or the General Manager which I think might be present if we have any questions for him. Or me. Mayor Laufenburger: Alright, thank you. Any questions of staff or the applicant? Did we, just as a memory or a reminder, did we recently do a similar grant to Bluff Creek? Is that correct? Chelsea Petersen: Correct, yes. Mayor Laufenburger: Okay, alright. Please come forward David. State your name and. David Kirkbride: Mayor and council, David Kirkbride, 2080 Boulder Road. General Manager at the Halla Greens Golf Course. Here to answer any questions you may have. Mayor Laufenburger: Just remind us, how long has Halla Greens been there David? David Kirkbride: 11 years. Mayor Laufenburger: Wow. I know a lot of kids and families just love to come out there. David Kirkbride: We enjoy having them very much. Mayor Laufenburger: Good. Good to know. Alright it doesn’t look like there’s any questions. 32 Chanhassen City Council – June 26, 2017 David Kirkbride: Perfect. Mayor Laufenburger: Thank you very much. I’m looking for either comment or a motion. Councilwoman Ryan: I’ll make a motion Mayor. Mayor Laufenburger: Councilmember Ryan. Councilwoman Ryan: I’d like to make the motion that the City Council approves the request for an on-sale beer and wine license from Halla Greens LLC doing business as Halla Greens Golf Course. Mayor Laufenburger: Thank you for that motion. Is there a second? Councilman Campion: Second. Mayor Laufenburger: Thank you Mr. Campion. I was reminded that I actually didn’t open a public hearing so I’m going to take a moment. We have a motion on the floor but I’m going to open this for a public hearing to be in accordance with our rules Mr. Knutson. Is there anybody who’d like to speak on this subject of a request for an on-sale wine and beer license? There being none I will close that public hearing. Return it to the council. Any discussion on the motion? Councilwoman Ryan moved, Councilman Campion seconded that the City Council approves the request for an on-sale beer and wine license from Halla Greens LLC doing business as Halla Greens Golf Course. All voted in favor and the motion carried unanimously with a vote of 5 to 0. PUBLIC HEARING: PARK ROAD/PARK PLACE STREET REHABILITATION PROJECT 16-04: ACCEPT BIDS AND AWARD CONTRACT; ASSESSMENT HEARING; AND APPROVE RESOLUTION REQUESTING ADVANCEMENT OF STATE AID FUNDS. Mayor Laufenburger: Is this your’s Mr. Oehme? Paul Oehme: It is Mayor, thank you. Mayor Laufenburger: Alright, Mr. Oehme. Paul Oehme: City council members. As indicated this is a rehabilitation project for Park Road, Park Place. For the agenda tonight I’d like to just give a brief background on the project and the needs and purpose for the project. Review the proposed improvements. Discuss the cost and the 33 Chanhassen City Council – June 26, 2017 funding of the project. Review the schedule and then I would request that an assessment hearing be opened for the project as well. So Park Road/Park Place is located between Powers Boulevard to the east and Audubon Road to the west. Just south of Highway 5. It’s about .8 miles worth of streets that are proposed for improvements. Park Road was originally built in ’82 at it’s current width and curb and gutter and Park Place, which is the cul-de-sac north of Park Road was constructed in ’87. The road has been sealcoated a couple times already. The project was originally proposed for the summer of 2016 but has been deferred to this summer. The scope of the project that we’re looking at, I will maybe just review the pavement condition index too is right around 40 and 50 PCI and that’s indication that the street is in need of rehabilitation. There’s longitudinal and traverse cracks out there. Lots of potholes. City staff’s out there patching yearly and the street is to the point where minor maintenance cannot significantly prolong the project anymore and it’s not cost effective to look at that, those type of treatments at this time. So that’s why we’re proposing a little bit more robust project this year. So what are we looking at is to replace a portion of the curb and gutter that’s out there that had settled, cracked, heaved that is damaged. We’re looking at replacing about a little over 10 percent of the sidewalk that’s out there. Some of the sidewalk has heaved and cracked and should be replaced. It’s a tripping hazard. The whole street is proposed to be milled 3 inches and then repaved with new bituminous. If there’s any distresses that are identified when the street is milled up those areas will be corrected for additional structural strength and then we’ll, like I said we’ll repave the street with two lifts of bituminous, inch and a half each and then we’ll restripe the road to it’s current striping configuration. Staff has reviewed the utilities in the area and most of the utilities are in decent shape. No watermain breaks are identified in the area. However we are going to replace some of the hydrants and some of the valves but mainly those are going to be done by the Utility Department and they have been done. Some of those have already been completed at this point. Some of the sanitary sewer has been televised. There’s no sanitary pipe that appears that needs replacing at this time so what we’re looking at is replacing the castings that are out there with some better I and I castings. Putting in some I and I barriers. That’s the infiltration barriers around the casting so no surface water or ground water can get into the manholes and then a self sealing lids which are the castings. Included with the castings. And then there’s additional storm sewer catch basins and manholes that we’re looking at and pipes that need to repair and new doghouses and new structures that in various locations that are looking to be replaced. The large box culvert, the 12 by 12 box culvert that is adjacent to IDI. That’s Riley Creek, is in currently rated in poor condition. Actually it’s, at the state level it’s rated as a structurally deficient structure. This structure is proposed to be replaced at this time. The rebar in several locations is showing and rusting out. The concrete is falling and deteriorated to the point where it cannot be maintained anymore and the floor of the culvert also has mainly washed away and deteriorated as well. That’s included in the project. So for the scope of the project we have bid th out the project on May 9 at 2:00. We did receive 4 bids. The low bidder for this project was Valley Paving at $856,210.45 which is about $180,000 less than the engineer’s estimate. Park Construction came in second at $911,000 which is I think about $55,000 more than Valley Paving. The bids have been checked for accuracy and these are the numbers that will be certified. The cost for the, and the financing for the project is shown here. Revolving Assessment would pay for the portion of Park Place. The cul-de-sac of a little over $61,000. 34 Chanhassen City Council – June 26, 2017 That’s not state aid eligible. The bridge or the culvert cost came in at about $313,000. That is state aid eligible and then the rest of the street, the curb and gutter and the sidewalk and the asphalt is all state aid eligible and that came in at about $613,000. The proposed assessments are consistent with our current practice that the City has of assessing 40 percent back to benefiting property owners. The total assessment amount is $167,890. That’s a per acreage charge. In this case for commercial properties of $2,801.36 and the assessment roll is shown in your packet. The proposed assessments would be over an 8 year period at 6 percent interest and that’s prime for the interest rate is calculated by taking the prime rate currently and then adding 2 percent on top of that just for City’s carrying cost. And then staff is recommending an interest st rate period until November 1. The proposed schedule. I did talk to the contractor today and st he’s looking at a right around August 1, maybe the first week in August start time. We still have a lot of paperwork to do so there will be a 7 day window prior to when the notification goes out to start that he would be able to mobilize his equipment. The road must be paved within 7 days after milling so we’re looking at replacing the box culvert and some of the curb and gutter and sidewalks and try to get out, that all wrapped up before we actually mill up the street. And st then substantial completion per the contract is October 31 of this year and then final completion which would be the restoration and any other minor maintenance punch list items have to be th done by June 14 of next year. The state aid advancement was originally approved for this project in January of last year. State aid does require that the project be awarded within one year of the resolution. Since we deferred the project for one year a new resolution supporting advancement of state aid funds is requested through this council action. And with that if there’s any questions I’d be more than happy to try to answer them but I would request that an assessment hearing be opened for this project. The property owners who should be reminded that if they wish to contest their assessment they must write a written objection to the City either prior to or during the actual assessment hearing. Objections after the public hearing or the assessment hearing are invalid and to date there has not been any written objections delivered to staff. Mayor Laufenburger: Okay, alright. First of all before I open the assessment hearing, we’re actually, the action that you’re requesting is resolution to accept the bids, adopt the assessment roll and thirdly adopt the resolution requesting the advancement of state aid funds, all in this single motion, is that correct? Paul Oehme: Correct, right. Mayor Laufenburger: So it’s 3 different actions but it’s very customary for us to include all three of these together. Paul Oehme: And I have that in one motion. Mayor Laufenburger: Right, okay. Before I open the hearing is there any questions from staff? Anybody? How long does it take to replace that box culvert? I mean you’ve got to dig it out, so how long will that road be closed to do that? 35 Chanhassen City Council – June 26, 2017 Paul Oehme: We’re anticipating about 5 weeks for the road. For the box culvert to be replaced so it will probably be maybe mid-September before the road is potentially patched back and opened again. Luckily IWCO they do have a parking lot on the west side of the creek there but they do have a pedestrian bridge that they still can get across. Mayor Laufenburger: Oh they do, okay. Paul Oehme: Their employees so they don’t have to, typically they take the sidewalk and go up to the building. Mayor Laufenburger: So is the pedestrian bridge not going to be replaced or is it? Paul Oehme: Well it’s their private bridge. Mayor Laufenburger: Oh. Paul Oehme: Yep it’s. Mayor Laufenburger: So it’s in their property. Paul Oehme: That bridge won’t be impacted by our project so that’s, I’m glad they have that. Todd Gerhardt: So Paul do you dam up the creek or do you do it in halves? Paul Oehme: So there’s many ways to do it. There might be a coffer dam that the, we’re trying to do it later in the summer too when the creek levels are down anyways so there might be a coffer dam and we pump it to the side there. They might just build the ditch section or the excavation a little bit wider and let it meander around the box culvert so there’s many techniques that we’re going to be working with and that’s part of their SWPPP project too and we need to figure that out. I don’t have a plan right now but there’s several things that we’re going to be looking at that potentially can do to make sure that the creek is still flowing. Mayor Laufenburger: Okay. Being no questions at this time I would like to open the assessment hearing on this project. Street rehabilitation project 16-04. Anybody who would like to address the council on any concerns or comments or questions regarding the assessment step forward at this time. Just a reminder if there’s any objections the objections must be submitted in writing no later than the conclusion of this assessment hearing. Alright there being no comments during this assessment hearing I will close the hearing and bring it back to the council for comments, questions or motion. Councilwoman Tjornhom: Mr. Mayor I’ll make a motion. 36 Chanhassen City Council – June 26, 2017 Mayor Laufenburger: Councilmember Tjornhom, thank you. Councilwoman Tjornhom: I’d like to make a motion that the City Council adopts the attached resolution accepting the bids and awards the contract for Park Road/Park Place Street Rehabilitation Project Number 16-04 to Valley Paving in the amount of $856,210.45. The City Council adopts the assessment roll and resolution for the Park Road/Park Place Street Rehabilitation Project Number 16-04. And the City Council adopts the resolution requesting advancement of State Aid Funds. Mayor Laufenburger: Alright we have a valid motion. Is there a second? Councilman McDonald: Second. Mayor Laufenburger: Thank you Councilmember McDonald. So council just a reminder we’re actually taking 3 actions tonight. All in a single motion. Is there any further discussion? Councilwoman Tjornhom moved, Councilman McDonald seconded that the City Council adopts attached Resolution #2017-41: accepting the bids and awards the contract for Park Road/Park Place Street Rehabilitation Project No. 16-04 to Valley Paving in the amount of $856,210.45; and the City Council adopts the assessment roll and Resolution #2017-42: for the Park Road/Park Place Street Rehabilitation Project No. 16-04; and the City Council adopts Resolution #2017-43: requesting advancement of State Aid Funds. All voted in favor and the motion carried unanimously with a vote of 5 to 0. Mayor Laufenburger: Thank you very much Mr. Oehme. Alright that concludes all of our business at this time. COUNCIL PRESENTATIONS. Mayor Laufenburger: Any council presentations? I have one. We are about to lose a city th landmark, an icon and not so much lose but on June 30 of this month the Lee Kaufman affectionately known as Postmaster Private is retiring. Lee Kaufman has been the source of great service and great joy to this community for a number of years and I would encourage all of you that are watching at home or watching on cable channel or on livestream and those in the chamber here, if you haven’t done so just stop by and see Lee this week and ask him about the joke of the day. He is, his wit is drier than, I don’t know. Todd Gerhardt: Sand. Mayor Laufenburger: Sand. Drier than sand. One that particularly stands out to me, he said Denny, have you heard about the new corduroy pillow cases? I said no. They’re making head lines. Da da. Anyway to Lee. 37 Chanhassen City Council – June 26, 2017 Todd Gerhardt: That’s a good one. Mayor Laufenburger: That is a very good one. To Lee Kaufman. Todd Gerhardt: Usually they’re not that good. Mayor Laufenburger: Thank you for being such an important part of the character, albeit questionable, and the humor and the wit and the joy of this community for oh so many years. You will be missed and I understand that you’re thinking about going into the cake making business and that your favorite cake will be marble cake because people don’t take it for granite. It was his. It was his. Thank you Lee. You’re a true icon in this community and best of luck to you in your retirement with Mary. Mr. McDonald. Councilman McDonald: Yeah I would just like to add, you called him the Postal Private. Mayor Laufenburger: Postmaster Private, yes. Councilman McDonald: Yeah. Actually it’s the Postmaster Colonel. Mayor Laufenburger: Oh is it? Councilman McDonald: Yes. Mayor Laufenburger: So not the Postmaster General though. Councilman McDonald: No, not the General but he is the Colonel. Mayor Laufenburger: Alright, very well. ADMINISTRATIVE PRESENTATIONS. Mayor Laufenburger: Mr. Gerhardt, do you have any administrative presentations? Todd Gerhardt: Boy I don’t like following you Mayor. My stuff is not as exciting as your’s. I’d like to update you on our west water treatment plant. Paul has informed me that we just hit 40 percent completion and we also have a new section of watermain in the area. We hit a section of watermain as we were directionally boring so. Mayor Laufenburger: We did? The City did? Todd Gerhardt: Subcontractor did but we played a role in it and so, but sorry to the neighborhoods in that area for water outage. They were very patient with us and but things like this happen when you put things underground and apologize for any inconvenience that it may 38 Chanhassen City Council – June 26, 2017 have caused any of the residents in the neighborhood surrounding Lake Lucy and Galpin. Also the next road project, we’re starting the first lift of asphalt in what we like to call the bird neighborhood off of Powers and so that project is moving right along and we should see completion in early August for that section. And the reconstruction of the northerly part of Minnewashta is on schedule and we’ve got the streets milled up working on utilities so this has been a nice building construction season. With the rains and storms that we’ve had it’s been periodic but still dries up enough for us to rehab our roads. And the last but not least that’s for th sure is what’s coming up on Thursday, June 29 at 7:30 is the Red Birds City of Chanhassen employee appreciation night. How could we have a council meeting without talking about the Red Birds? And we appreciate the Red Birds for everything they do for this community and to have an employee appreciation night just for city employees is very special. The Red Birds will be playing the Burnsville Bobcats and last time I saw a bobcat never had a chance against a red bird so, and we also have a dignitary throwing out the first pitch. Mayor Laufenburger: Who? Somebody from the United States Senate or something like that. Todd Gerhardt: I think he’s another Colonel. Can’t have enough colonels in Minnesota and Chanhassen and Jerry McDonald will be throwing out the first pitch at the Chanhassen Red Birds th game Thursday, June 29 at 7:30 p.m. at the Storm Stadium. Mayor Laufenburger: Get there early. Seats are going to fill up fast. Todd Gerhardt: Oh yeah. Oh yeah. Mayor Laufenburger: Oh yeah, absolutely. And the Red Birds have been hot lately right? Todd Gerhardt: Eleven in a row is what I was told. Mayor Laufenburger: Oh boy, what a ball club. Anything else Mr. Gerhardt? Todd Gerhardt: That’s all I have. Mayor Laufenburger: Alright. Any comment on the correspondence packet? There being none I’ll take a motion for adjournment. Councilwoman Tjornhom moved, Councilwoman Ryan seconded to adjourn the meeting. All voted in favor and the motion carried unanimously with a vote of 5 to 0. The City Council meeting was adjourned at 8:50 p.m. Submitted by Todd Gerhardt City Manager Prepared by Nann Opheim 39