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CC 2017 08 28 CHANHASSEN CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING AUGUST 28, 2017 Mayor Laufenburger called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. The meeting was opened with the Pledge to the Flag. COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: Mayor Laufenburger, Councilman McDonald, Councilwoman Ryan, and Councilman Campion COUNCIL MEMBERS ABSENT: Councilwoman Tjornhom STAFF PRESENT: Todd Gerhardt, Chelsea Petersen, Kate Aanenson, Paul Oehme, Greg Sticha, and Roger Knutson PUBLIC PRESENT: Tom Bakritges, JMS Custom Homes 6035 Culligan Way, Minnetonka Matt O’Keefe, BDH & Young Bongards Deon Badhwa 2660 Orchard Lane Roberta, Amy, Rachel Hoppe 7281 Conestoga Court th Gary Reed 2461 No. 64 Street Dan Rathman 2551 Orchard Lane Ben Spenler 331 Linnen Circle Alex Miller 8639 Flamingo Drive Sam Haider 7572 Washta Curve Emma Patka 444 Summerfield Drive Connor Phillippe 18473 Aublie Court McKenna Aker 2131 Brinker Street Tyler McReavy 1350 Heather Court Johnny Erdmann 1562 Bluebill Terrace Tammy & Tanner Brady 8735 Flamingo Drive Mayor Laufenburger: Thank you and for the record, let the record reflect that all council members are present tonight with exception of Councilmember Tjornhom who is home ill. I want to welcome all of you to this council meeting. To those present not only in the chamber but also those of you watching on Mediacom cable channel at home and also those who are watching through a livestream of, through the Chanhassen website. Council members we have a printed agenda in front of us. Is there any modifications to the agenda? If not then we will proceed with the agenda as printed. PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENTS. Chanhassen City Council – August 28, 2017 Mayor Laufenburger: Our first item on the agenda this evening is public announcements and I do have a public announcement. It’s regarding the volunteer program. Let me just read a little bit about this. The 2017 Teen Volunteer Program Recognition is an important part of our city’s ongoing actions. On behalf of the City Council and the Park and Recreation Commission I want to recognize the 2017 teen volunteers. These 13 to 16 year olds were selected to serve as volunteers for city sponsored recreation programs from June through August and the programs consisted of the KleinBank Summer Concert Series, the Lake Ann Adventure Camp, youth sports at the Rec Center, and the Discovery Playground program. The city would like to thank this year’s teen volunteers for their service. Together they compiled over 280 hours of service to the City of Chanhassen so I’m going to come forward and read their names and present certificates to them and I think I’m going to get some help. As I call your name, if you’re present I’m going to ask you to step up here. You’ll get your photo taken and then I’m going to ask you to remain standing up here and we’ll kind of form a circle for a big picture at the end so first of all McKenna Aker. McKenna are you here this evening? Alright, welcome. Congratulations McKenna. Stand right between us here. You make us look good. Okay you can stand right over here. Next is, I’m going to say Zoe Erpelding. Is Zoe here? She’s not? Did I get that name right? Okay, alright. Sam Haider. Sam are you here? I recognize Sam. I think I’ve encountered you before haven’t I Sam? Maybe at a ball game. Congratulations Sam. Okay, stand right over here. How about Rachel Hoppe. Rachel are you here? Jack Kelly. Is Jack here? Okay. How about Holley Marini. Is Holley Marini here? Tyler McReavy. Alright, hi Tyler. Congratulations. Ethan Messmer. Ethan are you here? How about Alex Miller? Oh. Congratulations. Now I’m going to have you stand over on the right. We’re getting filled up over here. Is Emma Patka here? Congratulations Emma. Connor Phillippe. Connor? Congratulations. Ben Spenler. It’s alright Sam. That happens. Okay. How about Sarah Stolar? And Pedro Velazquez. So it looks like we’re all here, okay. This is the great part. We’re going to have all of you stand right in front, or between us so make room here and we’re going to get a group picture. Chris you get on the outside there. Squeeze in tight. Everybody hold up your certificate. Thanks to all of you for making our programs so good. I hope you can do it again next year perhaps alright? Thanks very much. I also want to say a special thanks to the parents who supported their youngsters activities and it makes for a better community so thank you very much. CONSENT AGENDA: Mayor Laufenburger: We have items D(1) through (9). Consent agenda items are considered to be 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. If discussion is desired we simply move that item to be considered separately. Council is there any item that you’d like considered separately this evening? Councilmember Ryan? Councilwoman Ryan: D(6) please. 2 Chanhassen City Council – August 28, 2017 Mayor Laufenburger: D(6). Okay. Let’s see is there any other item? Okay D(6). I’m going to move that to, Mr. Gerhardt do you have a suggestion? Todd Gerhardt: I think it’s only going to take a few seconds so. Mayor Laufenburger: Let’s do it right before visitor presentations okay? Okay. Alright may I have a motion to approve consent agenda items D(1) through (9) minus (6). Councilman McDonald moved, Councilman Campion seconded to approve the following consent agenda items pursuant to the City Manager’s recommendations: 1. Approve City Council Minutes dated August 14, 2017. 2. Receive Planning Commission Minutes dated August 1, 2017. 3. Receive Park and Recreation Commission Minutes dated July 25, 2017. th 4. Right as Rain Massage, LLC, Emily Hagen, 470 West 78 Street, Suite 120: Approve Massage Therapy Business License. 5. Lots 2919 and 2920, Carver Beach: Approve Vacant Land Purchase Agreement for Sale to Robert & Karen Wright. 6. Item Pulled for Discussion. 7. Resolution #2017-58: City Hall Generator: Approve Resolution Awarding Bid for Transfer Switch. 8. US Solar Subscription Agreement: Approve Amendment Assigning the Agreement from US Solar to Minnesota Solar. th 9. 610 West 96 Street: Approve Settlement Agreement with Robert and Christin Boecker. All voted in favor and the motion carried unanimously with a vote of 4 to 0. CONSENT AGENDA D(6). HIGHWAY 41 AND LYMAN BOULEVARD. Mayor Laufenburger: So let’s move to item D(6) right away. Staff report Mr. Oehme, is that your’s? Paul Oehme: Yes. 3 Chanhassen City Council – August 28, 2017 Mayor Laufenburger: Okay. I’ll ask you to do a brief presentation and then Councilmember Ryan I’ll give you an opportunity to raise your questions. Is that okay? Councilwoman Ryan: That sounds great. Paul Oehme: Okay, thank you Mayor and City Council members. This item is to request that the City Council support two grant applications that Carver County is planning to make for Lyman Boulevard improvements and Lyman Boulevard improvements are from proposing from Galpin over to Highway 41. There’s two State grant applications that they would like the City Council to consider supporting. One is for a freight grant application and the other one is for a Transportation Economic Development grant. Both are, both of those grants are coming up I think in the next couple months here for submittals and one of the requirements for those grant applications is they get local support for those so that’s kind of a brief background on the item. Mayor Laufenburger: And you’re asking us to approve the resolutions is that correct? Paul Oehme: Correct. Mayor Laufenburger: So we are not providing funds, we’re simply doing, providing resolutions of support. Paul Oehme: Support, yeah that’s all that this item is requesting is just the support for the County’s grant applications for these two State grants. There’s no City funds that would be authorized at this time for the project. That would potentially come at a later date. This is just again to offset some of the costs for the project. Some of these costs could go to offset some of the City’s cost down the road if the County would be successful in getting these grant funds. Mayor Laufenburger: Okay. Councilmember Ryan did you have a question or comment regarding this item? Councilwoman Ryan: Thank you Mayor and thanks for the presentation Mr. Oehme. I simply wanted to pull it off to clarify the fact that we’re, the resolution of support is for the grant, not necessarily the project itself so I just wanted to make that clarification. That it’s simply for the grant itself and it has nothing to do with support of the actual project. Mayor Laufenburger: Okay. Is that correct Me. Oehme? Paul Oehme: That’s correct. Mayor Laufenburger: Okay, alright. Would you like to make a. Todd Gerhardt: Mr. Mayor? 4 Chanhassen City Council – August 28, 2017 Mayor Laufenburger: Okay, Mr. Gerhardt go ahead. Todd Gerhardt: Council members, Paul just with the council’s support of this resolution, that does not show that we support the project as it stands today. There still needs to be additional dialogue between the County, staff and City Council before municipal consent is given on that project. Paul Oehme: That’s correct. Yeah there’s a lot of discussion and dialogue that still has to take place and approvals would need to be given by the City before that project would ever move forward. Mayor Laufenburger: Well that, go ahead Mr. Gerhardt. Todd Gerhardt: So this would be another part of their proposal to the City in looking for municipal consent by trying to reduce the cost of that project for us as a part of our master road agreement but again we still need to give municipal consent on the cost and the design of the roadway. Mayor Laufenburger: Okay. Just, go ahead Councilmember Ryan. Councilwoman Ryan: Mr. Gerhardt, does the municipal support then come back before council or is it a consent agenda item or how will that be presented back to us? Todd Gerhardt: It would be a formal presentation with council approval of the plans and specs probably at 80 percent design of the project. Councilwoman Ryan: Okay, thank you. Mayor Laufenburger: So Mr. Oehme maybe you can clarify this for me. So we’re providing support to the County to make application for the grant. Does the County specifically say in their request to the grant that this is the design that they’re going to build? Paul Oehme: They have to show a layout and that was included in the packet here. Mayor Laufenburger: Yep, I see that. Paul Oehme: But there’s still modifications that can take place. This is actually just in a concept level right now so there’s thing that can change along the way before final approval is given. Mayor Laufenburger: And do we as a City Council, do we have discretion as to what this plan looks like? How it will actually be built? 5 Chanhassen City Council – August 28, 2017 Paul Oehme: Absolutely. We have, we have to give consent so we have the ability to change any part of the design that the council sees necessary before we give approval. Mayor Laufenburger: So first the funding is requested. The funding and potentially granted and then the design of the, the actual design of the work and the agreement between the City of Chanhassen and the County. Paul Oehme: Yep. Mayor Laufenburger: Are there any agreements in place right now that would govern the design of this project or not? Paul Oehme: There’s no agreements for the design. There’s other agreements in terms of funding right now but a general high level agreements. Mayor Laufenburger: Okay, alright. So this is only a resolution of support. Now Councilmember Ryan would you like to offer a motion? Councilwoman Ryan: Well. Mayor Laufenburger: Not required. Not required. Is there anybody that would like to offer a motion regarding item number D(6)? Councilman McDonald: I’ll make a motion Mr. Mayor. I make a motion that the City Council approves resolutions in support of Carver County’s grant application for Minnesota Highway Freight and Transportation Economic Development (TED) program funding, Project Number 12- 02. Mayor Laufenburger: We have a valid motion. Is there a second? Councilman Campion: Second. Mayor Laufenburger: Thank you Mr. Campion. Any further discussion? Councilman McDonald moved, Councilman Campion seconded that the City Council Approve Resolution #2017-56: in Support of Carver County’s Application for Minnesota Highway Freight Program Funding for Highway 41 and Lyman Boulevard; and Resolution #2017-57: in Support of Carver County’s Application for Transportation Economic Development (TED) Program Funding for Highway 41 at Lyman Boulevard. All voted in favor and the motion carried unanimously with a vote of 4 to 0. 6 Chanhassen City Council – August 28, 2017 VISITOR PRESENTATIONS: TANNER BRADY – PRESENTATION OF EAGLE SCOUT PROJECT: CHANHASSEN PIONEER CEMETERY MONUMENT GPS LOCATION, PHOTOGRAPHY AND DOCUMENTATION USING BILLIONGRAVES.COM. Mayor Laufenburger: We have one arranged, pre-arranged visitor presentation from a Mr. Tanner Brady. Mr. Brady are you present this evening? Tanner Brady: Yes. Mayor Laufenburger: Would you step to the podium. Just identify your name and your address and tell us what you want to talk about. Okay, welcome. Your name first. Tanner Brady: My name is Tanner Brady. Mayor Laufenburger: And your address. Tanner Brady: And my address is 8735 Flamingo Drive. Mayor Laufenburger: Great. Welcome. Nice to have you here Mr. Brady. Tanner Brady: Okay. Mr. Mayor and members of the City Council, at the request of my beneficiary I’d like to briefly share some details of my project. So my project, the goal of my project is to preserve the records of the Pioneer Cemetery by taking photographs of all the tombstones at the cemetery and uploading them online by using the website BillionGraves.com and also the Pioneer Cemetery website so what I plan on doing is organizing a group of volunteers that I’ll gather from my scout troop and also like my neighbors of around 20 volunteers and we will go and photograph these tombstones and like pinpoint their exact locations using GPS services and then upload these so anyone who wants to find these records online can do so and also this will help preserve the records as the tombstones continue to wear down so we’ll continue to have these records even after the tombstones become unreadable. Mayor Laufenburger: Alright. Council members any questions for Mr. Brady? Well I’m interested in knowing, may I call you Tanner? Tanner Brady: Yep. Mayor Laufenburger: This is an Eagle Scout project is that correct? Tanner Brady: Yep. Mayor Laufenburger: So where do you go to school Tanner? 7 Chanhassen City Council – August 28, 2017 Tanner Brady: I go to Chanhassen High School. Mayor Laufenburger: And what grade are you in? Tanner Brady: I’m going to be a junior this year. Mayor Laufenburger: Alright. Tanner what, from what in your recent past generated the interest in either photography, genealogy or cemeteries? Tanner Brady: So my grandparents are both very into genealogy and they approached me with this idea and I thought it was very interesting because like family history is very interesting to me and I’ve really enjoyed like finding out the stories of my ancestors and I figured that a lot of other people would like to do so as well so by being able to share this information online it will allow people to easily find the records so they can visit these tombstones and find exactly where these ancestors were buried. Mayor Laufenburger: Great. Do you, have you determined, now this is you’re going to do this at both Pioneer Cemetery and Carver Cemetery, is that correct? Tanner Brady: Yep. Mayor Laufenburger: Have you determined that you have any relatives that are buried in either of those cemeteries Tanner? Tanner Brady: I do not believe so but I think it would just be nice to help do this work for the people who do have ancestors there because my family, I don’t really have a lot of family originally from here but I think it would be a great service to help the people who do have ancestors that came from here to help find where these tombstones are and always have the records online. Mayor Laufenburger: Okay. And Mr. Brady this is a project, are you looking for approval from the council for anything tonight? First of all are you looking for any funding? Do you need any money to accomplish this project? Tanner Brady: No. I’m not looking for. Mayor Laufenburger: That’s great news Tanner. Tanner Brady: Yeah. Mayor Laufenburger: Continue. 8 Chanhassen City Council – August 28, 2017 Tanner Brady: Yeah all the resources we’ll need can be provided by volunteers and then there aren’t any like building materials we’ll need so. Mayor Laufenburger: Okay. I notice that you, no doubt some of the grave stones already are not real legible so you have to, you’re going to have to do some work. Tanner Brady: Yep. Mayor Laufenburger: Is there any guidelines that you follow regarding what materials you can use to clean the grave stones? Tanner Brady: I haven’t gone into too much research yet but from what I’ve understood a lot of it is just, like on BillionGraves what it suggested is to just like use water to remove dirt and like not really use any. Mayor Laufenburger: Nothing abrasive. Tanner Brady: Yeah nothing too harsh on the tombstones just to like get away the dirt and stuff like that. Mayor Laufenburger: Good. Mr. Brady or Tanner, are you familiar with the Chanhassen Cemetery Walk? Are you familiar with that? Tanner Brady: No I’m not. Mayor Laufenburger: The Cemetery Walk, I’ll use this as a plug. Cemetery Walk is an event that’s conducted by the Chanhassen Historical Society and I think it’s coming up in October if I’m not mistaken and this is an opportunity for people who want to learn about the heritage and the history of Chanhassen and some of the interesting characters shall we say, who have contributed to the history of Chanhassen and the Cemetery Walk is conducted both at Pioneer Cemetery, one of the cemeteries you’re going to be working on, and also St. Hubert’s Cemetery so you may find it interesting to learn about some of the unique characters that have helped to make Chanhassen the community that it is today. I think Tanner what your project, as you’ve described, I think it’s a great project and I think that your Eagle Scout award to which you’re working to get there, I think this project is very worthy of your contribution as an Eagle Scout, both in terms of what you do for the community and what you do for preserving the history of this community so Mr. Brady you have our support and I know that Kim Meuwissen in our office is excited to have all of this stuff loaded because she’s kind of inherited, didn’t she inherit the Karen Engelhard project Mr. Gerhardt? Todd Gerhardt: She did. 9 Chanhassen City Council – August 28, 2017 Mayor Laufenburger: Yeah so your activities will be significant in perpetuating the, perpetuating and preserving the important history of our citizens no longer with us so good luck to you Tanner. Tanner Brady: Yeah, thank you. Mayor Laufenburger: And thank you for coming before the council. Do you have any other questions? Tanner Brady: No I think that’s it. Mayor Laufenburger: Alright. Well best of luck to you and we look forward to seeing the results, okay? Tanner Brady: Yep, thank you. Mayor Laufenburger: Thank you Tanner. Let’s hear it for Mr. Brady. As I said this is a time for anyone who’s present in the chambers would like to address the council on a matter not on the agenda this evening. If you’d like to step forward to the podium stating your name and your address for the record, that would be worthwhile. Alright there being none I’ll close visitor presentations. FIRE DEPARTMENT/LAW ENFORCEMENT UPDATE. Mayor Laufenburger: Let’s start with you Chief Johnson. You want to give us a? Todd Gerhardt: Mayor, Chief Johnson is busy at the fire station this evening and if anybody has any questions regarding his monthly report I’ll take those comments and make sure he responds. Mayor Laufenburger: Okay. Any questions or comments regarding Chief Johnson’s report? Okay, thank Chief Johnson for his monthly report and we’ll see him again next month, okay. Todd Gerhardt: Yep. Mayor Laufenburger: Alright, thank you. Lieutenant Kittelson, our monthly sheriff’s office update and you also have something else that you’re doing too. Lt. Eric Kittelson: Yes, good evening Mr. Mayor, council members. Mayor Laufenburger: Good evening. Lt. Eric Kittelson: I have the monthly law enforcement update for you for this evening for the month of July. The monthly calls for service summary, we had 52 Group A crimes compared to 10 Chanhassen City Council – August 28, 2017 44 in July of 2016. We had 19 Group B crimes compared to 20 in 2016. We had 523 non- criminal miscellaneous calls. 514 traffic stops. 43 administrative functions for a total of 1,151 which is approximately 200 less than compared to July of 2016 so as we stated last month crime continues to go down. The arrest citations of verbal warnings summary. We had 41 individuals who were arrested in 31 incidents and charged with 70 different crimes. We had 100 citations, the majority of those for speed, no proof of insurance and no parking and driving after suspension. We also issued 305 verbal warnings. That concludes the law enforcement update and I’ll stand for any questions related to that. Mayor Laufenburger: Any questions of Lieutenant Kittelson regarding his law enforcement report? Okay, continue Eric. Lt. Eric Kittelson: And then as we discussed last month I have prepared a presentation on Minnesota Licensed Peace Officers Hiring, Training and Licensure. Mayor Laufenburger: Okay. So Minnesota’s a little bit unique in that there’s part of the state, or parts of the country excuse me where all that’s required is a high school diploma. California is a good example of that. If you have a high school diploma you would be hired by a law enforcement agency in California and then you would go to what you would think of from television is a traditional police academy for approximately 3 months and then you’d be you know on patrol. In Minnesota we have a much more unique and lengthy process to become a licensed peace officer so I put the State Statute which defines what a peace officer is in the presentation and it basically is any elected or appointed official of a policy subdivision or law enforcement agency who’s licensed by the Board and charged with prevention and detection of crime and the enforcement of the general criminal laws of the state and has the powers of arrest. So what does that mean? So in Minnesota if you see a police officer, a deputy sheriff, an agent with the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, a DNR conservation officer, a state trooper, the DPS is the Department of Public Safety which has alcohol, gambling enforcement division as well as fraud investigation division. The Attorney General’s office has some investigative authority and then the Department of Corrections has a fugitive apprehension unit which are also licensed peace officers and then we also have our airport and the Metro Transit police so all of those people have the same licensing, education background prior to employment so pre-employment. We might receive different training once we’re hired and we have different things that we’re going to going to concentrate on. Obviously the BCA agent is somewhat similar to what you would consider a state, local kind of FBI and the DNR, I think most people are familiar with DNR conservation officers and trooper and then it gets a little more unique in that the Department of Public Safety, which is a state agency has some of their investigative divisions as well but we’re all licensed peace officers in the state of Minnesota. And again I talked about that some states just have an academy training program. In Minnesota you have to complete an educational component and a professional peace officer education component. That can be done at, there’s upwards of 20 schools in the state that have that accreditation. Some of the more popular ones are Normandale, St. Thomas, St. Mary’s, St. Cloud State, Winona State, Mankato State but there’s quite a few of them and it does vary a little bit in that some of those schools 11 Chanhassen City Council – August 28, 2017 integrate the professional peace officers certificate into, towards your credits for graduation but not necessarily so that’s kind of depending on school to school. And then once you’ve received your education and your professional peace officer certificate you have to take a state licensing exam through the State of Minnesota. You have to pass that test and then at that point you’re now licensed eligible for 3 years so then you begin your search for employment. Your license is not activated until you’re actually hired by a law enforcement agency which I mentioned before in California you would hired first. You would go to 3 months of training and then you would be, you would start as a police officer. So there’s two different routes you can take in Minnesota. One is the degree program. So you can go to any accredited 2 or 4 year college or university or community college. Complete the program and the peace officer’s certificate and then pass the post exam. Now if you went to school for something else, if you went for financial management for 4 years and received a degree from a regionally accredited college and then decided that you want to be a police officer you could then go back to the peace officers certificate program which is approximately 21 credits. About a semester and a half. It takes about 9 months to complete and once you receive that certificate you would then be eligible to take the licensing exam. Mayor Laufenburger: So what you’re saying here is that by contrast in California you decide you want to be a police officer, you go down and sign up. Say I want to be a police officer. You begin your employment and then they train you. Lt. Eric Kittelson: Correct. Mayor Laufenburger: In Minnesota you decide I’d like to be in law enforcement. You go to college or at least you finish the PPOE training program. Curriculum. Then the State Board certifies you by you passing the exam. Then you’re still not a peace officer until, well you have a license but you’re not a peace officer until you get a job. Lt. Eric Kittelson: You’re licensed eligible until… Mayor Laufenburger: Licensed eligible until a department hires you and obviously that department knows that you’ve passed your professional peace officer enforcement. You’ve taken your test and then the only thing they have to do, as you said do some kind of a screening on you of some sort, and that’s what you’re going to do now. Lt. Eric Kittelson: That’s next. Mayor Laufenburger: See I’m trainable. I don’t want to be a peace officer but I’m trainable. Lt. Eric Kittelson: So the pre-employment, so you’ve successfully completed the education. You have the peace officer certificate which is a secondary component of the educational requirement. You’ve then passed the State Board exams and now you’re licensed to be eligible and then you would go through a series of generally it will be another exam at the agency that 12 Chanhassen City Council – August 28, 2017 you’re applying to and then a series of interviews. Sometimes 2 or 3 interviews over the course of several weeks that usually will start with the line officers. The direct supervisors. The sergeants, lieutenants, the chief deputy and the sheriff and then once all of that’s done, and you get a conditional offer of employment. You’ll then be fingerprinted and those will be sent to the State BCA and the FBI. You then have to complete a medical examination by a licensed physician. You have to complete an exam by a licensed psychologist and then you have to complete a strength and agility test to measure job related skills so those, so your employment is conditional on successfully completing all of those things. Mayor Laufenburger: So each of those law enforcement officers, the police, the deputy, DNR, they all have to do this before they go into their specific job. Lt. Eric Kittelson: Yep. Most of this is directly pulled just from State Statute so yeah. Everyone that’s a licensed peace officer in Minnesota, again that’s DNR, CO’s, trooper, police officer, deputy sheriff all have those things are all required by the Minnesota Post Board which is our professional licensing and accreditation in Minnesota. Mayor Laufenburger: Okay. Lt. Eric Kittelson: So we’re not done yet though. If you think that’s not enough. Mayor Laufenburger: Well you don’t have a job yet. Lt. Eric Kittelson: You have a conditional offer of employment. Mayor Laufenburger: Okay, alright. Lt. Eric Kittelson: You’ve now, see now you’ve been hired so in Carver County and you’ll find this very, this is a very similar program to what you’ll find anywhere in the metropolitan area and throughout the state but it does vary based on resources and thinks of that nature but, so if you get hired and you get past all that, you’ll then begin a 2 week orientation for familiarization with our equipment, policies and procedures. We’ll also spend during those 2 weeks refreshing you on control tactics. Firearms proficiency. First aid. And then just a lot of our different software and all the squad equipment. Our preliminary breath test. Our defibrillator. Squad cameras. Squad computer. Radar and then all the other stuff that’s in the truck as well as the long gun and some things of that nature so you’ll get 2 weeks of orientation for that. Then you’ll begin 12 weeks of one on one field training which is 3 phases and during that time we’ll do a daily observation report, a weekly evaluation meeting, an end of phase evaluation and when you’ve completed all of that then you’ll get shadowed, and during that time, and this is usually unique because as adult learners there’s not many jobs where you have someone that is right next to you and doesn’t leave your side for 12 weeks and is writing down everything that you do and grading you on everything you do from the beginning until the end and we’ll cover that next. So when that’s all done you’ll get 2 weeks of final evaluation where an officer will ride with you in 13 Chanhassen City Council – August 28, 2017 plain clothes and so during those first 12 weeks you’re continually getting feedback at the end of each call. At the end of each day. At the end of each week and each month you’ll find out where your deficiencies lie and what you need to improve on. What you’re doing correctly or approximately correctly. During that final 2 week phase you’re receiving no feedback but you’re still being graded and you need to pass all those requirements in order to get full time employment so, and then you’re also on 12 months of probation during, once you’ve completed that you’re on 12 months of probation and then after that first year then you’re a permanent full time employee. So this is what we’re looking at on every day of the 16 weeks of training. We’re grading the deputies on interpersonal relationships and that can be with city staff, county staff, fire department staff, emergency room staff, and other coworkers. Deputies as well as the public and then geography. Now the officers assigned to Chanhassen have approximately 25 square miles but we are a sheriff’s office so we have 371 square miles and 11 cities that they need to be familiar with. Mayor Laufenburger: You’re talking about the entire county now right? Lt. Eric Kittelson: In addition to parks, trails, and all those things. And then we’ll also grade them on motor vehicle and equipment use. Electronic communications, which is our, generally our radio system. Their patrol strategies and SIFA is self initiated field activities. So what are they doing when they’re not answering a call for service? Are they being proactive? And then tactics and officer safety. Where are they, are they parking several doors down from the call for service. Are they turning off their lights. So not only do you have to know where you’re going but you need to know 3 or 4 houses away from where you’re going because that’s a good place to park so that someone doesn’t see you coming or you need to know that I need to turn my lights and siren off approximately a mile away again so someone might not know that you’re coming. In addition to that they need to know criminal law. Criminal procedure. So not only do they need to know the statutes of the law of the state. They need to know the ordinances of those various cities and then they need to know criminal procedures so the color of the law versus the letter of the law and so this is what state statute says but what is the most recent court ruling on the interpretation of that statute. From there we look at their information processing and report writing and then their problem solving and decision making and then traffic and crash scene management. So what that looks like on an average day for the person who has filled all those requirements is now in the car with us for the first time. We might have a barking dog call at somewhere near Highway 7 and Minnewashta so they have to know how to drive their direct route. The quickest way and then someone speaking a foreign language to you on the radio. We have up to 15 officers working around the county and you need to know what each of them is doing at all given times so that you know if they need assistance and then while you’re driving there you might get a personal injury accident at County Road 61 and Bluff Creek and then you need to make the decision to then pen that non emergency call. Somehow turn around in traffic and then drive down there with lights and sirens and then to complicate that it might be during rush hour traffic or at night or during the rain or what not and during that entire time you still need to monitor what everyone else is doing and then the dispatcher’s speaking to you with various codes that also mean other things which is somewhat like learning a foreign language so, 14 Chanhassen City Council – August 28, 2017 from there you complete your 16 weeks of field training. From there you complete your 16 weeks of field training. You’re assigned on your own. In Minnesota to maintain your license you need 48 hours of continuing education credits every 3 years. Annual use of force training is required and then EVOC or emergency vehicle operation in pursuit driving is required to have a refresher every 5 years. Now that’s the state requirements to maintain licensure. On average a Carver County deputy averages about 80 to 100 hours of continuing education training. During the year we actually have 10, so we have monthly training 10 months out of the year. We usually take off December and usually July just because of vacations and things like that so we have ten 8 hour training sessions that we all attend and that is some of this stuff, it could be on current events. We have a legal update that the city and the county attorneys come and provide to us after the laws change annually and things of that nature, and then we also have to maintain proficiency in our firearms. Intermediate weapons and I think Mr. Gerhardt’s had the opportunity to do some of our training and seen our driving simulator and some of the things that we have at our regional training facility so it’s quite extensive. And then some of the annual use of force training that’s required by the state is criteria that’s used to determine when a force may be employed. Circumstances that justify deadly force. Liabilities attached to the use of force. Readiness aspects of the use of force and the proficiency with control measures and intermediate weapons and firearms so that’s what every licensed peace officer in Minnesota maintains those standards. Mayor Laufenburger: And how many? Lt. Eric Kittelson: So any questions? Todd Gerhardt: And what’s my starting pay? Lt. Eric Kittelson: You know in the metropolitan area a competitive starting pay is about $27 an hour to start and usually top entry level at most metro agencies is around $40 an hour. Todd Gerhardt: So about, a little over $50,000 a year. Lt. Eric Kittelson: To start yes. And in addition to that you have to wear 30 pounds of gear at all times of the year. Mayor Laufenburger: Well that’s part of the physical test right? Lt. Eric Kittelson: Yes. Yes. Mayor Laufenburger: And how many law enforcement personnel are under your responsibility here in Chanhassen? Lt. Eric Kittelson: 15. 15 Chanhassen City Council – August 28, 2017 Mayor Laufenburger: 15. Lt. Eric Kittelson: Yeah we have our full time authorized strength. Strength through the county is 82 but the sheriff’s office has 160 employees and the detention division. Communications. Emergency management. Some of the other divisions. Mayor Laufenburger: I never questioned in my mind, never questioned that our, the people responsible for public safety and law enforcement in Chanhassen, never questioned that they were ready to do their job but this is an important reminder for all of us that the people who are responsible for public safety in Chanhassen and Carver County go through an extensive and a rigorous preparation before they are asked to step into the line of duty and just drives home the message for me that when we say the best and finest, they are the best and finest. Lt. Eric Kittelson: Thank you. Mayor Laufenburger: Lieutenant Kittelson thank you very much. Any questions from council? Lt. Eric Kittelson: I just wanted to make one more comment. Although the minimum requirements are a 2 year degree, the majority of our officers have 4 year degrees as well as master degrees in law enforcement. Mayor Laufenburger: Wow. And how long have you been in law enforcement? th Lt. Eric Kittelson: September 29 of this year I will be with the sheriff’s office for 20 years. Mayor Laufenburger: Wow, happy anniversary. Lt. Eric Kittelson: Thank you. Mayor Laufenburger: Thank you very much Lieutenant Kittelson. I appreciate this and this is something we have, we have this power point for city resources right? It’s available here? Lt. Eric Kittelson: Absolutely, yes. Yep, everything is pretty much directly right out of the statute so public. Mayor Laufenburger: Okay, thank you very much Lieutenant Kittelson. Lt. Eric Kittelson: Thank you. Mayor Laufenburger: Next item on our agenda is item H-1. 16 Chanhassen City Council – August 28, 2017 FAWN HILL: A. PUBLIC HEARING: VACATION OF DRAINAGE AND UTILITY EASEMENTS. B. APPROVE FINAL PLAT, DEVELOPMENT CONTRACT, AND PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS. Mayor Laufenburger: Is this your’s Mr. Oehme? Paul Oehme: Correct. Thank you Mayor, City Council members. This is a request for a vacation of drainage and utility easements for the Fawn Hill development. The Fawn Hill development is just off of Galpin Boulevard, kind of just west of Galpin Boulevard. It’s a 10 lot th subdivision. City Council did give preliminary plat approval on the, I think at the August 14 meeting. This is the vacate existing drainage and utility easements out of two outlots shown here in red that were dedicated during the Vista at Bentz Farms development. I’ll show you that. So again the proposed vacations are shown here at C and D. Both of the outlots are covered by drainage and utility easements. With the plat for Fawn Hill these outlots would be incorporated into the lots of Fawn Hill and the drainage and utility easements would be dedicated consistent with the City’s policy of front and side yard drainage utility easements as well so the yellow areas here showing where the new drainage utility easements would be dedicated on the outlots. And then again it would be incorporated into the Fawn Hill plat shown here and again the Outlots C and D are here would be incorporated into Lots 1 and 6 of the Block 2. So with that I would recommend approval of the vacation and I’d ask that a public hearing be opened at this time. Mayor Laufenburger: Okay. As is our procedure thank you Mr. Oehme. Council do you have any questions of staff before I open the public hearing? Okay, at this time I would like to open the public hearing as is mandated for the vacation of a drainage and utility easement. If there’s anybody present in the council chambers that would like to speak regarding this particular proposal you may step to the podium and speak at this time. Alright there being no one I will close the public hearing and bring it back. And Mr. Oehme you would like specific action on this independent of the final plat, is that correct? Paul Oehme: No. Mayor Laufenburger: Not required, okay. Todd Gerhardt: A and B. Roger Knutson: Mayor, I’d suggest you take action on A and B together for the motion. Mayor Laufenburger: Okay, alright. Any further questions of council to staff? Any further questions of staff by council on item A? Alright. Let’s go to item B then Mr. Oehme. 17 Chanhassen City Council – August 28, 2017 Paul Oehme: Sure, thank you Mayor. So item B is for approval of final plat and plans and specifications for this Fawn Hill development. As I indicated before the preliminary plat was th approved on August 14 for the 10 lot subdivision with conditions and variances as well. Typically the final plat and plans and specs approval with a development contract is approved on a consent agenda item but since we’re doing a vacation at this time we thought we’d just bring this up at the same time as well and take consideration for both of these items so with that I’d stand for any questions with the development contract and final plat. I do request that a minor change be made to the development contract. The surface water management fee on page 3 of the development contract, there’s a typo there and I did give the council an update on that fee. There is some last minute changes with the storm water fee calculations and that number was missed unfortunately. Mayor Laufenburger: Alright, any questions of staff at this time regarding the approval of the final plat, the development contract or the plans and specifications? Councilmember Ryan, go ahead. Councilwoman Ryan: Yeah, just a follow up from the previous meeting. Did you end up getting the final landscaping plan? Kate Aanenson: That was resolved. Councilwoman Ryan: Okay. And with meeting with the neighbors about the drainage issue. Is that still planned? Paul Oehme: Yep. It has been. Councilwoman Ryan: It has been, okay. I just wanted to follow up on those two things. Thank you. Mayor Laufenburger: Okay, any other questions of council for staff? Questions of staff for council? I don’t always get that right. Alright, is there, is an applicant present? Would you like to speak at this time? Not required. Tom Bakritges: If you’d like me to I sure can. Mayor Laufenburger: Sure, just I want to hear that name again. Please state your name and address. Tom Bakritges: Good evening Mr. Mayor, members of the council, staff and audience members. My name is Tom Bakritges. I’m the Land Development Director for JMS Custom Homes, Homestead Partners and as you know we’re filling in the hole in a donut here for the developer to the south and we’ve been the developer to the north and east for over 20 years so we’re just filling in the gap here and we’re excited to keep completing this new neighborhood called Fawn 18 Chanhassen City Council – August 28, 2017 Hill so staff’s been great and just some minor details we need to work out yet but we’re excited to start this fall. If you have any questions I’ll be happy to answer them. Mayor Laufenburger: Alright, thank you Mr. Bakritges. Any questions of the developer? Alright, let’s bring it back to the council. Any questions or comments or motions? Councilwoman Ryan: Mr. Mayor? Mayor Laufenburger: Councilmember Ryan. Councilwoman Ryan: I’d like to make a motion. Mayor Laufenburger: Please do. Councilwoman Ryan: I’d like to make a motion that the City Council adopts a resolution approving the vacation of all the public drainage and utility easements on Outlot C and Outlot D, Vistas at Bentz Farms as dedicated on the recorded plat thereof as described in Exhibit A. For the final the City Council approves the final plat for 10 lots, one outlot and public right-of-way with variances for a double fronted lot for a single family detached subdivision and a roadway slope in excess of 7 percent subject to the conditions of approval, the development contract for Fawn Hill and plans and specifications for Fawn Hill. Mayor Laufenburger: Okay. Before I ask for a second on that. So we now are covering both item A and B. Mr. Knutson do we have a valid motion? Roger Knutson: Mayor yes you do. Mayor Laufenburger: Alright. May I have a second to that motion? Councilman Campion: Second. Mayor Laufenburger: Thank you Mr. Campion. We have a valid motion and a second. Is there any further discussion? Resolution #2017-59: Councilwoman Ryan moved, Councilman Campion seconded that the City Council adopts a resolution approving the vacation of all the public drainage and utility easements on Outlot C and Outlot D, Vistas at Bentz Farms as dedicated on the recorded plat thereof as described in Exhibit A. All voted in favor and the motion carried unanimously with a vote of 4 to 0. Councilwoman Ryan moved, Councilman Campion seconded that the City Council approves the final plat for 10 lots, one outlot and public right-of-way with variances for a double fronted lot for a single family detached subdivision and a roadway slope in excess of 19 Chanhassen City Council – August 28, 2017 7 percent subject to the following conditions of approval, the development contract for Fawn Hill and plans and specifications for Fawn Hill: Building: 1. Provide a 1:200 “clean” plat drawing. 2. Demolition permits required for the removal of any existing structures. 3. Buildings may be required to be designed by an architect and/or engineer as determined by the Building Official. 4. A final grading plan and soils report must be submitted to the Inspections Division before permits can be issued. 5. Retaining walls over four feet high require a permit and must be designed by a professional engineer. 6. Each lot must be provided with separate sewer and water services. 7. The applicant and/or their agent shall meet with the Inspections Division as early as possible to discuss plan review and permit procedures. Engineering: 1. The developer will work with the city address capacity concerns relating to the modeling th of the catchbasin as described in #J2 and J4 of the watershed district’s August 15 comments (attached). 2. To provide draintile service where runoff will flow from the back to the front of lots, the plan shall be revised to include draintile between Lots 3 and 4 of Block 2, but inside one of the lots, so it’s ownership is clearly defined. 3. Lot 4, Block 2 grading plans shall be revised to grade away from the building pads. 4. The proposed development will exceed one (1) acre of disturbance and will, therefore, be subject to the General Permit Authorization to Discharge Stormwater Associated with Construction Activity Under the National Pollution Discharge Elimination/State Disposal System (NPDES Construction Permit). 5. The applicant shall submit the full SWPPP document to the City for review prior to grading on the site. 20 Chanhassen City Council – August 28, 2017 6. The applicant shall meet the minimum requirements for stormwater set forth in City Code Section 9-VII and requirements of the Riley-Purgatory-Bluff Creek watershed district. 7. The applicant obtain a permit from the Riley-Purgatory-Bluff Creek watershed district prior to final plat recording. 8. The SWMP Fee is $58,915.20. The SWMP Credit given for meeting the 1.1” volume abstraction is $29,457.60. The applicant must still verify that the 1.1” abstraction is met for the site. The net SWMP Fee due at the time of final plat is $29,457.60. 9. Fawn Hill Road and Bentz Court shall be public streets, owned and maintained by the City after acceptance of the public improvements by the City Council. 10. The street plan shall be revised to call out right-of-way widths. 11. A $300 fee/light shall be collected with the development contract for electricity costs for the first year of operation. 12. All proposed driveways shall follow the city setback requirements of 10 feet from he property line. The driveways for Lots 2 and 3, Block 1 shall be revised to meet the setback. 13. ADA compliant pedestrian ramps shall be installed at the intersection of Bentz Court and Fawn Hill Road. The pedestrian ramp at the entrance to Sugarbush Park adjacent to the sidewalk connection to the existing trail shall be reconstructed with the connection to be ADA compliant. 14. Sanitary sewer shall be owned and maintained by the City after acceptance of the public improvements by the City Council. 15. The existing home on Lot 3, Block 2 shall be connected to the proposed sewer system and the existing mound system shall be removed prior to the acceptance of the public sanitary sewer. 16. Water main shall be owned and maintained by the City after acceptance of the public improvements by the City Council. 17. The existing home on Lot 3, Block 2 shall be connected to the proposed water system prior to the acceptance of the public water main. 18. Storm sewer installed with this subdivision shall be owned and maintained by the city after acceptance of the public improvements by the City Council. 21 Chanhassen City Council – August 28, 2017 19. Revise castings in table to call out MH that will take in stormwater. MH6 shall have beehive casting rather than curb grate 3067V. 20. The plan shall be revised to 4-foot minimum sump depth for MH3 and 6. 21. To avoid having storm sewer pipe in backyard easements staff recommends routing the stormwater system down Bentz Court and up Fawn Hill Road rather than between Lots 1 and 2 of Block 2. 22. Water and sewer partial hook-ups are due at the time of final plat. For 10 units, the sanitary partial fee of $6,910.00 and the water partial fee is $21,470.00. The remaining hook-up fees will be due with the building permit at the rate in effect at that time. 23. City staff must approve Operations and Maintenance Agreement with the watershed district prior to the applicant entering into the agreement listed as #J10 in the August 15, 2017 email from the District. 24. Any location where drainage and utility easements will contain storm pipe shall be flagged in the field. 25. The applicant shall dedicate a drainage and utility easement across the EOF path on Lot 6, Block 2. Fire: 1. The landscape plan, dated 7/14/17, Sheet L1, shall be modified as follows:  No more than 20 percent of trees shall be from one genus – reduce maple quantity to 16 trees or less.  Individual tree species shall be no more than eight trees.  Due to alkaline soils on site, the following trees are not recommended: red maple, river birch. A revised landscape plan shall be submitted prior to construction. 2. Tree preservation fencing shall be installed around existing trees to be saved prior to any construction activities and remain installed until completion. 3. The following quantity of trees are required on each lot. Placement of trees are shown on the landscape plan dated 7/14/17. Block 1, Lot 1 six (6) trees 22 Chanhassen City Council – August 28, 2017 Lot 2 eight (8) trees Lot 3 eight (8) trees Lot 4 eleven (11) trees Block 2, Lot 1 eleven (11) trees Lot 2 seven (7) trees Lot 3 eight (8) trees Lot 4 twelve (12) trees Lot 5 nineteen (19) trees Lot 6 fifteen (15) trees Parks: 1. Full park fees in lieu of additional parkland dedication and/or trail construction shall be collected as a condition of approval for Fawn Hill. Planning: 1. Outlot A, encompassing the large wetland area, shall be dedicated to the city. 2. The developer shall install signage at lot lines corner and at the change in angle along the west portion of Lots 2, 3, and 4, Block 1 to demarcate the Bluff Creek Primary Zone. All voted in favor and the motion carried unanimously with a vote of 4 to 0. Mayor Laufenburger: Thank you very much. Thank you Mr. Bakritges. ORCHARD LANE AREA STREET AND UTILITY RECONSTRUCTION – CITY PROJECT 18-01: PUBLIC HEARING ON FEASIBILITY STUDY, AUTHORIZE PREPARATION OF PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS. Mayor Laufenburger: I’m guessing that’s your’s Mr. Oehme. Paul Oehme: It is. Mayor Laufenburger: Alright, Mr. Oehme. Paul Oehme: So thank you Mayor, City Council. This is a public hearing for the proposed 2018 street improvement project which is in the Orchard Lane area. Streets are annually proposed for improvements that cannot be maintained with minor maintenance and need more substantial improvements to keep them in good driving condition. So Orchard Lane, as you know is just south of Highway 7. It’s between North Manor Drive over here and Orchard Lane and the th project is shown here in green which includes Orchard Lane, Orchard Avenue, 64 Street, Forest 23 Chanhassen City Council – August 28, 2017 Avenue and then Forest Circle as well. This is the last segment of neighborhoods or streets that are needed for improvements north of Lake Minnewashta. The City did start reconstructing streets on the north side of Lake Minnewashta in 2012 and this is the last segment that’s needed. Streets in this area, they’re a total of about .7 miles for improvements. The last major streets again are needed in this area for improvements. So the pavement condition in this area is fairly low. Our pavement condition ranges from 100 being a brand new street down to zero being almost completely gravel so these 33, 31, 23 are in the lower range of the spectrum of where we’d like to see streets, their condition. Typically you only see a street condition or 45 that indicates that we might need a reconstruction of that street which means completely ripping it up and replacing it. So Orchard Lane area, that neighborhood was constructed right around 1974. th Streets in the 64 Street neighborhood were constructed a little bit later in 1988. Again the pavement condition indices you’ll see range from 13 to 36 with an average score of 26 which is well below the 45 number that is typically used to generate, to indicate that a street is needed for reconstruction. And again when the streets are to this condition minor maintenance such as sealcoating or patching or crack sealing are really not really cost effective at this time. So here’s a couple pictures of the streets in general. There’s, this is kind of just some samplings. A lot of edge cracking. Alligator cracking. A lot of patching that has gone on here. A lot of potholes th that the city staff crews have patched over time but they’re starting to deteriorate. 64 Street has a lot of block cracking. You can’t really sealcoat that or crack seal at this time, that amount of cracking. Forest Circle and Orchard Lane, a lot of block cracking there too and again it’s, these streets are over 40 years old so they’re in need of some major repairs. What is being proposed for Orchard Lane, Orchard Avenue, Forest Circle, Forest Avenue is to completely reconstruct the streets as we are currently doing in the North Manor area so we’ll be replacing all the pavement section. Replacing that with 18 inches of select granular which is basically sand. On top of that we would put 10 inches of gravel. 2 inches of non-wear and then about an inch and a half of wear course as well so about 3 inches of bituminous. We would like to consider adding concrete curb and gutter throughout the neighborhood consistent with our other street projects. We’re looking at surmountable curb which is the same curb that we’re losing in the North Manor area just to the west of here. We also would be adding draintile to help drain the subgrade to try to keep that water out of the subgrade and out of the pavement section as best as we can. The draintile could also be used for property owners to hook up their sump pump discharge too as well so it doesn’t drain onto the road as well. The street sections, the width of the street is going to vary depending upon what street you’re on. We’re going to try to keep this width of the street th to what is currently out there today. Oh and then 64 Street is a little bit different. Like I said that street is a little bit newer and the watermain in that area is ductile iron. We haven’t seen any th watermain breaks. The pavement’s a little bit better. The curb’s newer as well too so, and 64 Street we’re looking at just reclaiming the pavement or removing and grinding it up. Maybe using it for some of the sub-base soil corrections or some soft spots and then paving back a new pavement section for that street. Staff did look at, analyzed all the utilities that are in this area. The watermain. I’ll start with that first. Orchard Lane and Forest Circle for Orchard Avenue and Forest Circle, Forest Avenue that has all cast iron pipe. That was the typical pipe that was put in for watermain back in the 70’s. That pipe we’ve had problems with. When it gets this old it gets a little brittle. Deteriorates and can create a lot of watermain breaks. We’ve been 24 Chanhassen City Council – August 28, 2017 fortunate we only have identified or have only had one watermain break in this area but if we would consider putting a new pavement over the top, over in this area would like to see new watermain also installed as well and we’d replace that pipe with PVC, basically plastic pipe. We’ve had some, that’s been our standard and we’ve had some good success using that pipe for longevity. Then also all the properties in this area would get new services basically to the right- of-way so all the, you’d see new curb stop boxes on your property and then on new services, th copper services out to the main as well. And then again 64 Street we’re looking at not replacing that watermain. Again that’s ductile iron pipe and we haven’t had any problems with that pipe so. The sanitary sewer has been televised. We’ve identified a couple minor issues there. A couple sags so we’re looking at about a 3, about 10 foot or 10 to 20 foot long digs there. Dig up the pipe and replace sections of the pipe there. There’s some leaks. Leaking joints. We’ll be grouting those and then I and I barriers over the manholes so when the water from the surface doesn’t infiltrate into the manholes itself so try to keep it as much surface water and ground water out of the sanitary sewer systems as we can. The storm sewer in this area, there’s really not a very good storm water conveyance system at this time. We’d like to beef up the systems as best as we can and also add water quality improvements to the project as best as we can. We don’t have a lot of room out here to work with. All the properties are developed and the City doesn’t have any, the City doesn’t have much land to utilize for storm water quality but we’d like to install storm sewer along Orchard Lane. We’re looking at putting some sump pumps in this area and then potentially discharging out into a pond and wetland over here for storm water improvements. There’s potential for a rain water garden over on the east side of the project as well. We’d like to work with the property owner and try to get an easement for that and put that in. There’s also bio-swales or another rain water garden down off of Herman Park area that we’re looking at installing there as well too and then again like I said some sump manholes to try to capture the grit and some of the debris that ends up on the road before it discharges into any ponds or streams or wetlands as well so and the City would come around every so often and vac all that material out of those manholes. With that that’s kind of a brief review of what the project entails. The funding and the budget is shown here. The city staff did budget in 2017 for this project. The revolving assessment fund would pay for the majority of the street improvement project portion of the project. Storm water utility fund would pay for all the storm sewer and the best management practice, storm sewer improvements as well. The sanitary sewer fund would pay for the sanitary sewer improvements and then the water fund would pay for all the replacement of the cast iron pipe with PVC pipe for a total estimated cost at this time of $2.106 million dollars. The City has an assessment practice that we would like to follow consistent with other past projects. The total project assessable amount for the streets in the Orchard Lane, Orchard Avenue, Forest Circle, Forest Avenue project is about $740,000. The assessment practice that the City has is to assess 40 percent of that cost back to the benefiting property owners so we’re right around $300,000 of assessable costs for the streets. There are 36 assessable units in this area so with an estimated assessment of $8,221.40 at this time and the terms of the assessment would be over a 10 year period at interest, at prime rate plus 2 percent at the time of award of the contract. And again these numbers are just estimates. Once we get, once if the project were to go to final bidding we would utilize the actual cost that we receive from the contractor, the low bidder and reassess, recalculate the assessments for this area. And 25 Chanhassen City Council – August 28, 2017 th then likewise for 64 Street, since that is a little bit different scope of project, the total assessment cost for that area is about $110,000 at 40 percent cost is a little over $44,000. 12 assessable units in that area so the current estimated assessment is $3,696.33 and the same terms th of the assessments for 64 Street are proposed here as they were in the Orchard Lane areas. So if the project were to move forward here’s a general schedule of what we’re looking at. We did th have a neighborhood meeting back on January, or July 12. About 15 properties showed up for that. Tonight we’re considering authorizing the preparation of plans and specs and moving the project to for bidding. We would ask that the council authorize or approve the plans and order the advertising for bid in December and then potentially have a bid opening in early or mid January. We’d also have another neighborhood meeting at that time in April. Assessment hearing sometime in maybe the second council meeting in April. We’d start the construction in June of next year and substantial completion would be September or August. And then the final completion where we put the wear course on, the final lift of asphalt would be before June of 2019 so that’s a general schedule. If there’s any questions at this time that’s, we’d be more than happy to try to answer them. Otherwise I’d request that a public hearing be opened for the project. Mayor Laufenburger: Alright, thank you Mr. Oehme. Once again before I open this for public hearing is there any questions of staff from council regarding this project? Councilmember Ryan. Councilwoman Ryan: Just 3 Mr. Oehme. Paul Oehme: Okay. Councilwoman Ryan: Could you explain the difference between what a bioswale does and a rain garden? Is just a different name but the same? Paul Oehme: Yeah it’s basically you try to infiltrate the water as best as you can. There might be some different plantings in the bioswale. The swale typically moves water through a little bit more so you have to look at what plantings are in that swale because you don’t want to have the wrong plantings in there. Otherwise it might wash out. Rain water gardens typically just have the water soak in the ground there and just kind of saturate the ground so there’s different applications. It’s basically trying to do, it has the same goal the bioswales as the rain gardens. It’s just different types of applications. Different types of vegetation. Councilwoman Ryan: And so with the rain garden I think you said it was on somebody’s property and then it’s their responsibility to maintain but with the bioswale being at Herman Park then does park maintenance, I mean will the park maintenance crew? Paul Oehme: Yep, that would be in our right-of-way. The bioswale would be in our right-of- way and we would maintain that. That feature. There are other rain water gardens that we 26 Chanhassen City Council – August 28, 2017 constructed in conjunction with street reconstruction projects and that are in parks as well and we’ve been maintaining those. Councilwoman Ryan: Okay, perfect. Thank you. And then just in the general area, I know you said you’re working on, and I’ve seen the work on the, in the North Manor area. So are those people then going to be impacted by this project as well? Or you know I mean just for the constant road construction in their area and I think that the North Manor one has been troublesome because of the weather so I know it’s taken an extended period of time. Just the inconvenience factor for these neighbors for 2 summers of construction. Paul Oehme: Yeah I understand and we’ve looked at that as well and are concerned about that. There might be, there might have to be some traffic that goes through the North Manor area out to Highway 7 when they’re working on the western part of this project. We haven’t gone to that level of detail yet on how to access or stage the project yet so we understand your concern and it was one of our concerns as well too so we’re looking into that to try to minimize the impacts to the neighbors to the west. Councilwoman Ryan: Okay, perfect. And then last, I didn’t see anything in the packet. I know th you had said that there were about 30 people at the meeting on the 12. What were their biggest concerns or issues? Paul Oehme: Yeah I think there was about 15 people maybe at, properties that were there. I think generally they were, they showed that there is a need for the project. I think some of the issues that they were about was the drainage. I know there’s some drainage issues out here that we’re trying to address and some back yard drainage areas. They, I think in general they were supportive of the project. They were concerned about traffic again during construction and access and those type of things so, and then you know some people were concerned about the level of the assessments as well so there’s a lot of different questions and dialogue that went on in that meeting. Councilwoman Ryan: Okay, thank you. Thank you Mayor. Mayor Laufenburger: And we may hear some of those comments too. Any other questions of staff regarding this project? Alright, at this time I would like to open a public hearing as is required by statute. This is a public hearing where anybody who’s interested in speaking about this project, the feasibility study, the council’s authorization of plans and specifications leading to the project, you may do so at this time and just step forward to the podium. State your name and your address and make your comments. Alright there being none. Oh wait, sorry. Sorry. Gary Reed: Just slow. Mayor Laufenburger: That’s alright. Just state your name and address if you wouldn’t mind please sir. 27 Chanhassen City Council – August 28, 2017 th Gary Reed: I’m Gary Reed from 2461 West 64 Street. th Mayor Laufenburger: So you’re on the 64 side. The east side of the project. Gary Reed: Yeah we’re on, yes. Mayor Laufenburger: Mr. Gary Reed, is that correct? Gary Reed: Right. Mayor Laufenburger: Alright. Nice to have you with us Mr. Reed. State your comments. Gary Reed: When we developed that property we did put the curbing out to Oriole Drive and I guess from what I understand is that we’re just going to get assessed for the repaving of that and not any watermain or storm sewer. The storm sewer’s already in there. Mayor Laufenburger: Okay. Let’s get an answer to that question Mr. Reed. Mr. Oehme is that th true? It sounded like you’re not going to do the depth of work in the 64 Street area, is that correct? th Paul Oehme: That’s correct. The scope of the project in 64 Street is different than the rest of the project. We’re not replacing the total street section. The existing curb and gutter will remain although we have identified a couple little areas where we’re going to replace some curb that have settled. Gary Reed: Yeah right. Paul Oehme: Especially with the catch basins there so yeah. So yeah it’s completely different. That’s why the costs and the assessments are different than the rest of the project area. Mayor Laufenburger: And are you doing, are you doing any sanitary sewer replacement there? Paul Oehme: I don’t believe there’s any sanitary there except for the manholes. There’s some grouting. Mayor Laufenburger: What about the water line? Paul Oehme: No. The water line in that area is newer. It’s the ductile iron pipe so we haven’t had any problems with that so we’re, feel comfortable moving forward with this project without replacing the watermain. Mayor Laufenburger: Okay. Does that answer your question Mr. Reed? 28 Chanhassen City Council – August 28, 2017 Gary Reed: Yes. Mayor Laufenburger: Alright. Do you have any other comments? Gary Reed: Well the intersection of Oriole and. th Mayor Laufenburger: 64 Street? Gary Reed: Orchard Lane. Mayor Laufenburger: Oh, okay. Gary Reed: That’s not where we are but that has a pond every time it rains down there and I’m sure you’re aware of that. Paul Oehme: Yep we are. Gary Reed: Anyway. Mayor Laufenburger: How you going to deal with that? Gary Reed: I don’t know where the drainage goes. Whether it goes under Highway 7 or. Paul Oehme: Yep. Mayor Laufenburger: Mr. Oehme you want to speak to that drainage? Paul Oehme: Absolutely. So at this intersection over by Orchard and Oriole, right in this area we’d like to try to treat the water before it ends up in the storm sewer system so a lot of that water that you see out there today would end up in this rain water garden here if we can get an agreement from the property owner to put it there. And then that water would be directed down to Highway 7 and most of that water I think follows the ditch to the west so we’re trying to clean up that area. There’ll be curb and gutter to take that water off the street and direct it into the storm sewer system as best as we can so. And so the grades will be changed so that area that ponds currently today will be no more. Gary Reed: That will be nice so I don’t have to drive through it then. Okay, that’s all I have Mayor. Mayor Laufenburger: Thank you Mr. Reed. So Mr. Oehme just, you used the word the grades will be changed. So there must be a low spot there you’re going to raise up? 29 Chanhassen City Council – August 28, 2017 Paul Oehme: Yeah there’s a low spot right by the corner there and there’s a culvert that goes under this gentleman’s driveway. It doesn’t drain very well right now so that’s one of the areas we identified to really focus in on and try to get that area to drain a lot better than it is today. Mayor Laufenburger: Alright. Thank you for your questions Mr. Reed. Is there anybody else who would like to speak this public hearing on this project. Todd Gerhardt: Mayor, council. Mayor Laufenburger: Mr. Gerhardt. Todd Gerhardt: We are not assessing any of the sanitary sewer or water main as a part of this project. It’s included as part of each individual’s sewer and water rates that they pay for using municipal water and sewer. Mayor Laufenburger: And that’s our practice throughout the city, is that correct Mr. Gerhardt? Todd Gerhardt: That is correct. Mayor Laufenburger: Yeah so really the only assessment, the 40 percent of assessment is what we do for the benefiting property owners as it relates to the street repair. Paul Oehme: The streets only, correct. Mayor Laufenburger: Okay, alright. To Councilmember Ryan’s question, will North Manor be complete before you begin this project? Paul Oehme: Well so North Manor, the streets will be paved. The wear course will not be on before we start this project so. Mayor Laufenburger: Okay but the plan is it will be, it will be asphalt as opposed to dirt. Paul Oehme: Yep, exactly. The curbs will be on. It will be placed on North Manor and it will be paved. However we’re going to wait for the wear course. Mayor Laufenburger: Okay, alright. Any other questions? Alright I’m going to close the public hearing at this time. Bring it back to council for any questions, comments or motion. Any questions? Any comments? Any action requested? Councilman McDonald: Mr. Mayor. Mayor Laufenburger: Councilmember McDonald. 30 Chanhassen City Council – August 28, 2017 Councilman McDonald: I’ll make a motion. That the City Council orders the preparation of plans and specifications for the 2018 Street Reconstruction Project Number 18-01. Todd Gerhardt: And that included ordering the project? Councilman McDonald: That includes, yeah it includes ordering the project. Roger Knutson: And adopting the resolution as presented. Councilman McDonald: And adopting the resolution. Mayor Laufenburger: Mr. Knutson do we have a valid motion? Roger Knutson: Mayor yes you do. Mayor Laufenburger: Thank you. Is there a second to that motion? Councilman Campion: Second. Mayor Laufenburger: Thank you Mr. Campion. Any further discussion? Resolution #2017-60: Councilman McDonald moved, Councilman Campion seconded that the Chanhassen City Council orders the project and preparation of plans and specifications for the 2018 Street Reconstruction Project No. 18-01 and adopts the attached resolution. All voted in favor and the motion carried unanimously with a vote of 4 to 0. Mayor Laufenburger: That motion carries 4-0. Thank you very much Mr. Oehme. BONGARDS – 8330 COMMERCE BOULEVARD: APPROVE SITE PLAN FOR A 13,070 SQUARE FOOT TWO STORY ADDITION. Mayor Laufenburger: Is this your’s Ms. Aanenson? Kate Aanenson: Yes it is, thank you. The applicant, Bongards Creamery is expanding. This st item went to the Planning Commission on August 1 and they recommended 6-0 to approve. This is part of the Chan Business Center. This development was done as a PUD. Done back in the early 90’s. This is also incorporates part of the National Weather Service and the building that’s kind of the second generation with Bongards going in here so kind of seeing some redevelopment of buildings which is we’re very excited about. So the existing building will be added onto. So this is a PUD. In this PUD what we allowed because the Chan Business, excuse me the Weather Service had a large area that they needed for launching weather balloons and the like so some of the other properties were allowed to go smaller as long as they maintained the overall hard cover so this allows some expansion on those other properties. So again located at 31 Chanhassen City Council – August 28, 2017 Chan Business Park. There is a railroad track to the north of the site and then access coming off of Audubon and then into Commerce Drive. So again it’s a site plan review for the 13,000 square feet to an existing building that was 9,558. The property’s guided, or land use is for office industrial and again as I mentioned it’s a PUD and then it’s for the use, the land use that zoning allows for office storage and research facilities. So the site plan is 1.1 acres. The existing site is 9,558 so with the addition it will be over, just over 22,600 square feet so you can see the addition. When they moved into the building last fall they made some minor modifications in order to accommodate parking but this is ultimately what their plan was to add onto the building. So again here’s the colored elevation. Very nice architecture. Work well in the community. The revised building material, there was some EIFS on the front. Too much but it had been revised to brick. Again it meets all the requirements. Exterior elevations. A lot of articulation and movement. The first floor plan. Additional office space. Office warehouse. And then on the top there’ll be some space that will also be some of their research area. We had talked to them when we met them that we’d be excited if they, we do allow in our industrial parks that you could do 25 percent sales so if they wanted to do some retail operations there we’d be excited about that. Mayor Laufenburger: Are we talking cheese curds here? Kate Aanenson: We are talking cheese so. Mayor Laufenburger: So we don’t have to wait for the State Fair is what you’re telling me. Kate Aanenson: No we don’t. We can any time right? Mayor Laufenburger: Will they deep fry them too because I know, well I’ll let you finish Ms. Aanenson. Kate Aanenson: So the grading plan, again meeting with the watershed district, meeting their requirements for the addition so that’s been accommodated. These are some of the things that took them a little bit longer as we moved through the summer months to get revised so again the landscaping plan does meet all the city requirements. A well articulated building. Nice architecture. Landscaping so very positive improvement. Again expanding one of the existing uses to a higher and better use and then keeping Bongards here in the community so we’re excited about that. So with that we are recommending approval of the site plan and with the th plans dated September 16 subject to the conditions of approval of the staff report and Findings of Fact. So Mayor and council, this then we would prepare a site plan agreement so you wouldn’t see this back again. We would just execute a site plan agreement for recording on the property. So with that I’d be happy to answer any questions that you have. Mayor Laufenburger: Alright, thank you Ms. Aanenson. Council members, any questions of staff? Anybody? Is the applicant present with us this evening? And would you like to come forward and just address the council briefly? Introduce yourself. 32 Chanhassen City Council – August 28, 2017 Matt O’Keefe: I’m an employee… I’m the architect so. Mayor Laufenburger: That’d be fine. Just state your name and address please. st Matt O’Keefe: Matt O’Keefe with BDH and Young Architecture, 18600 81 Place North, Maple Grove, Minnesota. Mayor Laufenburger: Okay. Just tell us a little bit about how you came upon this architecture. Matt O’Keefe: Yeah with the architecture we came upon it is, Bongards approached us when they bought the building. They kind of did a quick move in because they were running out of leased space here where they were at. We did a quick remodel of the existing office space that they have. At that time we did an expansion of the parking lot knowing that we were going to do this expansion the following year so we worked through with the City planning department and then also watershed district to make sure that we had enough space and green spaces allotted and stuff like that. And then as we moved on here, originally we were going to do a single story building but with times of construction and the expansion of Bongards we actually this spring to a second floor which just made us come back through here and kind of get approval for you guys. As far as the architecture goes we’re really just kind of trying to bring some natural elements that are already on the building. The building’s a masonry rock face brick block. We’re going to try and use a brick that probably accentuates the existing brick that’s there. The existing brick, I really don’t want to try and match it. It’s you know 10, 20, 15 years old at this point and just trying to get something that is adaptable and accentuates it is probably a better option at this point. Kind of treat it as two entities and then just creating another kind of focal point, entry point as they have clients and customers come into their space. They have a larger kind of test kitchen upstairs so when people come in and look at their stuff they want to kind of host some clients up there upstairs so just a little bit nicer of an entry into the building. Mayor Laufenburger: So talk about this retail a little bit. Matt O’Keefe: That one was a surprisingly new to us here tonight so Katrina here will get that in you know but no. Kate Aanenson: We’ve talked to them about it. Just kind of in jest. Mayor Laufenburger: Well it’s too late but I hope I didn’t let it out of the bag. Matt O’Keefe: No. No, no, no, no. So actually there, as far as I know there is no retail actually being proposed or even looked at out of this. This is much more corporate headquarters. Sales is officed out of here. IT, the nationwide IT for them. And then they have like I said, they needed a test plant and kind of test kitchen just for, as their clients and people come through. 33 Chanhassen City Council – August 28, 2017 Mayor Laufenburger: Good, alright. Any questions of the architect at this time? Alright, thank you very much. Matt O’Keefe: Thank you. Mayor Laufenburger: Well Ms. Aanenson I think you stated something that’s important for us to know and that is that Bongards and the City of Chanhassen found a way to stay in the community which is that’s a very good thing. Kate Aanenson: Yes. Yeah, they were searching and we were happy that they ended up on this site so. Mayor Laufenburger: So I think that’s a very good thing so thank you to Bongards and also if you would extend those comments to the management at Bongards for staying in our community. We love to have you here. Any, let’s bring it back to the council. Any questions, comments or motions for action? Councilwoman Ryan: Mr. Mayor? Mayor Laufenburger: Councilmember Ryan. Councilwoman Ryan: I’d like to make a motion. Mayor Laufenburger: Alright, please do. Councilwoman Ryan: I’d like to make the motion that the Chanhassen City Council approves the site plan for a 13,070 square foot two story building expansion, plans prepared by Solution Blue, Incorporated dated November 16, 2016, subject to the conditions of approval and adopts the Findings of Fact. Mayor Laufenburger: Alright, thank you. We have a valid motion. Is there a second? Councilman McDonald: Second. Mayor Laufenburger: Thank you Mr. McDonald. Any further discussion? Councilwoman Ryan moved, Councilman McDonald seconded that the Chanhassen City Council approves the site plan for a 13,070 square foot, two story building expansion, plans prepared by Solution Blue, Inc., dated November 16, 2016, subject to the following conditions and adoption of the Findings of Fact: 34 Chanhassen City Council – August 28, 2017 Building 1. Building(s) are required to have automatic fire extinguishing systems. 2. Building plans must be prepared and signed by design professionals licensed in the State of Minnesota. 3. Retaining walls over four high must be designed by a professional engineer and a permit must be obtained prior to construction. 4. Structure proximity to property lines will have an impact on the code requirements for the proposed building, including but not limited to; allowable size, protected openings and fire- resistive construction. These requirements will be addressed when complete building and site plans are submitted. 5. Detailed occupancy related requirements will be addressed when complete building plans are submitted. 6. The owner and or their representative shall meet with the Inspections Division as soon as possible to discuss plan review and permit procedures. Engineering 1. The applicant shall dedicate a drainage and utility easement over the existing stormwater pipe on the northern portion of the property concurrent to recording the site plan agreement. 2. The locations of all easements of record shall be shown on the survey based on a recent title search prior to recording the site plan agreement. 3. The applicant shall resubmit to-scale paper copies of the civil plans, including grading prior to City Council approval. 4. The applicant shall label the first floor elevations of buildings on adjacent lots prior to grading on site. 5. The applicant shall revise plans to add Emergency Over-Flow (EOF) locations and elevations shall be labeled on the grading and utility plan sheets prior to grading on site. 6. The applicant’s erosion control plan shall be revised to meet the requirements of 19-145 of City Code, including showing stockpile locations prior to grading on site. 7. The applicant shall submit a maintenance and operations plan for their stormwater Best Management Practices (BMPs) prior to recording the site plan agreement. **This condition has been modified: The applicant shall submit a maintenance and operations plan for their stormwater Best Management Practices (BMPs) prior to recording the site plan agreement. 35 Chanhassen City Council – August 28, 2017 8. The applicant shall inspect their BMPs on an annual basis and submit inspection reports to the City. **This condition has been modified: The applicant shall submit annual inspection reports to the City. 9. The applicant shall coordinate with the City for inspection of the connection to public storm structures during construction. 10. The applicant shall plug the draintile connection from the grass paver lot to the stormwater catchbasin till staff evaluates the function of the grass paver system and determine in-field whether the draintile connection is required or if the system can function without it. 11. The applicant shall alter the dimensions of the grass paver lot to clear show it meets the requirement for 9-foot by 18-foot parking stalls and a 26-foot wide aisle prior to installation of the grass pavers. Planning 1. The applicant shall revise the primary building material from EIFS to some other acceptable material. 2. The applicant shall provide site furnishings to the site. All voted in favor and the motion carried unanimously with a vote of 4 to 0. Mayor Laufenburger: Thank you very much. Best of luck to you. We want to come out there and get a picture when everybody says cheese. Thank you very much. That concludes our new business this evening. COUNCIL PRESENTATIONS. Mayor Laufenburger: Any council presentations at this time? Councilwoman Ryan: I’d like to get an update on the Red Birds. Mayor Laufenburger: You would huh. I don’t know. Kate Aanenson: Are they still playing? Councilwoman Ryan: I know. Mayor Laufenburger: Mr. McDonald you want to bring us up to date on the Red Birds? 36 Chanhassen City Council – August 28, 2017 Councilman McDonald: Well it was a very exciting weekend. Started out on a Friday night. The Red Birds, now I forget the town they played. Dundas. Mayor Laufenburger: Yes. Dundas Dukes. Councilman McDonald: It was Dundas Dukes and actually it was a pretty nip and tuck game there for a while but the Dukes got out ahead of us and things were looking kind of bad until we got into the bottom of the ninth and then the Red Birds, as being the Red Birds, fought all the way back. They got the bases loaded and lo and behold, I’m going to forget his name now. Gunner. What’s Gunner’s last name? Mayor Laufenburger: McCarthy. Councilman McDonald: McCarthy. I’m sorry Gunner. Gunner McCarthy came up to the plate and very steely eyed, you know he was up there meaning business and sure enough hit the pitch for a grand slam homerun and the Red Birds won 10 to 8 I believe. Mayor Laufenburger: It was 7. Councilman McDonald: 10 to 7. So that was a very exciting game and then the next week we go off and we face a team from Moorhead and Moorhead had a pretty good record of being able to come back and beat teams so we got into a game on Friday night and the weather decided to play a part in that game and I actually left after about the fourth inning and the second rain out. It made it until the sixth inning I believe and at the bottom of the fifth the Red Birds scored 3 runs to go up 3 zip. The game was resumed last Saturday and Moorhead came back in the top of the sixth, top of the seventh I believe. Scored 2 runs to you know kind of make it a game and the Red Birds again pulled it out and we ended up winning 4 to 2 so that was an exciting game. And again the Red Birds showed a lot of power and poise in their play. Then Sunday we ended up playing. Mayor Laufenburger: Well actually this is where I need to step in and just correct. You know we’re sticklers for fact here at the City Council. Councilman McDonald: Of course. Mayor Laufenburger: Right. The first game that you described where Gunner McCarthy hit the grand slam walk off homerun was actually again the Sauk Rapids Cyclones. Councilman McDonald: Oh okay. Mayor Laufenburger: That was the first round. Councilman McDonald: The first round. 37 Chanhassen City Council – August 28, 2017 Mayor Laufenburger: And that, once we won that game that put us into a double elimination. Then the second game you’re describing that was actually the rain delayed one night, that was with the Dundas Dukes. That’s when we, we stopped the game Friday night at about 11:00 with rain pouring down 3 to nothing and then we won the following day 4 to 2. Now let’s fast forward to yesterday. We’re one of only 4 teams undefeated in the Class B and we played the Brewers from? Councilman McDonald: Moorhead. Mayor Laufenburger: Exactly. Now continue. Todd Gerhardt: The Spuds? Mayor Laufenburger: Not the Spuds. That’s Moorhead High School Spuds. Councilman McDonald: They’re the Brewers. So they had a very exciting team. I think it was one of the better teams that we faced. It was a back and forth game there for a while. It was a little bit worrisome that maybe Moorhead was going to pull this out and again Chanhassen came through and we ended up winning by 2 runs I believe wasn’t it? Mayor Laufenburger: 9 to 5. Councilman McDonald: 9 to 5, 4 runs. Yeah I was actually there believe it or not but. Mayor Laufenburger: He was. He was cheering, yes. Councilman McDonald: Yes I was there cheering. I brought help each time. Todd Gerhardt: You’ve got to go to the bathroom once in a while. You missed a couple of runs. Councilman McDonald: Have to go once in a while but the thing was, it was again what the Red Birds showed was an ability to come from behind. Again that was also kind of a see saw game where the, I mean Moorhead never gave up but then again the Red Birds never gave up and our pitching was excellent. I was very impressed with Adrian Turner. He lasted through 7 innings and managed to keep everything tight and relief came in and pretty much managed to shut them down the rest of the game and we ended up winning so now we go onto the finals of the winners bracket next Saturday at 2:30? Mayor Laufenburger: I think it is. 1:30 or 2:30. Councilman McDonald: 1:30 or 2:30 but that will be in Hamburg. 38 Chanhassen City Council – August 28, 2017 Mayor Laufenburger: I believe so yes. Councilman McDonald: Yep, so that will be an exciting game. And then the, is it the first final th would you call it on September the 4 of the winner and the losers bracket? Mayor Laufenburger: Yeah what the, as Councilmember McDonald is reporting correctly the 8 teams that won their first game moved into double elimination so you have to lose twice. You have to lose twice to be eliminated. Now the Red Birds like the Miesville Mudhens, the perennial winners. The defending champions who we play on Saturday. Those are the only 2 undefeated teams. Everybody else will play for a chance to play the winner of the Chanhassen- Miesville Mudhens game so and that will be on Sunday as you say correctly there Mr. McDonald. Councilman McDonald: So a lot of fun. A lot of excitement and the Red Birds are peaking at just the right time. I think everybody is contributing. Everyone has gotten a hit that they’ve come up and clutched situations and they’ve come through so it’s been a very impressive showing by the lads. Mayor Laufenburger: Well they are, they’re a fun bunch of kids. I mean everybody’s kids compared to us right but they really do play with a lot of heart and I would agree with Councilmember McDonald. Everybody is contributing in a different way. One of the most exciting plays was the end of the game against Moorhead. Chanhassen’s ahead 9 to 5 and the relief pitcher Miles Navlo gets the first out. You always want to get the first out right? And then the next 2 runners get on so it’s men on first and second. One out. You know they’re down by 4 runs and they’re threatening and the batter lines a ball. Shatters the bat. The bat goes towards third base and the ball clearly is headed towards left field with a single that would score at least one run and maybe two, but Brandon Arnold, athlete that he is, leaped. Timed his leap perfectly. Caught the ball at the tip of the glove. Came down with it and threw easily to catch the runner from second base, off base for the second and third outs of the game and the crowd erupted. The crowd erupted. Councilman McDonald: Well you have to say that in every game in the ninth inning it has been very exciting for the Red Birds. Mayor Laufenburger: Oh and you have to go through the first 8 in order to get to the ninth isn’t that true Mr. McDonald? Councilman McDonald: That’s very true. Mayor Laufenburger: Yeah exactly. That’s the way the baseball game goes. Councilman McDonald: You can never relax and you never know what’s going to happen and no one quits. 39 Chanhassen City Council – August 28, 2017 Mayor Laufenburger: No one quits. So we just might have a state champion in the Chanhassen Red Birds. But even if we don’t, this is a group of kids that have come together in the last 2 years that are really demonstrating perseverance and grit. Councilman Campion: I’ll save my 10U fast pitch stories for next meeting. Mayor Laufenburger: Is that Aiden? Councilman Campion: Emily. Mayor Laufenburger: Emily. Oh that’s right, softball fast pitch. Any other council presentations? I mean how could there possibly be anything else? Councilman Campion: That can’t be topped. ADMINISTRATIVE PRESENTATIONS. Mayor Laufenburger: Administrative presentations Mr. Gerhardt, anything? Todd Gerhardt: Just one item. Just for the public’s knowledge, on the north side of Highway 5 as you’re coming up Audubon you’re seeing construction work where the small segment of th Audubon that connects to West 78 Street and Highway 5 is closed. Met Council is working on their interceptor line. What an interceptor line is is a sanitary sewer line that takes sanitary sewer from Chanhassen, Shorewood, Minnetrista, Mound to the Blue Lake Treatment Plan just to the east of Valleyfair and that’s where our sanitary sewer is treated. This is 30 plus year old line and they are making repairs to it so that’s why you see all the heavy equipment in that area and the construction. This work is going to go on for the next several months and should wrap up that segment by November. Mid November. Mayor Laufenburger: Okay, anything else? Councilmember Ryan. Councilwoman Ryan: For the road closure for Lake Lucy. Todd Gerhardt: Lane. Councilwoman Ryan: Lane. Is it posted on the website or how are we communicating it? I mean I know there’s a big sign that says road closed but just so, I know you had said that you projected it to be back open on Thursday. Is there any way for people that are looking for information on when it’s going to be reopened? Can you post that anywhere or post it on Facebook? Or Twitter. Todd Gerhardt: It’s draining slowly. 40 Chanhassen City Council – August 28, 2017 Councilwoman Ryan: Okay. Todd Gerhardt: We’re hoping that it would be opened by Thursday but there’s no guarantees. Councilwoman Ryan: Okay. Todd Gerhardt: So I hate to speculate by getting a notice out but maybe by the weekend would be a safer. Councilwoman Ryan: Okay. Todd Gerhardt: And if we get it done sooner great and but we’re still trying to figure out the cause of it and the long term solution but right now we’re using a 6 inch pump to drain the water from one side into the other and our goal is to have it open before the end of the weekend. Councilwoman Ryan: Okay, thank you. Mayor Laufenburger: Alright, anything else? Todd Gerhardt: We did have a fire on Leslee Curve this past Saturday. It was determined to be a lightning strike that started in the attic rafter area of the house and made it’s way into the garage attic. Fortunately the house was a total loss and nobody got hurt. The cats got out and family members of the Carlson’s and long time contractor here in town, Lowell Carlson and is one of the characters that lives in our cemetery and I think everybody here at City Hall could write a story about Lowell. But his daughter lived in that house and his mother, or his wife lived across the street so she is now living with her mom. Mayor Laufenburger: Just one last item regarding Mr. McDonald’s story. It’s important to note the Chaska Cubs are also still in the tournament. They lost one game but they are in the tournament so Mr. Gerhardt I don’t know if you have any open wagering with Matt Poderaski but if the Chaska Cubs and the Chanhassen Red Birds have the fortune of playing, you know something might be in the offing okay. Todd Gerhardt: Oh yes, definitely. Mayor Laufenburger: Alright. Todd Gerhardt: I will make that call. Mayor Laufenburger: Alright. Todd Gerhardt: I think he’s on vacation this week but I will. 41 Chanhassen City Council – August 28, 2017 Mayor Laufenburger: With that may we have a motion to adjourn? Councilwoman Ryan moved, Councilman McDonald seconded to adjourn the meeting. All voted in favor and the motion carried unanimously with a vote of 4 to 0. The City Council meeting was adjourned at 8:35 p.m. Submitted by Todd Gerhardt City Manager Prepared by Nann Opheim 42