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CC 2018 03 12CHANHASSEN CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING MARCH 12, 2018 Mayor Laufenburger called the meeting to order at 7:05 p.m. The meeting was opened with the Pledge to the Flag. COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: Mayor Laufenburger, Councilwoman Tjornhom, Councilman McDonald, Councilwoman Ryan, and Councilman Campion STAFF PRESENT: Todd Gerhardt, Chelsea Petersen, Kate Aanenson, Paul Oehme, Todd Hoffman and Roger Knutson PUBLIC PRESENT: Jon Gilbert 1641 Jeurissen Lane Liz & Bob Haak 770 Pioneer Trail Bob & Betty Wold 730 Pioneer Trail Mayor Laufenburger: Thank you and welcome to those, welcome to this council meeting. Those of you that are present in the chamber. There’s about 10 folks in the chamber with us this evening and also those of you that are watching on Mediacom cable TV at home or via the website livestream. Nice to have you with us and for the record let it be known that all members of the council are present this evening and we’re ready to move on. First action is the agenda. Council members are there any modifications to the agenda as printed? And if not then we will proceed with the agenda as printed. CONSENT AGENDA: 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 February 26, 2018 2. Receive Planning Commission Minutes dated February 20, 2018 3. Approve Chanhassen Farmers’ Market Agreement 4. Resolution #2018-22: Approve Quote for Roof Replacement at Lift Station 24 5. Resolution #2018-23: Accept Quotes for West Water Treatment Plant Chemical Feed Equipment. 6. Resolution #2018-24: Approve Park Road/Park Place Project 16-04 Change Order #2 Chanhassen City Council – March 12, 2018 2 7. Resolution #2018-25: Accept Quote for the 2018 Well Rehabilitation Project 8. Award Low Quote: Installation of MUSCO LED Lighting at Lake Susan Park Baseball Field All voted in favor and the motion carried unanimously with a vote of 5 to 0. VISITOR PRESENTATIONS. None. Mayor Laufenburger: For those of you that are watching at home or via livestream we have visitor presentation at every regularly scheduled council meeting. This is a great opportunity for you to speak to the council about any matter concerning the city. Any encouragement or any problems you’d like to address. We can’t always address the problem right away but we certainly can direct staff to investigate the problem. There being no visitor presentations at this time I will close visitor presentation. APPROVE A DNR FLOOD DAMAGE REDUCTION GRANT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMN APPLICATION FOR PROPERTIES ALONG PIONEER TRAIL. Mayor Laufenburger: Mr. Oehme is this your’s? Paul Oehme: That’s correct Mayor. Mayor Laufenburger: Alrighty. Paul Oehme: Good evening City Council members as well. Again this is to consider staff putting an application out for DNR flood mitigation for properties along Pioneer Trail so the properties in question are 730, 750, and 770 Pioneer Trail. These properties are located just west of 101 and along Pioneer Trail and north of Bluff Creek Golf Course as shown here. So these problems have been historically had flood problems. Flooding of these properties have been reported back since the 70’s. City staff has records of that. The City did model this area and it’s apparent that rain events over 2 ½ inches in a 24 hour period can flood out the back yards and then rain events over 3 ½ inches can potentially, over a 24 hour period can flood out some of the structures on the property as well. And just for reference a 100 year storm event is right around 7 inches of rain so the watershed area, or the water that contributes to this area or is collected is about 11.4 acres and mainly comes from the north and then also from the east of this area. So the properties, these 3 properties were built in the 60’s and 70’s when the city was very small at that time. The properties do have well and septic on them right now and there is no city services in this area so if say the septic systems were to fail or the well were to fail it’d be very difficult and expensive for these properties to hook up now and into the future as well. So I just, some of the property owners have given the City some pictures over the years about the flooding problems in this area so this is a flooding event that took place in the 70’s. Family going out for Chanhassen City Council – March 12, 2018 3 a canoe ride. In the 80’s we also we were seeing a lot of flooding as well too. This is the Haak’s property out their back porch and then a picture from Pioneer Trail, just south of Pioneer Trail showing some of the flooding in the back yards here as well. In the 90’s there was some bigger storm events flooding some of the garages in the area in the back yards and impacting some of the structures in the, on these properties. And again in the 2010’s I think 2014 is these photos were taken. Again flooding out some of the garages and some of the basements as well at this time. So staff did survey this area and then we also did complete a storm water modeling of the watershed. Properties areas primarily drain by an old field tile that follows the ditch line along Pioneer Trail. That water takes most of the small rain events from this area. When those larger rain events happen there are a few culverts along Pioneer Trail again that take some of that water as well. The drainage system we looked at. We modeled it. Can be replaced and to reduce the flooding in this area but would potentially create flooding downstream as well if we were to take a lot of the flood water from this location and move it downstream so there’s a barn downstream of here. There are Powers Boulevard potentially would be impacted and this water flows down into Bluff Creek which is impaired water already and then down the bluff as well so we’re concerned about having more water discharging at this point downstream and more erosion down the bluff as well so we want to try to avoid that. So we looked at trying to balance out what we can do for flooding in the back yards. The back yards are considered wetland areas as well so in terms of an engineering solution just, if we just look at the back yards and try to capture some of that water. Pond it or to do something else there’s some limited options we can do there just because of the wetland rules that we have today. So this is a model of our hydro cad showing the area of drainage. So this is a 100 year event so the properties, 770, 750 and 730 are shown right here. This is Pioneer Trail and 101 is on the right hand side here so the red line shows what the current 100 year water elevation would potentially be today as modeled and then we looked at what a potential solution would be to improve the drainage in this area but not flood out you know downstream, or have downstream impacts because of more water going downstream so based upon our modeling and we were looking at the drain tile I talked about earlier, that’s about an 8 inch pipe. We think we can upsize that to about a 12 inch pipe. With that however we’re not gaining much flood relief so the green line here is showing what potentially the new high water elevation would be with that improved system so we’re saving a little bit on the high water event but not much. We’re still looking at potentially flooding out the garages and some other structures on the property as well. So in summary what we are finding is there doesn’t seem to be a good engineering solution to significantly reduce the flooding problems on these properties and then just looking if there were to be a flood you know solution out here, you know even extending city services to this properties will be cost prohibitive since there is really no sewer and water in this area right now or plan to be in the near future as well. So what staff’s recommendation is to seek out funding to potentially purchase these properties and re-establish wetlands in this area. We have talked to Carver County and the watershed district and the DNR and some other folks too and trying to get some sense of what we can do to look at a project like that. As the council may remember the Avienda wetland alteration permit that was approved recently did, we did talk about what this project as potentially an improvement project for the funding that the developer would give to the city in lieu of wetland mitigation on site or within the watershed district. As you may recall there were some wetlands that were Chanhassen City Council – March 12, 2018 4 going to be impacted by the development and there was no alternate site on, alternative site on the development or within the watershed district to mitigate those wetlands so in lieu of that the developer is planning to give the City some funds for wetland alteration project or storm water improvement project so this may be a good fit for those funds. So like I mentioned before there is a DNR grant that’s available right now for flood mitigation. We did have a conversation with the DNR about this and what the grant allows for up to 50 percent of the improvement to be funded by this DNR grant so that, in this case it would fund up to 50 percent of the property acquisitions and it will also contribute to the funding of the demolition of the structures on site. Capping the wells, septic systems, those type of things. The City staff has talked to Riley- Purgatory-Bluff Creek Watershed District as well and they’re very interested in partnering with the City on this project. They think it’s a good project and then trying to restore the wetlands in this area. And then we also have talked to Carver County and some other folks and there might be some other potential grants out there for acquisitions and wetland improvements down the road as well. So with that if there’s any questions for me I’d be more than happy to try to answer them. We do have some of the residents here as well if you’d like to visit with them as well. Mayor Laufenburger: Okay, thank you Mr. Oehme. First let’s begin with council. Are there any questions you have of Mr. Oehme at this time? Go ahead Elise. Councilwoman Ryan: More of a general question. I don’t know if you...or not but could you just explain this process. This is new to me so the flood reduction grant assistance and if you could just explain that. Todd Gerhardt: Yep, Paul could you go back to the wetland picture. That one right there. What you have here is a situation where when you have historic events of rains and it seems as though we have more of them recently where the water does go outside of the green or the red lines and in some cases they have gone into basements I’ve been told and so the DNR, the watershed district is always looking at ways to try to improve our wetlands and one way of improving the wetland here is to expand on it. And the key thing that our wetlands do is they act as bowls. They hold the water and then once the bowl is full it slowly leaks out the edge and we want it to slowly release into the system. Paul says there’s really not an engineering way of fixing this problem but an engineer can figure out anything. You could put a big pipe and just drain the whole wetland and put it down into the Bluff Creek corridor but then what you would do is create erosion along the Bluff Creek corridor and we’ve seen situations downstream where we do have erosion just from the current runoff of you know filling in the silt and sand into the Minnesota River as one of our candidates talked earlier tonight about being one of the most polluted rivers in Minnesota. So slowly releasing the water is the goal of our storm water management system. That’s why we have storm water ponds to capture runoff. To slow the water down and we really have not taken advantage of this program because Chanhassen is fairly new we’ve had most of our homes built above the high water mark but occasionally there are homes that are close to wetlands or into the, into or close to the floodplain area. Chanhassen City Council – March 12, 2018 5 Councilwoman Ryan: So I guess to clarify that question almost. Your information was helpful but you will apply for the grant and then if the grant is approved and they provide up to 50 percent of the cost of the acquisition. Todd Gerhardt: Yes. Councilwoman Ryan: And then other. Todd Gerhardt: We’re expecting. Councilwoman Ryan: Other fund sources come in or. Paul Oehme: Right. Todd Gerhardt: Yep. We’re expecting funding from the watershed district and potentially from the county and the city, those 3 agencies. Councilwoman Ryan: And do we have a number that we’re trying to achieve? Paul Oehme: Well so we have estimates for what the appraised values are right now. Councilwoman Ryan: Okay. Paul Oehme: And we have other ancillary costs associated with that so we have a ballpark number what we think it would take to purchase these properties and yeah, we’re pretty close I think on getting the amount of money necessary for the purchase of these properties. Councilwoman Ryan: Okay. Paul Oehme: But if the Avienda money would come through that would really help offset our costs and then the watershed district already has allocated some money actually for this project already so. Councilwoman Ryan: And then once the structures are removed then it just becomes a wetland and then when, I mean I know Todd in the past one of the long term goals is to have a trail along Pioneer Trail. Is that part of these costs then as well or is that completely separate? Paul Oehme: No. Todd Gerhardt: No. Paul Oehme: That’s completely separate. We do have to look at those future improvements as well down the road and so if we do capture the money for allocation of these properties we Chanhassen City Council – March 12, 2018 6 probably would like to take a trail easement or road easement first before we dedicate it as a wetland. Councilwoman Ryan: Okay, so that’s then and that’s part of the process. Paul Oehme: That’s part of the process, exactly. Yep. And the DNR said they, you know they don’t have all the funds available right now if we were successful in getting money for these, for this grant so it might be a year or 2 years, 3 years, 4 years out before we potentially could have enough funds for acquiring any of these properties so it’s going to be a long process. It’s just not acquiring the properties. There would have to be again a wetland improvement project out here so there’s some trees out here that probably would be removed and then some grading work and some vegetation improvements that would also take place after the acquisitions are completed so that would, we would seek funding for, another grant for the wetland improvements after the properties have been acquired. Councilwoman Ryan: Oh, okay. Okay, great. Todd Gerhardt: Yeah it’s a multi-step process and it is a public taking of the 3 properties so relocation costs are included in that acquisition price and which, and then the building demolition would also be a part of the overall project as Paul stated for the, that would fall more into the wetland improvement area. Paul Oehme: Well the DNR would be, DNR funds are eligible for the demolition. Todd Gerhardt: Oh that is? Paul Oehme: And the septic and the wells too so. Todd Gerhardt: Okay. Councilwoman Ryan: Okay. Thank you. Mayor Laufenburger: Mr. Campion go ahead. Councilman Campion: Yeah one question. So the property just to the west of those other 3 properties would not be affected by this? Paul Oehme: No. I mean so the goal would be to not raise the water you know where it is today so we’d try to keep it at the same 100 year elevations so basically the neighbor does have wetlands on his property so where you see the red and the green line, that’s approximately where the high water line would still take place. His structures are far enough away from that high water mark where it wouldn’t be impacted. Chanhassen City Council – March 12, 2018 7 Todd Gerhardt: If you see the black, it’s the build, I think that’s the barn. Paul Oehme: This is the house here. Todd Gerhardt: A house and then the barn is farther back. Paul Oehme: To the west, yep. Mayor Laufenburger: Is that the only property on Pioneer Trail west of 730, 750 and 770? Paul Oehme: That’s correct. Mayor Laufenburger: Okay. Does that answer your question Mr. Campion. Councilman Campion: It does. Kate Aanenson: I would just add too when we look at the redevelopment of that area sometime when there’s sewer and water to that property that’s immediately to the west and the one to the north, those could be subdivided in the future but again as the City Engineer stated that could be down the road. They could get sewer and water as Mr. Erhart’s property developed, it could be a street that came, you know a cul-de-sac or something coming that way. We had looked at that before in the comp plan so. Mayor Laufenburger: Anybody else? Mr. McDonald go ahead. Councilman McDonald: You mentioned a number of years. Can you give me an estimate of what kind of timeframe we’re looking at to get this accomplished? Paul Oehme: Well staff would like to try to make these acquisitions as soon as we can so if the money comes together, I mean it would be a one or two year process. The DNR doesn’t know exactly where their funds are yet for fiscal year ’19 so they say we could potentially one or two properties this year and then one maybe next year but they don’t know for sure. The funding right now, I think we have a pretty good shot of getting the funding. When we talked to the DNR they said most of the funding for this program has gone out of metro the last 5-6 years so it’d be nice to have a metro project in the near future so. Councilman McDonald: Okay, thank you. Mayor Laufenburger: So Mr. Oehme can you just clarify, we are not funding anything tonight. The only thing we’re doing is we’re following a procedural process that requires the City Council pass a resolution in support of this project, is that correct? Chanhassen City Council – March 12, 2018 8 Paul Oehme: That’s correct. All the staff is asking for tonight is to pass a resolution supporting the application to move forward. We do not have any money secured at this time. There’s no projects that have been approved at this time. It’s just a resolution of support of submitting an application for the DNR. Mayor Laufenburger: Okay. One more question if I may. If we pass this, at what point in the future will this project come back to the council for approval or are we giving our approval to this right now? Paul Oehme: No it would still have to come back and so the City Council would have to accept the funds and then we’d have to go through the acquisition process so there’d be another, a bunch of steps along the way to that the council would have to approve for the expenditure of DNR funds and some of these other grant funds that we’re talking about. Mayor Laufenburger: Okay. Mr. Oehme I know this has been, and I know the Haak’s are with us tonight and maybe their neighbors are here as well. We, this is not a new problem. This has been going on, as you pointed out from these pictures for a long, long time. What makes this sort of thing possible at this time? Paul Oehme: I think some of the, you know the funding that we have been talking about through the Avienda project and just the problem’s not getting, is not going away so we’ve been looking at alternatives to try to improve this over the years and nothing really has come through fruition. I think there’s been a desire on some of the property owners that have lived here since the 60’s and 70’s to maybe move on so in terms of salability of their property with you know the known flood problems that they have in their yard I think it’s going to be difficult for them to sell so I think all those things have kind of worked to this point in time where I think it’s time we actually consider purchasing the properties and restoring this area to what it originally was. Mayor Laufenburger: So this is one of those times where owning property on the waterfront is not such a good thing right? Paul Oehme: That’s correct. Mayor Laufenburger: Okay, alright. Todd Gerhardt: Mayor? Mayor Laufenburger: Mr. Gerhardt. Todd Gerhardt: Mayor and council, as a part of the Avienda project you know the developer looked for opportunities to improve wetlands in and around the Chanhassen area and there really wasn’t anything standing out and then Paul and his team came up with the idea of well this is an opportunity where we would improve a wetland situation. You know the septic systems when Chanhassen City Council – March 12, 2018 9 they do flood are in that high water area and that’s not improving the water quality at all so, and I think we’ve got 3 willing sellers in this situation if all the appraisals are agreed upon and so this would be a project that could be improved in Chanhassen for a wetland instead of Nicollet County or Martin County or you know somewhere outstate so I know that was an issue with the watershed district and some council members and so, so Paul came up with this idea and it’s been something that’s been on the back burner for a while and with the Avienda development it got moved up to the front burner. Mayor Laufenburger: Okay, thank you Mr. Gerhardt. I know that, I visited this, I have visited this site personally over the last 8 months and I’ve seen the impact of 2 ½ and a 3 inch rain and I know Mr. Oehme you’ve been exploring ways of dissipating that water faster and there are, there just as Mr. Gerhardt has pointed out there’s just problems associated with that too. And this is not a public hearing but if any of the neighbors would like to speak to the council at this time just to share your personal experiences I would welcome an opportunity for that. Bob if you’d like to come, anybody. I just ask that you lift up that microphone to your mouth and state your name and address if you wouldn’t mind. Bob Haak: Bob Haak, 770 Pioneer Trail, Chanhassen. We’ve lived, Liz and I have lived here since 1971 or since ’73 on the property. Ever since we came it started or it’s been flooding. Maybe not to the extent it does now. The problem that I, there’s two problems that I see. The first one is the, I don’t believe the home should have been built there in the first place. It was a fairly reasonably priced home when I purchased it. The owners were not, did not have to disclose the water issues that we had with it. We’ve lived with them for a long, long time. What probably broke the camel’s back is when, I believe it was 2014 or ’10, I don’t remember exactly off hand. Mayor Laufenburger: June, 2014. Bob Haak: June, 2014 the drain tile that the farmer put in well before we moved there plugged. Tree roots grew through the tile. The tile is 10 inches in diameter. It’s concrete. It’s very thin and it, I found broken pieces of it all over the place. Mayor Laufenburger: And Bob just to clarify, this is the drain tile that you’re referring to on the property just to your west, is that correct? Bob Haak: That is correct. Mayor Laufenburger: Yeah so this is part of the tile that takes the water from your property adjacent and delivers it west towards Bluff Creek. Bob Haak: Right. Mayor Laufenburger: Okay. Chanhassen City Council – March 12, 2018 10 Bob Haak: The 24 inch tile or culvert that goes under my neighbor’s driveway normally, I mean we have flooding water, we would have flooding water if it weren’t for this little drain tile. And when it rains substantially the overflow that is not held by the, is not handled by the drain tile goes over the surface. But the remainder of the water takes 2 or 3 days for the water to dissipate through this 10 inch drain tile. Well it plugged. We are really at the mercy of this drain tile so if it happens this year, every rain I’m thinking oh am I going to have to bail water out of my basement again. I mean that’s basically what it comes to so my hope is that we can do this project one way or the other. And the sooner the better as far as we are concerned and I appreciate your time and I appreciate the staff’s time on this project. Paul has done a lot and the mayor was out and visited us on a rainy night and we appreciate all the help but we really would like to get this taken care of and thank you. Mayor Laufenburger: Thanks Bob. Is there anybody else who would like to speak at this time? Welcome, just state your name and address please. Bob Wold: My name is Bob Wold and my wife Betty and I live at 730 Pioneer Trail. Mayor Laufenburger: So your’s is the first house closest to. Bob Wold: We’re the first one. We’re upstream. Mayor Laufenburger: Yeah you’re upstream. Bob Wold: And this problem, this land when we moved into it we actually, my wife actually raised 32 sheep in the back yard and so it wasn’t when we were here we checked on it and when we first moved in in ’75 it wasn’t considered wetland at that time but of course we had a lot different environmental standards then. But the land across 101 to the east. Mayor Laufenburger: Foxford. Bob Wold: Were all farm fields. Mayor Laufenburger: Yep. Bob Wold: And that’s been developed where it either runs into Lake Riley or a good portion of it, which is a lot more hard surfaces now, comes back and goes through culverts into this area. Where the miniature golf course is, Halla Golf Course that was a tree farm and they didn’t drain the water off from that so it was another area that the water sunk into. Well when they did 101 they put a 36 inch culvert draining that area into our back yard too as they made a golf course out of it. There was a drainage area, a pond across 101 from our property which was a pond that right out they put a bike path in and put more culverts coming into our area. The culverts that come into it, I think they’re about 36 inch culverts and they’re about 12 inches lower than the 14 Chanhassen City Council – March 12, 2018 11 inch culvert that goes out of the land so we’re really kind of up against it. When the drain tile was functioning it would lower our water level about 41 inches from the surface back there. Now the water level is almost at the surface in my back yard. We built a pole barn last year and we had to spend an extra $14,000 to put in concrete pilings and go down deep enough because the water level was too high. With septic systems and basements, with the water level that high the freezing of the ground now is cracking foundations and basements and I know the drain fields, if we had to replace our septic system now we’d have to put in a, raise it above ground and it really, it’s not an area that we should have and especially with the other water that we’ve got coming into that area. So but I do appreciate the work the City’s done on putting this plan together and the sooner we can get it the, it will sure help us out. Thank you. Mayor Laufenburger: Alright, well thank you for your comments Mr. Wold. Is there anyone else who would like to speak? Alright. Well Mr. Oehme I think you’ve answered all of our questions and you’re looking, the action you’re looking for tonight is simply a resolution or supporting a resolution. Approving a resolution of support for this, proceeding with this grant, is that correct? Paul Oehme: That’s correct. Mayor Laufenburger: Okay, alright. Any other council questions, comments, or actions? Councilman McDonald: Mr. Mayor. Mayor Laufenburger: Mr. McDonald go ahead. Councilman McDonald: First of all you know I’d like to thank Paul and the City for working on this and finding a way to again keep the money from the Avienda project here in the city and I’m glad you found a good use for it. Everything that everybody has said it just doesn’t seem that this is a good engineering project to take on because it sounds as though over the years that’s what’s happened and every time they’ve engineered it it’s only made it worst downstream so I would fully support this project and again kudo’s to Paul and city staff for coming up with this. Mayor Laufenburger: Alright thank you Mr. McDonald. Anybody else? Councilman McDonald: Looking for a motion Mr. Mayor? Mayor Laufenburger: Whatever the council would like to do Mr. McDonald. Councilman McDonald: Then I would make a motion that the City Council approves a resolution of support for a DNR Flood Reduction Grant application to acquire properties located at 730, 750 and 770 Pioneer Trail. Mayor Laufenburger: Okay, we have a valid motion. Is there a second to that motion? Chanhassen City Council – March 12, 2018 12 Councilwoman Ryan: Second. Mayor Laufenburger: Thank you Councilmember Ryan. Any further discussion? Just to clarify Mr. Oehme, this is for the council’s benefit, this merely sets in motion the process by which a grant will be applied for, potentially awarded, supplemented by other funding the source of which you’ve identified county, the watershed the WAC project and that it will come back to the council for eventual discussion and approval, is that correct? Paul Oehme: That’s correct. Mayor Laufenburger: Okay, alright. Resolution #2018-26: Councilman McDonald moved, Councilwoman Ryan seconded that the City Council approves a resolution of support for a DNR Flood Reduction Grant Assistance grant application to acquire properties located at 730, 750, and 770 Pioneer Trail. All voted in favor and the motion carried unanimously with a vote of 5 to 0. Mayor Laufenburger: That motion carries 5-0. Thank you very much. Paul Oehme: Thank you. Mayor Laufenburger: And to the Haak’s and the Wold’s and your neighbor I just, I hope we can do this very, very soon. I’ve seen the consequences of that new water coming in there and you have our support. COUNCIL PRESENTATIONS. Mayor Laufenburger: Are there any council presentations this evening? Councilmember Ryan, yes. Councilwoman Ryan: Well Mr. Mayor I appreciate you making the suggestion earlier tonight and normally you talk about the Red Birds and baseball and I’m usually the one asking Mr. Hoffman when will the rinks open and when, how long can we keep the rinks open. This past weekend was a big weekend for hockey fans in Minnesota. I was actually reading an article today on the State of Minnesota Hockey News. It was written by the JV coach of the girls hockey team and he was saying what a unique state we live in when it comes to hockey and that it’s, there’s such a sense of pride that you get to play for your own community and your own school. A lot of other communities across the country play for AAA organizations that might have sponsorships outside of just their community and their school so as a very proud mother of two girls that play in the Minnetonka Hockey Association and my husband coaches, I’d like to congratulate the Minnetonka Skippers for winning their first state high school hockey tournament this weekend. It was a great win against Duluth East, 5-2. We were there. I was so Chanhassen City Council – March 12, 2018 13 proud and excited for all those young men but equally as excited for the whole student body and Minnetonka School District and this area. It’s just a great community and the parents and the grandparents that were there and all the students in the student section handled themselves very well and were really positive and supportive so I thought the whole environment was awesome and it was a little bittersweet in our family because my husband played for Duluth East so it was a house divided but the girls, we were all cheering for Minnetonka and were very proud so congratulations to the Minnetonka boys high school hockey team on your first victory of State. Mayor Laufenburger: Thank you Councilmember Ryan. Just a reminder to those that may not be aware of it. Chanhassen is a community of almost 26,000 people and the norther third of our community is part of the Minnetonka school district so it’s appropriate that we celebrate victories in Easter Carver County School, at Chanhassen High School and Minnetonka High School. Thank you. Any other council presentation at this time? I just have one that I want to speak to. Next Monday evening, March 19th I’ll have an opportunity to address the entire community at a, what I call the Chan-happenings 2018 update. There are a number of projects and priorities that the Chanhassen City Council and city staff will be working on during the next year and into the future and I think it’s very appropriate that the community have an opportunity to hear about all of those at one time so this is next Monday, March 19th at 7:00 p.m. at the Chan Rec Center. It’s free. Light refreshments will be served and I’ll have about probably 35 minutes of presentation on the various projects and there will be a question and answer time after that. Many members of staff will be present so if you’re interested in hearing about what’s happening in Chan- happening come on out next Monday night, March 19th at 7:00 p.m. so thanks. ADMINISTRATIVE PRESENTATIONS. Mayor Laufenburger: Mr. Gerhardt, any administrative presentations? Todd Gerhardt: Well Councilmember Ryan reminded me that I should extend a great appreciation to all our crews that flood our rinks, plow our roads and, our street department does a wonderful job so people can get to their different sporting events on the weekends and get to work during the weekdays and it was a tough year. There were some, a lot of snowfalls and they get up early to make sure that the roads are open and the rinks are flooded for those that enjoy the outside ice skating weather that we had this year and you know it’s a difficult job but we have some very skilled employees that do a wonderful job in maintaining our streets and trails so big thanks to those crews in the street department, utilities, park and rec maintenance crews do a wonderful job so I just wanted to extend my appreciation for them. Mayor Laufenburger: Good. Anything else? CORRESPONDENCE DISCUSSION. None. Chanhassen City Council – March 12, 2018 14 Mayor Laufenburger: Just a reminder council that immediately following this council meeting we’ll reconvene in the Fountain Conference Room for a brief discussion and continue our work session topic. With that is there a motion to adjourn? Councilwoman Ryan moved, Councilwoman Tjornhom seconded to adjourn the meeting. All voted in favor and the motion carried unanimously with a vote of 5 to 0. The City Council meeting was adjourned at 7:50 p.m. Submitted by Todd Gerhardt City Manager Prepared by Nann Opheim