CC Minutes 9-8-08City Council Meeting - September 8, 2008
Councilwoman Tjornhom: What has your response been so far?
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Allison Ishizaki: Well as I said we just launched on August 1 so we’re really still just getting
things going but so far we’ve had very positive feedback and we’ve had people emailing the web
site saying you know, giving us events and things that they want listed and saying that it has
been beneficial. As we continue on we hope to you know partner with bike shops and some
fitness places and different things just to do some more promotion of the web site.
Mayor Furlong: Very good. It looks very comprehensive and appreciate your initiative and
help. I know that our staff has been coordinating and providing information. Looks like a lot of
pictures, which is good.
Allison Ishizaki: Yeah. Chanhassen has done a lot of great things. A lot of pictures and stuff
out from the city.
Todd Hoffman: Give thanks to Jolene Devens, our GIS coordinator here at the city and then
Mitch Johnson, our summer intern did most of the work…
Mayor Furlong: Okay. Please extend our appreciation to them as well. Very good. Any
questions? Any other questions? Okay. Alright. Thank you very much. Anyone else for
visitor presentations this evening? Okay. We’ll move on to our items of business then.
PUBLIC HEARING: LIBERTY ON BLUFF CREEK: VACATION OF DRAINAGE
AND UTILITY EASEMENT.
Paul Oehme: Thank you Mayor, City Council members. The applicant, which is a developer, K.
Hovnanian has requested a portion of the drainage utility easement located on Lot 27, Block 1 of
Liberty on Bluff Creek be vacated. The easement in question is shown on this drawing here. If
you can zoom in. The easement is located in, Liberty on Bluff Creek is just east of Audubon and
south of new Bluff Creek Boulevard. The road that was constructed about a year and a half ago.
The drainage utility easement was granted to the city in 2006 with the Liberty on Bluff Creek
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final plat. Four lots within the 1 Addition are being replatted with the 3 Addition which was
recently approved by council. The lot configuration changed and therefore a portion of the
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drainage utilities has been dedicated with the 1 Addition must be vacated. Now I’m showing
what the vacation area looks like. It’s a rectangular easement. That’s about a third of an acre
that the applicant is requesting to be vacated. There are no public or private utilities located in
the easement at this time. Staff concurs with the applicant and recommends that the easement be
vacated at this time, so if there’s any questions I’d be happy to try to answer them for you.
Otherwise I’d request that a public hearing be open at this time.
Mayor Furlong: Thank you. Any questions for staff? No need in the future for anything in this
area that we can anticipate?
Paul Oehme: Not that we are planning for or can think of.
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Mayor Furlong: Okay. Very good. Thank you. Any other questions of staff? If not I’ll go
ahead and open up the public hearing and invite all interested parties to come forward to the
podium. Please state your name and address before addressing the council. Seeing no one I’ll
go ahead and close the public hearing without objection and bring it back to council for
discussion. Any issues or thoughts or comments on this? Fairly straight forward.
Councilwoman Tjornhom: Yeah, I think it’s fairly straight forward.
Mayor Furlong: Okay.
Councilman McDonald: No comments. Everything seems fine to me.
Mayor Furlong: Okay. Very good. Is there a motion to adopt staff’s recommendation?
Councilman Litsey: Make a motion that the City Council approve the easement vacation for Lot
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27, Block 1, Liberty on Bluff Creek subject to the filing Liberty on Bluff Creek 3 Addition plat
and development contract.
Mayor Furlong: Thank you. Is there a second?
Councilwoman Tjornhom: Second.
Mayor Furlong: Motion’s been made and seconded. Any discussion?
Resolution #2008- 46: Councilman Litsey moved, Councilwoman Tjornhom seconded that
the City Council approve the easement vacation for Lot 27, Block 1, Liberty on Bluff Creek
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subject to the filing Liberty on Bluff Creek 3 Addition plat and development contract. All
voted in favor and the motion carried unanimously with a vote of 4 to 0.
NEW PUBLIC WORKS BUILDING, PARK PLACE:
A. PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER APPROVAL OF A PROPOSED CAPITAL
IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FOR PUBLIC FACILITIES AND PRELIMINARY
APPROVAL FOR ISSUANCE OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM
GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS.
B. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION PROVIDING FOR THE SALE OF
$7,550,000 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM GENERAL OBLIGATION
BONDS (NOT A PUBLIC HEARING).
C.CONSIDER APPROVAL OF ARCHITECTURAL CONTRACT (NOT A PUBLIC
HEARING).
D.CONSIDER APPROVAL OF INTERIM USE PERMIT FOR GRADING (NOT A
PUBLIC HEARING).
Greg Sticha: Good evening Mayor and City Council members. We’ll start with item 4(a) but
before we get to that I just kind of want to give a little time line on the process that we have in
regards to the public works building. City Council has directed staff to look into funding for a
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