CC Minutes 2-10-20CHANHASSEN CITY COUNCIL
REGULAR MEETING
FEBRUARY 10, 2020
Mayor Ryan called the meeting to order at 7:05 p.m. The meeting was opened with the
Pledge to the Flag.
COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: Mayor Ryan, Councilwoman Tjornhom, Councilman
McDonald, Councilman Campion, and Councilwoman Coleman
STAFF PRESENT: Jake Foster, Kate Aanenson, Charlie Howley, Todd Hoffman, Bob
Generous, and Roger Knutson
PUBLIC PRESENT:
Jessica Galatz Hennepin County
Mayor Ryan: Again good evening everybody and welcome to our council meeting. To those of
you that are watching at home or livestreaming on the Chanhassen website thank you for joining
us. For the record we have all of our council members present tonight so our first action is our
agenda approval. Council members are there any modifications to the agenda as printed? If not
we will proceed with the published agenda.
PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Mayor Ryan: First is public announcements. We had one add so I will read that. The City
Council and the Economic Development Commission would like to invite the public in
particular the local business community in Chanhassen to the first ever local business open house
with the Chanhassen and Chanhassen Economic Development Commission. The event will take
place on Wednesday, February 19th from 6:00 to 7:30 at the Chanhassen Recreation Center. The
Economic Development Commission will be looking for feedback from the local business
community on how the City can help make your business more successful. The Economic
Development Commission along with city staff will be available to answer any questions about
the topics such as planning and zoning, fees and taxes, and new infrastructure and new
businesses being constructed in the city. Please take this opportunity to give the City and the
Economic Development Commission your feedback or ask a question about owning a business
in our great community. We hope to see you there.
CONSENT AGENDA: Councilman Campion moved, Councilwoman Coleman seconded
to approve the following consent agenda items pursuant to the City Manager’s
recommendations:
1. Approve City Council Minutes dated January 27, 2020
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2. Receive Planning Commission Minutes dated January 21, 2020
3. Approve a Request for an Interim Use Permit (IUP) for the Purpose of Repairing
Landslides along a portion of the Minnesota Bluffs LRT Regional Trail
4. Resolution #2020-08: Providing for the Sale of up to $7,000,000 General Obligation
Utility Revenue Bonds, Series 2020A for various City 2020 and 2021 Utility System
Improvements
5. Resolution #2020-09: Minnewashta Parkway – Approve Plans and Specifications;
Authorize Advertising for Bids
6. Well #4 Roof Repair
7. Highway 7 RPBCWD Maintenance Agreement
All voted in favor and the motion carried unanimously with a vote of 5 to 0.
VISITOR PRESENTATIONS.
Mayor Ryan: We have one scheduled visitor presentation so I welcome you to come to the
podium. Welcome.
Dr. Claire Bleser: Mayor, council members. My name is Claire Bleser. I’m the Watershed
District Administrator for the Riley-Purgatory-Bluff Creek Watershed District. I have a little
presentation. It’s all about stormwater ponds, whether they’re friends or our foe. It’s a long
journey for well worthy of it. Point it to.
Charlie Howley: Point it at my head.
Dr. Claire Bleser: Well if I don’t turn it on that’s not going to work. There we go. For those of
you who are not familiar with this watershed district we are two counties, Carver and Hennepin
County. We’re about 50 square miles. We include parts of Chanhassen. Really basically the
northeast, well east part of Chanhassen but we include also parts of Bloomington, Eden Prairie,
Minnetonka, Deephaven and Shorewood as well as a few streets into Chaska. So this journey
actually includes quite a few cities. The city of Chanhassen as well as Minnetonka, Shorewood,
Bloomington, Eden Prairie and also the University of Minnesota. This journey started back in
2010 so staff from the city, all of our cities as well as State agencies back then were talking about
stormwater ponds as a means of how do we know they’re functioning like they’re suppose to be
functioning and how can we assess this in a quick easy matter. So when we started this journey
back in 2010 we were dealing with those questions like are they doing what they’re suppose to
be doing or are they not doing what they’re suppose to be doing so we started with 5 ponds and