Monday, May 16,
2005
7:00 PM
1.
CALL TO ORDER
Mayor Tom Anderson called the meeting to order at 7:00
PM.
PRESENT:
Mayor Tom Anderson, Councilmembers Kimberly Crockett, Keith Kask, Paul
Skrede and John Wheaton.
STAFF: City Administrator
Dana Young, Police Chief Virgil Gustafson and City Clerk Sandy Langley
2. APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA
Councilmember Crockett moved to approve the
following consent agenda item:
A. Minutes of May 2, 2005 as
submitted.
Councilmember Kask seconded. Motion
carried 5-0.
3. MATTERS FROM THE FLOOR
Jason Ostbye, a representative from the Minnetonka
Yacht Club stated an upcoming C-
National regatta event being hosted by the Club (June 16-19) and parking
for the trailers and cars are being requested.
It was brought to their attention that only 10 parking permits could be
received in a day without Council approval.
Mayor Anderson asked them to present their specific information as to
what is needed in writing and present it to the Council at the next meeting.
A. Introduction
of Police Reserves – Chief Gustafson introduced Jess Schemmer and
Brett Lawler to the Council as two members who
have volunteered to be on the
Police
Reserves.
B. LMCC Update – Dennis Stanga updated the
Council on LMCC issues. Mr. Stanga is
the
Chairman of the Board and along with him was Sally Koenecke, Administrator, to
answer
any questions the Council may have of them.
It was noted the cable system
serving
our communities is Mediacom and they have approximately 11,700
subscribers. High speed cable modem service is offered in
our communities by
Mediacom
et.al. The Board is looking into offering
wireless internet (Wi Max over
Wi Fi) for
an entire LMCC service area; Mr. Stanga thought it will take about 2 years
to
achieve that goal. Several
Councilmembers expressed support for the Wi Max
idea. In July voice over internet will be offered.
C. MCES
Update - Darel Gustafson updated the
Council on MCES issues. Darel is the
Chairman
of a 38 member Board and he reviewed all the activities they are involved
with.
D. Park
Committee – Bryan Sykora reviewed the City Celebration Idea presented to
The
Park Committee by Darel Gustafson. They
would like to like to see a yearly
celebration and call it “Deephaven Days”. This year’s celebration could consist of a
family-oriented triathlon, a cookout at
recommending
August 6th as the date for the first year. The mayor suggested
keeping
an emphasis on the picnic with family activities (gunny sack race, pony
rides)
as opposed to focusing on the triathlon.
The
Park Committee heard recommendations from Jon Monson regarding
landscaping
improvements to the
plan
outlining the recommendations for the next Park Committee to review. It was
recommended
by the Park Committee to replace the cinder blocks in the area with an
inexpensive
dark green bench.
The Park
Committee discussed alternate uses for the tennis court in
requested
Staff to obtain bids on a 3” bituminous overlay of the tennis courts, a
recommendation
on the benefits of additional subsurface preparation, and a bid on
the
cost to remove the existing basketball court for their June meeting.
Others
items of discussion were the tree replacement recommendations at Thorpe
Park, the Sandy Beach Expansion and MCES
Schedule of uses for our City Parks.
There being no further matters from the floor, the
Mayor closed matters from the floor.
4. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
A. Discuss Reinstatement of Chris Thompson to
Waiting Use – Councilmember
Crockett moved to reinstate Chris Thompson to the boat waiting list with
a date of
November 8, 1994. Mayor Anderson
seconded. Motion carried 4-1 with Skrede
voting nay.
B. 2004 Auditor report for 2004 – Ryan
Stevens of Eide Bailly provided a brief review
of
the audit of the City’s 2004 Financial Statement and reported all is
financially
sound.
The Council approved the 2004 audit as presented and thanked staff for
their
excellent work on the city finances.
C. Discuss Single Sort Recycling Proposal
Administrator Young discussed the single
sort recycling program which is being
proposed and the survey results from 129 of
the 250 residential homes in Deephaven
that tested the 64-gallon wheeled carts
for a 6-week period. Most residents
stated
they liked the Single Sort Recycling
Program. The negative comments consisted
of
scheduled time for pick-up and remembering
which week to set the container out and
preferring weekly pick-up. Some residents felt they could either use a
smaller or a
larger container and trying to find room for
this container to be stored in their garage
was
a challenge.
Dan Dyb,
that the City already had a single sort
recycling program. The new container
does not
fit
in his garage and he does not want to store it outside. He could not see what
advantage it would give to residents if it was
not lowering our costs. Mayor
like to keep costs down to keep this good
deal in the future.
Councilmember Crockett wondered about
whether Waste Management would pass
along their savings in labor, gas, etc.
but liked the containers with rollers and felt it
was
easier to contain the recyclables (less garbage gets out into the street and
yards).
Mayor Anderson was in favor of the
containers but cannot remember which week the
container
goes to the corner and would like a better reminder system.
Councilmember Kask was concerned about
the aesthetics and is reluctant to have
some of his neighbors just use paper bags
rather than a container, so nothing is left
once the recyclables are picked up –
unless, as others noted the garbage gets strewn
around
by wind, dogs, etc. He also does not
want to see recycling containers left at
the
curbside. He does like the idea of less
truck traffic on the city streets.
Administrator Young will set up a meeting
with Waste Management reviewing
pickup and access of containers and have
information for the next Council meeting.
5. NEW BUSINESS
A. Approve Purchase of (2) Bicycles for
Police Bike Patrol – Chief
Gustafson discussed
the implementation of bicycles into the
patrol function of the City. These would
be
used on the county trail, in
approximately $1,056. When asked about Vespa’s (as suggested by a
resident), he
explained that their initial cost,
running (noisy, need fuel, emit fumes) and
maintenance made them undesirable, plus
they defeated one of the goals of making
the officers accessible to residents.
Councilmember Wheaton moved to approve
the purchase of two bicycles for the
Police Bike Patrol not to exceed
$1,056. Councilmember Kask seconded. Motion
carried 5-0. Council would like to see the newspaper write
some news on this item.
B. Adopt Resolution No 18-05, Authorizing a
Joint Cooperation Agreement with
Councilmember Kask moved to adopt Resolution
No. 18-05 authorizing the City
Administrator and the Mayor to sign the Joint
Powers Agreement on behalf of the
City. Deephaven’s
main interest is in housing grants that residents seek privately.
Mayor
Anderson seconded. Upon roll call vote
Skrede
and
C. Ordinance
No. 05-28, Amending Section 510.07 Entitled Dangerous Animals -
Councilmember
Kask moved to adopt Ordinance No. 05-28 amending Section
510.07 and waive the second reading to amend
Section 510.07 entitled Dangerous
Animals. Councilmember Wheaton seconded. Upon roll call vote
Crockett, Kask, Skrede and
D. Approve Boat Committee
Recommendations
Councilmember
Kask moved to table action on the recommendation that all winches
or other similar devices be
removed from
all City slides and that slide permit holders
be offered the option of
purchasing, maintaining and storing rollers from City
approved vendors by April 1,
2006 pending a comprehensive marina plan approval.
Councilmember Wheaton seconded. Motion
carried 5-0.
Councilmember Crockett moved to approve the
recommendation that Tom Brislin, 3675 Parkway, be granted an exemption from
Ordinance No. 9-13 and be allowed to use his canoe on slide #70 at
2. FROM THE APPROVE CONCENT AGENDA
C. Councilmember Wheaton
adopted Resolution No. 17-05, Recognizing Police Officer Matt Carns for 5 years
of outstanding service with the City.
Councilmember Kask seconded. Upon
roll call vote
7. REPORTS FROM STANDING COMMITTEES
A. Public
Works & Safety Committee – Administrator
Young reviewed the minutes of
May 4,
2005. The Committee discussed the
purchases of safety equipment needed
for Public Works the striping of the
and from the Yacht Club dock and
resident
for paint damage to her vehicle during striping of
and the
extension of curb & gutter for the Kyle Hunt project. Other issues discussed
consisted of sidewalk improvements and drainage
problems.
B. Park Committee - Administrator Young stated the minutes of May
4, 2005 were in the Council packet for review.
Bryan Sykora presented the report earlier in the meeting.
C. Boat
Committee – Administrator Young reviewed the minutes of May 11,
2005. The Committee recommended
the approval of the proposed lease agreement
with the
Minnetonka Yacht Club (a 25-year term). Mayor
Anderson did not have
Council take action on the lease agreement.
Regarding
the proper use of fire lanes, Councilmember Crockett stated the recorded
dedications in Cottagewood for the street ends used as fire lanes and
for slides contain
language
dedicating them to “public” or “park” purposes.
No legal opinion by the
City
Attorney has been obtained, as yet, to see if case law somehow restricts the
natural
understanding of that language, but it would appear that the City is able to
use
the
lanes for such things as slides, canoes, and park purposes.
Neighbors will be informed that Council is
looking at installing six canoe racks on the
end of
Committee
is putting together a presentation regarding a
new
Towey
volunteered to make the presentation at the next meeting of the Boat
Committee.
8. ADJOURNMENT
Mayor Anderson moved to adjourn the meeting
at 9:55 PM.
Respectfully
submitted,
Sandra
R. Langley