09/11/2006 - 00027639CITY OF COUNCIL MEETING
CITY OF FRIDLEY
SEPTEMBER 11, 2006
The City Council meeting for the City of Fridley was called to order by Mayor Lund at 7:33 p.m.
ROLL CALL:
MEMBERS PRESENT: Mayor Lund
Councilmember-at-Large Barnette
Councilmember Billings
Councilmember Bolkcom
Councilmember Wolfe
OTHERS PRESENT: William Burns, City Manager
Fritz Knaak, City Attorney
Scott Hickok, Community Development Director
Jon Haukaas, Public Works Director
Commemoration of 9/11 by Director of Public Safety, Don Abbott.
PROCLAMATIONS:
Mayor Lund issued the following proclamations:
Constitution Week September 17-23, 2006
Domestic Violence Awareness Month: October, 2006
APPROVAL OF PROPOSED CONSENT AGENDA:
APPROVAL OF MINUTES:
City Council Meeting of August 28, 2006.
Councilmember Bolkcom asked that the following changes be made to the minutes:
1. On page 6, it says Councilmember Bolkcom stated "there are more than a dozen." It
should state "there are a lot more than a dozen" people.
2. On page 13, Emma Rose should be "Pam Reynolds."
APPROVED WITH CHANGES.
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NEW BUSINESS:
1. Receive the Minutes from the Planning Commission Meeting of August 2, 2006.
RECEIVED.
2. Resolution Designating Time and Number of Council Meetings for 2007.
William Burns, City Manager, stated staff recommends Council's approval of the calendar of
Council meetings and city hall days.
ADOPTED RESOLUTION NO. 2006-54.
3. Resolution Consenting to the Housing and Redevelopment Authority in and for the
City of Fridley, Minnesota, Adopting a 2006 Tax Levy Collectible in 2007.
William Burns, City Manager, stated the Fridley HRA adopted their annual tax levy, which
they are authorized under Minnesota Statutes to collect, at their September 7 meeting. Staff
recommends Council's approval.
ADOPTED RESOLUTION NO. 2006-55.
4. Resolution Restricting On-Street Parking between the Hours of 7 a.m. and 4 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, in the West Cul-De-Sac of Talmadge Way
William Burns, City Manager, stated District #14 is requesting the removal of daytime parking
at this location in order to facilitate the movement of the school bus for handicapped children at
this location. Staff is recommends Council's approval.
THIS ITEM WAS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA AND PLACED ON
THE REGULAR AGENDA.
5. Resolution Approving a Plat, P.S. #05-06, Tract D of RLS #239, 151 Glen Creek
Road, by the City of Fridley, for the Purpose of Correcting and Clarifying Right-of-
Way Boundaries and Allowing for the Future Land Swap of Excess Right-of-Way
(Ward 3)
William Burns, City Manager, stated this is a redo on a plat that was approved in October,
2005. Now that the title problems have been eliminated to satisfy Anoka County, we are
resubmitting it. Staff recommends Council's approval.
ADOPTED RESOLUTION NO. 2006-57.
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6. Resolution Approving a Plat, P.S. #05-07, Tracts A&C of RLS #238, 160 Ely
Street/160 Liberty Street Service Drive, by the City of Fridley, for the Purpose of
Correcting Right-of-Way Lines Resulting from a Slightly Widened Service Drive
and Allow for the Land Swap of Excess Right-of-Way.
William Burns, City Manager, stated this is a redo on a plat that was approved by Council in
October, 2005. Title problems have also been corrected for this one. Staff recommends
Council's approval.
ADOPTED RESOLUTION NO. 2006-58.
7. Receive Bids and Award Contract for Salt, Sand and Storage Building Project No.
369
William Burns, City Manager, stated this project is included in the City's 2006 Capital
Improvements Program as a means of complying with MPCA rules for salt storage. We recently
opened bids from two vendors. The low bidder is Greystone Construction in Shakopee,
Minnesota, in the amount of $104,510. Staff recommends Council's approval.
THIS ITEM WAS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA AND PLACED ON
THE REGULAR AGENDA.
8. Approve School Resource Officer Service Agreement Between the City of Fridley
and Fridley School District No. 14.
William Burns, City Manager, stated this is an ongoing contract that establishes the terms and
costs for the provision of police officers in the Fridley middle and high schools. Except for
costs, there are no changes in the agreement. Staff is recommending that the contract costs be
raised by 3 percent for the 2006-2007 school year. The proposed cost is $62,602. Staff
recommends Council's approval. .
APPROVED.
9. Claims (128121— 128306).
APPROVED.
10. Licenses.
APPROVED THE LICENSES AS SUBMITTED AND AS ON FILE.
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11. Estimates.
APPROVED THE FOLLOWING ESTIMATES:
Park Construction, Inc.
500 — 73rd Avenue N.E., Suite 123
Fridley, MN 55432
2006 Street Improvement Project No. ST. 2006 - 1
Estimate No. 5 ...................... $638,646.96
Midwest Asphalt
5929 Baker Road
Suite 429
Minnetonka, MN 55345
Third Street HRA Project No. 369
Estimate No. 1 ...................... $ 119,990.89
MOTION by Councilmember Barnette to approve the consent agenda as presented with the
removal of Items 4 and 7 and with the noted corrections to the minutes of the City Council
meeting of August 28, 2006. Seconded by Councilmember Wolfe.
UPON A VOICE VOTE, ALL VOTING AYE, MAYOR LUND DECLARED THE
MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA:
MOTION by Councilmember Bolkcom to approve the agenda with the addition of Items 4 and
7. Seconded by Councilmember Wolfe.
UPON A VOICE VOTE, ALL VOTING AYE, MAYOR LUND DECLARED THE
MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
OPEN FORM (VISITORS):
Thomas Bard, 6003 Gardena Circle, approached submitted a letter and pictures. On Sunday,
September 3, 2006, he encountered a significant pooling of water in the southeast corner of his
property. He had minimal water in his house thanks to two pumps and the ditch digging efforts
of his neighbor and himsel£ They have had torrential rains before and have never experienced
this problem on his property. He believed the cause of the problem stems from an unfavorable
grade on the Al-Amal building site. He believes the pictures he provided illustrated that. He
understands this is a work in progress and that accidents may occur. He is concerned that with
the large amount of fill on the site, the grade of the existing property will be altered significantly
and if there is another heavy rainfall or snow thaw, he will be in a similar predicament. He is not
against the building project, he is simply requesting the City evaluate the ongoing status of the
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project and provide some assistance in rectifying the immediate issue, as well as any residual
problems that may arise up until the completion of the project. He welcomed any assistance or
advice on this problem.
Mayor Lund asked Mr. Bard if he has contacted staff prior to tonight's meeting.
Mr. Bard replied he has spoken with Councilmember Wolfe who stopped by the property and he
also gave Councilmember Wolfe some pictures. He believes his neighbor has spoken with Mr.
Hickok The way it is graded right now, the rain on that particular day came straight down from
the school into his backyard and pooled up. He has never had water in his backyard. He said he
had two sump pumps going in the window wells. They ended up digging a ditch to remove the
water.
Mayor Lund replied after looking at his pictures he would tend to agree with him and that the
Al-Amal School needed to take some corrective action. He said they would give the material to
staff and have them contact the school and the contractor.
Mr. Bard stated he is not always home and is afraid that if there are heavy rains while he is
gone, there may be some problems.
Councilmember Billings stated while they are sympathetic, he asked the City Attorney what
authority the City has other than to request that they make some changes.
Fritz Knaak, City Attorney, replied in a construction case such as this or any other case where
a property owner causes water to be diverted to another adjoining private property, it is the
responsibility of the property owner, in this case the school which is under construction, to
remedy the problem. In some cases you can have a development agreement which he believes is
in existence in this case. Occasionally those will address issues related to construction. He was
not aware of any of those issues having been addressed in the development agreement that
involves the school. So as a general rule, if there is construction going on on-site, it is the
responsibility of whomever is involved in the construction and the property owner, to handle the
problem and to pay for any damages that may result from their possible negligence in not having
the water taken care of properly.
Councilmember Billings stated they can use whatever powers they have to try and persuade the
contractor to do a better job of controlling the site. However, it is the contractor and the school
who have the responsibility for doing that, and there is not a lot the City can do to require it.
Attorney Knaak replied, as a matter of law, yes. The substantial damages that might occur in a
situation like this are in fact the private responsibility of the builder.
Councilmember Wolfe asked about a stop order or pulling the permit. He aside if staff had the
power to say there will be no more until the problem is fixed.
Attorney Knaak replied you cannot undo the authority that has been given once you have issued
a permit unless there is a fairly clear violation of the Code going on.
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Councilmember Wolfe stated Mr. Hickok had said that the grading behind those neighbors'
homes had not changed. At the school, however, it is now downhill all the way. There is no
grass there and it is all mud. It used to be flat. The neighbors are concerned because they have
never had this problem before.
Donald Lewis, 6001 Gardena Circle, stated he and his wife have lived there for 28 years. They
have never contacted the City about a water or silt problem until now. Right behind them for 28
years there were two baseball fields with grass and between the two baseball fields and the
school was a parking lot with a curb. The RCWD forced them to move the pond by the school
and put it in the northeast corner of one of the baseball fields and it was dug out. The dirt is on
the southwest corner which is behind their houses. The RCWD requires a sophisticated storm
water management system which is to be constructed beneath the new parking lot to do that. But
the problem is, when are they going to do that? That will probably solve the problem, but that is
not going to be until ne�t year. So when they get more rains this fall, and ne�t spring when the
snow starts melting, where is all that water going to go? They need to either build a berm or a
water holding area or slope the area away from their property. He submitted a letter for the
record.
Councilmember Wolfe stated when Mr. Lewis and his neighbor dug the trench, it was pure
black dirt in there.
Mr. Lewis stated anyone who lives in the area where they live, realizes that it is black dirt and
clay.
Councilmember Wolfe said there was no sand in there. The sand came from the project.
Mr. Lewis stated the flower garden behind the back door of their home has about an inch of silt.
When he cuts his grass in the backyard, there is silt across the whole back yard and into his
neighbor's yard on the other side..
Councilmember Wolfe stated like these pictures show, if they would not have dug the trench,
his neighbor's house would have had water problems.
Mr. Lewis stated, yes. The water was trenched to his driveway, went down the driveway, into
Gardena Circle, to Gardena Lane, down to Woody Lane where there is a drain there. There was
dirt the whole direction.
Councilmember Wolfe stated the contractor and the school basically need to fix this problem.
He asked if they can have the builder fix that.
Attorney Knaak replied he would make an important assumption. They will say this is all
hypothetical and no one is being accused by the City or anyone else of doing anything, but if this
is a situation where the builder and the school are in fact responsible, they are responsible for
consequential damages. That water is going downhill where it is not supposed to be going
downhill as a direct result of them changing the foliage on that property. They are responsible
for what happens downstream. If that means someone has to dig a ditch, ordinarily that would
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be something that would be the responsibility of that contractor to fix. If in fact the water went
into somebody's basement and caused flooding, that would be a reasonable foreseeable
consequence and he would say the chances are pretty good that would be compensable. When
you change the flow of the water upstream, you are responsible for what happens downstream.
Councilmember Wolfe asked Mr. Haukaas if he had to specifically send out City sweepers to
sweep that area.
Jon Haukaas, Public Works Director, replied they were not sent specifically to that area. That
is where they are in their sweeping pattern right now.
Mr. Lewis stated he did talk to the project manager after they had the first rain and he has also
called Mr. Hickok a number of times. There was a silt fence, but with the first rain they had a
few weeks ago, 30 feet of that fence came down and broke off the stakes behind it and there was
mud and water there. He would like something done. He does not plan on charging anybody or
suing anybody. But, if they had not built that trench, he would have had water in his basement.
That is all he is asking for after 28 years. He pays his taxes and he has not complained until
now.
Councilmember Barnette asked Mr. Hickok if he has spoken with the contractor and what kind
of response they have received.
Mr. Hickok, Community Development Director, said they have contacted them. They
contacted them before the first weekend of rain and after the second weekend of rain. They were
out Monday morning to talk to them about it. They have been responsive. They initially built a
small pond in the area where some of the new dirt was brought in. There was a silt fence there.
A portion of that silt fence did not stand, so they have reinforced it with double stakes and put
hay bales and worked to kind of redirect the water on-site so that it does not go off-site. They
have been responsive. They have no desire to have any negative impact on the adjacent
properties. Below the parking lot there is a storm pond that has yet to be installed. It is a timing
issue, and he shares their concerns.
Mr. Lewis stated he watched them put in the four bales of hay. That is not going to stop much.
Councilmember Wolfe asked Mr. Hickok if he could show the photos to the builder.
Mr. Hickok said he would.
Marty Schutz, 5991 Gardena Lane, stated his parents bought his home in 1978 and he and his
wife bought the home after they got married. He presented photographs. While his neighbors
were digging the trench, he was pushing the water away from his garage for about four hours on
the September 3. As one of the pictures shows his garage is being surrounded by water. They
also had a storm on August 26, and the same thing occurred. Mr. Hickok did a great job in
responding to their initial concern. No silt fence is going to hold the water that they have had.
Since 1978, he does not recall a time where the water flowed through the backyards like that.
They have not done anything other than add the bales of hay to change the grade level of the
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construction site. He said they are trying to be good neighbors and he is not opposing the project
now that it is underway, but he would really encourage Council to put some pressure on them to
try to work with them to get this problem taken care of. His neighbor to his south, had a large
pool in his backyard.
Mayor Lund stated he agreed that all three individuals who have spoken have a legitimate
complaint. The problem needs to be corrected. If need be, they will go back to the Rice Creek
Watershed District.
MOTION by Councilmember Wolfe to receive into the record two letters from Donald Lewis
and Tom Bard, dated September 11, 2006, and photographs showing the flooding. Seconded by
Councilmember Bolkcom.
UPON A VOICE VOTE, ALL VOTING AYE, MAYOR LUND DECLARED THE
MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
Councilmember Bolkcom asked Mr. Haukaas about the sod from the 2005 street project.
Jon Haukaas, Public Works Director, replied after the 2005 street project, they inspected the
area in May and there were several properties where the sod had died. They kept a list of those
properties, and asked the property owners if they wanted the sod fixed or not. Of the 45
properties identified, 19 responded that they wanted it fixed and would be able to water it to keep
it going. Through the course of the summer, there was a significant die-off from the drought.
Even though people watered the sod, they were not able to keep up with it, so there are a lot of
brown spots in that area. It is really no longer the contractors' responsibility, so if they want to
do a fix they would have to hire somebody. They have gotten a couple of quotes. It is piecemeal
work, up to maybe 5,000 square yards. The two quotes are around $25,000 to fix the problem.
They need to discuss this further. Their thought is to go in and mark the areas for removal, cut
that sod out, bring in some select topsoil, and seed and mulch it, basically like a hydroseed type
material, and try and get some good growth established that way.
PUBLIC HEARING:
12. Consider Issuing an Off-Sale 3.2% Malt Liquor License to Target Store T-2200,
Located at 755 — 53rd Avenue N.E. (Ward 1).
MOTION by Councilmember Billings to waive the reading of the public hearing notice and
open the public hearing. Seconded by Councilmember Wolfe.
UPON A VOICE VOTE, ALL VOTING AYE, MAYOR LUND DECLARED THE
PUBLIC HEARING OPENED AT 8:29 P.M.
William Burns, City Manager, stated the Target store is located at 755 - 53rd Avenue N.E..
Target's newest retail store is scheduled to open October 4. Target has applied for an off-sale,
3.2% malt liquor license for the store at this address in accordance with the City Code. A public
hearing announcement was published in the August 24, 2006, issue of the Sun-Focus. The Police
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Department has reviewed the request and found no reason to deny it. Staff recommends opening
the hearing and taking testimony regarding the proposed license. Final approval for the license is
scheduled for the Council meeting on September 25.
Councilmember Barnette asked if their other stores have permission to se113.21iquor.
Dr. Burns replied he believed that they do.
Mark Tillett, the store manager for Target, said their system restricts the sale of alcohol to any
minors and does not allow an under age clerk to sell any alcohol. They have about 500 Super
Targets that have malt liquor licenses across the country. All the UPC codes are prompted to an
age identification. They I.D. anybody under 40.
MOTION by Councilmember Billings to close the public hearing. Seconded by
Councilmember Barnette.
UPON A VOICE VOTE, ALL VOTING AYE, MAYOR LUND DECLARED THE
MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY AND THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS CLOSED
AT 8:38 P.M.
NEW BUSINESS:
13. Reinstate the 2005-2006 Rental License for 6551 Channel Road;
and
Approve Application for a 2006-2007 Rental License for 6551 Channel Road
(Ward 2).
John Berg, Fire Chief, approached and stated on June 26, 2006, the City Council voted 5-0 to
revoke the 2005-2006 rental license at 6551 Channel Road. The owner was notified in writing
on June 28, 2006, as to the status of the rental license. In addition, the owner received details on
how to get the rental license reinstated. Today the property owner, Hyder R. Jaweed, has
completed the following steps:
1. Corrected all open correction items documented at 6551 Channel Road by Inspector
Long. This was completed on August 2, 2006.
2. Staff verified that no other department in the City has any open issues associated with
6551 Channel Road.
3. All fees and utility bills have been paid in full.
4. The owner has submitted a new application for a 2005-2006 Residential Rental
Property License and paid the fee to reinstate the license.
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5. The owner has applied for a 2006-2007 license which runs from October 1, 2006, to
September 21, 2007.
Staff recommends that the 2005-2006 rental license for 6551 Channel Road be reinstated. In
addition, they recommend that the application for a 2006-20071icense be approved.
Councilmember Wolfe stated because there is a history, is this a property they will watch.
Chief Berg stated that any time they know there are code issues or complaints, they have the
right to go in and inspect the property.
Mayor Lund stated he assumes that the license goes with each building even though it is the
same property owner. He asked what the hold-up was on the other building.
Terri Kanis, property manager of 6551 Channel Road, approached and stated she thought they
needed to speak to the City Attorney about that. She stated the only outstanding issue is the
fence and that is a court issue.
Councilmember Wolfe stated he recalled an apartment building is required to have a fence,
even if it is on the wrong or right property.
Scott Hickok, Community Development Director, replied that is correct.
MOTION by Councilmember Billings to reinstate the rental license for 2005-2006 at 6551
Channel Road and to approve the application for the 2006-2007 license for 6551 Channel Road.
Seconded by Councilmember Wolfe.
UPON A VOICE VOTE, ALL VOTING AYE, MAYOR LUND DECLARED THE
MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
14. Resolution Revoking Special Use Permit, SP #89-08, for Sam's Auto World, to
Operate a Body Shop/Repair Garage in an M-1 Zoning District, Generally Located
at 7570 Highway 65 N.E. (Ward 2).
Scott Hickok, Community Development Director, stated about two years ago the owner sold
A& E Auto Sales but had leftover inventory. Staff recently received complaints that the owner
was continuing to sell vehicles without proper zoning. The owner, Samir Awaijane, pled his
case to the State and requested time to liquidate his inventory from the sale of his site on
Osborne Road. The licensing unit gave the owner a date in late 2005 to have the cars liquidated.
The owner requested an auto leasing license to allow auto loaners for his body shop customers.
Staff approved a site lessor dealers license for 9 vehicles total (4 family vehicles, the owner, his
significant other, and he believed 2 children work for him and drive vehicles to the site; the other
5 would be loaner vehicles). Since that time, the Department of Public Safety investigated at the
City's request and determined there were violations to the sales on this site. We had some
discussion about outdoor storage, about the fence height and the screening in the original special
use permit. They have made a considerable amount of progress since the August 28. They met
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with the owner and his attorney on the site and discussed what needed to be done. They are in
agreement with the recommendation in the staff report and understand it was at their risk if the
Council chooses to do something different tonight than revoke their special use permit.
Mr. Hickok said the owner has agreed to surrender his state license allowing lease or sale of
automobiles at 7570 Highway 65 N.E. The owner has made modifications to the outdoor storage
to eliminate the high racking and view from outside of the fence. Materials have been cleaned
up, rearranged, or eliminated in the outdoor locations. The owner has committed to an ongoing
compliance on his site in accordance with the special use permit. Staff recommends that the City
Council not revoke the special use permit at this time, set November 15, 2006, as the last day the
City will allow the State lease or sales license to exist on this site, and direct staff to reopen the
public hearing for Special Use Permit, SP #89-08 at the City Council meeting on March 12,
2007, with the intent to assure compliance with all the stipulations and to assure continued
observance of Special Use Permit, SP #89-08. The petitioner is not here this evening but wished
to convey the message that they have no concerns with the staff recommended direction and will
abide by those requirements. The State has been informed that the surrender is happening in 60
days, and they will notify us as soon as it has become null and void.
William Burns clarified they will be asking for a new public hearing, not reopening a public
hearing. They would renotify the public.
MOTION by Councilmember Wolfe to schedule a new public hearing for Special Use Permit,
SP #89-08, for March 12, 2007. Seconded by Councilmember Bolkcom.
UPON A VOICE VOTE, ALL VOTING AYE, MAYOR LUND DECLARED THE
MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
4. Resolution Restricting On-Street Parking between the Hours of 7 a.m. and 4 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, in the West Cul-De-Sac of Talmadge Way
Councilmember Bolkcom asked Mr. Haukaas if he only notified the people who live directly
there. He did not notify the whole neighborhood because he felt they were not actually going to
be affected by this.
Mr. Haukaas replied, that is correct. The three properties that are fronted on that cul de sac
have received letters directly.
MOTION by Councilmember Bolkcom to adopt Resolution No. 2006-56. Seconded by
Councilmember Bolkcom.
UPON A VOICE VOTE, ALL VOTING AYE, MAYOR LUND DECLARED THE
MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
7. Receive Bids and Award Contract for Salt, Sand, and Storage Building Project No.
369.
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Councilmember Bolkcom asked Mr. Haukaas if he had a photograph of what the building
looked like.
Jon Haukaas, Public Works Director, stated he has a sketch and fabric samples.
Councilmember Bolkcom asked if this was something they would allow anyone else to put up.
Scott Hickok, Community Development Director, said if it meets the building code. One of
the problems they have is that a lot of the buildings purchased at a home improvement center do
not meet building codes. This building has footings, a foundation, and has structural
engineering.
Mr. Haukaas said it is a 70'x 80' fabrio-covered steel structure building. It will be constructed
in the old recycling center area, just immediately north of the fire training center. It would have
an 8-foot high concrete panel wall to help contain it. The total structure would be approximately
33-feet high at its peak It is a steel-framed construction that goes out to drilled foundations on
the outside of that concrete wall. It is a three-sided structure open to the east so that they can
back semi trucks directly in it to store the salt and salt/sand mi�ture for the winter de-icing
operations. The fabric is a fire resistant vinyl material. The structure does meet Minnesota State
Building Codes. He recommends they go with the tan color vinyl that goes with a lot of their
other buildings. It is a structure similar to what a lot of municipalities and even the State and
County are using for this purpose. It does meet Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
requirements for storage of salt and salt/sand materials. He said they got a very good bid due to
the competitive way it was put out. This is a contract cost at approximately $105,000. They had
budgeted about $175,000 for this. There will be additional costs for the paving mi�ture, but we
will be able to do this significantly under budget. Our original budget was based on what New
Brighton paid to do a similar structure a few years ago.
Mayor Lund asked if the footings are necessary for a structure like this. It is a canvas-type
structure and it looks temporary in nature.
Mr. Haukaas replied it is a big building. There is a significant amount of full trees on the west
side that will help disguise this. Because the structure itself is a steel frame, it does have
significant weight. The bigger issue is wind uplift and snow load on the building. This will help
anchor it down.
Mayor Lund asked about the life expectancy of the fabric.
Mr. Haukaas said the fabric and the structure are warranted for ten years. There are structures
out there that are in excess of 20 years. The framing itself should last significantly longer-30 to
40 years. The fabric may need to be replaced in 15 to 20 years, but that is a small cost compared
to a large building.
Councilmember Wolfe asked what the pitch was.
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Mr. Haukaas said it is approximately a 20-30 degree angle. There would be an increase in cost
to increase that. Even at that pitch, having this very smooth vinyl, he has not seen any of these
structures having snow stay on them.
Mayor Lund asked if there was a timeline to fulfill the mandate from the MPCA.
Mr. Haukaas replied, a couple years ago. We showed them that it has been in our capital
improvement plan and that we are actively pursuing it. They did put a timeline in on this bid,
and it has to be usable by November.
Mayor Lund stated he did not oppose it. They do not have anything before them for Columbia
Arena.
MOTION to receive the bids and award the contract for the Salt, Sand, and Storage Building
Project No. 369 to Greystone Construction of Shakopee, Minnesota, in the amount of $104,510.
Seconded by Councilmember Wolfe.
UPON A VOICE VOTE, COUNCILMEMBERS BARNETTE, BILLINGS, WOLFE, AND
BOLKCOM VOTING AYE AND MAYOR LUND ABSTAINING, MAYOR LUND
DECLARED THE MOTION CARRIED.
15. Informal Status Reports
Mayor Lund said there will be a recycling drop-off ne�t Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. behind
Columbia Arena. There will be a free drop-off of certain items including old lumber, scrap
metal, passenger car tires, sheetrock, drywall, gypsum, concrete, old batteries, cell phones, and
other household items.
Mayor Lund said Southern Anoka Community Assistance is having their 30th Anniversary
celebration on September 23 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., at 627 - 38th Avenue N.E. in Columbia
Heights. Their telephone number is 763-789-2444.
ADJOURN:
MOTION by Councilmember Barnette, seconded by Councilmember Wolfe, to adjourn.
UPON A VOICE VOTE, ALL VOTING AYE, MAYOR LUND DECLARED THE
MEETING ADJOURNED AT 9:21 P.M.
Respectfully submitted by,
Denise M. Johnson Scott J. Lund
Recording Secretary Mayor