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CCM 06/22/2015 CITY COUNCIL MEETING CITY OF FRIDLEY JUNE 22, 2015 The City Council meeting for the City of Fridley was called to order by Mayor Lund at 7:02 p.m. ROLL CALL: MEMBERS PRESENT: Mayor Lund Councilmember Barnette Councilmember Saefke Councilmember Varichak Councilmember Bolkcom OTHERS PRESENT: Wally Wysopal, City Manager Darcy Erickson, City Attorney Julie Jones, Planning Manager Jon Lennander, Assistant City Engineer Jenise Teske, Women of Today PROCLAMATION: Women of Today Founder's Day - July 1, 2015. PRESENTATION: Fridley '49er Days Celebration. APPROVAL OF PROPOSED CONSENT AGENDA: APPROVAL OF MINUTES: City Council Meeting of June 8, 2015. Councilmember Saefke indicated the following corrections should be made: (1) on page 5, paragraph 10, "Miss Reynolds said thought", the word "thought" should be crossed out; and (2) on page 7, under Item 9, paragraph 2, the last sentence was incomplete. APPROVED AS CORRECTED. NEW BUSINESS: 1. Approve Extension for Variance Request, VAR #14-03, to Allow a Single Stall Garage to be Expanded to a Double Stall, Generally Located at 6940 Hickory Drive N.E. (Ward 3). APPROVED. FRIDLEY CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF JUNE 22, 2015 PAGE 2 NEW BUSINESS: 2. Receive and Reject Bids for the Miscellaneous Concrete Repair Project No. 473. Wally Wysopal, City Manager, stated they are doing this because two of the bids were non- responsive and did not have some of the required information, and the third bid was significantly over what the Engineer's estimate was. If they are rejected, staff will rebid this project. APPROVED. 3. Claims (1506-ACH PCard; 168702 - 168830). APPROVED. 4. Licenses. APPROVED THE LICENSES AS SUBMITTED AND AS ON FILE. 5. Estimate. Penn Contracting, Inc. 13025 Central Avenue Suite 200 Blaine, MN 55434 2013 Watermain Project No. 427 Sewer Forcemain Project No. 443 Estimate No. 4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $20,576.70 OPEN FORUM: No one from the audience spoke. ADOPTION OF PROPOSED CONSENT AGENDA: MOTION by Councilmember Barnette to approve the proposed consent agenda. Seconded by Councilmember Varichak. UPON A VOICE VOTE, ALL VOTING AYE, MAYOR LUND DECLARED THE MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. FRIDLEY CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF JUNE 22, 2015 PAGE 3 ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA: MOTION by Councilmember Bolkcom to adopt the agenda. Seconded by Councilmember Saefke. UPON A VOICE VOTE, ALL VOTING AYE, MAYOR LUND DECLARED THE MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. PUBLIC HEARING: 6. Consideration of a Proposed Text Amendment, TA #15-02, Amending Chapter 205.33 of the Fridley City Code Pertaining to Transit Oriented Development Overlay District (Continued June 8, 2015). MOTION by Councilmember Barnette to continue the public hearing. Seconded by Councilmember Varichak. UPON A VOICE VOTE, ALL VOTING AYE, MAYOR LUND DECLARED THE MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY AND THE HEARING WAS OPENED AT 7:19 P.M. Julie Jones, Planning Manager, said this public hearing was continued because unfortunately the actual text of the Text Amendment was missing from the Council packet. This is related to a zoning text amendment for the City's Transit Oriented Development Overlay Zoning District. Ms. Jones stated one of the things in the Council's packet the last time that probably created some confusion were the pictures (Appendix B) of what was being proposed in the TOD Overlay District. That material was taken from the Northstar Master Plan that Council previously approved which was approved by the Metropolitan Council last December as part of the City's LCDA grant from the Metropolitan Council. Ms. Jones stated those design guidelines have been put in place so that developers can follow them if they are putting their proposal together and know what the expectations are for the design specifics in the public spaces of their development. When they are putting together renderings for their proposed projects, they can show those features in their renderings. When they are doing their cost analysis, they know what the expectations are for those sorts of materials in their proposal. Ms. Jones stated at the last meeting, there were some questions about the language on page 36 under the "Landscaping" section. Pam Reynolds pointed out it appeared there was a word missing. Actually there was an extra word "and" that has been removed. Ms. Jones stated there are rather tough landscaping requirements in the City's underlying zoning district. The City is allowing them to put in things like big planters or maybe other types of features that would help add some greenspace and some stormwater absorption into the area as FRIDLEY CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF JUNE 22, 2015 PAGE 4 an alternative to meeting the tree requirements. Staff anticipates it will be hard for developers to meet those requirements. Ms. Jones stated a question was raised on page 37, under "Lighting, (b) Streetscaping” about the term "best management practices." She reworded that sentence and removed that term. That was language that came from the City's consultant. Basically, what that sentence is saying is they are just encouraging energy-efficient lighting. LED lighting is really being pushed right now. In 20 years it might be something different, so they do not want to be real specific. They are looking for people to include energy-efficient lighting in their proposals. Ms. Jones stated the most significant change proposed in the TOD Overlay District is regarding the use of electronic signs. The City does have a couple on 57th Avenue in the TOD Overlay District that were put there before the TOD zoning was put in place. They are located at the Holiday Gas Station and the CVS Pharmacy. The City had warned SuperAmerica before establishing the TOD that staff was proposing to restrict electronic signs, knowing that at the time, gas stations were coming to the City asking for them. Ms. Jones stated it was shortly after the City passed the TOD District that SuperAmerica had sign contractors coming to the City, and the City had to say sorry, the Code now prohibits you from doing it. They have come to the City over the years a few times, and so have some other businesses. Staff thought since we were doing the text amendment anyway, now was a good time to take another look at this. With SuperAmerica located on a busy, high-speed, highway like University Avenue, there is a need for something that can be read from a vehicle. You might not have that in your typical small downtown type of TOD District. East River Road would be another location where you have higher speeds, so you might need that larger sign that can be seen from far away. Ms. Jones stated staff suggests allowing electronic changeable signs on freestanding signs but limiting it so that they would not be allowed as wall signs or attached to buildings. Ms. Jones stated in summary that what is in the text amendment is pretty simple. The change as far as adding Appendix B, adding those design requirements that were approved by Council last December for the TOD Master Plan, and allowing the changeable electronic freestanding signs. Also adding the definition for ”redevelopment.” They ran into this with Parson Electric who wanted to do a building expansion and they are in the TOD Overlay District. They could not have done what they did to add on to their building and change their parking lot under these requirements without defining what redevelopment is. The proposed language states it has to be a complete redo of the site. It does not seem reasonable if someone just wants to add onto a part of their site that the City makes them tear everything down to meet the minimum 15-foot front yard setback. That would have totally changed how their site was laid out. Ms. Jones stated they also updated the language about Farmers Markets. At the time they created this, the TOD District was the only place in the City or zoning district where Farmers Markets were allowed. That has now been changed, so they needed to update that to refer to the FRIDLEY CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF JUNE 22, 2015 PAGE 5 process now defined in the City Code for obtaining a permit for a Farmers Market in multiple districts, not just the TOD District. Ms. Jones stated staff recommends approval of this text amendment, as it informs developers about the design criteria the City expects in its TOD Master Plan applications. Each development coming before the City has to have a Master Plan approved by the Planning Commission and the City Council. There were some concerns about some specifics in the design criteria, but those individually get approved by the City Council. They may also run into those situations where there is lighting already in place on one side of the street from another development. When a proposal comes in from the other side of the street and the design criteria does not match that, the City Council will have flexibility to be able to approve something different if they want to. Ms. Jones stated staff feels the text amendment clarifies those other Code conflicts as well. The next step in this process is the first reading, which staff place on tonight’s agenda as well. Councilmember Barnette asked, as to the freestanding signs, the City Code says it cannot be flashing or changing, etc. Ms. Jones replied, that is a good point. Yes, those restrictions would apply. There are restrictions on how close they can be to residential property as well. Councilmember Bolkcom referred to page 36, No. 3, and asked should there still be an "and" in there after planting beds "and" permanent planters? Could it not be just plain old planters and not permanent because there is permanent and temporary in another spot? She understands this is to provide adequate growth for tree roots, shrubbery, and perennial planting beds. Does it have to say '"permanent"? Ms. Jones replied, yes, that would be fair. Staff debated that actually. You could remove the term "permanent". Staff wanted to stress that they did not want it to be flimsy. They wanted it to be something more concrete, something substantial that could not be moved around. Councilmember Bolkcom stated she misunderstood it. Ms. Jones replied, the planters are meant to be the substitution for the trees. If you do not have adequate growth space for tree roots, or shrubbery or perennial planting beds, then permanent planters may be substituted. Councilmember Bolkcom stated maybe they need to change that sentence because that is not how she read it. She thought staff was trying to say you need to make sure there is space for tree roots and all those other things Mayor Lund stated he had to actually read it twice. FRIDLEY CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF JUNE 22, 2015 PAGE 6 Councilmember Bolkcom stated maybe it just needs to say that "permanent planters can be substituted for over-story trees at a rate of. . . ." Ms. Jones replied that is a good point. Councilmember Bolkcom referred to page 37. The top sentence goes on forever. Is staff just trying to get across the point they can use all these different things but also other innovative things? Ms. Jones replied, yes, they want to give them ideas on what the City would find acceptable because they get questions from developers about this quite often. Councilmember Bolkcom stated would it make more sense to start the sentence out with "Permeable pavers...and other innovative techniques. . . ." Perhaps using bullet points as they have in the past? Councilmember Bolkcom referred to "(B) Lighting. Street and pathway lighting types . . ..” Does that mean there are street lights and there are path lights. What is that first sentence telling her? Ms. Jones replied, sometimes there are situations where there is not a street light. For example, in one of the City's projects in the “Safe Routes to School" program, there is a path that goes between two houses from Stevenson Elementary to the street to the north. That is an example where the City is putting in bollard lighting with its grant funding. Councilmember Bolkcom asked, what is it saying? Ms. Jones stated that lighting on streets and pathways shall be provided according to the specifications in Appendix B. Councilmember Bolkcom stated but then Ms. Jones told them that "Appendix B" does not necessarily have to be followed. Ms. Jones replied, the City would like the developers to propose that but the City could approve something different. They want proposals to come in with these design criteria. Councilmember Bolkcom asked if she was a developer would she understand what the City is saying. Mayor Lund asked Councilmember Bolkcom how she wanted to rephrase that. It says they want it to be coordinated. Ms. Jones stated there is always some flexibility in a master plan. The idea is the City wants the same look throughout the TOD area, but there may be situations where you want to do something different. They have three master plans that were approved in the TOD area which FRIDLEY CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF JUNE 22, 2015 PAGE 7 were approved before these requirements were put in place. If the City did another development next to those, and the City likes the lighting look in those, they might want to rethink the design criteria. Councilmember Bolkcom stated that paragraph is saying two different things, because then it goes on to say "a lighting plan and fixture specifications shall be included in the documents submitted to the City for approval". It looks like it is saying I have to do this but then it goes onto say, not necessarily. Ms. Jones replied, as far as the energy efficiency part of it, those light fixtures can be installed with different types of bulbs in the light. What the City is looking for in its TOD area is for things to be the most energy efficient as possible under the current technology. Mayor Lund stated what Councilmember Bolkcom is asking is Appendix B going to be followed and is that the only thing that is acceptable. Why would a lighting plan and fixture specification schedule need to be included. Is that correct? Councilmember Bolkcom replied, right. Unless it is right next to some other place and it looks better for them to use very similar to what is right in that adjacent area. For example, down by the Market Place. Mayor Lund stated this is the first reading, and they still need to have a second reading. Maybe City staff can look at that and they can come to some agreement at the second reading. Maybe Appendix B does not have to be mentioned in there. Councilmember Varichak stated maybe it is under the assumption that they did not have a lighting plan so they needed to refer to Appendix B if they did not know what kind of lighting they needed. Mayor Lund stated staff is looking for some consistency and some uniformity. Councilmember Bolkcom referred to page 38, "Decorative fencing...and waste receptacle screening". Is it screening or the waste receptacle they are talking about? Mayor Lund stated to him it reads as the screening of a waste receptacle. Councilmember Bolkcom asked should it not read, "and screening"? Ms. Jones replied, they are talking about dumpster enclosures. Councilmember Bolkcom said again, the language starts out with all these other things that have to be incorporated but then does not every receptacle have to be screened? Is that a separate issue? The big dumpsters, but it says "waste receptacle screening". FRIDLEY CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF JUNE 22, 2015 PAGE 8 Ms. Jones stated they are just trying to be consistent with the type of fencing that is on the site which often would include screening around the dumpster enclosure. It is the screening fence around the receptacles. Mayor Lund stated it might be best to say waste receptacle and screening. Otherwise, it does not talk about waste receptacle alone. They are usually around the larger dumpsters rather than the waste receptacles because the waste receptacles by themselves already are decorative. Councilmember Bolkcom referred to "E. Outdoor Dining". The last sentence, "store locations that serve alcohol must apply for a patio endorsement on their liquor license, but relaxation of screening requirements may be considered by the City in the TOD District." She asked what that meant. In the City ordinance it states if you are going to have an outdoor area serving alcohol, there has to be screening, and you can go out but you cannot go in, etc. Ms. Jones stated that language came about because shortly after the time staff was writing this, they received the Fridley Market proposal which was a PUD development. They were talking about possibly having restaurants come in as tenants into those new buildings being built on 57th Avenue that would want to have outdoor seating. Their concern came about in small areas they were proposing for outdoor seating. What if one of them wanted a liquor license, what are they going to do, because there probably is not going to be the right configuration of room to do this to meet the liquor license requirements. Staff wanted to allow the flexibility to consider that. It would be entirely up to the City Council if they wanted to relax those requirements. If they are thinking they would never under any circumstance ever want to do that, then they should probably take it out of the Code; but this is not something new. This has been in place for a couple of years. Mr. Wysopal asked Councilmember Bolkcom if she was asking if the City can relax the screening with regard to the liquor license permit. Councilmember Bolkcom replied, both. She wanted to know what the City meant and is it going against what is already in the City's ordinance. Darcy Erickson, City Attorney, replied this might be an issue they want to double check because there could be some claims for what is the rational basis for treating one liquor license applicant different than others. At the risk of public safety issues it is probably just as high in regards to whether the property is in the TOD District or not Councilmember Bolkcom stated they need some clarification about referring to Appendix B. MOTION by Councilmember Saefketo close the public hearing. Seconded by Councilmember Barnette. UPON A VOICE VOTE, ALL VOTING AYE, MAYOR LUND DECLARED THE MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY AND THE HEARING WAS CLOSED AT 7:45 P.M. FRIDLEY CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF JUNE 22, 2015 PAGE 9 NEW BUSINESS: 7. First Reading of an Ordinance Amending Chapter 205.33 of the Fridley City Code Pertaining to Transit Oriented Development Overlay District (Text Amendment, TA #15-02). Councilmember Bolkcom stated she is fine with this as long as they get the requested information and the changes to them before the second reading. Mr. Wysopal stated for complete transparency it would be helpful for Ms. Jones to explain why staff brought this issue for a public hearing and first reading tonight. Ms. Jones replied they have a proposal coming to Council at its next meeting in July from SuperAmerica. They have already submitted their special use permit request for an electronic gas pricing sign that was already reviewed and approved by the Planning Commission at their meeting last week. Of course, the new sign cannot be put in place until this ordinance change is approved. Even if this moves forward with the second reading, when the special use permit comes to Council at the first meeting in July, there is time for it to be approved by Council, it has to be published, and then 15 days later it becomes law. SuperAmerica will have to wait until it is law before they can get their sign permit to do that. Councilmember Bolkcom asked if they had any problem with the special use permit and their running against the 60 days. Ms. Jones replied, no, staff will take care of that if they need to, but as long as they have their approval, they just have to wait until they can actually apply. MOTION waive the reading of the ordinance and approve the ordinance on first reading. Seconded by Councilmember Varichak. UPON A VOICE VOTE, ALL VOTING AYE, MAYOR LUND DECLARED THE MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. 8. Approve Cost-Share Grant Agreement with the Rice Creek Watershed District for Village Green Stormwater Detention Expansion (Ward 1). Jon Lennander, Assistant City Engineer, stated the Village Green property has historically experienced flooding during heavy rain events. It is one of the three most vulnerable areas of the City. The total drainage area to the Village Green pond is about 80 acres, and the pond no longer provides the desired flood storage capacity due to sedimentation. A study was completed in 2012 that identified solutions to the flooding in this area, and that included increasing the flood storage in the Village Green pond. Mr. Lennander stated the Rice Creek Watershed District cost share agreement is for the improvement of the Village Green pond. As part of the agreement, the City's responsibilities FRIDLEY CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF JUNE 22, 2015 PAGE 10 will include the preparation of design and perpetual maintenance through an existing maintenance agreement with the owner, construction, and final completion of the project. Mr. Lennander stated a geotechnical investigation was previously funded through an MWMO grant and is expected to start later this summer. The final completion of all improvements are required to be finished by March of 2018. Mr. Lennander stated the total cost of the project is estimated to be $174,650 with $50,000 from the Rice Creek Watershed District which is this agreement; $25,000 from the City's CIP for storm pond maintenance; $50,000 from the MWMO (that is to be finalized later this fall/winter); and cost share from the Village Green owners which is $50,000 which also needs to be finalized. Mr. Lennander stated if the cost-share agreement with MWMO and Village Green owners is not realized, the project scope may change or the project abandoned. This agreement is the first step in moving forward with the project, and the Rice Creek Watershed District requires approval by June 30. Mr. Lennander stated staff is recommending the City Council move to approve the attached Rice Creek Watershed District Cost-Share Grant Agreement for Village Green's Stormwater Detention Expansion. Mayor Lund said his understanding of that retention pond is that it is woefully inadequate because once Rice Creek fills up, the tributaries going into it back up the system. He thinks that it does not matter how big that retention pond is. The outlet will not allow water to dump into Rice Creek until the water level at Rice Creek diminishes so that it falls out. When the outfall pipe is below water because Rice Creek upstream is already near flood stage, for the short term, until that goes down, the rain event is over with, and then Rice Creek starts to dump out, then the pipe can then exit the water out of this retention pond. Is that a fair assessment? Mr. Lennander replied, yes, that is correct. There are three parts of the report from 2012 that looked at the problems. There are two constrictions in the pipe between the Village Green pond and Rice Creek. There is a tail water restriction that if the creek is high enough you exceed the capacity of those pipe systems as well. This project is providing additional, substantially more storage capacity here so it immediately helps. However, there could still be an event where you could see flooding without the additional projects. Mayor Lund stated and the additional projects are probably much more expensive. The pipes are inadequately sized for the potential amount of retention water, storm water runoff, to get it up to Rice Creek. That has to be very expensive to increase capacity on the pipe from the retention pond several blocks to the north to get to Rice Creek. He does not know what the third part of that project might be. Possibly deepen Rice Creek so more water can flow so it allows for exiting. FRIDLEY CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF JUNE 22, 2015 PAGE 11 Mr. Lennander stated two sections of pipe were undersized. The only thing you really could do is increase its capacity. Then you still will get to a point where those capacities still may be exceeded depending on the storm. Mayor Lund stated with this project, they would gain a lot more capacity, but there could still be some significant event. Does this get them to the 50-year flood or 100-year flood? Mr. Lennander replied, the original design was a 50-year flood event. This is intended to bring it up to a 100-year event. Right now it is at less than the 50-year. He could not tell them where it is, but there is enough sediment in there where it does not meet the 50-year event. Mayor Lund asked, where are they going to get all the extra area? They are not going to dig the retention pond deeper by much. There may be some sediment. Are they going to expand the length? Mr. Lennander replied, his understanding is they will do both. The bottom of the pond is above the elevation where it was originally intended. They will take it down and get rid of the sediment, but they are going expand it wherever they can. Mayor Lund stated nobody should get the idea this is a foolproof or flood proof. If the City gets a huge rainstorm event it could exceed capacity. There was an issue especially along the east side of that retention pond. There were a couple of homes that were severely flooded. That pond when overcapacitated went up and over the first berm which was significantly higher than their yard. Their basements flooded within minutes. Councilmember Bolkcom asked who will own this when they are done. Mr. Lennander replied, the pond is owned by Village Green and they are responsible for maintenance and a cost-share portion of this as well. Councilmember Bolkcom stated that is what she is confused about. In letter "B" on page 55, it states the City shall obtain and record its title for the property in which the property is located and a perpetual easement for maintenance and commit. However, they are going to maintain, and they are going to clean it out. The City is just going to help them construct it? Mr. Lennander replied, that is correct. Councilmember Bolkcom asked what the City was committing itself to. She thought she heard Mr. Lennander say there could be an alternate project. Mr. Lennander replied, this was relayed to him by Mr. Kosluchar. He would suspect if the cost-shares from both MWMO and from the property owner do not show up, the project will go away. However, if there is something they could do with the money that is available, Mr. Kosluchar would like to try to do something. At this point, there is no plan for that alternate plan. FRIDLEY CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF JUNE 22, 2015 PAGE 12 Councilmember Bolkcom asked if the owner can go away when it is their responsibility to maintain the water off their property. And how much is the City going to have invested up front before they say, well, I just don't have $50,000 now. By signing this agreement is the City committing itself? She is not sure where it says it is okay to walk away. Attorney Erickson stated it is her understanding from having spoken with Mr. Lennander and from some prior conversations with Mr. Kosluchar, that the City would not enter into any contracts or any types of improvements or do any work unless or until the City has received some assurance, and some funding, and they would scope the project to meet whatever level of resources they have. Additionally this agreement does not commit the City to doing anything. It just allows the City to take advantage of the cost share. The City would only get reimbursement from Rice Creek Watershed once the City has expended those funds and provided documentation to show the City has done so. Councilmember Bolkcom asked but can the owner say I just do not have $50,000 now? Attorney Erickson stated she has not seen the underlying storm water management agreement, but she did speak with Mr. Lennander late last week. There is a recorded easement and related agreement. Her assumption is she has seen kind of a standard City format that has been used in the past. There probably are enforcement mechanisms the City could use to compel them to do so, and she thinks the agreement puts the responsibility on the property owner to take care of that obligation. Councilmember Bolkcom stated and are they treating this project any different than anyone else who has a storm water pond by expending some money from City funds? Mr. Lennander replied, he did not believe so. However, it is one of the three priority sites that has been identified. He thinks it is an area that needs attention. They are requiring that the property owner participate in it, and the City will do what it can to find other sources of funding. Councilmember Bolkcom stated it totally makes sense to use Rice Creek Watershed and the WMWO to help do it, but she just wanted to make sure they are not treating this storm retention pond different from any other business that comes along. Mayor Lund replied, he knows they have done this for other projects as a cost-share with the Rice Creek Watershed District. Councilmember Bolkcom asked but has the City used that amount of money? Mr. Wysopal asked Mr. Lennander, the contribution area to this pond is not just limited to the Village Green property, is that correct? Mr. Lennander replied, that is correct. It is 80 acres. It is a fairly large watershed that goes here, that is collected through the stormwater system, and dumps into this pond. FRIDLEY CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF JUNE 22, 2015 PAGE 13 Councilmember Saefke stated he would make a motion to approve the Agreement and asked to include the diagram showing the area of the pond that shows it is not just for Village Green but does the public good as well for the neighborhood. Councilmember Bolkcom asked once approved, how soon it would get sent to the Rice Creek Watershed. She knows they have until December 2017. Is there a goal to try and do it this year? Mr. Lennander stated the geotechnical work is already funded through a different grant. That work is in process. They need that work done before they can start with the design. As soon as that is completed, they would start working on this assuming these other things are in place. Councilmember Bolkcom asked if the Rice Creek Watershed had to sign off on this Agreement. Mr. Lennander replied, they already have. MOTION by Councilmember Saefke to approve the Cost-Share Grant Agreement with the Rice Creek Watershed District for Village Green Stormwater Detention Expansion (Ward 1). Seconded by Councilmember Bolkcom. UPON A VOICE VOTE, ALL VOTING AYE, MAYOR LUND DECLARED THE MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. 9. Informal Status Reports. Councilmember Bolkcom stated anyone who lives near Mahnomen Park or on Locke Lake should have received a letter from Danielle Sanborn, Landscape Architect at Anoka County Parks and Recreation Department, regarding work that is going to be done related to a trail and installation of a boulder wall. There was some discussion about the lake level being decreased, and it is going to begin late August or early September. If they did not receive a copy they can call the City. ADJOURN: MOTION by Councilmember Barnette, seconded by Councilmember Varichak, to adjourn. UPON A VOICE VOTE, ALL VOTING AYE, MAYOR LUND DECLARED THE MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY AND THE MEETING ADJOURNED AT 8:05 P.M . Respectfully submitted by, Denise M. Johnson Scott J. Lund Recording Secretary Mayor