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FRIDLEY CITY COUNCIL MEETING
OF FEBRUARY 25, 2008
7:30 p.m. - City Council Chambers
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FRIDLEY CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF FEBRUARY 25, 2008
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The City of Fridley will not discriminate against or harass anyone in the admission or access to, or treatment, or
employment in its services, programs, or activities because of race, cotor, creed, religion, national origin, sex, disability,
age, marital status, sexual orientation or status with regard to public assistance. Upon request, accommodation will be
provided to allow individuals with disabilities t� participate in any of Fridley's services, programs, and activities. Hearing
impaired persons who need an interpreter or other persons u�lith disabilities who require auxiliary aids should contact
Roberta Collins at 763-572-3500 at least one week in advance. (TTD%'163-572-3534)
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
PRESENTATION:
Cardiac Arrest Response Demonstration
APPROVAL OF PROPOSED CONSENT AGENDA:
APPROVAL OF MINUTES:
City Council Meeting of February 11, 2008
NEW BUSINESS:
Resolution Authorizing Execution and Delivery
of a Release of Option Rights Relating to a
Storm Sewer Easement at the Property
Located at 6499 University Avenue NE
(Ward 1) .................�..............: 1 - 6 �
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2. Resolution Authorizing Changes �n
Appropriations for the 2007 Budget for
December, 2007 ................................ 7 - 9 /
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Resolution in Support of a Renewal Application
for a Minnesota Lawful Gambling Premise Permit
for the Northeast Lions Club at Baggans
P�ab Located at 3720 East River Road
(Ward 3) . 10 - 11
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4. Resolution Ordering Improvement, Approval of
Plans and Ordering Advertisement for
Bids: Sanitary Sewer Lining Project
No. 376 ................�✓�.� .... 12 - 16
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APPROVAL OF PROPOSED CONSENT AGENDA:
NEW BUSINESS (CONTINUED):
5. Claims
6. Licenses ...-•����
ADOPTION OF AGENDA.
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OPEN FORUM (VISITORSI: Consideration of Items
not on Agenda —15 Minutes
PUBLIC HEARING:
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7. Consider Revocation of Special Use Permit
SP #06-08, for Fridley Shop and Stop, to
Operate a Service Station With Fuel Sales in a
C-2, General Business Zoning District, Generally
Located at 6071 University Avenue NE
(Ward 1) ................................... 21 - 22
NEW BUSINESS:
Resolution Revoking Special Use Permit,
SP #06-08, for Fridley Shop and Stop, to
Operate a Service Station with Fuel Sales
in a C-2, General Business Zoning District,
Generally Located at 6071 l}niversity
Avenue NE (Ward 1) ......................... 23 - 25
9. Informal Status Reports .:.
ADJOURN.
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CffY OF
FRIaLEi'
The City of Fridley will not discriminate against or harass anyone in the admission or access
to, or treatment, or employment in its services, programs, or activities because of race,
color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, disability, age, marital status, sexual orientation or
status with regard to public assistance. Upon request, accommodation will be provided to
allow individuals with disabilities to participate in any of Fridley's services, programs, and
activities. Hearing impaired persons who need an interpreter or other persons with
disabilities who require auxiliary aids should contact Roberta Collins at 763-572-3500 at
least one week in advance. (TTD/763-572-3534)
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
PRESENTATION:
Cardiac Arrest Response Demonstration
APPROVAL OF PROPOSED CONSENT AGENDA:
APPROVAL OF MINUTES:
City Council Meeting of February 11, 2008
NEW BUSINESS:
Resolution Authorizing Execution and Delivery
of a Release of Option Rights Relating to a
Storm Sewer Easement at the Property Located
at 6499 University Avenue NE (Ward 1) ....................................................... 1- 6
2. Resolution Authorizing Changes in
Appropriations for the 2007 Budget for
December, 2007 ............................................................................................ 7 - 9
FRIDLEY CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF FEBRUARY 25, 2008 PAGE 2
APPROVAL OF PROPOSED CONSENT AGENDA:
NEW BUSINESS (CONTINUED):
3. Resolution in Support of a Renewal Application
for a Minnesota Lawful Gambling Premise Permit
for the Northeast Lions Club at Baggans Pub
Located at 3720 East River Road (Ward 3) ................................................ 10 - 11
4. Resolution Ordering Improvement, Approval of
Plans and Ordering Advertisement for Bids:
Sanitary Sewer Lining Project No. 376 ....................................................... 12 - 16
5. Claims ................................................................................................... 17
6. Licenses ................................................................................................... 18 - 20
ADOPTION OF AGENDA.
OPEN FORUM (VISITORS): Consideration of Items not on Agenda — 15 Minutes
PUBLIC HEARING:
7. Consider Revocation of Special Use Permit
SP #06-08, for Fridley Shop and Stop, to
Operate a Service Station With Fuel Sales in a
C-2, General Business Zoning District, Generally
Located at 6071 University Avenue NE (Ward 1) .......................................... 21 - 22
FRIDLEY CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF FEBRUARY 25, 2008 PAGE 3
NEW BUSINESS:
8. Resolution Revoking Special Use Permit,
SP #06-08, for Fridley Shop and Stop, to
Operate a Service Station with Fuel Sales
in a C-2, General Business Zoning District,
Generally Located at 6071 University
Avenue NE (Ward 1) ..................................................................................... 23 - 25
9. Informal Status Reports ................................................................................... 26
ADJOURN.
CITY OF FRIDLEY
CITY COUNCIL MEETING
FEBRUARY 11, 2008
The City Council meeting for the City of Fridley was called to order by Mayor Lund at 7:30 p.m.
ROLL CALL:
MEMBERS PRESENT: Mayor Lund
Councilmember-at-Large Barnette
Councilmember Saefke
Councilmember Varichak
Councilmember Bolkcom
OTHERS PRESENT: William Burns, City Manager
Fritz Knaak, City Attorney
Scott Hickok, Community Development Director
James Kosluchar, Public Works Director
Julie Jones, Planning Coordinator
Richard Pribyl, Finance Director
APPROVAL OF PROPOSED CONSENT AGENDA:
APPROVAL OF MINUTES:
City Council Meeting of January 28, 2008
APPROVED.
NEW BUSINESS:
1. Second Reading of an Ordinance Amending Chapter 205, Section 205.25, Related to
Allowing a"Dog Day/Overnight Boarding" Use by a Special Use Permit in the S-3,
Heavy Industrial Onaway Addition (Text Amendment Request, TA #07-02, by
CMV Properties, LLC, for Camp Bow Wow) (Ward 3).
William Burns, City Manager, stated this change would allow dog day and overnight boarding
centers in the S-3 Onaway District. Council approved the text change authorizing this special
use permit at their January 28 meeting. Staff recommends Council's approval the second and
final reading of this ordinance.
WAIVED THE READING OF THE ORDINANCE AND ADOPTED ORDINANCE NO.
ON SECOND READING AND ORDERED PUBLICATION.
FRIDLEY CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF FEBRUARY 11, 2008 PAGE 2
2. Special Use Permit Request, SP #07-12, by CMV Properties, LLC, for Camp Bow
Wow, to Allow a Dog Day/Overnight Boarding Facility in the S-3, Heavy Industrial
Onaway Addition Zoning District, Generally Located at 7875 Beech Street N.E.
(Ward 3).
William Burns, City Manager, stated the request was made by CMV Properties on behalf of
Camp Bow Wow. The location of the animal boarding facility for dogs is 7875 Beech Street.
The lot consists of a little over half an acre, and the building contains 22,630 square feet.
Interior space will include a lobby, reception area, lounge, dog interview room, 58 kennels, and 3
indoor play areas. The 3 indoor play areas will be connected to 3 outdoor areas for different
sized dogs and dogs of different temperament. The proposed center meets the conditions
contained in the proposed ordinance change. The facility is over 500 feet from any residential
building. The play areas are to be enclosed by an 8-foot high vinyl fence, and the dogs will be
kept inside at night. The Planning Commission gave their unanimous approval of the special use
permit at their December 19 meeting. Staff recommends Council's approval subject to the
follow seven stipulations.
THIS ITEM WAS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA AND PLACED ON
THE REGULAR AGENDA.
3. Receive the Minutes from the Planning Commission Meeting of January 16, 2008.
Mayor Lund pointed out that on Page 9 of the minutes, the word "unanimously" at the top of
the page should be removed.
RECEIVED AS CORRECTED.
4. Approve Extension of Variance Request, VAR #06-01, by RSP Architects, for
Totino-Grace High School, to Increase the Height of a Portion of the Totino-Grace
High School Building from 30 Feet to 48 Feet for the Renovation of the School
Auditorium, Generally Located at 1350 Gardena Avenue N.E. (Ward 2).
William Burns, City Manager, stated this variance was approved by in January 2006. An
extension was approved last year. Totino-Grace states they are still trying to raise funds for the
auditorium addition, and are requesting another one-year extension. The variance would allow
them to extend the height of their auditorium from 30 feet to 48 feet. Staff recommends
Council's approval.
Councilmember Bolkcom stated there is going to be another extension, so that would be 2009.
She asked if they were reviewing the stipulations, because they go back to 2006.
Scott Hickok, Community Development Director, replied they will be looking at the stipulations
as they move forward to get their building permit. From talking with the representatives from
Totino-Grace, it looks like this upcoming fall they would like to get the proj ect underway.
Councilmember Barnette asked if letters are sent out every time.
FRIDLEY CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF FEBRUARY 11, 2008 PAGE 3
Mr. Hickok said they were.
Councilmember Barnette asked if we get any response to the letters sent to the neighbors.
Mr. Hickok replied they do not send letters to the neighbors. They did send a letter to the
school, letting them know that the extension was almost up on their variance request.
Councilmember Barnette asked if they notified the neighbors.
Mr. Hickok replied, no, they do not.
APPROVED.
5. Resolution Receiving Final Plans and Specifications and Ordering Advertisement
for Bids: 2008 Neighborhood Street Improvement Project No. ST 2008-01.
William Burns, City Manager, stated the project includes reconstruction of 4.2 miles of City
streets at an estimated cost of $3.2 million. The reconstruction will occur in four areas of the
City. This is the biggest project we have had, and it includes portions of 39 City streets. Staff
recommends Council's approval.
APPROVED.
6. Claims (135415-135618).
APPROVED.
7. Licenses.
APPROVED THE LICENSES AS SUBMITTED AND AS ON FILE.
APPROVAL OF PROPOSED CONSENT AGENDA:
Councilmember Bolkcom asked to remove Item No. 2.
MOTION by Councilmember Barnette to approve the consent agenda as presented with the
removal of Item 2. Seconded by Councilmember Varichak.
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 Item No. 2
from the consent agenda. Seconded by Councilmember Saefke.
FRIDLEY CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF FEBRUARY 11, 2008 PAGE 4
UPON A VOICE VOTE, ALL VOTING AYE, MAYOR LUND DECLARED THE
MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
2. Special Use Permit Request, SP #07-12, by CMV Properties, LLC, for Camp Bow
Wow, to Allow a Dog Day/Overnight Boarding Facility in the S-3, Heavy Industrial
Onaway Addition Zoning District, Generally Located at 7875 Beech Street N.E.
(Ward 3).
Councilmember Bolkcom stated at the last meeting she asked for some studies. She
understands from Mr. Hickok that there were no actual studies. She asked staff if they could
take this back to Brad Sielaff and see if there is anything else he thinks they may need to do.
MOTION by Councilmember Bolkcom to approve Special Use Permit Request, SP #07-12, by
CMV Properties, LLC, for Camp Bow Wow, with the following seven stipulations:
1. The petitioner shall obtain a building permit prior to interior modifications.
2. The petitioner shall obtain a sign permit prior to installation of any new signage.
3. The petitioner shall remove bituminous pavement where the outdoor play area is to
be located.
4. The ventilation system needs to be designed so that no odors or organisms will
spread between wards or to the outside air.
5. No outdoor storage of equipment or materials is permitted without first obtaining a
special use permit.
6. The petitioner shall comply with Minnesota Rules, Chapter 1306 for sprinkler
installation.
7. Special Use Permit to be reviewed within one year of the issuance of the certificate
of occupancy to ensure compatibility.
Seconded by Councilmember Barnette.
UPON A VOICE VOTE, ALL VOTING AYE, MAYOR LUND DECLARED THE
MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
OPEN FORUM:
PUBLIC HEARING:
8. Consideration of an On-Sale Intoxicating Liquor License for Sandee's Sports Bar
and Grill, LLC, Located at 6490 Central Avenue N.E. (Ward 2).
FRIDLEY CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF FEBRUARY 11, 2008 PAGE 5
MOTION by Councilmember Varichak to waive the reading of the public hearing notice and
open the public hearing. Seconded by Councilmember Bolkcom.
UPON A VOICE VOTE, ALL VOTING AYE, MAYOR LUND DECLARED THE PUBLIC
HEARING OPENED AT 7:42 P.M.
Richard Pribyl, Finance Director, stated the business will operate much the same as it has in the
past but with a different operator. The Public Safety Department has reviewed the request and
found no reason to deny the request. The applicant for the liquor license is Scott Larson. Staff
has identified issues early in the process for Mr. Larson that would pose a problem with the
eventual issuance of the liquor license. Mr. Larson asked that we proceed forward with his
request for this public hearing. Staff was made aware in November that Sandee's Restaurant was
part of a bankruptcy proceeding. Staff was also made aware that the owner of the property had
yet to pay $80,000 in property taxes for the years 2005, 2006, and 2007. Pursuant to City
ordinance, this type of delinquency would delay the issuance of a license until the property taxes
had been paid. City building inspection staff visited the site last week and also found
construction that had taken place without permits. On the same day, City staff also found high
levels of carbon monoxide present within the building. A stop work order was issued, and the
building was actually posted as inhabitable at that time. In order for any work to proceed on the
interior, all buildings permits and fees will need to be paid. All plans and specifications will
need to be submitted. They will need to be approved by the building inspection department, the
Fire Marshall, and the Anoka County Health and Environmental Services Department. Staff
does recommend holding the public hearing, taking necessary testimony, and continuing the
public hearing until staff has been satisfied the required actions have been taken by the owner to
acquire a certificate of occupancy and also pay taxes.
Councilmember Varichak asked Mr. Larson for an update.
Scott Larson said it is his understanding that Xcel should be at the building sometime this week
to hook up the power. Also, Town Center is going to have temporary wiring for HVAC systems
and make sure that is working. They hope electricians will be out some time this week to get a
permit to work inside, finish up the wiring and see what else was destroyed. There was a break-
in about a year ago and copper wiring was taken, so that is why everything is kind of backed up
right now. It is a slow process. He said he has been talking with Town Center to get this thing
going. The mechanical guys met with the inspectors last week At that time he did contact a
mechanical outfit who told him they have to go back and figure out how much more it is going to
cost to do the plumbing and do some more work on the HVAC system. Mr. Larson will then
present that back to Town Center on how much more it will cost to get that done. Once he gets
the okay he will be getting the permits to start work on the building.
Councilmember Varichak asked Mr. Hickok about the uninhabitable sign on the restaurant.
Mr. Hickok replied it is unfit for human habitation until CO levels are brought down and certain
things have been done to meet the Fire Marshall's requirements. Then they will need to get
permits to proceed with work from this point forward.
FRIDLEY CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF FEBRUARY 11, 2008 PAGE 6
Councilmember Varichak asked when he thought that would happen.
Mr. Hickok replied, it would only be speculation right now but, as Mr. Larson has indicated,
they do have a plan to move forward and good communication with the inspection staff will be
key for that happening. He is optimistic as is Mr. Larson that he will be able to get back in there
and get back to work.
Mayor Lund stated he is not going to say "yes" to it until those things occur. Mr. Larson's
biggest problem may be with Town Center Development by virtue of the fact they filed
bankruptcy. He asked Mr. Larson if he understood that somebody had to pay the taxes. He
asked if the water bill was in arrears as well.
Mr. Pribyl replied as far as he knows it is all current. The utilities have actually been out of
there he thinks for about a year.
Councilmember Barnette asked if a company that is filing bankruptcy lease a portion of their
property.
Fritz Knaak, City Attorney, replied it depends on what kind of bankruptcy they are in.
Normally, a trustee would have to approve any action taken.
Councilmember Bolkcom asked if Mr. Larson was aware of the food-to-liquor ratio.
Mr. Larson replied, yes.
Councilmember Bolkcom asked Mr. Larson if he has ever owned or operated a restaurant of
any type.
Mr. Larson said he had not.
Councilmember Bolkcom asked Mr. Larson if he understands that they have to apply for a
manager's license.
Mr. Larson replied, yes.
Councilmember Bolkcom stated she is a little confused about the building permits because
different people are coming in but there are no building permits. She asked if any had been
pulled.
Mr. Hickok said it is his understanding that the contractors need to go in and assess what they
need to do to make a plan. Once a plan is prepared it will be submitted to inspection staff and
permits will be obtained.
Councilmember Bolkcom said it is her understanding that Mr. Larson plans on staying open
until 1:00 or 2:00 a.m.
FRIDLEY CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF FEBRUARY 11, 2008 PAGE 7
Mr. Larson replied 1:00 a.m. on Monday through Wednesday and then Thursday, Friday, and
Saturday until 2:00 a.m.
Councilmember Bolkcom asked Mr. Knaak if this might actually take a while before it comes
back to Council because of the back taxes and bankruptcy.
Attorney Knaak replied, yes, unless they chose to waive that for some reason; and he has not
heard any indication as to why there would be a reason to do that here.
Mr. Pribyl stated he would say, based on the circumstances on this particular license, it would
be staff's recommendation just to continue the public hearing so they can bring information back
to Council when it actually progresses to a point they can actually put closure to this. Should
this actually become a protracted situation, they would bring it back and have Council table it at
that time.
Attorney Knaak stated in a case like this where you really are going to be relying on the
information on the record to make their decision and a substantial amount of that information,
and everybody agrees has not appeared yet, the appropriate action to take would be to continue
the public hearing.
MOTION by Commissioner Varichak to continue the public hearing until an undetermined date.
Seconded by Commissioner Bolkcom.
UPON A VOICE VOTE, ALL VOTING AYE, MAYOR LUND DECLARED THE
MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
NEW BUSINESS:
9. Receive Public Comments and Authorize Staff to Distribute the Draft 2030
Comprehensive Plan for the City of Fridley to Other Jurisdictions.
Julie Jones, Planning Coordinator, stated she is pleased to bring them the latest edition of the
draft Comprehensive Plan. She appreciates all the time they have spent the last few weeks going
through it. As they have probably heard from staff a number of times in the various discussions
they have had about this Plan, when they started out this process they thought this was going to
be a simple update. The City did a very thorough job of creating a Comprehensive Plan ten
years ago, and staff thought they could do a little bit of updating of tables and charts and that
would be all they needed to do. However, as they got into it further, they realized they wanted to
do a lot more extensive work than they had set out to do which was challenging because they
were doing all of the work internally with existing staff. Tonight she brings this Plan before
them with complete confidence that they can complete this plan for them. It is not something
that was created by an outside agency. There were a total of 28 staff inembers involved in
creating the content of this Plan, besides staff involved in doing some of the typing, editing, and
printing of it. .
FRIDLEY CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF FEBRUARY 11, 2008 PAGE 8
Ms. Jones stated there are a few changes they have made since the public hearing. One of them
is removing an action step that was to survey employees of some of the City's largest employers,
asking them why they do not live in Fridley. There were some comments from people who
thought it was not going to be real cost effective to do that, staff might not get real answers, and
there are a lot of factors that go into people's decisions as to where they live.
Ms. Jones stated another change they made was to modify the pedestrian section to include some
reference to the east side of the community. There are several references in the Plan about
creating safer pedestrian and bike connections on the west side of the City. However, they were
neglecting to mention the east side of the City, which also has challenges with it being somewhat
disconnected because of Highway 65. So they added some language about that.
Ms. Jones said they also modified language to more clearly state how they want to do a more
comprehensive study of both walking, pedestrian, and biking access through the City. They
want to do a comprehensive study about what the needs are, prioritize those needs, and then look
at some available funding to meet those needs.
Ms. Jones stated although not really labeled in this version of the Plan, they did attach the results
of the telephone survey which is mentioned several times in the Plan.
Ms. Jones stated there were miscellaneous typos. They also added more photographs in the
Plan.
Ms. Jones stated she wanted to clarify one of the action steps there has been a lot of discussion
about. That is the concept of the 57th Avenue bridge over the railroad tracks. Some people have
criticized this action step. The whole concept is really to secure an easement on vacant land
should that overpass be a possibility in the future. They hate to bypass the opportunity if funding
could become available for this idea and not have an easement secured. The physical feasibility
of putting a bridge through there has already been studied. The City Council did approve an
expenditure to look at that a couple of years ago with some leftover funds from another proj ect.
So the project is feasible. This concept really needs to be in the Plan if they really want to try
and secure federal, state, or county funding for this idea in the future. Staff agrees completely
with a lot of information they heard from folks that it is going to be a very expensive undertaking
to do something like this. However, staff does continue to contend that this access across the
tracks will improve our emergency response time in the City and it will significantly increase
property values in the area, so they continue to include it in the Plan and feel it is an important
feature.
Ms. Jones stated another thing she wanted to mention that came out in the public hearing was
one of our Planning Commission members mentioned that in the public water supply chapter
staff should put some information about our most recent drinking water quality information
which goes into the City's newsletter. Staff was going to incorporate that chapter or put it as an
attachment to the chapter, but then realized that changes every year. Since that document is
available on the website and is in the City's newsletter every year, they decided not to put it in
the Plan.
FRIDLEY CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF FEBRUARY 11, 2008 PAGE 9
Ms. Jones stated the overall focus of the Comprehensive Plan is that it builds upon Fridley's
connection to the core city of Minneapolis. Our focus is on reducing our reliance on the
automobile. This is something that is really new from the last plan. It is something the
Metropolitan Council requires, which they think really makes a lot of sense. It creates
opportunities for new retail options, as well as looking at redevelopment opportunities for some
of our existing retail sites. It also creates opportunities for new housing types. In the Plan, there
are some opportunities for new housing types, particularly senior housing. It strives to improve
the many major corridors in the City by working more with the County and MnDOT. It strives
to protect our natural resources. There is a whole new sustainability section in this Plan that was
not in the last one. Also, it also supports staff's desire to make Fridley a great place to live,
work, and do business.
Ms. Jones stated they are looking for Council's approval tonight to forward this Plan to 17
surrounding jurisdictions, which includes surrounding cities, the school districts, the County
transportation people, MnDOT, and the watershed district. The City needs to give them six
months to review the Plan by law. Staff will then bring the draft Plan back to the City Council
with any changes for their approval by resolution before it gets submitted to the Metropolitan
Council. Staff anticipates that will occur at the August 25 City Council meeting. By September
10 they will want to submit the draft Plan to the Metropolitan Council for their review. Once
they say the Plan is acceptable, Council will then be asked to adopt it as the official
Comprehensive Plan for the City.
Ms. Jones stated in a cover memo in the Council packet they mention the public water supply
and sewer chapters. Staff has discovered formatting differences on how they submitted the
chapter, and what Metropolitan Council has in their website as to how they want it submitted.
Staff has taken a closer look at it, and they think they are very close to providing them with the
information they need. It is in a different format and so they are going to try submitting just
those chapters to them. At the same time, they are submitting the whole document to the
surrounding jurisdictions to see if they really need to make those changes or not. If they do, then
that will be incorporated into the revised document to be seen later in August. Staff does not
anticipate any change in any of the action steps in the Plan. It is more or less just the format of
the data and how it is presented.
Councilmember Bolkcom stated she also wanted to thank all of the people who attended the
forums. On Page 3 it stays they adopted the Plan on January 28 so that has to be changed to the
l lth if that is the true date. On Page 6, the fourth paragraph down, it says "growth started in
Fridley in the 1940's but slowed down during World I and World II." On Page 12, she asked
which one is the orange section.
Mayor Lund stated that is supposed to be the cream color.
Councilmember Bolkcom asked if the color white equates to parks because it says, park, vacant
vs. right-of-way, etc., are those parks?
Ms. Jones replied the white is right-of-way.
FRIDLEY CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF FEBRUARY 11, 2008 PAGE 10
Mayor Lund asked if the parks are even listed.
Ms. Jones replied the white includes the parks, too. They just did not want to include the open
space land in the calculations for the breakdown of residential and commercial/industrial.
Councilmember Bolkcom stated it does not show the parks so that is confusing to her. She
asked if someone could go over that.
Mayor Lund asked if the parks are to be included in the land mass area.
Mr. Hickok, Community Development Director, said no.
Mayor Lund stated so you almost have to identify the parks separately. Right now it looks like
the bulk of the public parks are not white. It is in with the residential, yellow.
Councilmember Bolkcom stated on Page 17 is that all in acres?
Ms. Jones replied, that is correct.
Councilmember Bolkcom stated up on Page 18 it talks about how much multi-family
residential we have. She asked if this was higher than in other communities. It also talks about
the vacant land owned by Burlington Northern. Is that all single-family residential?
Ms. Jones replied, yes.
Councilmember Bolkcom stated on the bottom on Page 43, it says the Housing and
Redevelopment Authority agreed to pay for such a study and it was scheduled to be completed
during the summer of 2007. Is that referring to the study the two interns did? If it is a study, it
should probably be included in here, correct?
Ms. Jones stated, yes, that is the housing conditions study.
Councilmember Bolkcom asked if there is a reference to that in the Plan.
Ms. Jones replied there is a greater description of it later in the chapter.
Councilmember Bolkcom commented the way it reads was that it "is" completed but should say
it "was" to be completed. On Page 58, there is a typo, the spelling of "contaminated" site. On
Page 62, they might want to say the Fire Department actually sent out non-homestead letters. On
Page 63, the third paragraph from the bottom, the word should be "encouraged," not
"encourage." On Page 64 the action steps sounded good, and she thinks they are very positive.
Councilmember Bolkcom stated she sees action steps but asked if indicates somewhere later
who is going to do it. She saw a lot of references made that the City will continue to work
towards and will promote this, but does that come at a later date and they do not actually include
any of those?
FRIDLEY CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF FEBRUARY 11, 2008 PAGE 11
Ms. Jones replied, to answer that she would look to Chapter 14, the implementation plans where
they do not necessarily say how they are going to do it; but they do put a timeline as to what they
are going to do first and lay out kind of the priority of those action steps.
Councilmember Bolkcom stated on Page 65, with respect to the action step under No. 6, she is
not sure the City "needs" to amend that S-1 District to allow redevelopment that is multi-family.
She thinks that action step is something that should be investigated and needs discussion with the
property owners, both single-family and multi-family. She is a little concerned when they say
they "need" to amend. Sometimes that is where they can get in trouble with things that are in the
Plan.
Councilmember Bolkcom stated at the bottom of Page 99 and Page 100, it is a rather novel
approach that we are just going to quit maintaining the county and state roadways without
compensation. She did like where it says we are going to meet with them, but feels it is a little
drastic to say we are going to just discontinue it. Personally she thinks it does reflect on our
community, and she thinks most people do not have an idea those should be maintained by the
county and state.
Mayor Lund stated this goes back to even a couple of years ago when they met with Carol
Molnau, our Commissioner of Transportation. He suggested this very same thing some time ago
that, if they cannot meet their code requirements, the City should treat them as being in violation
of the City codes as far as maintenance. Quite frankly why are they in many respects above the
law? They do not have to abide by our local ordinances. He would like to see out of the 17
other jurisdictions, how many are going to pull that out of there and take exception to it.
Councilmember Bolkcom stated that was one thing that was very loud and clear at the visioning
meetings, that people wanted us to clean up our entrance. She thinks people perceive University
Avenue as one of the big entrances into our community.
Councilmember Bolkcom stated on Page 104, under 7.1, Existing Parks, Trails, and Open
Space, this was a little confusing. On Page 116, under 17.10, the action step, she was a little
surprised that we have that many of our park facilities that are old and in need of upgrade. She
thought most of all of our parks have been upgraded, although she knows they need to continue
to upgrade them.
Councilmember Bolkcom stated on Page 185, related to Oak Glen Creek, she thinks there
should be some mention that there is a fair amount of erosion and there are some neighbors very
concerned about their properties and the back parts of their yards dropping in there. She is a
little concerned there is not more mention of that.
Mayor Lund suggested maybe it should include some action step in there.
Councilmember Bolkcom stated on Page 198, under "Fridley Community Center" she would
like to see more discussion related to how much of the Community Center is used. We spend a
lot of money there every year, and she wonders how much of it is used in the evening.
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Councilmember Bolkcom said she thinks the citizens' survey should be included because it is
very worthwhile. It was very interesting to her see some of the breakdown according to where
people live, how old they are, etc.
William Burns, City Manager, said it does two things: it gives you longevity and you can see
how things have changed, and it tells you how the responses are divided by subgroups.
Councilmember Bolkcom referred to the proposed bridge. She thinks as far as a response team,
our Fire Department can get on I-694 pretty quick She understands why they want to have it, it
makes sense. She is a little leery that they are saying they would like to purchase easements on
that property. She is thinking of all the other things that need to be done. Maybe it should be
better worded, and they need to weigh it against some of the other things. She thinks about all
the other things the HRA has going on. It would be nice to see a feasibility study, but what are
the costs of the easements going to be? Maybe part of the statement should be something related
to the study and getting some kind of cost estimates.
Councilmember Bolkcom asked whether the City normally gets a lot of comments back from
the other jurisdictions.
Ms. Jones replied they are not expecting a lot. When they have done minor Comprehensive Plan
amendments recently, they do not hear much back They are certainly planning on looking at
everybody else's plans.
Councilmember Bolkcom asked if the Rice Creek Watershed District is one of the jurisdictions
staff sends the Plan to. Do they give comments back?
Ms. Jones replied, yes. That is a little different situation because they actually have to sign off
that they have approved our local surface water management plan.
Tom Myhra, 6360 Able Street NE, stated he would have preferred a public hearing. He kept
saying are you giving the staff enough direction. When he listened tonight, he did not hear
anything about a lot of direction. He does not mean step by step, he means the urbanization.
One of the last things said was staff hopes to make Fridley a great place to live. You have to
preserve it. They spent a lot of time and reading Pages 1-3 and found some things that bothered
them. On Page 2, under the 1.1 process it says engaged in a series of housing forum meetings
designed to analyze the chapter of housing, etc. There is no change in housing chapter results in
the housing forum. Right from the beginning it talks about the idea that Fridley is a fine city, we
have to keep it a fine city, and perhaps the main thing is our present housing stock Regarding
the forum, it said participation at the first meeting was good and it has dropped off. Community
discussion between people did not happen until the fourth meeting. At that meeting not much
was decided. The most important thing talked about was maintaining Fridley housing. He does
not really see that in the Plan so far, and he does not think much attention is given to that.
Mr. Myhra stated he hopes Mr. Hickok has taken out anything related to educating and re-
educating people. When he is told that he needs education about housing, he resents that. He
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also resents the Concerned Citizens of Fridley is called a private interest group. That is really
not fair. We are homeowners who feel strongly about Fridley being a great place to live.
Mr. Myhra stated the concept of utilization for Fridley raises concern with the Concerned
Citizens of Fridley. We need to focus on being next to Minneapolis.
Councilmember Bolkcom asked for a copy of Mr. Myhra's handout.
Mayor Lund stated he thinks Ms. Reynolds brought up at the last meeting about the concern of
the technology, embracing urbanization. He asked Mr. Myhra is there was a specific page to
refer to?
Mr. Myhra stated he thinks it was on the very first line. It has not been rural since 1949. It is a
suburb. It said we can choose to embrace the fact that we are a first-ring suburb or we can keep a
rural feel to it. It is not a rural feel. It is a suburban feel to it.
Mayor Lund asked Mr. Myhra with his education, does urban mean a significant difference
from suburban?
Mr. Myhra replied, yes, and the difference is that multi-housing, row housing, high population
density, and the suburban is just the opposite. That is when people move out is to give them
more space.
Councilmember Saefke stated he presumes that he is looking at Attachment E? Because in his
book it says the pivotal point in Fridley's history? Is that what he is reading off? It reads we
can choose to embrace the fact that we are a first-ring suburb or we can fight it and keep a rural
feel. It does not say anything about urbanization.
Councilmember Bolkcom stated it is on the back of the page. There is a little slide that says
2003 draft Plan embraces urbanized potential.
Mr. Myhra stated the main thing is the owner-occupied. Columbia Heights is 70/30. We are
63.5 or something like that. Ms. Jones stated she saw no danger to make that even smaller. He
says a balance is 50/50. Councilmember Barnette says, no, the balance is what we say it is.
They say the balance they should strive for is 70 percent owner-occupied, and 30 percent rental.
Councilmember Bolkcom stated if he reads the housing, it does not say that we are going to try
and increase it. She is not sure what he means by decreasing the smaller number. She thinks
they did a very fine job in the housing section talking about we need to look at what our density
is and whether we need to stay in the Livable Communities Act. She thinks there is a lot of
information in there that they need to really study.
Mr. Myhra stated he is talking about the City View redevelopment. Presumably that would
provide for denser housing.
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Mayor Lund asked Mr. Myhra when talking about these percentages, does that relate to density
no matter what type of housing it is? Or does it relate to them wanting to see 70/30 on single-
family, detached homes? Or are we talking about 70/30 on rental housing vs. home ownership?
Home ownership does not necessarily equate to single-family detached homes. Homeownership
can be higher densities of townhomes, condominiums and that type of thing.
Mr. Myhra replied first there will be very little more single-family housing. If there is going to
be more, it will have to come in multi-family housing. With that are more people. For instance,
with Brandes Place, you could have put in four single-family homes there. There are 16 families
there. That is what he is talking about density. One is tied to another.
Councilmember Saefke asked what about senior housing. If someone decides to build an
assisted living place for seniors, they could house 50 seniors in one building. That is high
density. Does that count?
Mr. Myhra replied, yes, that increases it.
Councilmember Saefke stated the thing they hear from senior citizens is they would like a place
to live. Ms. Jones talks about life cycle housing in the plan. For instance, if he could not afford
the rising property taxes on a four-bedroom home, was a single widow, did not have any income
and worked a good career and could not afford to live in the home any longer and had to sell it,
he would want to buy something where he could eliminate a lot of that physical work and yet
have a decent place to live.
Mr. Myhra asked if he would be interested in moving to the facility by Wal-Mart.
Councilmember Saefke stated he has been in some of them and they have both senior
affordable housing, subsidized, and regular rental ones.
Mr. Myhra stated he understands there are vacancies yet. If you really want this for seniors, if
you could then somehow get some single-family detached where it is all taken care o£ They
have it in Mounds View, Spring Lake Park, and Elk River.
Councilmember Barnette stated they have the same thing at Christenson Crossing.
Mr. Myhra stated, yes, that would be the same type of thing.
Mr. Myhra stated regarding the City View project, it seems to him if they move with taking the
land then you are almost saying, yes, we are going to do it some time. If the HRA gets that land,
are they going to turn around and put in single-family homes like they did along the highway?
What kind of money are we talking about? It just does not seem like the way for us. A couple of
reasons are we could have an eating place on the river but now with Sandee's maybe that takes
care of that. We could have more housing for people using the Northstar Corridor. Are we
going to have a station and how much is that going to cost? Do we really want our housing
patterned up to accommodate the railroad? They did not think so.
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Mr. Myhra stated Council has repeatedly told him they would never use eminent domain to take
from one private enterprise and give to another private enterprise.
Mayor Lund replied he does not recall this Council ever saying never. They have not done it.
It is very limited.
Mr. Myhra asked does he think that is alright. To take from private to private.
Councilmember Bolkcom stated she thinks it is a great idea for the Northstar Corridor area
where they are looking at eminent domain to purchase the property because she thinks that is the
only way they are going to get that property. He has already told them that is what he wants.
Councilmember Barnette commented, and it is for a public purpose.
Mr. Myhra stated their stand is if that is what he wants, he guessed they will not argue about it.
Mayor Lund stated he hears what he is saying about eminent domain and he does not think it
should be used haphazardly and often. However, he thinks it is a tool that should be usable for
very, very limited reasons and that is really what the law is.
Mr. Myhra stated then maybe what the Plan should talk about is what is a blighted house in
Fridley.
Councilmember Bolkcom stated there is a state law.
Mr. Myhra stated there is a state law but it is wide open pretty much except you have to declare
it blighted. So maybe your plan should say here is what we would consider blighted. He knows
this Council is good about this, but what about the next Council?
Mr. Myhra stated he would state the goal differently. Why don't we talk about it being to work
towards home ownership? It is a nationwide goal.
Mr. Myhra stated we talk about senior citizens but the community director from Roseville or
Rosemount said senior citizens do not like to be stacked. They always use the word
"warehouse." He is talking about the development across from Sandee's. In the Plan it says it
would be possible to get in two developments, and they both went belly-up. It seems to him they
should do a little questioning with people who come with land use plans and say, where is the
money coming from.
Councilmember Bolkcom asked Mr. Myhra about the senior citizens comment, does he actually
have a study that they do not want to be stacked? When her mother-in-law was alive she lived in
an apartment complex.
Mr. Myhra replied he has an advantage on her, he is a senior citizen, and he talks with senior
citizens.
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Councilmember Bolkcom stated her mother-in-law lived in some wonderful apartments called
Meadowood Shores in New Brighton. She and a lot of other people enj oyed living there and
there were a lot of activities there.
Mr. Myhra replied maybe rather than talk with the workers in Fridley, maybe that is what they
really actually need to do is ask what senior citizens want.
Councilmember Bolkcom stated she did think they heard from a fair amount of seniors at one
of the meetings and they talked about different types of housing they would live in and continue
to live in Fridley.
Mr. Myhra stated the Mayor at one time told him financially-wise you could not take, for
example, the Columbia Arena site and turned that into senior housing because there is no way
that could be made comfortable.
Councilmember Barnette replied he thought he said that.
Councilmember Bolkcom stated that Mr. Myhra might also look at the citizen survey that was
done related to seniors. It is very telling to her, Question Nos. 93 and 94.
Mr. Myhra asked what it said.
Councilmember Bolkcom replied, ten years from now do you expect to be physically remaining
in your existent home? 16 percent said no, 81 percent said, yes. Then it went onto say what type
of housing would you prefer? One-level town home or cottage, 20 percent; 37 percent wanted an
assisted living complex; 7 percent, a smaller single-family home; condominium in a senior
cooperative housing project, 23 percent; and 1 percent said nothing. Some of this is based on
studies done by very credible people.
Mr. Myhra stated he begs to differ with her in the building, it is not done because that is what
seniors want, but because that is what will make money.
Mayor Lund stated would not the private market forces say we are not going to continue to
build these things.
Mr. Myhra replied if that is all that is available to seniors and they can no longer walk up the
steps, then probably, yes, they will be forced to take this sort of thing.
Mayor Lund replied if he was a developer/builder, would not the market tell him? They build it
because there is a demand for it.
Mr. Myhra replied not always. He has a pretty good authority the DeMello Place folded
because they could not get enough senior citizens applying ahead of time to get it started. The
units were not getting sold. We have a lot of senior citizens and we need to find out what they
want. Many times they find the seniors do not stay in Fridley because their kids are living out of
Fridley.
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Mayor Lund stated he hears from so many seniors who have moved out of Fridley because they
did not have a housing choice. There was nothing available in Fridley without a lot of steps, etc.
Councilmember Barnette stated he thinks these projects were not successful because of
financing. The new housing in St. Anthony where Apache Plaza used to be has been very
successful and there is a lot of senior housing there.
Mr. Myhra stated the last time he was there he saw a lot of vacancies. Maybe that was because
of the housing market also.
Councilmember Varichak stated that is exactly what the DeMello project was, maybe a bad
choice of financing but the market went sour and, therefore, the proj ect went sour.
Mr. Myhra stated what they need to do is come up with something, and it is save Fridley
housing. Maybe they could say, discover Fridley again for the first time. Maybe the City could
come up with a brochure to give to realtors and send it to any place where young families might
be. Say in there, it is an excellent community in which to raise children. It is a City that has
many, many jobs. Where you live in Fridley, your children would be within three blocks of a
neighborhood park It has a highly recognized nature center. It is a City with many health-
related facilities. It has a hospital, clinic, and medical expertise.
Mayor Lund stated he uses that many times when he talks to people about the benefits of
Fridley.
Mr. Myhra stated it is a community with a City with a school system that has nationally
recognized staff inembers. It is a City with a Neighborhood Watch program. It is a city with 16
places of worship. It is a city with four school districts and four private schools. There are six
major firms. It has two businesses that do million-dollar business every year. It is located in the
center of two major highways, five county roads, and miles of paved streets and gutters. It is a
City that is before the State for the Northstar Corridor. It is a City that has city and school
district newsletters that are informative, well-written, and attractive publications. It is a City
with very a active teaching and learning studio arts center built in 1847. He referred to St.
Louis Park who is similar to Fridley that has started a program something like, discover St. Louis
Park again.
Mayor Lund stated about 90 percent of the things Mr. Myhra highlighted about the benefits of
Fridley, he uses on numerous occasions when he speaks with the Convention of Tourism Bureau.
They also have a number of those things Mr. Myhra stated highlighting Fridley when they
promote it in the Visit Twin Cities North each year when the convention of the Tourism Bureau
meets here and collectively has busloads of realtors.
Councilmember Bolkcom stated she thinks a lot of people, including people in their own
community, are not aware of the programs. She is concerned that they have 400 plus non-
homesteaded homes and those are rentals because of the housing market. She thinks they are all
concerned about rental housing and maintaining those house. She thinks people who are
thinking of moving here are looking at crime rates, the schools, etc., and those are very, very
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important. She thinks the remodeling fair coming up is another place for people to look at the
opportunities in the City, such as the recycling program, etc. Maybe we need to put things, such
as the ramblers, in the action steps in the Plan. They have to convince people that it is important
to live closer to the City, not being in the congestion and traffic. We have this older home, but it
is a quality home. If we need to remodel it, there are opportunities in Fridley to do that.
Mr. Myhra stated they need to get that into some kind of a compact message that is said again
and again.
Mayor Lund asked Mr. Myhra for clarification of a statement he made at the Planning
Commission meeting. He made a statement that there is no consensus on a housing maintenance
code but the code is of utmost importance. Is he saying that is something he would promote and
that they should adopt a stronger maintenance code?
Mr. Myhra replied, absolutely. He also realizes we do not have a lot of spare money.
A1 Stahlberg, 8099 Riverview Terrace, read a newspaper clip from Columbia Heights about the
removal of grass, snow, junk vehicles, etc. They are talking about expediting it from a 30 to 45
day wait to a 4-day wait period. Four days. That is called "getting the j ob done." What he hears
is you have to find them, write them up, and then there is a 10 or 20-day wait, then you go to
court if they dispute it, and who knows when the court date is and pretty soon the snow is flying.
Mayor Lund stated he does not see how this relates to the Comprehensive Plan? Does he want
them to incorporate Columbia Heights' methodology?
Mr. Stahlberg replied, no, but they were talking about housing maintenance. We do not have
housing maintenance in Fridley.
Councilmember Bolkcom replied but we are working on it.
Councilmember Barnette stated we do have a regulation on junk cars and it does work.
Mr. Stahlberg stated he walked through his neighborhood, and he saw about 3 of them down
one street.
Councilmember Barnette asked if was talking about cars that looked bad.
Mayor Lund stated he is not disputing that Mr. Stahlberg may have a legitimate gripe. We have
talked about these car issues before. They will certainly give consideration to his comments
about what Columbia Heights is doing. This is a policy change and has nothing to do with the
Comprehensive Plan. He told Mr. Stahlberg if he sees something as a concerned citizen that he
thinks is a violation of Code, all he has to do is contact himself, his councilmember, or City staff
and give them an address.
Dr. Burns stated we have a very aggressive code enforcement program. They are going to be
writing an article now on the code enforcement efforts from 2007 for the next newsletter. He
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would stack Fridley's code enforcement effort up against Columbia Heights any day. He does
not think Mr. Stahlberg knows what he is talking about or being fair with what he is talking
about. Take a look at the number of junk cars Fridley has removed, the number of complaints we
have addressed, and the number of outside storage issues we have addressed. Julie Jones has
done a fantastic job with special use permits on commercial property, on junkyards, and on
clearing those up in Fridley.
Mayor Lund asked Mr. Stahlberg what his Comprehensive Plan issues were.
Mr. Stahlberg replied that was it. Speed up the housing maintenance.
Mayor Lund commented on Mr. Stahlberg's issue he mentioned at the Planning Commission on
the Comprehensive Plan, this kind of relates with the bikeway/walkway issues. He has seen
tonight an e-mail from another person talking about walkable communities and complained
repeatedly about not plowing the sidewalks, the bikeways, pathway and asphalt trail system. Mr.
Stahlberg made the comment, that it was about money, and it is. The reason why there has been
a hold on the maintenance code is we cannot come to an agreement quite frankly about where the
additional money going to come from. If we have a stricter maintenance code, we will probably
need somebody full-time to manage that. That would require another staff person, and we would
probably take some heat about spending more taxpayers' dollars. We cannot plow those asphalt
trails with the existing equipment that we have.
Councilmember Bolkcom stated it is actually in the Comprehensive Plan about the issues
related to people standing in the street waiting for buses, and there is some action plans related to
that. She asked Dr. Burns, when the housing maintenance code will come before the City
Council?
Mr. Hickok replied, it will be at the Planning Commission on March 19 and will be before the
City Council on April 14. If they concur with having the first reading and the public hearing the
same night, they would like to suggest the first reading on April 14 and a second reading on
April 28.
Councilmember Bolkcom stated she does differ with Mayor Lund in that she thinks they can
start the housing maintenance code without additional staf£ They do have an intern coming in
the summer. Maybe they cannot do everything the first year but, if we have a code, there are
some things they can do with the existing staff we have and with the intern.
Mayor Lund stated we are going to take on some maintenance issues and are trying to
incorporate it little by little. Also, Mr. Stahlberg made some comments that they are wasting
money with the Welcome to Fridley signs.
Mr. Stahlberg stated and the parks.
Mayor Lund stated the Comprehensive Plan tells him that those funds by and large were raised
by donations, not by taxpayer dollars.
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Mr. Stahlberg asked where the money was going to come to repaint them.
Mayor Lund replied the City would have to maintain them.
Councilmember Bolkcom stated as part of the visioning meetings, people asked to have those.
She hears more positive things related to those signs, the park signs, and the neighborhood signs.
It was one of the things that came out of the visioning meetings and people were very adamant
about how they would like to have an entrance and they liked those that they saw in other
communities. That is way back when we celebrated our SOth year.
Councilmember Saefke stated he thinks the signs go right along with Mr. Myhra's suggestion
for the positive aspect for the City of Fridley. Those are very attractive when you are coming
into the City and you know where you are at, along with the parks.
Mr. Stahlberg stated sure, there are a lot of things that people like but there is the maintenance
and you keep adding the things but nobody is talking about the cost of maintenance. Regarding
the mention of where we are going to get the money for the paths. First of all you do not start
another program, like the City View, to make more bike paths which are very minor compared to
the condemnation of the housing or the eminent domain that you would have to take out on
Seventh Street to get to 57th. They talk about buying more equipment to clean these paths, no,
you have the sweepers for the ice rinks, they could use those and there is that V-plow you use for
the sidewalks, or just the pickup trucks with their plows and just angle them. This year we did
not have snow for 1 to 1'/z months. So if they would have done it at the end of December they
would have been done until a week or two ago. It is not like grass.
Pam Reynolds, 1241 Norton Avenue NE, referred to Page 42, Chapter 5, Housing Plan, 5.0
Introductory. She looked today on the website and there is still nothing corrected. Second
paragraph, next to the last sentence, there is growing public sediment, she believed it should be
"sentiment." At the Planning Commission there was a chart she put together of ratios of rentals
vs. home ownership. The reason she did this is the concept of moving towards embracing
urbanization. From what she has found, it is pretty much when you are owner-occupied space
and you are rental space and about 50/50, that pretty much holds true in large cities.
Minneapolis being one of them. Regardless of the type of property, urbanization means high
densities which means heavier crime. Her concern with urbanizing Fridley, is that higher
densities lead to all kinds of higher things, i.e., pollution, crime rates, fires. Therein lays her
concern with the Comprehensive Plan relying heavily on moving towards urbanization. When
she moved to Fridley, she had no intention of living in Minneapolis. If she wanted to move to an
urban center, she would have moved to Chicago or Seattle. The previous Comprehensive Plan
talks about maintaining that hometown feel. That is not rural, that is hometown. We do not
want 6 to 8 story buildings. We do not want concrete everywhere. We would like a bike path
going down Old Central.
Ms. Reynolds stated her whole thing with the original Comprehensive Plan is that she did not
see it as being very comprehensive, and this one has a whole lot of aspects of that same high
apple pie kind of thought process. Her opinion is if they are putting together a plan, say a
budget, etc. you look at the reality of it. You do not reach way out there and grab something that
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is not attainable. She enjoyed the Comprehensive Plan and read every page. Ms. Jones did a
good job, but she just wished it would be reigned in a little bit, and if there could be something
saying we would try and maintain our home ownership to rental percentage.
Councilmember Bolkcom stated when she thinks of urban she does not necessarily think of
high skyscrapers. She thinks we are an urban community because we are a first-ring suburb.
Can we look at maybe how we define urbanization because it seems to be an ongoing thing here.
She thinks they are kind of in the sense when she sees things about people would like to have a
little downtown. She thinks the concept that is in here is people are saying they would like to see
that down-home feeling but maybe what they need to look at is they are a first-ring suburb and
they have to look at dealing with some of those issues relating to transportation, congestion,
pollution.
Ms. Reynolds stated with high densities you are going to get higher traffic, congestion, and
pollution.
Councilmember Bolkcom replied, not necessarily. A lot of our pollution, congestion, etc., are
from people who are going through our City. Our population has actually gone down since the
consensus in 2000 and from what she has read, our population is not going to grow much bigger.
Ms. Reynolds stated she just does not want Fridley to end up being wall-to-wall residences and
people. She took her parents to Uptown. To her that is urban. There are cars lining the streets,
and there is no way to properly do snow removal.
Councilmember Bolkcom stated people at the neighborhood meetings were talking about what
would happen in 2030, so you have to have some of that pie in the sky, because who knows what
will happen in the next 22 years.
Councilmember Saefke stated he agrees on the term of urbanization, that he does not want to
live in a place where there is no room for off street parking, etc.
MOTION by Councilmember Saefke to authorize staff to distribute the Draft 2030
Comprehensive Plan for the City of Fridley to other jurisdictions. Seconded by Councilmember
Barnette.
UPON A VOICE VOTE, ALL VOTING AYE, MAYOR LUND DECLARED THE
MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
10. Informal Status Reports
Councilmember Bolkcom talked about the Remodeling Fair on February 23 from 9 a.m. to 2
p.m. at the Schwan Center in Blaine.
Mayor Lund talked about Empty Bowls that is taking place on March 3. It starts at 4:30 p.m. at
Murzyn Hall in Columbia Heights.
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ADJOURN.
MOTION by Councilmember Barnette, seconded by Varichak, to adjourn.
UPON A VOICE VOTE, ALL VOTING AYE, MAYOR LUND DECLARED THE
MEETING ADJOURNED AT 9:47 P.M.
Respectfully submitted by,
Denise M. Johnson Scott J. Lund
Recording Secretary Mayor
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CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF FEBRUARY 25, 2008
February 20, 2008
Wlliam Burns, City Manager
Scott Hickok, Community Development Director
Paul Bolin, HRA Assistant Executive Director
Resolution Releasing Option Rights For Storm Sewer at 6499 University (Onan)
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INTRODUCTION
In 1988, the City retained an option to claim rights to future public use of an easement
for storm sewer purposes on the property located at 6499 University Avenue NE. The
owner of the Property, 6499 Partners, LLC, proposes to sell the Property to C08
FRIDLEY MN LLC, a Delaware limited liability company. C08 FRIDLEY MN LLC, has
requested that the City release the Option if there is no need for the easement, and it is
located within the existing building.
The City's Public Works staff has reviewed this issue and determined there is no need
for the City to retain these option rights.
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the City Council approve the attached resolution thus releasing
these option rights.
A resolution has been prepared to enable this action.
CITY OF FRIDLEY
COUNTY OF ANOKA
STATE OF MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING EXECUTION AND DELIVERY
OF A RELEASE OF OPTION RIGHTS RELATING TO A STORM
SEWER EASEMENT AT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 6499
UNIVERSITY AVENUE NE
BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council (the "Council") of the City of Fridley, Minnesota (the
"City"), as follows:
Section 1. Recitals.
1.01. Pursuant to City Ordinance No. 915 dated December 7, 1988 and recorded with the County
Recorder of Anoka County, Minnesota on December 9, 1988 as Document No. 833995 (the
"Ordinance"), the City retained an option (the "Option") to claim rights to future public use of an
easement for storm sewer purposes on the property located at 6499 University Avenue NE (the
"Property").
1.02 The owner of the Property, 6499 Partners, LLC, a Minnesota limited liability company,
proposes to sell the Property to C08 FRIDLEY MN LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the
"Buyer"). The Buyer has requested that the City release the Option if there is no need for the
easement. A form of Release of Option Rights (the "Release") has been provided to the City and is
attached hereto as Exhibit A.
Section 2. Findin�s.
2.01. The City has determined that there is no need for it to retain the Option, and is willing to
release it.
Section 3. Approval of Document and Authorization.
3.01 The City hereby approves the Release. The Mayor is hereby authorized to execute and
deliver the Release substantially in the form on file in the office of the City Clerk, with such
additions and modifications as the Mayor may deem desirable or necessary as evidenced by his
execution thereof.
PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY THIS DAY OF
Page 2 — Resolution No.
, 2008.
SCOTT LUND, MAYOR
ATTEST:
DEBRA SKOGEN, CITY CLERK
Page 3 — Resolution No.
EXHIBIT 1
RELEASE OF OPTION RIGHTS
This Release of Option Rights (the "Release") is executed this day of February, 2008
by the City of Fridley, Minnesota, a Minnesota municipal corporation ("City"), to and for the benefit
of 6499 Partners, LLC, a Minnesota limited liability company ("6499"), and its successors and
assigns.
RECITALS
Pursuant to City of Fridley Ordinance No. 915 dated December 7, 1988, a copy of which
was placed of record with the County Recorder of Anoka County, Minnesota on
December 9, 1988 as Document No. 833995 (the "Ordinance"), the City agreed to the
vacation of certain public easements that had encumbered parcels within Block 3 of
Ree's Addition to Fridley Park;
2. The Ordinance also provided for the creation of a privately maintained easement as
referenced therein, with the City to have an option (the "Option") to claim rights to
future public use of the privately maintained easement for storm sewer purposes, as
referenced in the Ordinance;
The former Block 3 of Ree's Addition to Fridley Park is included within the plat of
Fridley Plaza Center and 6499 is the fee owner of that real property in Fridley Plaza
Center legally described in Exhibit A attached hereto (the "Property"), which Property is
subject to the Option in favor of the City as referenced above.
4. The City has determined that it no longer requires the Option rights as set forth in the
Ordinance and wishes to release, of record, any claim or right of interest that might have
otherwise existed under the Ordinance in favor of the City with regard to the Option or
the real property subj ect to the Option as defined in the Ordinance.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the covenants and conditions contained herein and
other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of sufficiency which is hereby acknowledged, the
City hereby covenants and agrees to and for the benefit of 6499, the owner of the Property, as well
as any and all successors and assigns of 6499 in ownership of the Property, as follows:
The City hereby irrevocably and unconditionally releases any and all right, title or
interest with regard to the Option or rights thereunder that might have otherwise
existed, have been created, or have been retained under the terms of the Ordinance.
2. The City hereby authorizes the recording of this Release with the County Recorder
for Anoka County, Minnesota to evidence the release of any and all of such Option
rights.
Page 4 — Resolution No.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Release has been executed by and for the City of Fridley,
Minnesota effective the date first set forth above.
CITY OF FRIDLEY
a Minnesota municipal corporation
:
Its:
STATE OF MINNESOTA )
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COUNTY OF )
I, the undersigned authority, a Notary Public in and for said County and State, hereby certify
that , whose name is signed to the foregoing
instrument as of the City of Fridley, Minnesota, a
municipal corporation, and who is known to me, acknowledged before me on this day that, being
informed of the contents of the instrument, _he, in capacity as such officer, executed the
same voluntarily and with full authority as the act of said City, on the day the same bears date.
Given under my hand and official seal, this day of February, 2008.
(SEAL) NOTARY PUBLIC
My Commission Expires:
This instrument was drafted by:
David M. Cremons, Esq.
Felhaber Larson Fenlon & Vogt, P.A.
220 South 6th Street, Suite 2200
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402-4504
612/339-6321
Page 5 — Resolution No.
Legal Description of Property
EXHIBIT A
Lot 1, Block 1, Fridley Plaza Center, according to the recorded plat thereof, Anoka County,
Minnesota.
RELEASE OF OPTION RIGHTS
This Release of Option Rights (the "Release") is executed this day of February,
2008 by the City of Fridley, Minnesota, a Minnesota municipal corporation ("City"), to and for
the benefit of 6499 Partners, LLC, a Minnesota limited liability company ("6499"), and its
successors and assigns.
RECITALS
1. Pursuant to City of Fridley Ordinance No. 915 dated December 7, 1988, a copy of
which was placed of record with the County Recorder of Anoka County, Minnesota
on December 9, 1988 as Document No. 833995 (the "Ordinance"), the City agreed to
the vacation of certain public easements that had encumbered parcels within Block 3
of Ree's Addition to Fridley Park;
2. The Ordinance also provided for the creation of a privately maintained easement as
referenced therein, with the City to have an option (the "Option") to claim rights to
future public use of the privately maintained easement for storm sewer purposes, as
referenced in the Ordinance;
3. The former Block 3 of Ree's Addition to Fridley Park is included within the plat of
Fridley Plaza Center and 6499 is the fee owner of that real property in Fridley Plaza
Center legally described in Exhibit A attached hereto (the "Property"), which
Property is subject to the Option in favor of the City as referenced above.
4. The City has determined that it no longer requires the Option rights as set forth in the
Ordinance and wishes to release, of record, any claim or right of interest that might
have otherwise existed under the Ordinance in favor of the City with regard to the
Option or the real property subj ect to the Option as defined in the Ordinance.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the covenants and conditions contained herein
and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of sufficiency which is hereby
acknowledged, the City hereby covenants and agrees to and for the benefit of 6499, the owner of
the Property, as well as any and all successors and assigns of 6499 in ownership of the Property,
as follows:
1. The City hereby irrevocably and unconditionally releases any and all right, title or
interest with regard to the Option or rights thereunder that might have otherwise
existed, have been created, or have been retained under the terms of the
Ordinance.
2. The City hereby authorizes the recording of this Release with the County
Recorder for Anoka County, Minnesota to evidence the release of any and all of
such Option rights.
MPLS-Word 188718.1
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Release has been executed by and for the City of Fridley,
Minnesota effective the date first set forth above.
STATE OF MINNESOTA
COUNTY OF ANOKA
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CITY OF FRIDLEY
a Minnesota municipal corporation
By:
Scott Lund
Its: Mayor
I, the undersigned authority, a Notary Public in and for said County and State, hereby
certify that Scott Lund, whose name is signed to the foregoing instrument as Mayor of the City
of Fridley, Minnesota, a municipal corporation, and who is known to me, acknowledged before
me on this day that, being informed of the contents of the instrument, he, in his capacity as such
officer, executed the same voluntarily and with full authority as the act of said City, on the day
the same bears date.
Given under my hand and official seal, this
(SEAL)
This instrument was drafted by:
David M. Cremons, Esq.
Felhaber Larson Fenlon & Vogt, P.A.
220 South 6th Street, Suite 2200
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402-4504
612/339-6321
MPLS-Word 188718.1 2
day of February, 2008.
NOTARY PUBLIC
My Commission Expires:
EXHIBIT A
Legal Description of Property
Lot 1, Block 1, Fridley Plaza Center, according to the recorded plat thereof, Anoka County,
Minnesota.
MPLS-Word 188718.1
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AGENDA ITEM
CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF
February 25, 2008
William W. Burns, City Manager
Richard D. Pribyl, Finance Director
Craig A. Ellestad, Accountant\
February 13, 2008
Modifications to the 2007 Budget
Attached you will find a resolution amending appropriations to the 2007 budget in accordance with
the City Charter.
The adjustments listed have arisen as a result various donations, unforeseen expenditures and
revenues, and reclassification of account codings. You have informally approved all adjustments
through the Budget Reappropriation form.
We request that the Council approve the amendment of the attached budgets.
Resolution No. 2008 —
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING CHANGES IN APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE 2007
BUDGET FOR DECEMBER, 2007
WHEREAS, the City of Fridley has involved itself in initiatives that provide for future charges
and modifications that will allow for a better delivery of service, and
WHEREAS, the City of Fridley had not incorporated these and other necessary changes into the
adopted budget for 2007.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Fridley that the
following funds will be amended as follows:
GENERAL FUND
REVENUE ADJUSTMENTS
Police-Donarions
Police-Donarions
Police-Reimbursement
Police-Reimbursement
Police-Reimbursement
Fire-Reimbursement
Recreation-D onations
Recreation-Donations
Recreation-Donations
Recreation-Donations
APPROPRIATION ADJUSTMENTS
Police-Supplies
Police-Supplies
Police-Personal Services
Police-Personal Services
Police-Personal Services
Fire-Personal Services
Recrearion-Other Services &
Charges
Recrearion-Other Services &
Charges
Recreation-Supplies
Recreation-Supplies
Recreation-Supplies
Recrearion-Other Services &
Charges
Recreation-Supplies _
337 Various Donations
3,164 Various Donations
1,200 Anoka County
1,474 Federal Grant
6,720 Cub Foods
135 North Metro CAT
500 Qwest
200 Blaine Jaycees
1,090 Walmart & ACE
5,000 Fridley Lions
19 820
337 Narional Night Out
3,164 Safety Camp
1,200 Drug Task Force
1,474 Safe & Sober
6,720 Police Security
135 Paid On Call
235
83
182
200
1,090
4,050
950
19 820
49er's Days
49er's Days
49er's Days
Water Aerobics
Community Gardens
Holiday Parry
Holiday Party
Resolution No. 2008-
SPRINGBROOK NATURE CENTER FUND
REVENUE ADJUSTMENTS
Donarions 1,615 Various Donations
1.615
APPROPRIATION ADJUSTMENTS
Supplies 1,615 Flat Screen TV
1.615
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PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FRIDLEY THIS
25TH DAY OF FEBRUARY 2008.
Scott J. Lund, Mayor
Attest:
Debra A. Skogen, City Clerk
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AGENDA ITEM
CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF
January 25, 2008
William W. Burns, City Manager
Richard D. Pribyl, Finance Director
Deb Skogen, City Clerk
January 19, 2008
Lawful Gambling Premise Permit Renewal Application for the Northeast
Minneapolis Lions Club at Baggans Pub, 3720 East River Road, Fridley, MN
Section 30 of the Fridley City Code allows lawful gambling by a licensed organization. The
Northeast Minneapolis Lions Club currently conducts lawful gambling at Baggans Pub located at
3720 East River Road. The Northeast Minneapolis Lions current license is scheduled to expire
on March 31, 2008.
The premise permit application requires a resolution from the City Council. If approved, the
new premise permit would begin April 1, 2008 and expire on March 31, 2010.
Please find a resolution for the premise permit application.
RESOLUTION NO. 2008 -
RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF A RENEWAL APPLICATION FOR A MINNESOTA
LAWFUL GAMBLING PREMISE PERMIT FOR THE NORTHEAST LIONS CLUB AT
BAGGANS PUB LOCATED AT 3720 EAST RIVER ROAD
WHEREAS, the City of Fridley has received a copy of a Renewal Application for a Minnesota
Lawful Gambling Premise Permit from the Northeast Minneapolis Lions Club; and
WHEREAS, the location of the Premise Permit is for Baggans Pub located at 3720 East River
Road, Fridley, Minnesota; and
WHEREAS, the Northeast Minneapolis Lions Club currently holds a state lawful gambling license
which will expire on March 31, 2008;
WHEREAS, the City of Fridley has found no reason to restrict the location for the charitable
gambling operation.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of Fridley approves the
Minnesota Lawful Gambling Premise Permit Renewal Application for the Northeast Minneapolis
Lions Club at Baggans Pub, located at 3720 East River Road, Fridley, Minnesota, for the time
period April 1, 2008 through March 31, 2010.
PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FRIDLEY THIS 25tn
DAY OF JAN UARY 2008.
SCOTT J. LUND - MAYOR
ATTEST:
DEBRA A. SKOGEN - CITY CLERK
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AGENDA ITEM
CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF FEBRUARY 25, 2008
William W. Burns, City Manager
James P. Kosluchar, Public Works Director
Layne Otteson, Assistant Public Works Director
February 25, 2008
Sanitary Sewer Lining Project No. 376
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The Capital Improvement budget has funds identified for rehabilitation of our sanitary sewer lines.
We will be doing this work in three areas in 2008. They are as follows:
Woody Lane from Hillcrest Dr. to the south, 244 LF 8" VCP
River Edge Way from 189 River Edge Way to 62nd Lift Station, 201 LF 8" VCP
3rd Street from 53rd Ave to 49t" Ave, 2640 LF 12" VCP
There is $80,000 budgeted for this project. $15,000 of this amount has been dedicated to lift
station lining, under a separate project as follows:
Central Ave Sanitary Lift Station (at 64tn)
Rice Creek Sanitary Lift Station (at University)
Mississippi Storm Lift Station (at Mississippi Trail overpass)
Recommend the City Council adopt the attached resolution authorizing staff to advertise for the
Sanitary Sewer Lining Project No. 376.
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Attachment
RESOLUTION NO. 2008 -
A RESOLUTION ORDERING IMPROVEMENT, APPROVAL OF PLANS AND ORDERING
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS: SANITARY SEWER LINING PROJECT NO. 376
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Fridley has established a policy of lining sanitary sewers
when necessary,
WHEREAS, the Director of Public Works has submitted a plan showing the sanitary sewers in need
of lining.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Fridley, Anoka
County, Minnesota, as follows:
That the sanitary sewers recommended for lining by the Public Works Department be lined,
and the work involved in said improvement shall hereafter be designated as: SANITARY
SEWER L1N1NG PROJECT NO. 376.
Woody Lane from Hillcrest Dr. to the south, 244 LF 8" VCP
River Edge Way from 189 River Edge Way to 62nd Lift Station, 201 LF 8" VCP
3rd Street from 53rd Ave to 49th Ave, 2640 LF 12" VCP
2. The plans and specifications prepared by the Public Works Department for such
improvement and each of them, pursuant to the Council action heretofore, are hereby
approved and shall be filed with the City Clerk.
The work to be performed under Sanitary Sewer Lining Proj ect 376 be performed under one
contract.
The Director of Public Works shall accordingly prepare and cause to be inserted in the official
newspaper advertisement for bids upon the making of such improvements under such approved
plans and specifications. The advertisement shall be published for two (2) weeks (at least 10 days),
and shall specify the work to be done and will state that bids will be opened at 10:00 a.m. on
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19, 2008, in the Council Chambers of the City Hall, and that no bids will
be considered unless sealed and filed with the Director of Public Works and accompanied by a cash
deposit, bid bond, or certified check payable to the City of Fridley for five percent (5%) of the
amount of such bid. That the advertisement for bids for Sanitary Sewer Lining Proj ect No. 376 shall
be substantially standard in form.
PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FRIDLEY THIS 25tn
DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2008.
SCOTT J LUND - MAYOR
Attested:
DEBRA A. SKOGEN - CITY CLERK
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G W Cook Commercial/S ecialt Robert Luedtke Ron Julkowski
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G W Cook Commercial/S ecialt Robert Luedtke Ron Julkowski
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LICENSES
Rental Housing
License Renewal List (4th Quarter Properties)
ProplD: Property Address
1597
1102
1110
1105
1106
1121
1134
1168
1686
1673
1504
1194
1677
1469
1262
1676
1270
1689
1298
1303
1306
1726
1724
1687
1706
1346
1338
1732
1671
1091
1661
1718
1720
1069
1648
4732 2 1/2 St. NE
5846 2 1/2 St. NE
5908 2 1/2 St. NE
5916 2 1/2 St. NE
5924 2 1/2 St. NE
6525 2nd St. NE
5025 3rd St. NE
5600-06 4th St. NE
524 54th Ave. NE
695 57th Ave NE
360-362 57th PI. NE
5410 5th St. NE
505 66th Ave. NE
1309-11 73rd Ave. NE
1313-23 73rd Ave. NE
1655 73rd Ave. NE
370-72 74th Ave. NE
1401 76th Ave. NE
7339-41 Able St. NE
7417-19 Able St. NE
7463-65 Able St. NE
6231 Alden Way NE
7854 Alden Way NE
7675 Brigadoon PL NE
5540 E Bavarian Pass
6540-50 East River Rd
6551 East River Rd.
501 Glencoe St. NE
105 Hartman Circle
420 Ironton St. NE
7340 Jackson St. NE
447 Longfellow St. NE
7320 Lyric Ln. NE
1413 Meadowmoor Dr.
5514 Meister Rd. NE
Units
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6
7
7
7
13
1
1
2
2
1
2
2
1
2
1
2
2
1
1
1
1
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11
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
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KPR Properties, LLC
T & N Properties
ACCAP
ACCAP
Yee Tee Wang
PaulJohnson
Excelsior Properties
Tony L Wilson
Arnold Bakke Trustee
Liveringhouse Enterprises
Jason Eckmann
Pierre Chamaty
Howard B Larson
Peffer & Wallace LTD
David Morisette
Janet Latham
Jugal Agarwal
T & K Properties
Wayne R. Thompson
Todd Fuechtmann
Mark Jedlenski
Glenn Bottomly
Handi-Access Inc
T & K Properties
Phyllis A. Reha
Klaus Freyinger
Otty Properties
John Kinkeade
Tom Kimlinger
Douglas R. Butler
Margaret A. Brough
Roger Roelofs
Shirley NG
Benjamin Conners
Will Bauer
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Dist Yr Qtr
9
9
9
9
55
18
13
15
13
13
15
66
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
8
2
4
14
55
55
1
5
1
3
1
3
4
14
2
2
2
2
2
1
3
1
3
3
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
2
3
2
2
4
2
4
2
4
2
2
3
4
3
3
3
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
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License Renewal List (4th Quarter Properties) (Continued)
ProplD: Property Address Units
1723
1674
1693
1662
1698
1690
1708
1683
1685
1663
1679
1714
1666
1678
1696
1699
1667
1700
1719
1088
1431
1695
1614
1691
1672
1684
1094
1712
1688
1449
1451
1722
1692
202 Mercury Dr. NE
241 Mercury Dr. NE
1376 Mississippi St. NE
772 Mississippi St. NE
1601 N Innsbruck Dr. #109
1601 N �Innsbruck Dr. #132
1601 N Innsbruck Dr. #170
1601 N Innsbruck Dr. #172
1601 N Innsbruck Dr. #175
1601 N Innsbruck Dr. #176
1601 N Innsbruck Dr. #219
1601 N Innsbruck Dr. #220
1601 N Innsbruck Dr. #307
1601 N Innsbruck Dr. #315
1601 N Innsbruck Dr. #318
1601 N Innsbruck Dr. #321
1601 N Innsbruck Dr. #338
1601 N Innsbruck Dr. #345
1601 N Innsbruck Dr. #379
1376 Osborne Rd. NE
6361 Pierce St. NE
137 Pilot Ave NE
6260 Rainbow Dr NE
1585 S Bavarian Pass
232 Satelite Lane NE
1385 Skywood Ln. NE
6130 Starlite Blvd. NE
7450 Tempo Terrace
7547 Tempo Terrace
7349-51 University Ave.
7373-75 University Ave.
5624 W Bavarian Pass
5848 Washington St NE
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Owner
Valerian B. Kuechle
Greg Carlson
Thomas Zimmerman, Jr.
A & M Real Estate
Marjorie J. Smith
Jeanne Guse
Conrad Gudmundson
North Surburban Properties
Shelly Eisenschenk
Lisa Ost
Duane A. Buhl
Christie Reeves
Margaret Thompson
Dawn lacarella
Joe Moran
Marjorie J. Smith
Margaret Thompson
Marjorie J. Smith
Anthony & Lisa Magnotta
ACCAP
Jeffrey Nelson
Jewel Dufour
John George
Yvonne & Randall Waters
Fridley Covenant Church
Dave & Carole Steele
ACCAP
Constance Slama
T & K Properties
Tom Okerstrom
Joseph Tohey
McCrindle Properties
John House
Inspection
Dist Yr Qtr
9
9
11
10
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
4
11
18
9
14
9
16
9
3
3
3
3
14
13
2
2
4
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
4
1
2
3
2
1
2
2
2
2
2
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4
4
4
4
4
4
4
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4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
4
4
4
4
4
Total # of Licenses for approval is 68
(Break down of the 68 licenses is: 0- 2"d Qtr., 10 - 3`d Qtr., and 58 - 4'h Qtr licenses from 2007)
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AGENDA ITEM
CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF FEBRUARY 25, 2008
February 21, 2008
Wlliam Burns, City Manager
From: Scott Hickok, Community Development Director
Julie Jones, Planning Manager
Rachel Harris, Environmental Planner
Subject: Public Hearing to Consider Revocation of Special Use Permit #06-08 for Fridley
Shop and Stop (formerly Sinclair Fridley), located at 6071 University Avenue NE
M-08-09
Background
Since January 2006, staff has made repeated attempts to share knowledge of the City Code and
bring both the property owner and two sets of business owners into compliance at Fridley Shop
and Stop (formerly Sinclair Fridley), located at 6071 University Avenue NE.
At the June 26, 2006, City Council meeting, the Council held a public hearing for Sinclair
Fridley, generally located at 6071 University Ave NE. The purpose of the hearing was to revisit
the stipulations of the Special Use Permit (SP) #73-05 and survey how the property owner has
brought the site into compliance with City Code. At the July 10, 2006, Council meeting, Council
renumbered SP #73-05 to SP #06-08 and assigned a new set of stipulations that were taken
from similar special use permits for gas stations with service bays. The July 14, 2006, Action
Taken Notice states that SP#06-08 allows operation of a service station with fuel sa/es.
On November 20, 2006, City Council held a public hearing to consider revocation of SP#06-08.
At the hearing, the Council learned that a new business owner would begin operating on
January 1, 2007. Council agreed to give the new owner time to meet compliance of the special
use permit stipulations. After the review period concluded on February 26, 2007, staff had
observed minor violations of the current stipulations by the new tenant, but staff was optimistic
that the property owner would comply with the stipulation following further notification.
Staff sent a code enforcement letter on November 5, 2007, to inform the business that continued
parking problems did not comply with SP #06-08. Those violations included, but are not limited to,
(1) not parking all vehicles in striped stalls, (2) storing vehicles longer than 48 hours; (3) possibly
performing major repairs; and (4) storing vehicles with expired license tabs.
Staff conducted a meeting with business owner, Awis, on December 14 in response to the most
recent code enforcement letter the business owner received regarding SP#06-08, Stipulation 10.
The gas station/car repair business is an acceptable use in a C-2 zoning district provided this
business complies with stipulations associated with SP #06-08. During that meeting, staff learned
that the business was no longer named Fridley Sinclair. Although the name changed to Fridley
Shop and Stop, the business operation remained the same.
Below is a list of the thirteen stipulations associated with SP#06-08. These standards were taken
from like special use permits.
Stipulations
1. To maintain the site in a manner that is compliant with requirements of City Code,
particularly the C-2 zoning district and Code Section 205.14.
2. Vehicles shall not park closer than 15 feet to the propane tank, in any direction.
3. Vehicles shall not park closer than 15 feet to the gasoline pumps, in any direction.
4. Vehicles leaking fluid shall not be stored outside without a device to prevent fluids from
running off-site.
5. In accordance with C-2 zoning requirements for service stations, no heavy duty car repairs
shall be performed on-site. Heavy duty car repairs include, but are not limited to, repairs on
transmissions, engines, drive shafts and front ends and body work.
6. Alterations to the site shall comply with the International Building Code (IBC) and
International Fire Code (IFC).
7. The signage shall comply with Chapter 214 of the City Code.
8. Maintain current licenses per any and all City, County and State requirements.
9. No outside storage items shall be visible from the public right-of-way.
10. Vehicles shall not be stored for more than 48 hours on-site.
11. The drive aisles shall be kept clear.
12. Vehicles shall park in stalls that are striped and designated for parking.
13. No sale or display for sale of automobiles.
The business owner complied with the removal of two vehicles stored on-site by the deadline of
December 26, 2007. Wthin two days, the property was in violation of the same stipulation: parking
vehicles longer than 48 hours. Staff has �* � � ` �* � �� � ` ���g� "�
observed that two additional vehicles
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Staff monitors this site almost daily to
survey the extent that the property owner
has brought the site into compliance with
City Code.
As of February 20, 2008, staff noted the
same two sedans had been parked on-
site since December 28, 2007. During
the past two years, staff has observed periodic compliance of the thirteen stipulations.
Staff has been unable to obtain consistent compliance despite numerous code enforcement letters,
meetings on-site and in the city offices, and a 2006 public hearing for consideration of revocation of
the Special Use Permit. The repeated non-compliant nature of the business owner and property
owner has led staff to recommend revocation of SP#06-08.
Recommendation
Staff recommends that the City Council take comment for the consideration of revocation of
Special Use Permit #06-08 for Fridley Shop and Stop, located at 6071 University Avenue NE, at
the February 25, 2008, Council meeting.
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From
AGENDA ITEM
CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF FEBRUARY 25, 2008
February 20, 2008
Wlliam Burns, City Manager
Scott Hickok, Community Development Director
Julie Jones, Planning Manager
Rachel Harris, Environmental Planner
Subject: Resolution Revoking Special Use Permit #06-08 to operate a service station with
fuel sales for Fridley Shop and Stop (formerly Sinclair Fridley), located at 6071
University Av NE
M-08-10
INTRODUCTION
The gas station with two repair bays, located at 6071 University Avenue NE, received a Special
Use Permit from the City Council on July 10, 2006, to operate a service station with fuel sales.
Staff has been unable to obtain continuous compliance despite numerous code enforcement
letters, meetings on-site and in the city offices, and a 2006 public hearing for consideration of
revocation of the Special Use Permit. The repeated non-compliant nature of the business owner
and property owner has led staff to recommend revocation of SP#06-08.
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the City Council revoke Special Use Permit, SP #06-08 for Fridley Shop
and Stop, to operate a service station with fuel sales in a C-2, General Business zoning district,
located at 6071 University Avenue NE, based on the following:
0 Several years of chronic vehicle storage and parking code violations at this property.
0 City Code gives the Council the authority to revoke a special use permit due to failure of
meeting stipulations following a public hearing.
A resolution has been prepared to enable this action.
RESOLUTION NO. _
A RESOLUTION REVOKING SPECIAL USE PERMIT #06-08 FOR FRIDLEY SHOP AND
STOP TO OPERATE A SERVICE STATION WITH FUEL SALES IN A C-2, GENERAL
BUSINESS ZONING DISTRICT, LOCATED AT 6071 UNIVERSITY AVENUE NE
WHEREAS, Chapter 462 of Minnesota Statutes authorizes the City of Fridley to create zoning
ordinances that regulate the use of land in order to protect the public's health, safety, morals,
and general welfare; and
WHEREAS, City Zoning Code Section 205.05.5.G requires the City Council to revoke a special
use permit, following a public hearing, when there is failure to comply with any and all conditions
and stipulation of the issued permit; and
WHEREAS, the Fridley City Council held a public hearing on February 25, 2008, regarding the
special use permit SP #06-08, setting forth service vehicle and parking criteria to allow light duty
repair at a gas station in a C-2, General Business zoning district at Fridley Shop and Stop,
located at 6071 University Avenue NE
WHEREAS, an July 10, 2006 approval of SP #06-08 included 12 stipulations; and
WHEREAS, City staff conducted an inspection of the site on May 25, 2006, October 12, 2006,
January 22, 2007, and November 5, 2007 to determine compliance with the stipulations of SP
#06-08; and
WHEREAS, City staff found that compliance of several of the stipulations have been repeatedly
violated; and
WHEREAS, the City Council held a public hearing on November 20, 2006 to consider
revocation of SP #06-08; and
WHEREAS, an inspection of the site on December 28, 2007 determined that several of the
stipulations continue to be violated; and
WHEREAS, by all measures staff believes the stipulations will continue to be violated, based on
irregular compliance history; and
WHEREAS, inactivity on the City's part, in light of these violations could arguably constitute a
waiver of the SUP stipulations;
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Fridley, after listening
to all the facts presented at the public hearing, makes the following FINDINGS OF FACT:
1. That the City of Fridley and its staff have acted within the parameters of Fridley Zoning
Code; and
2. That the City of Fridley staff accurately represented the condition of the property when
they inspected it, finding several items of noncompliance of the stipulations of the
special use permit; and
3. That the City of Fridley staff communicated the points of noncompliance to the property
owner in writing prior to the public hearing; and
4. The property owner was notified by mail of the non-compliance and the public hearing
date; and
5. That as of December 28, 2007, the property continues to be in violation of the special
use permit action taken by the City Council on July 10, 2006.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the City Council, having heard and reviewed the evidence
before it, expressly finds that the foregoing recitation is true and correct and incorporates it as
part of its Findings of Fact.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT, based on these findings, the City Council of the City of
Fridley hereby revokes the special use permit SP #06-08 to operate a service station with fuel
sales in a C-2, General Business zoning district at Fridley Shop and Stop, located at 6071
University Avenue NE.
PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FRIDLEY THIS
DAY OF , 2008.
Scott J. Lund, Mayor
ATTEST:
Debra A. Skogen, City Clerk
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