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CCM 07/25/2016 CITY COUNCIL MEETING CITY OF FRIDLEY JULY 25, 2016 The City Council meeting for the City of Fridley was called to order by Mayor Lund at 7:07 p.m. ROLL CALL: MEMBERS PRESENT: Mayor Lund Councilmember Barnette Councilmember Saefke Councilmember Varichak Councilmember Bolkcom OTHERS PRESENT: Wally Wysopal, City Manager Darcy Erickson, City Attorney Jack Kirk, Parks and Recreation Director Gerald Kangas, 5530 Sixth Street N.E. Todd Kruse, Twin Cities North Chamber of Commerce APPROVAL OF PROPOSED CONSENT AGENDA: APPROVAL OF MINUTES: City Council Meeting of June 27, 2016. APPROVED. NEW BUSINESS: 1.Resolution Approving Partial Release of City of Fridley Environmental Indemnification Agreement for Lots 1 and 2, Block 1, Northern Stacks, Anoka County, Minnesota, Recorded as Anoka County Document No. 527400 (Ward 3). Wally Wysopal , City Manager, stated this is for the Northern Stacks redevelopment project. Councilmember Bolkcom stated the word "developed" should be "Development" in the second to last paragraph on page 7. ADOPTED RESOLUTION NO. 2016-32. 2 Claims (173052 - 173418) APPROVED. FRIDLEY CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF JULY 25, 2016 PAGE 2 3. Estimate: Keys Well Drilling Company 1156 Homer Street St. Paul, MN 55116-3232 2016 Well Rehabilitation Project No. 448 Estimate No. 3....................................................... $ 60,605.00 APPROVED. ADOPTION OF PROPOSED CONSENT AGENDA: MOTION by Councilmember Barnette to approve the proposed consent agenda. Seconded by Councilmember Varichak. UPON A VOICE VOTE, ALL VOTING AYE, MAYOR LUND DECLARED THE MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. OPEN FORUM, VISITORS: Gerald Kangas , 5530 Sixth Street, asked when the City would be accepting CenturyLink Prism. Mr. Wysopal replied, the City is currently in negotiations with CenturyLink, and CenturyLink is overwhelmed with those negotiations. He believes they have 67 cities they are working with right now, and Fridley is just one of them. He realizes that other cities around Fridley, such as Columbia Heights and Coon Rapids may have already accepted that but it is only because CenturyLink picked and chose to go with those communities prior to Fridley. They expect to have another meeting with CenturyLink probably within another couple weeks. Their goal is to try and get this done as soon as they can to make a deployment yet this year by CenturyLink. Mr. Wysopal stated Mr. Kangas may be one of those residents who currently has the fiber optic running down his street, but that is unlike the majority of the City, even though the customer service representative may have told Mr. Kangas he has available service. Mr. Kangas stated they do have it for high speed. His next door neighbor has it, but they do not have Prism TV. Mr. Wysopal replied they can provide the internet service, but they cannot provide the video, which requires a cable franchise. Both the City and CenturyLink are working hard to get that done. Todd Kruse , President, Twin Cities North Chamber of Commerce, stated they are a regional chamber of commerce based in Roseville; but they cover eight communities including Fridley. He is at the meeting tonight as a courtesy call. Fridley is a member, and they appreciate working FRIDLEY CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF JULY 25, 2016 PAGE 3 with the City. He said they would be at Crooner's Lounge on Wednesday, August 17, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., for their Annual Business Meeting. As a non-profit organization, they must have an annual business meeting. The topic of the meeting will be on workforce development. Mayor Lund stated for those wishing to attend, it costs $25. Mr. Kruse stated it would be $25 for members and $40 for non-members. Fridley is a member, and that would include anyone affiliated with the City. ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA: MOTION by Councilmember Bolkcom to approve the agenda. Seconded by Councilmember Saefke. UPON A VOICE VOTE, ALL VOTING AYE, MAYOR LUND DECLARED THE MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. NEW BUSINESS: 4. Approve Change Order No. 1 (FSB-09-3-1) with Twin Cities Acoustics, Inc.; Change Order No. 1 (FSB-09-601) with Steinbrecher Painting Company; Change Order No. 1 (FSB-09-2-1) with Friedges Drywall, Inc.; Change Order No. 1 (FSB- 02-2-1) with Midwest Asphalt Corporation; and Change Order No. 2 (FSB-09-3-2) with Twin Cities Acoustics, Inc. for the Springbrook Nature Center SPRING Improvements Project. Jack Kirk, Parks and Recreation Director, stated Change Order No. 1 with Twin Cities Acoustics is in the amount of $698, and is essentially to supply and install some acoustical ceiling tiles in one of the rooms in lieu of having a sheetrock ceiling. Mr. Kirk said Change Order No. 1 with Steinbrecher Painting is in the amount of $612 and is for upgraded paint they decided upon once they were into it. There was a small charge to do that. Mr. Kirk stated Change Order No. 1 with Fridges Drywall is in the amount of $19,354 and would increase the contract amount by 16 percent. (It is inaccurately stated as being 1 percent in the memorandum.) It is for installing a number of soffits. As the building was being built, they realized there were some places where they could use some soffits. Some had to do with beams that were put into the building. To cover those, they needed a soffit or some of the duct work that was there. They also had a small deduct for some drywall work which was in the original plans that they ultimately did not need. Mr. Kirk stated Change Order No. 1 with Midwest Asphalt is in the amount of $7,420. There are two parts to this. One was to remove an old part of the paved trail and put in a new section just to the north of the building. The other was for a small section of trail that was in the plans to FRIDLEY CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF JULY 25, 2016 PAGE 4 be asphalted. They ended up doing a concrete sidewalk. That is a deduct from the work they would have done. Mr. Kirk stated Change Order No. 2 with Twin Cities Acoustics in the amount of $172 was for an area that was originally planned to be insulated. They did not need it, so there was a deduct for that. Mr. Kirk stated staff recommends these five change orders be approved for the Springbrook Nature Center project. Councilmember Barnette stated this is all money that is out of the budget, it is not additional dollars. Mr. Kirk replied this is all within the budget for the project. Mayor Lund stated even with these additions, there is still a little over $100,000 in the contingency. Mr. Kirk replied there was still money in the contingency. Mayor Lund stated it looks like they are going to come in under budget. Mr. Kirk replied right now it looks very, very good. MOTION by Councilmember Bolkcom to approve Change Order No. 1 (FSB-09-3-1) with Twin Cities Acoustics, Inc.; Change Order No. 1 (FSB-09-601) with Steinbrecher Painting Company; Change Order No. 1 (FSB-09-2-1) with Friedges Drywall, Inc.; Change Order No. 1 (FSB-02-2-1) with Midwest Asphalt Corporation; and Change Order No. 2 (FSB-09-3-2) with Twin Cities Acoustics, Inc. for the Springbrook Nature Center SPRING Improvements Project. Seconded by Councilmember Barnette. UPON A VOICE VOTE, ALL VOTING AYE, MAYOR LUND DECLARED THE MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. 5. Approve Springbrook Nature Center SPRING Project Gift Agreements. Jack Kirk, Parks and Recreation Director, stated they have six gift agreements for Council's consideration along with associated naming and recognition with those gift agreements for the Springbrook SPRING Project. In May, they brought the first gift agreement to the City Council. It was a sizable donation by Jerry and Patricia Hartlaub and there were several items associated with those. That was approved. The gift agreements they have for consideration tonight follow the same template. Mr. Kirk stated the first one, Donna and Jerold Bahls, 7514 Alden Way NE, have donated $20,000 with a pledge to donate another $30,000 over the next three years to provide for bird- friendly glass to be installed in the new facility. FRIDLEY CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF JULY 25, 2016 PAGE 5 Mr. Kirk stated Kenneth Brennen, 8310 University Avenue NE, has donated $50,000 to provide for the reflection area in the interpretive center facility. Mr. Kirk stated the next one is a combination of a number of donations when the Springbrook fundraising committee started looking into raising dollars. They started a fund called the Siah St. Clair Fund in honor of the former long-time director at Springbrook Nature Center. Monies to that fund have been donated and are being used to provide an indoor classroom in the interpretive building. They would have Mr. St. Clair sign off since they would be using his name and not all of the individuals who donated to the fund. That is why this one is included. Mayor Lund asked what the dollar amount was for that fund. Mr. Kirk stated he believed the dollar amount was around $19,000 but there are still funds coming into it. Mr. Kirk stated Scott and Cindy Lund, 580 - 69th Avenue NE, have donated $50,000 to provide for an indoor classroom in the interpretive building. Mr. Kirk stated Fridley Lions Club has donated $250,000 to provide for an outdoor amphitheater at the Nature Center. Mr. Kirk stated Financial One Credit Union has donated $10,000 with a pledge to donate an additional $40,000 over the next four years to provide for an electronic message sign to be th placed at the entrance of the park on 85 Avenue. Mr. Kirk stated there are a number of other people listed in his memo. They are people, businesses, organizations who have provided in-kind contributions. They will recognize them at the grand opening this Saturday and have appropriate recognition on a donor recognition wall. Mr. Kirk stated staff recommends the City Council approve the above-referenced gift agreements. Councilmember Bolkcom asked the only thing staff is asking Council to approve is the gift agreements and not anything related to the in-kind gift agreement. Mr. Kirk replied that is correct. MOTION by Councilmember Bolkcom to approve the Springbrook Nature Center SPRING Project Gift Agreements. Seconded by Councilmember Saefke. UPON A VOICE VOTE, ALL VOTING AYE, MAYOR LUND DECLARED THE MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. FRIDLEY CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF JULY 25, 2016 PAGE 6 6. Informal Status Reports: There were no reports. ADJOURN: MOTION by Councilmember Barnette to adjourn. Seconded by Councilmember Varichak. UPON A VOICE VOTE, ALL VOTING AYE, MAYOR LUND DECLARED THE MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY AND THE MEETING ADJOURNED AT 7:29 P.M . Respectfully submitted by, Denise M. Johnson Scott J. Lund Recording Secretary Mayor