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Home My WebLink About20160105 CCM RMROSEMOUNT CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING PROCEEDINGS JANUARY 5, 2016 CALL TO ORDER Pursuant to due call and notice thereof a regular meeting of the Rosemount City Council was held on Tuesday, January 5th, 2016 at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 2875 145th Street West, Rosemount. Mayor Droste called the meeting to order with Council Members DeBettignies, Nelson, Weisensel and Demuth attending. Staff present included the following; o City Administrator Johnson o City Attorney Tietjen o Community Development Director Lindquist o City Clerk Hadler o Director of Public Works/City Engineer Wrase o Assistant Administrator Foster o Parks & Recreation Director Schultz o Chief of Police Scott o Finance Director May The Pledge of Allegiance was said. ADOPTION OF AGENDA City Administrator Johnson stated there was a slight change made to item 3.a. and that new copies of the item had been handed out to Council. Motion by DeBettignies. Second by Weisensel. Motion to Adopt the Agenda. Ayes: DeBettignies, Nelson, Droste, Weisensel, Demuth Nays: 0. Motion carried. PRESENTATIONS, PROCLAMATIONS AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 3.a. Beverley Miller Proclamation Mayor Droste gave an overview of the Proclamation for Beverley Miller, Director of the MVTA, who is retiring, and outlined her work and accomplishments in the past 25 years. Motion by Droste. Second by Demuth. Motion to Adopt the Proclamation. Ayes: DeBettignies, Nelson, Droste, Weisensel, Demuth Nays: 0. Motion carried. 3.b. Acknowledgement of Award of Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting Finance Director May gave an overview of the Certificate of Excellence in Financial Reporting, which has been received by the City for the past 19 years. 6.a. 6.a. ROSEMOUNT CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING PROCEEDINGS JANUARY 5, 2016 PUBLIC COMMENT CONSENT AGENDA Motion by DeBettignies. Second by Demuth. Motion to Approve the Consent Agenda. a. Minutes of the December 15, 2015 Regular Meeting Proceedings b. Set Meeting Schedule for 2016 c. Appointment of Acting Mayor d. Appointment of Weed Inspector e. Designation of Official Newspaper f. AFSCME Labor Agreement 2016-2017 g. Non-Union & Firefighter Compensation h. 2016 Solid Waste Haulers Licenses i. Resolution Committing to Participation in a Regional Assistance to Firefighting Grant (AFG) j. Bills Listing k. Naming Depositories & Financial Institutions l. Transfer/Loan - Flex Spending m. Receive Donation - Police Reserves Fund n. Approval of Stormwater System Maintenance Agreement o. Request by Flint Hills Resources, LLC for a waiver from the Building Standards for a 4,000 square foot metal storage buildings Ayes: DeBettignies, Nelson, Droste, Weisensel, Demuth Nays: None. Motion carried. PUBLIC HEARING OLD BUSINESS NEW BUSINESS 9.a. SKB Environmental, Inc. Comprehensive Plan Amendment, Rezoning and PUD Concept Plan Applications Community Development Director Lindquist outlined the item at hand. The site is adjacent to the SKB landfill facility, but it would not be additional disposal area. The site would be for related uses such as a recycling facility. Staff is proposing reguiding an area to General Industrial and rezoning the site to General Industrial. Staff is also looking for approval of a concept plan, which would indicate Council’s support for this type of development in this area. Council member Weisensel inquired about the resident who spoke at the Planning Commission, and how large their parcel is. The applicant speculated it might be approximately 10 acres. Mayor Droste inquired about the current Comprehensive Plan process that is due for 2018, and whether the Metropolitan Council would continue to examine these Comp Plan Amendments. ROSEMOUNT CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING PROCEEDINGS JANUARY 5, 2016 Ryan O’Gara, with SKB Environmental, discussed the company’s history and future goals. He stated the company will be expanding its recycling facilities. Mr. O’Gara thanked staff for their timely assistance. Mayor Droste asked Mr. O’Gara to explain more about what the company does with regard to recycling and recovery. Mr. O’Gara stated they are currently recovering ferrous and non-ferrous metals from incinerator ash. He stated that as their technology improves, they also plan to recover the ash itself for use as an aggregate material. Council member DeBettignies thanked Mr. O’Gara and SKB for extracting the metals from the landfill. Council member Demuth inquired about the access road. Mr. O’Gara stated the goal was to not have to drive on Highway 55 to get from one location to the other. Motion to approve a Comprehensive Plan Amendment changing the land use designation of the westerly 1,200 feet of the applicant’s parcels from LI – Light Industrial and BP – Business Park to GI – General Industrial. Motion by Weisensel. Second by DeBettignies. Ayes: DeBettignies, Nelson, Droste, Weisensel, Demuth Nays: 0. Motion carried. Motion to approve rezoning the westerly 1,200 square feet of the applicant’s parcels from AG Agricultural to GI-PUD General Industrial PUD subject to approval of the above conditions. Motion by Weisensel. Second by Demuth. Ayes: DeBettignies, Nelson, Droste, Weisensel, Demuth Nays: 0. Motion carried. Motion to approve a PUD Concept Plan for the Phase 1 development area as documented on the Concept Grading Plan subject to conditions. Motion by Weisensel. Second by Nelson. Ayes: DeBettignies, Nelson, Droste, Weisensel, Demuth Nays: 0. Motion carried. ANNOUNCEMENTS Mayor Droste reviewed the calendar of events. The next City Council work session will be held on Monday, January 11, 2016, at 6:30 p.m. The next City Council meeting will be held on Tuesday, January 19, 2016, at 7:00 p.m. ROSEMOUNT CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING PROCEEDINGS JANUARY 5, 2016 ADJOURNMENT There being no further business to come before the City Council and upon a motion by Droste, second by DeBettignies, the meeting was adjourned at 7:31 p.m. Respectfully Submitted, Clarissa Hadler, City Clerk