HomeMy WebLinkAbout5.a. Minutes of October 16, 1990 Regular Meeting � ` ROSEMOUNT CITY PROCEEDINGS
• REGULAR MEETING
OCTDBER 16, 1990
Pursuant to due call and notice thereof a regular meeting of the City
Council of the City of Rosemount was duly held on Tuesday, October 16,
1990, at 7 :30 p.m. in the Council Chambers at City Hall.
Mayor Napper called the meeting to order with Council Members Willcox,
Oxborough and Klassen present. Council Member Wippermann was absent.
Mayor Napper led the group in the Pledge of Allegiance.
The agenda was amended to include the following: Item 3(d) Flower Garden
Award; Item 5(d) Otto Ped Mineral Extraction Public Hearing; and Item 7(d)
Old Baptist Church Discussion.
Recently hired Maintenance Level I Employees Douglas Stauffer and John
Fremming were introduced and welcomed as new staff inembers by the City
Council . See C1erk' s File 1990-34.
Superintendent of School District 196 Dr. R. H. Rehwaldt and Board Chair
Margaret Gohman provided information on the proposed school district levy
referendum to be decided on by the voters on November 6, 1990 General
Election Day.
' Police Chief Lyle Knutsen commented on the table top emergen�y drill to be
held with Koch Refinery October 26, 1990, at 9 :00 a.m. The simulated
' disaster will activate the Emergency Response Team of Koch Refinery and
will progress to a stage where Koch will be requesting assistance from the
City of Rosemount . Knutsen advised the table top exercise is in
preparation for an actual emergency drill to be held in the spring of 1991
and invited the Mayor and Council Members to be involved. See Clerk' s File
1990-34 .
Mayor Napper suspended the regular agenda discussion at _� :00 p.m. in order
to conduct the public hearing scheduled at this time.
Mayor Napper opened the public hearing to consider Valley Oak Pond Outlet
Improvements, Alternate A, City Project 197A.
The city clerk presented for the record the Affidav;t of Publication and
Affidavit of Mailed and Posted Hearing Notice. See Clerk ' s File 1990-34 .
City Engineer Rich Hefti advised the purpose of the public hearing is to
consider an alternate to City Project l97 approved at the September 4 , 1990
public hearing. Approval of City Project 197, Alternate A, would consist
of excavating Pond ��1 , of City Project 197 , and lining it so it would hold
water on a full-time basis when rainfall amounts are adequate. See
Clerk' s File 1990-34 .
Consulting Engineer David Simons of SEH reviewed the three alternatives
available for converting Pond ��1 into a retention pond and recommended
' overexcavating the pond as a two acre pond or an irregular one acre pond.
Simons further recommended installing an 18 inch clay liner in the bottom
of either of the ponds to accommodate an additional 3 . 5 feet of standing
water. Simons illustrated a cost comparison for constructing a dry pond, a
two acre pond and a one acre pond and the proposed assessments if the costs
were spread over the entire watershed district or only over the lots
surrounding the pond. Si;:-,ons advised funding may be available, for the
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ROSEMOUNT CITY PROCEEDINGS
REGULAR MEETING
OCTOBER 16, 1990
Council Member Oxborough advised Council that residents living adjacent to
the vacant Baptist Church on Cameo Avenue have witnessed the church being
vandalized and expressed their concern of potential fires in the building.
Council requested the city administrator address a letter to Baptist Church
officials asking them to secure the church in a manner that would eliminate
trespassers and vandalism.
Ma or Na er ado ted A PROCLAMATION PROCLAIMING OCTOBER 22-28, 1990 RED
RIBBON CAMPAIGN WEEK IN THE CITY OF ROSEMOUNT. See C1erk' s File 1990-34.
MOTION by Napper to adjourn. SECOND by Oxborough. Ayes : 4 . Nays : 0.
Respectfully submitted,
Susan M. Johnson, City Clerk
ATTEST:
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Stephan Jilk, City Administrator
Published this day of , 1990 in Dakota County Tribune.
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