City Council Workshop

10801 Town Square Drive City of Blaine Blaine MN 55449 Anoka County, Minnesota Minutes - Final City Council Workshop *While this is a public meeting where interested persons are welcome to attend, it is a work session for Council and staff to discuss issues before them. It is not for the purpose of receiving public input. Thursday, September 17, 2015 6:30 PM Cloverleaf Farm Room A NOTICE OF WORKSHOP MEETING 1 Call to Order The meeting was called to order by Mayor Ryan at 6:30 p.m. 2 Roll Call Quorum Present. ALSO PRESENT: City Manager Clark Arneson; City Attorney Patrick Sweeney; Planning and Community Development Director Bryan Schafer; Public Services Manager Bob Therres; Finance Director Joe Huss; Police Chief/Safety Services Manager Chris Olson; Financial Analyst Ward Brown; SBM Fire Chief Nyle Zikmund; Communications Technician Roark Haver; Senior Engineering Technician Jason Sundeen; City Clerk Catherine Sorensen, and Recording Secretary Linda Dahlquist. Present: 7 - Mayor Ryan, Councilmember Hovland, Councilmember Swanson, Councilmember Clark, Councilmember Bourke, Councilmember Herbst, and Councilmember King 3 New Business 3-1 WS 15-47 2016 PROPOSED CAPITAL FUND BUDGET Finance Director Huss gave an overview of the 2016 Capital Requests. He noted that the requests are for replacement items and new programs. He stated requests are for vehicles, heavy and other equipment, computers and technology, and Spring Lake Park/Blaine/Mounds View (SBM) Fire Department requests. He stated with the current requests there is a gap of $1.7 million. He noted this budget is just an estimate. Councilmember Herbst asked about the new Wal-Mart’s permit cost and if the revenue estimate includes that permit. Planning and Community Development Director Schafer replied $150,000. City Manager Arneson stated permits for the apartment building on 93rd and Infinite Campus will City of Blaine Page 1 City Council Workshop Minutes - Final September 17, 2015 also be collected this year. Finance Director Huss gave an overview of funding sources, which includes using equipment certificates and unrestricted General Fund reserves. City Manager Arneson stated the local banks want to work with the City on bonding; although the amounts the City needed in the past were too large for the local banks to handle. Finance Director Huss gave an overview of the next steps for the budget, which includes Finance review, City Manager review, City Manager recommendation, Council review, and Council adoption likely at the first meeting in December. Councilmember Herbst asked about sealcoating new roads. City Manager Arneson stated the City will continue with sealcoating new roads. Finance Director Huss commented the City cannot bond for sealcoating because it is considered maintenance. Discussed Other Business Rice Creek Watershed District City Manager Arneson stated Anoka County is requesting a letter of recommendation from the City for Steve Wagamon’s appointment to the Rice Creek Watershed District. Contract Negotiations City Manager Arneson updated the Council on upcoming patrol contract negotiations and said follow up will be done pending selection of a third party to conduct the negotiations. Councilmember Clark asked if there is a requirement to seek bids. City Attorney Sweeney replied no, not for professional services. Council consensus for staff to get three bids for the work. Supermajority Vote City Attorney Sweeney stated State Statutes requires a supermajority vote to be four-fifths of all members of the Council, which would be six votes. He noted there is an exception, if a person is legally disqualified, that would lower the requirement to approve a City-initiated project to be five out of six votes. Met Council Councilmember Swanson asked if the City received a letter from the Met City of Blaine Page 2 City Council Workshop Minutes - Final September 17, 2015 Council. Planning and Community Development Director Schafer replied yes and it will be shared with the Council. City Manager Arneson replied the Met Council adopts their plan and sends system statements to all cities in the metro area. He stated the cities have three years to revised their comp plans to be consistent with the system statement. Miscellaneous Council reviewed last week’s workshop discussion on the EDA lot on 105th Avenue and the proposed brewery concept and Spring Lake Park School District’s interest in purchasing the same site. Staff shared that the District needs to move forward soon in order to get a question on the ballot in April 2016 so a conclusion should be reached soon. Staff shared that they will be bringing forward proposed language for a brewery at the October 1 workshop to get Council direction on location and food requirements. Discussed ADJOURN The Workshop adjourned at 7:20 p.m. City of Blaine Page 3