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Regular Meeting

Excelsior, MN · March 5, 2018

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City of Excelsior Hennepin County, Minnesota MINUTES EXCELSIOR CITY COUNCIL MEETING March 20, 2018 Council Chambers 7:00 p.m. 1. CALL TO ORDER Mayor Gaylord called the meeting to order at 5:38 p.m. 2. ROLL CALL Present: Councilmembers Beattie, Carlson, Caron, Miller (arrived at 5:40 p.m.), Mayor Gaylord Absent: None Also Present: City Manager Luger, City Attorney Staunton, Engineer Dawley, Finance Officer Horn, Planning Director Smith, Public Works Superintendent Amundsen, and City Clerk Orlofsky 3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES (a) City Council Minutes, March 5, 2018 Miller moved, Caron seconded, to approve the March 5, 2018 City Council Minutes. Motion carried 4/0. 4. OPEN FORUM (a) Finance Officer Oath of Office – Kelly Horn Mayor Gaylord 5. CITY COUNCIL COMMUNICATIONS, QUESTIONS, and REPORTS (a) Dock Extension Update Amundsen provided an update on the dock extension. 6. AGENDA APPROVAL (a) Meeting Agenda Beattie moved, Carlson seconded, to approve the agenda as amended. Motion carried 5/0. (b) Consent Agenda Beattie moved, Miller seconded, to approve the consent agenda. Motion carried 5/0. Minutes City Council Meeting March 5, 2018 Page 2 1. Approve Verified Claims – Approve for Payment Manual Checks 083885-083955 and EFT Checks 001607E – 001610E Action - Approved the payment for manual checks 083885-083955 and EFT Checks 001607E – 001610E. 2. Authorize Advertisement for bid for the CSAH 19 and Water Street Intersection Improvement Project Action – Authorized Advertisements for Bids for the CSHA 19 and Water Street Intersection Improvements Project. 3. Approve Jet/Vac Truck Joint Purchase Agreement Action – Approved the Joint Purchase Agreement with the City of Tonka Bay and the City of Shorewood of a Jet/Vac truck from Flexible Pipe Tool Company for an amount not-to-exceed $175,000. 4. Update Authorized Signer on City Accounts Action – Authorized Mark Gaylord, Mayor; Kristi Luger, City Manager; Kelly Horn, Finance Officer; and Ann Baucom-Orlofsky, City Clerk, to sign official documents on behalf of the City and designate them as authorized signers on the City’s financial accounts and safety deposit box and to remove Teah Malecha; Former Finance Officer for the City of Excelsior. 5. Purchase of New Chairs for Council Chambers and City Hall Action – Accepted the proposal with Commercial Furniture Services to purchase a total of 15 high back WIT Task chairs for a total of $4,479.25 with shipping and labor. 6. Laserfiche Proposal Action – Accepted the proposal with OPG3 for the acquisition of the Laserfiche Cloud License for an amount of $5,666.00. 7. Approve Temporary Liquor License for Excelsior – Lake Minnetonka Chamber of Commerce Person of the Year Event for Friday, April 20, 2018 Action – Approved the issuance of a Temporary Liquor License to the Excelsior-Lake Minnetonka Chamber, on Friday, April 20, 2018, with the conditions outlined in the Temporary Liquor License application. 7. PUBLIC HEARINGS (a) Small Cell Wireless Technology (PC No. 17-15) Beattie moved, Carlson seconded, to waive the first reading of the proposed Small Cell Wireless Technology Ordinance No. 576, and schedule the second reading and public hearing for the March 19th City Council Meeting. Motion carried 5/0. Minutes City Council Meeting March 5, 2018 Page 3 8. PETITIONS, REQUEST, and COMMUNICATIONS (a) College Lake Sidewalk Update Rick Meyer, 600 Pleasant Street, addressed the City Council. Mark Meldahl, 701 Pleasant Street, addressed the City Council. Pam Ratliff, 631 Pleasant Street, addressed the City Council. Matt Ratliff, 631 Pleasant Street, addressed the City Council. Council directed staff to look at the engineering hardcover issues, and to have staff and Councilmember Greg Miller meet with the neighborhood to try and come up with a solution for the neighborhood. 9. ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS (a) Construction Hours Beattie moved, Miller seconded, to change the Construction Hours from 7:30 am – 7:00 pm on weekdays, and 9:00 am – 6:00 pm on Saturdays and no work on Sundays. Construction hours must be posted on site. Motion carried 4/1, with Caron opposed. 10. REPORTS of OFFICERS, BOARDS, and COMMITTEES (a) Planning Commission – Comprehensive Plan Update The City Council directed staff to plan the joint Planning Commission/City Council meeting to start at 5:00 p.m. if that works with the Commissioners schedules. 11. UNFINISHED BUSINESS (a) None 12. NEW BUSINESS (a) Advisory Commission Appointments Carlson moved, Caron seconded, to reappoint Dean Salita to the Heritage Preservation Commission and to fill the vacancy later. Motion carried 5/0. Caron moved, Beattie seconded, to reappoint Tom Wolfe and Keri Sobiech to the Park and Recreation Commission. Motion carried 5/0. Beattie moved, Carlson seconded, to reappoint Dan Wallace and to appoint Kate Holste to the Planning Commission. Motion carried 5/0. Minutes City Council Meeting March 5, 2018 Page 4 12. NEW BUSINESS-CONTINUED (b) Involuntary Landmark Designation of Properties The City Council continued this item until the summer of 2018. (c) Single-Family Scale Standards/Task Force Caron moved, Beattie seconded, to schedule a Special Meeting for Wednesday, March 14, 2018. Motion carried 5/0. 13. ADJOURNMENT Beatie moved, Caron seconded, to adjourn at 8:43 p.m. Motion carried 5/0. Respectfully submitted, Ann Orlofsky City Clerk

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