City Council Meetings and Work Sessions

City of Excelsior Regular Council Meeting MINUTES Monday, January 3, 2022 6:30 p.m. 1. CALL TO ORDER Mayor Carlson called the meeting to order at 6:40 P.M. 2. ROLL CALL City Council: Mayor Carlson and Councilmembers Caron, Dierking, and Kurschner Absent: Councilmember Hersman Also Present: City Manager Luger, Assistant City Manager/City Attorney Staunton, and Community Development Director Mullin 3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES (a) December 20, 2021 Work Session Minutes (b) December 20, 2021 City Council Minutes Dierking moved, Kurschner seconded, to approve the December 20, 2021 Work Session Minutes and December 20, 2021 City Council Minutes. Motion carried 4/0. 4. OPEN FORUM Peter Hartwich, 186 George Street, addressed the Council about proposed projects and Commission updates. Minutes City Council January 3, 2022 Page 2 5. CITY COUNCIL COMMUNICATIONS, QUESTIONS, and REPORTS (a) Excelsior-Lake Minnetonka Chamber of Commerce Update Tiffany King, Excelsior-Lake Minnetonka Chamber of Commerce, gave an update on 2022 events and hiring of a new events manager. Councilmember Kurschner gave an update on the Klondike Dog Derby. 6. MEET EXCELSIOR (a) Rachel Houck, Director of the Excelsior-Lake Minnetonka Historical Society Rachel Houck, Director of the Excelsior-Lake Minnetonka Historical Society, addressed the City Council. 7. AGENDA APPROVAL (a) Meeting Agenda Dierking moved, Caron seconded, to approve the January 3, 2022 Meeting agenda with addition of Items 8(i) and 14(b) and continuation of Items 9(a) and 9(b) to the January 18, 2022 City Council meeting. Motion carried 4/0. (b) Consent Agenda Caron moved, Dierking seconded, to approve the January 3, 2022 Consent Agenda. Motion carried 4/0. 1. November Financials Action – Approved November Financials. 2. Designate Official Newspaper Action – Designated the Excelsior/Shorewood Sun-Sailor as the official newspaper for 2022. Minutes City Council January 3, 2022 Page 3 3. Approve Official Depositories and Securities Pledged as Collateral Action – Adopted Resolution 2022-01 – Resolution of the City of Excelsior City Council Approving Official Depositories and Approving the Selection of Collateral and Its Safekeeping Entity. 4. Appointment of Assistant Weed Inspector Action – Appointed Tim Amundsen, Public Works Superintendent, as the Assistant Weed Inspector for 2022. 5. Designate Responsible Authority and Compliance Officer for Administering Data Privacy Requests Action – Appointed the City Clerk as the Responsible Authority and the City Attorney as the Compliance Officer for data privacy requests. 6. Closing of City Hall on January 26, 2022 for Clean-up Day Action – Authorized staff to close City Hall on Wednesday, January 26th for a Clean-Up Day. 7. Motion to allow Dock Fund transfer to Park Capital Improvement Fund Action – Approved the transfer of $100,000 from the Dock Fund to the Park Capital Improvement Fund. 8. ANNUAL ACTIVITIES (a) Choose Acting Mayor Dierking moved, Kurschner seconded, to appoint Councilmember Caron to serve as the Acting Mayor for calendar year 2022. Motion carried 4/0. Minutes City Council January 3, 2022 Page 4 (b) City Council Meeting Dates Kurschner moved, Caron seconded, to move the scheduled January 17th meeting to January 18th, to move the scheduled February 21st meeting to February 22nd, to move the scheduled July 4th meeting to July 11th, and to move the scheduled September 5th meeting to September 6th. Motion carried 4/0. (c) Appointments to Lake Minnetonka Communications Commission Caron moved, Dierking seconded, to appoint Councilmember Kurschner to the Lake Minnetonka Communication Commission for 2022. Motion carried 4/0. (d) Appointment of Alternate to SLMPD Coordinating Committee Dierking moved, Kurschner seconded, to appoint Councilmember Caron to serve as the City’s 2022 alternate on the SLMPD Coordinating Committee. Motion carried 4/0. (e) Appointment of Representative and Alternate to Excelsior Fire District Board Caron moved, Kurschner seconded, to appoint Councilmember Dierking to serve as the City’s representative on the Excelsior Fire District Board of Directors and Councilmember Kurschner to serve as alternate. Motion carried 4/0. (f) Appointment of Representative to St. Alban’s Bay Bridge Committee Kurschner moved, Dierking seconded, to appoint Mayor Carlson to work on the St. Alban’ Bay Bridge with the City of Greenwood and Councilmember Caron to serve as alternate. Motion carried 4/0. (g) Appointment of Liaison to Community for The Commons Dierking moved, Kurschner seconded, to appoint Councilmember Caron and Councilmember Hersman to serve as liaisons to Community for the Commons for 2022. Motion carried 4/0. Minutes City Council January 3, 2022 Page 5 (h) Review City Council By-Laws Kurschner moved, Dierking seconded, to continue to operate under the present By- Laws. Motion carried 4/0. (i) Cemetery Committee Kurschner moved, Dierking seconded, to create the cemetery committee, appoint Mayor Carlson to the committee, and provide staff with direction to gather additional members for future polling. Motion carried 4/0. 9. PUBLIC HEARINGS (a) 435 Water Street Huntington Bank Conditional Use Permit Application Action – Continued to the January 18, 2022 City Council Meeting. (b) 481 Second Street Lakeshore Market Sign Variance Application Action – Continued to the January 18, 2022 City Council Meeting. 10. PETITIONS, REQUESTS and COMMUNICATIONS (a) Concession Building/Plaza Design Development Plans Caron moved, Kurschner seconded, to approve the design development plans for the concession building/plaza and authorize the PAC to proceed with the preparation of construction drawings and direction as provided to staff. Motion carried 4/0. (b) 339 Third Street Proposals The Council provided staff with direction. 11. ORDINANCES and RESOLUTIONS (a) None Minutes City Council January 3, 2022 Page 6 12. REPORTS of OFFICERS, BOARDS, and COMMITTEES (a) Accept Resignation & Declare Vacancy on City Commission Dierking moved, Caron seconded, to accept Ross Rogney’s resignation, direct staff to advertise for Citizen Inquiry Forms, and appoint Councilmember Hersman to conduction interviews. Motion carried 4/0. 13. UNFINISHED BUSINESS (a) None 14. NEW BUSINESS (a) Review of Strategy Sessions and Special Work Sessions Caron moved, Kurschner seconded, to scheduled a Special Work Session on February 28th 5:00-6:00P.M. and March 14th 5:30-6:30. Motion carried 4/0. (b) Remote Meetings Caron moved, Dierking seconded, to move to remote meetings through the end of February. Motion carried 4/0. 15. ADJOURNMENT Dierking moved, Kurschner seconded, to adjourn the meeting at 8:46 P.M. Motion carried 4/0. Respectfully submitted Nalisha Williams, City Clerk