Minutes - Council - 09/25/2007 - Laserfiche WebLink

Home

Motion carried. Voting Yes: Mayor Gamec, Councilmembers Olson, Jeffrey, Dehen, Elvig, and Strommen. Voting No: None. Councilmember Look was not present for the vote. Case #9: Request for Final Plat Review - River Crossing Addition; Case of Anoka County Community Development Director Trudgeon stated that the County is purchasing over 41 acres on the south side of Highway 10 to preserve this for the future highway corridor. He stated that the County needs to split this into three lots, one along Highway 10 and the other two along Llama Street in order to use separate funding sources. He stated that the land is currently zoned R-2, but the County has no development plans for the land. He stated that the Planning Commission has looked at the sketch plan and has recommended the City Council approve this request. Motion by Councilmember Elvig, seconded by Councilmember Olson, to adopt Resolution #07- 09-265 approving the final plat of River Crossing Addition. Motion carried. V oting Yes: Mayor Gamec, Councilmembers Elvig, Olson, Dehen, Jeffrey, and Strommen. Voting No: None. Councilmember Look was not present for the vote. Case #10: Consider Contract for Institution Community Work Crew (ICWC) Program Public Works Director Olson stated that in 2004 there was projections for staffing needs which indicated that one Public Works maintenance worker would be necessary per year until 2013 to keep pace with the increased demands for services as growth occurs. Even with this projected increase in staffing levels, there are many tasks that staff simply cannot achieve. He suggested that the City Council review the maintenance items listed in the packet that cannot be achieved. He stated that on August 15, 2007, staff met with Mark Siemers from the Department of Corrections to discuss the possibility of working with the ICWC program to provide low cost labor to perform some of these tasks. He stated that Coon Rapids, Woodbury and Minnetonka have used this program to rave reviews. He stated that this program would provide six to eight inmates and one correctional officer to supervise the crew. He stated that this is a very low cost solution to our staffing needs. He stated that the contract amount for the remainder of 2007 will be just around $5,000. He showed before and after pictures of the Nowthen Trail Boulevard trail. He stated that the City Attorney has reviewed the contract and noted that there is a benefit to working with them on a contracted one day a week basis, because there is a reduction in the fees from $450/day to $380/day. Councilmember Dehen asked if this would be a sentence to serve program. Corrections Program Director Mark Siemers stated that this program was developed in 1995 as an offshoot from the sentence to serve program. He stated that the crew consists of adult felons City Council / September 25, 2007 Page 19 of27