HomeMy WebLinkAbout2016-03-02 City Council Work Session Minutes MINUTES
OF THE WORK SESSION OF THE
EDINA CITY COUNCIL
HELD AT CITY HALL
MARCH 2 2016
5:30 P.M.
Mayor Hovland called the work session of the Edina City Council to order at 5:30 p.m.
ROLL CALL
Answering rollcall was: Members Brindle, Staunton, Stewart, Swenson, and Mayor Hovland.
Edina City Staff attending the meeting: Ross Bintner, Environmental Engineer; Debra Mangen, City Clerk; Chad
Millner, Engineering Director; Scott Neal, City Manager, and Jessica Van Der Werff, Water Resources
Coordinator.
MILL POND—AQUATIC VEGETATION MANAGEMENT POLICY REVIEW
Jessica Van Der Werff, Water Resources Coordinator, explained how the City of Edina began managing the
aquatic vegetation for the Edina Mill Pond in 1980, how the process began to be specially assessed and how the
cost sharing was developed. She explained the harvesting of the weeds was contracted for by the city, but
regulated by the DNR and Minnehaha Watershed District. Ms. Van Der Werff noted staff has surveyed the
residents in the Mill Pond and met with residents to ascertain their expectations. She explained suggested
changes to the cost sharing of the weed management based on staff review and a survey of Mill Pond residents.
Ms. Van Der Werff suggested that the Mill Pond be included in the Lake and Pond Policy which would require
the residents to formalize as an association in order to continue to be eligible for elective services from the
City. The Council gave staff direction to proceed with the amendment to the policy encompassing the
proposed changes.
SPECIAL ASSESSMENT POLICY REVISIONS
Chad Millner, Director of Engineering, reviewed proposed changes to the City's Special Assessment Policy.
Mr. Millner noted the City had two policies, one relating to Minnesota State Aid Streets and a local assessment
policy. He requested direction from the council in four areas: 1) combine the two nearly identical policies
into one policy; 2) re-insert decorative street lighting into the assessment policy; 3) insert the Land Use Class
table into the policy to document the calculation of REU's used to calculate assessment costs; 4) revise the
church REU values to 0.2 REU's per 1000 square feet; 5) calculate corner lot REU's based on I divided by the
number of adjacent streets; and 6) institute the proposed changes to calculations, from the updated policy
beginning with the 2017 construction projects. Council directed Mr. Millner to update the policy per his
recommendations and placed the updated policy on a future regular meeting agenda for action.
ADJOURNMENT
Mayor Hovland adjourned the meeting at 6:40 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Debra A.' an en, City Clerk
Minutes approved by Edina City Council, March 15, 2016.
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