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Home My WebLink AboutCouncil_Connection_060711Municipal Builders to construct Water Treatment Plant No. 6 The Council awarded a bid to Municipal Builders, Inc., to con- struct a new water treatment plant. The new water treatment plant will be located in the lower level of the Jerry’s parking ramp at 5120 Brookside Ave. The ramp is owned by the City and is adjacent to the former Public Works Facili- ty. The new water treatment plant will receive water from four wells and have the capacity to treat 4,000 gallons of water per mi- nute. Although all City water is treated, not every well is filtered for the removal of iron and man- ganese, naturally occurring miner- als in groundwater. The City’s long-term goal is to filter all of its wells, and the construction of Water Treatment Plant 6 is a positive step in that direction. In addition, the water treatment plant will house an aeration sys- tem that will also strip elements of vinyl chloride from drinking water. The Public Works Department estimates the plant, which will cost approximately $5.7 million, will be operational by April 2012. Council to accept written comments on developer’s proposal to shorten building The Council is accepting written comments on a developer’s re- quest to make a change to its building. The developer of The Waters Senior Living of Edina would like to shorten its planned building by 28 feet and remove the under- ground parking below its memory support wing. According to the City Code, “minor changes may be authorized by the Planner. Proposed changes to the ap-proved site plan affecting struc- tural types, building coverage, mass, intensity of height, alloca-tion of open space and all other changes which affect the overall design of the property shall be acted on, reviewed and pro- cessed by the [Planning] Commis-sion and the Council in the same manner as they reviewed and processed the site plan.” Staff believes the proposal to reduce the size of the building by 28 feet is minor and does not recommend an amendment to the approved site plan. Before determining if the pro-posal is minor, Council Members want to review written comments from residents. Comments should be sent to cteague@ci.edina.mn.us or jhoogenakker@ci.edina.mn.us or Edina City Hall, 4801 W. 50th St., Edina, MN 55424 before 3 p.m. Thursday, June 16. Council bans rooftop dining The Council approved an ordi- nance banning rooftop dining in Edina. In 2010, owners of Cocina del Barrio expressed interest in con-structing rooftop dining during the remodeling of their restaurant space at 5036 France Ave. S. An adjacent property owner ex- pressed concerns about locating a rooftop restaurant close to resi- dential property. As a result, the Council imposed a moratorium and directed staff to study if roof- top restaurants should be allowed in Edina and, if so, how they should be regulated. After a lengthy discussion in May, Council members indicated that they did not feel comfortable with rooftop dining so close to the condominiums in the area and directed staff to write an ordi-nance amendment banning such use. A summary of the June 7 Edina City Council & HRA meeting June 10, 2011 Volume 13, Issue 11 Council Connection Upcoming meetings: • Heritage Preservation Board, 7 p.m. June 14 • Transportation Commission, 6 p.m. June 16 • City Council, 7 p.m. June 21 • Art Center Board, 4 p.m. June 23 • Human Rights & Relations Commission, 7 p.m. June 28 City Contacts City Manager Scott Neal 952-826-0401 City Clerk Debra Mangen 952-826-0408 Public Works Director/City Engineer Wayne Houle 952-826-0443 Planning Director Cary Teague 952-826-0460 Assistant City Engineer Jack Sullivan 952-826-0445 We’d like to hear from you … If you have any comments, call Communications & Marketing Director Jennifer Bennerotte at 952-833-9520. The text of this publication will be availa-ble online at www.CityofEdina.com. www.CityofEdina.com The Council will hold a work ses- sion with the Planning Commis-sion later this year to discuss rooftop dining and other topics of joint concern. Council clarifies ETC’s purpose and duties The Council approved an ordi- nance amendment to clarify the Transportation Commission’s purpose and duties. According to the revised ordi- nance, the purpose of the Trans- portation Commission is to “help guide the City in implementing its vision for an integrated, multi- modal local transportation sys- tem … .” Its duties include: • Advising the City Council on the operation of the local transportation system. • Developing strategies , plans and recommenda- tions to implement the City’s multi-modal transportation vision. • Reviewing neighborhood street capital investment projects. • Reviewing and commenting on large development pro- posals. • Discussing regional trans- portation improvements by outside agencies that might affect the local transporta- tion system. • Promoting the City’s trans- portation system through education and open forums. • Reviewing and commenting on citizen transportation concerns, traffic complaints and data. • Reviewing and recommend- ing transportation-related funding. The Transportation Commission typically meets at 6 p.m. the third Thursday of the month.