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St. Louis Park OFFICIAL MINUTES
MINNESOTA CITY COUNCIL STUDY SESSION
ST. LOUIS PARK, MINNESOTA
OCTOBER 12, 2009
The meeting convened at 6:30 p.m.
Councilmembers present: Mayor Pro Tern Sue Sanger, C. Paul Carver, Phil Finkelstein, Paul
Omodt, and Loran Paprocki.
Councilmembers absent: Mayor Jeff Jacobs and Councilmember Basill
Staff present: City Manager (Mr. Harmening), Police Chief (Mr. Luse), Finance Manager (Mr.
Swanson), Community Development Director (Mr. Locke), Inspections Director (Mr. Hoffman),
Public Works Director (Mr. Rardin), Human Resources Director (Ms. Gohman), Parks &
Recreation Director (Ms. Walsh), Chief Information Officer (Mr. Pires), Fire Chief(Mr Stemmer),
Communications Coordinator (Mr. Zwilling), and Recording Secretary (Ms. Suciu).
Guest: Jim Brimeyer, SWLRT Policy Advisory Representative
1. Future Study Session Agenda Planning— October 19 and October 26, 2009
Mr. Harmening presented the proposed study session agendas for October 19 and October 26,
2009. He reminded the City Council of the Monday, October 19 meeting with the School District
regarding the facilities study they have undertaken and next steps Mr. Harmening asked about a
Study session with Three River Park District regarding regional trail crossings and added he would
schedule a meeting with them if the City Council desired but would like to invite Hennepin County
as well.
The City Council discussed the need to meet with Three Rivers and the County in the near future.
After discussion, Council asked that staff provide a written report summarizing past discussions and
actions taken by Council regarding the regional trail crossings.
2. SWLRT Update
Mr. Brimeyer, SWLRT Policy Advisory Committee (PAC) Representative, presented an update on
the Southwest LRT (SWLRT), including timeline and upcoming actions with the City Council,
which is estimated to take approximately two years. Construction will take three to four years and
the expected earliest timeline for the SWLRT to be operational is 2015 to 2016. Mr. Brimeyer
added the meeting for the PAC to make a recommendation regarding the locally preferred
alternative (LPA) is Wednesday, October 14, 2009.
Mayor Pro Tern Sanger added Mr. Brimeyer would like to obtain feedback from the City Council to
take to the meeting on Wednesday.
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Mr. Brimeyer stated his frustration with the untimely receipt of pertinent information from the
County and its consultant.
3. 2010 Budget, 5 Year Capital Improvement Plan (CIP)/Long Range Financial
Management Plan (LRFMP), Community Feedback, Fees and Administrative Penalties
Mr. Harmening presented the CIP and funding sources, community resources, new fees and
administrative fines, and overview of discussions with the bargaining units. Each of the Department
Heads presented their CIPs respectively. Mr. Swanson presented the funding sources for the CIP
and the Capital Replacement Fund.
Mayor Pro Tern Sanger presented the opportunity to the Councilmembers to add any issue that is
not in the Capital Improvement Plan. Ms. Sanger asked that further consideration be given to
improving Utica Avenue or the west side of Highway 100. It was agreed that this should be
discussed as part of a larger discussion with Mn/DOT and Hennepin County.
Mr. Zwilling presented the resident feedback that was obtained on the website. Council decided to
hold off publishing the resident feedback until the city was further along in the budget process.
Ms. Gohman presented the options for New Fees and Administrative Fines and Penalties.
The consensus of the City Council was to have Inspections staff provide more information on the
Business License Re-inspection Fee Program for further consideration. Also to have the Fire Chief
provide a report on false Fire Alarm fees at some future date.
4. Communications (verbal)
None.
The meeting adjourned at 9:44 p.m.
Written Reports provided and documented for recording purposes only:
5. Surface Water Management Plan Update
6. MN GreenStep Cities Demonstration Project
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