REGULAR BROOKLYN PARK CITY COUNCIL MEETING. 7:00 p.m th Avenue North

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1 REGULAR BROOKLYN PARK CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday, January 9, 2017 Brooklyn Park Council Chambers 7:00 p.m th Avenue North CALL TO ORDER Mayor Jeffrey Lunde PRESENT: Mayor Jeffrey Lunde; Council Members Rich Gates, Susan Pha, Terry Parks, Bob Mata, Mark Mata, Lisa Jacobson and Rich Gates; City Manager Jay Stroebel; City Attorney Jim Thomson; Community Development Director Kim Berggren; Police Chief Craig Enevoldsen and City Clerk Devin Montero. ABSENT: None. Mayor Lunde opened the meeting with the Pledge of Allegiance. 2A RESPONSE TO PRIOR PUBLIC COMMENT None. 2B PUBLIC COMMENT None. 3A MOTION GATES, SECOND PARKS TO APPROVE THE AGENDA AS SUBMITTED BY THE CITY CLERK WITH ITEMS 4.7 AND 4.8 PULLED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR SEPARATE DISCUSSION. MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. 3B1 Police Chief Craig Enevoldsen introduced new Police Cadets to the Police Department. 3B2 Crime Prevention Coordinator Gerry Gibbs briefed the Council on the contribution to the Brooklyn Park Crime Prevention Unit. 3B2 MOTION LUNDE, SECOND GATES TO WAIVE THE READING AND ADOPT RESOLUTION # ACKNOWLEDGING CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CITY OF BROOKLYN PARK. MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. 3B3 Crime Prevention Coordinator Gerry Gibbs briefed the Council on the National Night Out award and presented the award to Police Chief Craig Enevoldsen. 3B4 Crime Prevention Coordinator Gerry Gibb briefed the Council on the recognition of retired Officer Steve Flesland for his contributions to the Santa Cop program. 3B4 MOTION LUNDE, SECOND GATES TO WAIVE THE READING AND ADOPT RESOLUTION # RECOGNIZING RETIRED OFFICER STEVE FLESLAND FOR HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE SANTA COP PROGRAM. MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.

2 BROOKLYN PARK COUNCIL MEETING; JANUARY 9, 2017 Page MOTION GATES, SECOND LUNDE TO APPROVE THE FOLLOWING ADMINISTRATIVE CONSENT ITEM: (Items 4.7 and 4.8 were removed for separate consideration.) 4.1 REMOVED FROM THE AGENDA PRIOR TO THE MEETING. 4.2 TO WAIVE THE READING AND ADOPT RESOLUTION # AUTHORIZING THE BROOKLYN PARK POLICE DEPARTMENT TO ENTER INTO A JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT WITH THE MINNESOTA BUREAU OF CRIMINAL APPREHENSION AS AN INVESTIGATIVE PARTNER IN THE MINNESOTA INTERNET CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN TASK FORCE. 4.3 TO REDUCE THE RETAINAGE FROM 5 PERCENT TO 1 PERCENT TO DAVE PERKINS CONTRACTING, INC. OF NOWTHEN, MINNESOTA, FOR CIP , WATERMAIN REHABILITATION IN MAINTENANCE DISTRICT TO WAIVE THE READING AND ADOPT RESOLUTION # TO APPROVE AND EXECUTE AN ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF CRYSTAL AND THE CITY OF BROOKLYN PARK. 4.5 TO ACCEPT THE WORK AND AUTHORIZE FINAL PAYMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF $118, FOR A TOTAL CONTRACT AMOUNT OF $1,647, TO DESIGNING EARTH CONTRACTING, INC. OF EAST BETHEL, MINNESOTA FOR CIP , 94TH AVENUE / COLORADO AVENUE, SUBJECT TO RECEIPT OF A ONE YEAR MAINTENANCE BOND. 4.6 ACCEPTING THE WORK AND AUTHORIZING FINAL PAYMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF $65,446.21, FOR A TOTAL CONTRACT AMOUNT OF $1,308,924.21, TO MEYER CONTRACTING, INC. OF MAPLE GROVE, MINNESOTA FOR CIP PROJECT NO , CONNECTIONS AT SHINGLE CREEK. MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. Council Member Pha stated she was in favor of approving the residential recycling grant agreement with the County. She didn t want the City to lose grant funding from them which in 2016 was over $220,000. She stated that starting in 2017, the County was decreasing that funding to any city not participating in organic recycling. She stated she also wanted to discuss Item 4.8, which was a recycling contract extension to Waste Management. She was in favor of approving the contract for six months so the contract could be coterminous with HRG contract. She stated it would give more opportunities and bargaining power to seek a recycling service provider with good service at the lowest possible cost to residents and also provide organic recycling services. She stated the organic recycling service would allow the city to take advantage of the grant money from the County and benefit the environment in many ways, such as reducing landfills, lessen pollution and have more

3 BROOKLYN PARK COUNCIL MEETING; JANUARY 9, 2017 Page 3 forest land, etc. She stated she was in favor of approving both items, but with goal of staff seeking a recycling service provider that would provide organic recycling, in addition to the current recycling service, at the lowest cost but also with good service levels. Operations and Maintenance Director Ruiz stated that with the organics recycling, the county was putting a bigger emphasis on and shifting funding from just curbside recycling to a combination of curbside recycling and organics or food waste recycling. He stated that by extending the contract six months, it would give them more time to do a more detailed Request For Proposal development. He stated they were looking to do it later in the spring and would come back to the Council at a work session on the different types of organics collection programs and would move forward on Council s direction. Mayor Lunde stated that since the city required everyone to have those cans in the garage, that if another recycling component was added, that required a different container. He stated it was difficult for people to find room for two cans in that garage and adding a third would be something to discuss at the work session. Operation and Maintenance Director Ruiz stated there were many collection options. A cocollection where food waste was put in with the yard waste and many people had a yard waste container and would not need to get an extra container. There were also programs that used a blue bag to put organics or food waste in and was put in with the regular trash cans and sorted at the sorting facilities. He stated the other option was to get another container which could be a challenge as well and would be discussed at the work session. Council Member M. Mata asked if the collection they were talking about on the residential and organic was going to take place at the Brooklyn Park facility. Operations and Maintenance Director Ruiz stated the County did have room at the facility and collected organics from commercial haulers that might have routes for restaurants or grocery stores. He stated it depended on what type of system was set up, if one hauler was chosen, they could tell that hauler where they needed to go. Council Member M. Mata stated when the facility was first built in the City, the residents got an extra benefit that other residents in the County did not get because the City housed the building and not charge taxes on that property. He stated that since it started, it had changed and the residents of the city did not get an added benefit with several things to be able to drop off, i.e., computer monitors. He stated now they had to pay $10 and it would be easier to throw it in the garbage can than to do that.

4 BROOKLYN PARK COUNCIL MEETING; JANUARY 9, 2017 Page 4 He asked staff to look at if the city was housing the building that would be doing the production of this process, they shouldn t be taking credit money from the City again. He stated the City was already losing by having the building in the City where no one else was burdening that cost. He also asked staff to look at items that had changed over years that the residents did not get benefits they once did. He stated he wanted to make sure the City got a higher benefit than what the surrounding cities got that were in Hennepin County. Council Member Pha stated she wanted to clarify that not everyone in the City would be required to participate in the organic recycling service. It would just be whoever chose to participate but the City would get credit for those through the grant funding from the County. Operations and Maintenance Director Ruiz stated it could be done either way. The City could set up system similar to the curb side recycling where everyone was required to participate or set it up as subscription service where those who chose could opt in. 4.7 MOTION PHA, SECOND JACOBSON TO WAIVE THE READING AND ADOPT RESOLUTION # TO APPROVE THE RESIDENTIAL RECYCLING GRANT AGREEMENT WITH HENNEPIN COUNTY. 4.8 MOTION PHA, SECOND PARKS TO WAIVE THE READING AND ADOPT RESOLUTION # TO AWARD A RECYCLING CONTRACT EXTENSION TO WASTE MANAGEMENT OF MN AND TO AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR AND CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT FOR RECYCLING SERVICES FOR A PERIOD OF SIX MONTHS, FROM JANUARY 1, 2018 THROUGH JUNE 30, City Manager Jay Stroebel briefed the Council on his appointment of the Finance Director. 7.1 MOTION LUNDE, SECOND GATES TO APPROVE THE CITY MANAGER S APPOINTMENT OF LATONIA GREEN AS DIRECTOR OF FINANCE WITH AN ANNUAL SALARY OF $135,000 EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY 8, A COUNCIL MEMBER REPORTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS None. 9B CITY MANAGER REPORTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS City Manager Stroebel highlighted a few community activities: January 12, North Hennepin Area Chamber of Commerce State of the Cities, from 11:15 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., at Edinburgh USA. ACER Regional Housing Forum, 5:45 p.m. to 8 p.m., Zanewood Recreation Center. January 14, Martin Luther King, Jr., National day of Service at Hennepin Technical College cafeteria, beginning at 8:30 a. m. January 16, Martin Luther King, Jr., 27 th Annual Holiday Breakfast, at United Methodist Church, from 7:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.

5 BROOKLYN PARK COUNCIL MEETING; JANUARY 9, 2017 Page 5 ADJOURNMENT With consensus of the Council, Mayor Lunde adjourned the meeting at 7:28 p.m. DEVIN MONTERO, CITY CLERK JEFFREY JONEAL LUNDE, MAYOR