06.a3 Draft minutes 10-05-2022 Work Session
October 5, 2022
A work session meeting of the Scandia City Council was held on the above date with
modifications. The meeting was conducted in-person at the Scandia Community Center and over
an electronic platform. All participants who joined the meeting remotely could hear each other
and contribute to discussions.
Acting Mayor Heather Benson called the meeting to order at 6:36 p.m. The following were
present: Council members Heather Benson, Jerry Cusick, Steve Kronmiller, Patti Ray. Attending
virtually: Mayor Christine Maefsky. Staff present: City Administrator Ken Cammilleri and City
Clerk Brenda Eklund.
APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA
Ray, second by Kronmiller, moved to approve the agenda as presented. Motion carried
unanimously.
INTERVIEW FIRMS FOR ON-CALL PLANNING SUPPORT SERVICES
At their meeting on July 19, 2022, the City Council directed staff to issue a Request for Proposals
for On-Call Planning Services. Four proposals were received by the September 23rd deadline.
Interviews were conducted with the following firms:
• Bolton & Menk
• TKDA
• WSB
• Swanson Haskamp Consulting
The City Council will discuss the selection of a firm at their regular business meeting on October
18, 2022.
DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF UPDATED ENGINEERED DESIGN
REQUIREMENTS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE RECENT APPROVAL OF THE
UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE.
Administrator Cammilleri explained the need to update the City’s Engineering Standard and
Detail Specifications Policy once the Unified Development Code was adopted by the Council on
September 20, 2022. The new development code becomes effective upon its publication on
October 12th, and these standards, which are referenced in Sect. 153.400.020 of the UDC, are
required to be applied to all new applicable developments.
Cammilleri explained that the update to the policy was not a dramatic change from the existing
document being moved into the UDC, saying this is only relocating where it exists in the
development code now, which is being repealed and replaced with the UDC.
Cammilleri reviewed the only proposed edit from the existing policy that pertains to rural road
shoulder widths. Currently, the requirement is to install 4-foot gravel shoulders on each road.
The new requirement is recommended to have all new rural roads to have shoulders as
determined appropriate for the stability for road structure or other right-of-way related need as
determined by the City Engineer. This allows flexibility to avoid unnecessary impervious surface
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areas and to meet the general design needs for road use. Cammilleri said amendments to the
design policy can be made in the future as the city sees fit.
Ray, second by Cusick, moved to adopt the City’s Engineering Standard and Detail
Specifications Policy, referenced in Sect. 153.400.020 of the UDC, as amended by staff. Roll
call vote: Ray – yes; Kronmiller – yes; Cusick – yes; Benson – yes. Motion carried 4-0.
DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF THE UPDATED ZONING MAP IN
CONJUNCTION WITH THE RECENT APPROVAL OF THE UNIFIED
DEVELOPMENT CODE
The Council adopted Ordinance No. 2022-02, the Unified Development Code, at their meeting
on September 20, 2022. Staff advised that the new zoning map included in the UDC presented at
that meeting required a few minor edits to reflect zoning changes approved by the Council in the
past year:
• To remove the mining overlay from two properties on Lofton Avenue
• To designate two lots on the Rustic Roots winery property from Ag Core to Rural
Commercial
The corrected zoning map was reviewed.
Ray, second by Kronmiller, moved to adopt the zoning map dated October 5, 2022 as
presented. Roll call vote: Ray – yes; Kronmiller – yes; Cusick – yes; Benson – yes. Motion
carried 4-0.
APPROVE MIDCO PAY REQUEST FOR CITY’S CONTRIBUTION OF $165,000 FOR
THE 2021 BORDER TO BORDER BROADBAND EXPANSION GRANT PROJECT
Administrator Cammilleri presented Midco’s billing for last year’s construction of the internet
buildout. Minnesota DEED provided a letter that Midco met criteria with the state for the project
closeout, and Cammilleri noted the independent analysis that the project met upload and
download speeds.
Kronmiller, second by Ray, moved to approve Midco’s Pay Request for the City’s
Contribution of $165,000 for the 2021 Border to Border Broadband Expansion Grant
Project. Roll call vote: Ray – yes; Kronmiller – yes; Cusick – yes; Benson – yes. Motion
carried 4-0.
ADJOURNMENT
Kronmiller, second by Benson, moved to adjourn the meeting. Motion carried 4-0.
The meeting adjourned at 8:09 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Brenda Eklund
City Clerk