City Council

Contact Information

201 4th Street SE
Rochester, Mn 55904 (Map)

Phone: 507-328-2900

Mon-Fri 8:00 am to 5:00 pm

Contact information for individual City Council members may be found here.


Adobe Acrobat Reader

Council Agenda

Availability of Agenda

One complete copy of the agenda for the meeting including explanatory attachments is available for viewing at 8 am on the day of the meeting in the City Clerk's Office in City Hall.


Cost of Copies of Agenda Sections

Copies of agenda sections will be available at no charge to the public on a first-come, first served basis.  Otherwise, it will cost 5 cents per page.


Updates of Agenda Page and Approval Information


Council agendas are put on the web page by 5 pm on the Friday prior to the Council meeting.

Approvals to the agenda are added on the day after the meeting.  If there is a specific agenda item that you need to find out the status of, and the web page is not yet updated, you can call the City Clerk's Office at (507) 328-2900 to find out whether the item was approved, denied, tabled, etc.


Council Agenda

CITY OF ROCHESTER
COUNCIL AGENDA
COUNCIL/BOARD CHAMBERS
GOVERNMENT CENTER
151 4TH STREET SE

MEETING NO. 8
REGULAR ADJOURNED
APRIL 21, 2008
7:00 P.M.
 
  PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
PAGE
1-2 A) CONSIDERED:  OPEN COMMENT PERIOD
   
  B) CALL TO ORDER
 
  C) LETTERS AND PETITIONS
3-4 1) CONSIDERED:  Ian Cameron Wishes to be Heard Re: Solar Installation Project
     
5-6 D) CONSENT AGENDA/ORGANIZATIONAL BUSINESS
  1) APPROVED:  Approval of Minutes
7-8 2) APPROVED:  Reappointment to CUDE
9-10 3) APPROVED:  Change Order No. 4 Bio Business Center
11-12 4) APPROVED:  F.E. Williams Lot Extension of Closing Date and Construction Commencement Date
13-14 5) APPROVED:  Off-Sale 3.2 Percent Malt Liquor License for Bruce Beatle, Inc., DBA Bilotti’s Italian Restaurant
15-16 6) APPROVED:  Licenses, Bonds & Miscellaneous City Activities
17-18 7) APPROVED:  Approval of Accounts Payable
19-20 8) APPROVED:  Contractual Agreement between Rochester Fire Department and MN Riverland College
21-22 9) APPROVED:  Storm Water Utility Fee Changes
23-24 10) APPROVED:  Project Cost Agreement – Westside Transportation Improvement District – Rochester Cascades LLC, Rochester Ott LLC and Floyd and Laureen Ott
25-26 11) APPROVED:  Project Cost Agreement Westside Transportation Improvement District – Kuehl Property
27-28 12) APPROVED:  Contribution Agreement Westside Transportation Improvement District – Todd & Carilee Burt Property
29-30 13) APPROVED:  Request for Hearing for: (J5189) Basic Construction in Orchard Ridge Phase 4
31-32 14) APPROVED:  Supplemental Amendment to Development Agreement for Harvestview 2nd, 3rd, 4th, & 5th Subdivisions
33-34 15) APPROVED:  Supplemental Amendment to Development Agreement for Harvestview Subdivision – Joel Bigelow & Sons Enterprises, Inc.
35-36 16) APPROVED:  Assessment (J8307) Sidewalk Construction in Various Areas
37-38 17) APPROVED:  Assessment (J9716) Construct Rocky Creek Dr NE, Connecting Glendale Hills 3rd Subdivision to Northern Heights North 2nd Subdivision
39-40 18) APPROVED:  Award of Contract: (J4626) M8-01 Construct Pedestrian Ramps in Various Locations
41-42 19) APPROVED:  Right of Way Obstruction Permits for Restricted Parking Areas 134. Parking Regulations
43-44 20) APPROVED:  Pedestrian Facilities Agreement – Reliance Development Company LLP, for SDP#R2008-004 (Goodwill Store & Multi-Tenant Retail)
45-46 21) APPROVED:  Award of Contract: (J7742) Reconstruct Center Street from 1st Avenue West to the Zumbro River Bridge
47-48 22) APPROVED:  Establish No Parking Zone, East side of 22nd Ave. NW from 41st St. NW to a point 200 feet north on 22nd Ave. NW
49-50 23) APPROVED:  Establish No Parking Zone: West side of Sierra Lane NE from the center of the Cul-de-Sac to 400 feet North
51-52 24) APPROVED:  Supplemental Agreement #1 Project 6207-4-00 (J9712) 7th St. N.W. from Broadway to Cascade Creek
53-54 25) APPROVED:  Supplemental Agreement #2 Project 6207-4-00 (J9712) 7th Street N.W. from Broadway to Cascade Creek
55-56 26) APPROVED:  Supplemental Agreement #1 Project M1-61 (J9817) Overlay Various Streets in Fox Ridge Townhome 2nd Subdivision
57-58 27) APPROVED:  Supplemental Agreement #1 Project 6207-4-05 (J7743) 7th Street N.W. from 13th Ave. to Cascade Creek
59-60 28) APPROVED:  Supplemental Agreement #2 Project 6207-4-05 (J7743) 7th Street N.W. from 13th Ave. to Cascade Creek
61-66 29) APPROVED:  A Litter Bit Better! Preliminary Grant Application to the Rochester Area Foundation
67-68 30) APPROVED:  Real Estate – Construction of Sanitary Sewer from Degeus Tile Site south across the Rochester Top Soil property to serve The Gardens North Development & surrounding areas (J-7767)
31) APPROVED:  Change Order #3 for Fire Station 5
32) APPROVED:  Approval of Sub-Grantee Agreement with Homeland Security
     
  E) HEARINGS
69-78 1) CONTINUED UNTIL MAY 5, 2008:  Continued Hearing on Vacation Petition R2008-006VAC by B’nai Israel Synagogue. The applicant is proposing to vacate the west 131 feet of the east-west dedicated alley right-of-way in Block 8, William McCullough’s Addition. The alley right-of-way is located east of 7th Avenue SW , north of 2nd Street SW and north of the new B’nai Israel Synagogue facility currently under construction.
79-88 2) APPROVED:  Continued Hearing to Consider the Proposed Assessment on Local Improvement Project No. 6200-W-05 (J-7742) “Reconstruct Center Street from 1st Avenue West to the Zumbro River Bridge”.
89-94 3) APPROVED:  Proposed Assessment for Project No. SP 159-080-13 (J-9719) “Construct 50th Avenue N.W. from 51st Street NW to Valley High Drive N.W.”
95-112 4) APPROVED:  Zoning District Amendment #R2008-001ZC by the City of Rochester to amend the Floodway and Flood Fringe boundaries and 100 Year Flood Protection Elevations for a portion of Bear Creek and the East Fork Willow Creek in the area between 11th Ave., SE and Marion Rd., SE.
     
  F) REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
113-114 1) APPROVED:  Sound Amplification Requests
     
  G) APPROVED:  RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES
115-116    
     
  H) TABLED ITEMS
     
  I) OTHER BUSINESS
     
  J) ADJOURNMENT