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MINUTES REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING FEBRUARY 8, 1984 PAGE 2 Clerk Administrator Barnes explained that Ramsey County is willing to imple- ment Minnesota Statutes Chapter 92-Automation of Election Records. He ex- plained that would provide the ability for the municipality to use a computer- ized list of registered voters at the polls on election day and, probably, would reduce the amount of work for office staff. The cost is based on the number of registered voters and would amount to $76.70 for Falcon Heights. Council discussed the matter after which Councilmember Ciernia moved, seconded by Mayor Eggert, that the Clerk Administrator be authorized to make the final decision as to whether or not to try the system, after he attends the informational meeting on February 9th at White Bear Lake. Motion carried unanimously. Mayor Eggert presented a request from Teri Maiwurm, 2984 Arcade, Little Canada, that her $35.00 non-transport ambulance charge to excused. Follow- ing a short discussion, Mayor Eggert moved, seconded by Councilmember Ciernia, that the charge not be excused and that the matter not be pursued in Small Claims Court. Councilmember Chestovich asked that the motion be amended to include the fact that the unpaid bill will not be submitted to the collection agency. The amendment was accepted and upon a vote being taken, the motion carried unanimously. Council discussed at length the replacement of the tennis light timer at the Community Park. Councilmember Ciernia stated that the Park and Recreation Commission had recommended replacing the damaged timer with the electric eye type timer which would return the money placed in the slot to activate the timer as they were of the opinion that not having change stored in the box would alleviate the incentive for vandalism. Following a discussion of other methods of timing such as having the lights on constantly from 6 to 11 P.M., replacement with the same coin operated box as has been used in the past, or a coin operated timer with the coin box removed, Councilmember Baldwin moved, seconded by Councilmember Ciernia, that the damaged box be replaced by a like kind, and if neighboring communities have found removing the cash box deters vandalism, the cash box will be removed. Motion carried unanimously. Engineer Schunicht presented his letter dated February 6, 1984 (a copy of which is on file in the Clerk's Office), reviewed each item, and explained the conditions under which he would recommend that Council adopt the proposed resolution approving the preliminary plans prepared by the Department of Transportation. Engineer Schunicht stated that MN/DOT had initially said "no" to signals at Crawford and Snelling, but felt that by the City making the signaling a condition to approval of the plans there might be some chance they would reconsider, and that MN/DOT is presently doing a study on the matter. Council discussed increasing the median at Garden Ave. to ten feet in width, the closing of Garden Avenue completely, one way service roads vs. two way roads, whether or not extension of the water main on the west side of Snelling should be considered, and the need for an Opticon System at Snelling and Larpenteur. Since many decisions to be made would be affected by whether or not signals are installed at Crawford, Council deferred taking any definite action on those items. Following the discussion, Mayor Eggert moveds seconded by Councilmember Ciernia, that Council would like to see Crawford and Snelling signalized subject to appropriate engineering studies by the Department of Transportation. Motion carried unanimously. The Engineer was directed to contact MN/DOT regarding the inclusion of the water main extension and Opticon when requesting bids on the Snelling improvements, ~~ AUTOMATION OF ELECTION RECORDS REQUEST FROM TERI MAIWURM THAT NON- TRANSPORT AMBULANCE CHARGE BE EXCUSED TENNIS LIGHT TIMER REPLACEMENT SNELLING AVENUE RECONSTRUC- TION DISCUSSION