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MINUTES 7 8 REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING JUNE 9, 1982 PAGE 4 Councilmember Larson explained that the request that Falcon Heights dis- ROSEVILLE continue sounding the siren except in case of severe weather was made by REQUEST THAT the Roseville Fire Department to Chief Renchin. Families who were involved CITY DIS- in the 1981 tornado apparently find the sound of the siren traumatic. Chief CONTINUE USE Renchin did feel the siren is helpful when emergency vehicles are exiting OF SIREN from the station as it alerts traffic on Larpenteur. Council briefly EXCEPT IN discussed the fact that a new siren was not included in the plans for the SEVERE new building, but, that it would be possible to budget for a siren at WEATHER some time in the future. Council discussed methods of alleviating the problem of emergency vehicles exiting from the new fire station, such as a switch system which would allow the traffic light at Prior to be controlled from within the building, or an Opticon system. Clerk Administrator Barnes informed Council that he had met with represent- FALSE ALARM atives of other communities contracting with the Sheriff's Department to DISCUSSION discuss the problem of false alarms. Many of the communities indicated experiencing a large number of false alarms (Falcon Heights had a total of 28 in the month of May, 1982). Council discussed possible methods of solution such as charging for repeat false alarms. The Clerk Administrator was directed to pursue the matter with the other communities. Councilmember Chestovich inquired about the placement of a stop or yield DISCUSSION sign at Albert and California as had been discussed at a previous meet- OF STOP/YIELT ing. Engineer Lemberg explained the criteria for placement of signs SIGNS AT and stated that the intersections on Albert (California, Idaho and Iowa) ALBERT & do not warrant signs. He did indicate that if Albert is designated as CALIFORNIA a State Aid Street it would then warrant signs. Some discussion was held regarding previous instructions to research into signing the entire community or, perhaps, only the Northome area. Council requested that the minutes of prior discussions be checked for the exact instructions. Councilmember Chestovich requested that Council note the Roseville SCHOOL School Board Briefs indicating a willingness to allow Falcon Heights PLAYGROUND use of the Elementary School Playgrounds. Mayor Warkentien stated he EQUIPMENT had discussed the matter with Paul Borg of the School District and that a formal agreement will be drawn up. 'Councilmember. Che~fovich inquired about the possiblity of getting an estimated price for purchase of the school playground equipment should the School District decide to sell in the future. Mayor Warkentien stated he felt it should not be approached at this time and Council agreed there would be no use for the equipment without the land. Councilmember Ciernia commented on the fact that Lauderdale has applied for federal funds for park purchase and inquired as to whether or not Falcon Heights should be doing some investigation into the availablity of funds to purchase open space. Council agreed the matter should be investigated and Directed the Clerk Administrator to do so. Councilmember Chestovich drew Council's attention to a recent news JOB CORPS article regarding the change in directors for the Job Corps Center and DISCUSSION asked if there was any fur ther'nformation available. Councilmember Eggert offered to discuss the matter with Todd Lefko, who is the new director.