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MINUTES REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING SEPTEMBER 13, 1978 Page 3 VanTyn informed Council he has been affiliated with St. Paul Ramsey Hospital for 18 years and has trained several volunteer groups. It is his opinion that the volunteer groups are dedicated groups providing good basic emergency care. The community does not need Paramedic unites, 90~ of the calls made are handled adequately,-,however, the community is sub-standard in the transporting of patients, he maintained. Councilmember McGough moved to authorize Fire Chief Jerry Renchin to proceed with the letter to seek funds to purchase an ambulance, keep- ing in mind that at such time that it will cost the City anything to purchase it, the pro3ect will be dropped at that point. Councilmember Brown seconded and upon a vote being taken the following voted aaye": Mayor Warkentien, Councilmembers McGough and Brown. Councilmembers Black and Steele voted "nay". Motion carried. 1 ~J Mayor Warkentien asked Dr. Ron Eggert if he would like to share his thoughts regarding ambulance service for Falcon Heights. Dr. Eggert stated it is the general feeling ambulance services pro- vided by Ramsey County are perhaps somewhat sub-standard. For most runs they are adequate as they are not emergencies, in the sense they require all of the facilities available in a Paramedic service.,For many of the runs that are made, the quality of the care is sub-standard such as the call to GTA and some others I have heard of, and I think that a volunteer service, particularly one that was really interested, could certainly upgrade that. The other point not brought out by Dr. VanTyn, a volunteer ambulance service, the one that is being proposed here, equipped with two way radio can interdigitate with the Paramedic service in St. Paul and meet them at the city limits, but this is less than ideal in a coronary emergency due to the time element. Dr. Eggert stated he was in agreement with council that it should be a pay as you go type operation. i3~~ AMBULANCE (cont.) DR. VANTYN DR! RON EGGERT HEALTH OFFICER Councilmember McGough moved, seconded by Councilmeanber Brown to CANVASSING approve state primary election returns submitted by the ~ voting precints BOARD of the City of Falcon Heights. Upon a vote being taken, the following PRIMARY voted "aye": Mayor Warkentien, Councilmembers Black, McGough, Steele ELDCTION and Brown and the following voted "nay": None. Motion carried. Councilmember Black reported a resident on Albert Street had complained to him about cars parking on residential property and excessive cars parking on the driveway. Councilmember Black called on the offending party and iaformed them of Zoning Ordinance 61~. There is also a problem on Hoyt. Attorney Kenefick was requested to check our Ordinance 6t~, to check for possible changes that could be made to clear up some of the unsightly parking, repairing of vehicles and regulation as to the number of cars per licensed driver. Mayor Warkentien moved, seconded by Councilmember McGough to extend the meeting to 12:00 midnight. Motion carried unanimously. Clerk Administrator Barnes read a letter written by residents in the Arona, California area regarding the vacant lot owned by Mr. Cohen. In the past he has not kept the lot mowed and picked up. In answer to the complaint, Mr. Cohen stated he has contracted professional RESIDENTIAL PARKING MEETING EXTENDED TO 12:00 MIDNIGHT MILT COHEN RESIDENT COMPLAINT