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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCCMin_76Nov23_Special~a~ MINUTES CITY OF FALCON HEIGHTS SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING NOVEMBER 23, 197b 1 1 A special meeting of the Falcon Heights City Council was called to order by Acting Mayor Black at 7:33 p.m. Acting Mayor Black, Councilmen Ecklund, Steele and Labalestra. Also present were Clerk-Administrator Barnes, Attorney Kenefick and Engineer Lemberg. Mayor Warkentien. PRESENT ABSENT Moved by Councilman Steele, seconded by Councilman Labalestra to approve, AppROp~, OF MIN- as is, the minutes of November 10, 1976. Upon a vote being taken, the TES OF NOVEMBER following voted "aye": Acting Mayor Black, Councilmen Ecklund, Steele 10, 1976 and Labalestra and the following voted "nay": None. Motion carried. Moved by Councilman Labalestra, seconded by Acting Mayor Black to approve APPROVAL OF CON- the items on the Consent Agenda as follows: SENT AGENDA 1. NFPCA Casualty Reports, Nos. 86 and 87. 2. Basic Field Incident Reports, Nos. 89 and 90. 3. Basic Casualty Reports, Nos. 91 and 92. l~. Ramsey County Sheriff's Report, October, 1976. 5. General disbursements in the amount of $28,059.16. 6. Liquor disbursements in the amount of $18,827.86. 7. General payroll in the amount of $3,539.86. 8. Liquor payroll in the amount of $1,697.93. Upon a vote being taken the following voted "aye": Acting Mayor Black, Councilmen Ecklund, Steele and Labalestra and the following voted "nay": None. Motion carried. Clerk-Administrator Barnes informed Council that he had been contacted RESOLUTION 76-3l~ by Paul Kirkwall of the Ramsey County Engineering Department, in regards LARpENTEUR AVE. to our Resolution 7b-3l~, concerning parking restrictions on Larpenteur PARKING Avenue. Resolution 76-3l~ restricts parking on the north side of Larpen- LEAVE AS IS tour Avenue, beginning from Fairview Avenue 163l~ feet westerly. The re- striction is for 2 hour parking from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. daily, ex- cept for Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays. Mr. Kirkwall stated he f eft there would be too many restrictions to properly enforce the Resolution. After discussion, Council decided to take no action on the matter and 1 save the Resolution as it now reads. Fire Chief Jerry Renchin appeared before Council with a suggestion that FIRE CODE PROPOSED the Council adopt new revisions to the Uniform Fire Code. Specifically, REVISIONS - Chief Renchin would like the authority to appoint an eight to ten man JERRY RENCHIN group as a Fire Prevention Bureau and would like the authority, for him- self only, to issue tags to violators. Chief Renchin stated that if he had the authority to issue tickets it would save a great deal of time. 1 C u Minutes Special Council Meeting November 23, 1976 page 2 There was much discussion on present inspection procedures and also on how much authority the Chief should be given. Council took no action but recommended that Chief Renchin and Attorney Kenefick get together and come up with some definite revisions to the code, including the authority for Chief Renchin to issue tags for vio- lations. Attorney Kenefick and Chief Renchin will present their revisions at the next Council meeting Council also discussed the present Fire Department physical examinations. Chief Renchin contacted Roseville and White Bear Lake to check the type of physicals they require for their firemen. There was also lengthy dis- cussion as to whether present members of the Fire Department should be required to pass another physical at a certain age or after a certain number of years of service. Council concurred that the present physical examination is inadequate and instructed Chief Renchin to study the sit- uation further. Acting Mayor Black read a request from Nathan and Lee Clonkey, 1796 Holton, to retain the snow fence they have erected in their front yard, extending over the boulevard. Mr. Clonkey is disabled and the snow shoveling is left to Mrs. Clonkey, who is in her middle 50's, and works. Councilmembers felt sympathetic toward Mrs. Clonkey's circumstances but feel that snow fences are an eyesore. Moved by Acting Mayor Black, seconded by Councilman Labalestra to in- struct Clerk-Administrator Barnes to enforce Ordinance 64, relative to fences. Ordinance big states that front yard fences shall not exceed 30 inches in heigk~t and shall not extend over the boulevard. Upon a vote being taken the following voted "aye": Acting Mayor Black, Councilmen Ecklund and Labalestra and the following voted "nay": Councilman Steele. Motion carried. Clerk-Administrator Barnes read a request from Mr. Carl Johnson, 150l~ Larpenteur Avenue, concerning parking during the winter months on the east side of Arona Avenue, from the alley between California and Lar- penteur. Mr. Johnson stated it is nearly impossible to make a right hand turn on to Arona, coming out of the alley because cars are parked during plowing and the plowed snow is piled up. Subsequently, each time plowing is done, snow piles up further away from the curb and each time cars park there after the plowing, they park further away from the curb. Council instructed Clerk-Administrator Barnes to reply to Mr. Johnson's letter and inform him that the City would contact the Sheriff's office and ask that the area be checked more often for parking violations during plowing times. Mr. Barnes stated he would comply with Council's request. INSPECTION PRO- CEDURES PRESENT PHYSICAL EXAMINATION FOR FIREMEN SNOW FENCES - i~ATHAN AND LEE CLONKEY, 1796 HOLTON PARKING DURING SNOW PLOWING - CARL JOHNSON, 150l~ LARPENTEUR Minutes f 3 ~ Special Council Meeting November 23, 1976 page 3 Clerk-Administrator Barnes informed Council that Mando Photo Company MANDO PHOTO is planning to provide their customers with a subsidiary mail-in ser- REQUEST FOR vice and is going to request a Wheeler Avenue address for mail delivery ~IHEELER AVENITE for the new service. ADDRESS Moved by Councilman Ecklund, seconded by Acting Mayor Black to instruct Clerk Administrator Barnes to contact the Roseville Postmaster and en- courage him not to issue a Wheeler Avenue address, or any address on streets not currently within our City, as it would be very confusing, especially for emergencies. Upon a vote being taken the following voted "aye": Acting Mayor Black, Councilmen Ecklund, Steele and Labalestra and the following voted "nay"; None. Motion carried. Clerk-Administrator Barnes informed Council that Northern States Power NSP GAS RATE had increased their gas rates and it would mean a 6.6~ increase for the INCREASE City of Falcon Heights. Acting Mayor Black read the resignation, from the Planning Commission, RESIGNATION OF of Chairman George Plant. Acting Mayor Black instructed Clerk-Adminis- GEORGE PLANT FROM trator Barnes to put this item on the Agenda for next Council meeting for THE PLANNING consideration of a plaque for his long and capable service. COMMISSION Councilman Ecklund informed Council that the Human Rights Commission had unanimousily voted to request the City Council to publicize vacan- cies on the various commissions in the St. Paul Dispatch, Roseville Sun, St. Anthony Park Bugle and Commonwealth Terrace Newsletter. Councilman Ecklund moved and it was seconded by Councilman Labalestra that the City publicize a list of various committees and commissions and to solicit public participation on these various commissions. Upon a vote being taken the following voted "aye'': Acting Mayor Black, Councilmen Ecklund, Steele and Labalestra and the following voted "nay": None. Motion carried. Clerk-Administrator Barnes presented to Council a playground equipment order prepared by the Park Development Committee. The order was for playground toys and totaled $873.00. Clerk-Administrator Barnes noted the committee had not allowed for freight charges. Councilman Ecklund stated that since delivery would not be made until April of next year, the freight charges could be paid out of the 1977 budget. Councilman Ecklund moved and it was seconded by Acting Mayor Black to order, for spring delivery, the items recommended by the Park Develop- ment Committee. Upon a vote being taken the following voted "aye": Acting Mayor Black, Councilmen Ecklund, Steele and Labalestra and the following voted "nay": None. Motion carried. Clerk-Administrator Barnes informed Council of the December 1, 1976, Ramsey County League dinner meeting. Council instructed Clerk-Admin- istrator Barnes to make three reservations for Councilmen Black, Ecklund and Labalestra. PUBLICATION OF VARIOUS COMM- ISSIONS AND COMMITTEES FOR SOLICITATION OF MEMBERS OF SAME PLAYGROUND EQUIP- MENT ORDER RAMSEY COUNTY LEAGUE DINNER AND MEETING Minutes Special Council Meeting November 23, 1976 page ~ Acting Mayor Black noted he would be at City Ha11 on Friday, November 26, 1976, to discuss insurance with Clerk-Administrator Barnes. Council decided to discuss whether or not they wanted to change the December 23rd meeting date at the December 9th meeting. Moved by Councilman Steele, seconded by Councilman Ecklund to adjourn the meeting at 9:33 p.m. Upon a vote being taken the following voted "aye": Acting Mayor B1.ack, Councilmen Ecklund, Steele and Labalestra and the following voted "nay": None. Motion carried. l3/ INSURANCE DIS- CUSSION - HLACK DECEMBER MEETING DATES ADJOURNMENT WILLIS C. A. WARKENTIEN, Mayor Attest: Dewan B. Barnes, Clerk-Administrator [!