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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCCMin_99May12CITY OF FALCON HEIGHTS REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES OF MAY 12, 1999 The meeting was called to order at 7:00 P.M by Mayor Gehrz Present: Gehrz, Gibson Talbot, Hustad, Jacobs, Kuettel, Hoyt COMMUNITY FORUM No one was present for the community forum. MINUTES OF APRIL 28, 1999 The minutes from the Apri128, 1999 council meeting were approved. CONSENT AGENDA Councilmember Gibson Talbot moved approval of the consent agenda. The motion passed unanimously. • 1. Disbursements and payroll 2. Licenses 3. Request for authorization of purchase and installation of automatic dialer in the sewage lift station 4. Accept a gift of ceiling fans in Community Pazk from the Falcon Heights/ Lauderdale Lions Club 5. Authorization to purchase trees for boulevard and pazk planting 6. Approve the purchase of planters for the westside of the community business district on Larpenteur Avenue POLICY AGENDA Consideration of Resolution 99-14 awazdin~ the contract for the 1999 street reconstruction project to Palda & Sons Inc for $1,212,234 18 Councilmember Jacobs moved approval of the resolution awazding the construction contract to the lowest bidder for the 1999 street reconstruction project. The motion passed unanimously. Update on the University of Minnesota women's soccer stadium and the St Paul Campus planning committee. • Administrator Hoyt updated the council on the construction of the women's soccer stadium currently underway. She explained that revisions to the stormwater drainage • plans were made at the city's request because the original design would have negatively impacted the storm drainage pond in Community Park. Consulting planner, John Shardlow, reviewed the reasons why the soccer stadium is being constructed north of Gibbs Farm rather than south of Larpenteur on the recreational soccer fields where it was originally proposed. He said that the proximity to residential neighborhoods, the inadequate access and the lack of pazking were three of the reasons why the original proposed location made no sense. Mayor Gehrz updated the council on the St. Paul Campus planning committee, of which she is a member. She explained that the committee represented several azeas at the university, the county, St. Paul, and District 12. Planner Shazdlow provided some insights into the planning process with collaborative groups based upon his. extensive experience working with these efforts.. He recommended that the city cleazly and specifically articulate what Falcon Heights needs and expects from university planning at the next meeting so the city's interests don't get lost or absorbed into the lazger process. After discussing the recommendation, draft mission statement and possible performance measures that could be incorporated into this, the council asked Mr. Shazdlow and Administrator Hoyt to bring back a draft at the next council meeting. Ms. Gertrude Esteros, 1666 Coffman, asked the Mayor if there was any urgency in completing the St. Paul Campus planning or if it was a committee that suggested a long term approach to planning. Mayor Gehrz responded that she believed the committee was a short term effort. Dr. Bob Anderson, 1666 Coffman, thanked the council for its attentiveness to protecting the quality of the city's neighborhoods and initiating efforts with the university. Planning summer meeting schedule. The council discussed options for the summer meeting schedule. The council rescheduled the regulaz council meeting on July 28 to a July 24 budget workshop from 8 AM to Noon. The August meeting schedule will be further confirmed at a later time. Announcements followed. The meeting was adjourned at 8: 30 P.M. Respectfully submitted, Susan Hoyt, City Administrator Susan L. Gehrz, Mayor •