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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCCMin_84Feb8MINUTES REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING FEBRUARY 8, 1984 1 A regular meeting of the Falcon Heights City Council was called to order at 7:00 P.M. by Mayor Eggert. Mayor Eggert, Councilmembers Ciernia, Baldwin, Hard, and Chestovich. Also PRESENT present were Clerk Administrator Barnes, Attorney Van de North, and Engineer Schunicht. Councilmember Hard moved, seconded by Councilmember Chestovich, that the CONSENT Consent Agenda be approved with one correction, Item 10 should be Design AGENDA Planning Associates. Motion carried unanimously. APPROVED 1. Falcon Heights Fire Report ~~1-00184 2. Falcon Heights Rescue Reports ~~2-00784 and 2-00884 3. Lauderdale Ambulance Report ~1k4-00584 4. General Disbursements 1/26/84 - 2/8/84 $63,961.19 5. Liquor Disbursements 1/24/84 - 2/6/84 $15,863.51 6. General Payroll 1/16/84 - 1/31/84 $ 7,307.37 7. Liquor Payroll 1/16/84 - 1/31/84 $ 2,349.50 8. Planning Commission Minutes of January 30, 1984 9. Statement from Prosecuting Attorney for December, 1983 10. Statement from Planner (Design Planning Associates) for November and December, 1983 11. Annual Liquor Store Financial Report for 1983 12. Licenses: Drain or Sewer Connection Cleaners Rescue Rooter ~~1083 Dick's Electric Sewer Cleaning 41082 1103 Homer Street 435 East Wyoming Street St. Paul, MN 55116 St. Paul, MN 55103 Master Gas Installer A-abc Appliance and Heating Co. 4448 611 West Lake Street Minneapolis, MN 55408 D. BLACK, Mayor Eggert moved, seconded by Councilmember Chestovich, the appointment 1887 ARONA & of the following persons to the Planning Commission for three year terms: D. TRENT- (1) David W. Black, 1887 Arona Avenue, and (2) Deborah Trent-Sullivan, 1888 SULLIVAN, Simpson. Motion carried unanimously. 1888 SIMPSON APPOINTED TO PLANNING Councilmember Chestovich moved, seconded by Councilmember Hard, that the COMMISSION Minutes of January 25, 1984 be approved as presented. Upon a vote being taken, the following voted in favor .thereof: Mayor Eggert, Councilmembers MINUTES OF Baldwin, Hard and Chestovich, and the following voted against the same: 1/25/84 None. Councilmember Ciernia abstained. Motion carried. APPROVED Clerk Administrator Barnes presented for Council's consideration the 20 YEAR renewal of the 4 percent water surcharge contract with the St. Paul Water WATER SUR- Utility. He explained that St. Paul has suggested a 20 year contract CHARGE CON- rather than renewing every five years. Following a discussion, Council- TRACT WITH member Ciernia moved, seconded by Councilmember Chestovich, that the ST. PAUL 20 year contract be approved. Motion carried unanimously. APPROVED 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 MINUTES REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING FEBRUARY 8, 1984 PAGE 3 in order that Council will have some ideas of the cost of those items. Mayor Eggert informed Council that he had talked to Gertrude Esteros, a representative of the University Retirement Center Committee, and Mrs. Esteros stated that the group is presently having a problem with the proposed project in that the University wants to lease the land at market value and the retirees feel they should have a break. The present plan is to construct a 100 unit .building and in view of the fact that there are not sufficient utilities at the site, the retirement group has asked that the City consider using tax increment financing to cover the cost of installing the necessary utilities. Following the discussion, Mayor Eggert moved, seconded by Councilmember Ciernia, that the City Attorney draft a letter indicating the City's intent to place the area in a tax increment district with those funds to be used for utility improvements and, possibly, other items, providing the project is acceptable to Council. Motion carried unanimously. Mayor Eggert moved, seconded by Councilmember Ciernia, that a public hearing on the subdivision request from Marie Nodland, 1749 N. Fairview, be scheduled for February 29, 1984 at 7:30 P.M., and that the Clerk Administrator be author- ized to publish the hearing notice. Motion carried unanimously. Attorney Van de North informed Council that he had researched whether or not the City could impose restrictions on University property and had determined that the City can impose its zoning code if the University does resist. Mayor Eggert informed Council that he had talked with Bob Collins and Dennis Hunt of Bullseye Golf and that, apparently, they are negotiating with the owners of the garage at this point and are in the process of making a decision on an appraiser. Mayor Eggert was of the opinion that Bullseye would like to know what the City intends to do regarding the development. Bullseye will be present at the next Planning Commission meeting with two preliminary plans, one with the Liquor Store intact and the other without the store. In a discussion with Bullseye Golf he was told that Bullseye and Embers might be interested in purchasing the Liquor Store. Mayor Eggert advised Council that the School District will have a discussion of long range planning at their next meeting and inquired if any Councilmembers were interested in attending. He also suggested that the School Board and Ramsey County Board be requested to establish the Falcon Heights City Hall as an official posting place for their Board Agendas. Council discussed the use of the Falcon Heights School and the traffic hazards on Garden Avenue due to participants in school programs parking on Garden in order to drop their children at the school. Councilmember Ciernia stressed adopting an ordinance similar to the City of Roseville Ordinance regulating the use of quasi-governmental units. Clerk Administrator Barnes reported that the Fire Department has established a new category to the payroll, a $2.00 per hour salary for storm standby, which had not been presented to Council. The Department also has added another Rescue Captain for which no funds were budgeted due to a communication ~~ PUBLIC HEAR- ING ON NODLAND SUB- DIVISION SCHEDULED FOR Z/29/84 UNIVERSITY RETIREMENT CENTER UPDATE LARPENTEUR/ SNELLING DEVELOPMENT UPDATE COUNCIL INFORMATION MINUTES REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING FEBRUARY 8, 1984 PAGE 4 problem at budget time. The Clerk Administrator's concern was misappropri- ation of public funds without Council action. After a discussion, Council requested that a representative of the Fire Department attend the February 29, 1984 meeting to make a presentation on the matter. Councilmember Chestovich presented an update on the Business Community meeting, which was held January 31, 1984. Councilmember Chestovich inquired why only residents on Iowa Avenue were told to remove ice and snow from their sidewalks when other sidewalks in Northome have the same problem, and was informed that it was due to the fact that complaints were received regarding the Iowa walks. Councilmember Ciernia informed that the Park and Recreation Commission had discussed the bad condition of the old tennis courts at the park, possible uses of the court area, the need for a long range park plan, and need for new tennis nets. Councilmember Baldwin informed that the Falcon Heights Human Rights Commission is hosting the State League of Human Rights Commissions at City Hall on February 25, 1984. He also stated he will be attending the Job Corps meeting on February 9, 1984 and will report to Council at the February 29th meeting. .~. ~3 Councilmember Ciernia moved, seconded by Councilmember Hard, that the ADJOURNMENT meeting be adjourned at 9:59 P.M. Motion carried. unanimously. ,% `, ~~' ~ ~~ ~.'2~' NALD C. EGGERT, May ATTEST: i ~ ' ~~~ ewan B. Barnes, Clerk Administrator Regular City Council Meeting of February 8, 1984