HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Packet_8-22-18CITY OF FALCON HEIGHTS
Regular Meeting of the City Council
City Hall
2077 West Larpenteur Avenue
AGENDA
August 22, 2018 at 7:00 P.M.
A.CALL TO ORDER:
B. ROLL CALL: LINDSTROM ___ LEEHY____ BROWN THUNDER ___
MIAZGA ___ GUSTAFSON___
STAFF PRESENT: THONGVANH____
C.PRESENTATIONS:
1.New CTV Executive Director Dana Healy
2.Zane Johnson – Eagle Scout Update
D. APPROVAL OF MINUTES:
1.August 8, 2018 City Council Meeting Minutes
E.PUBLIC HEARINGS:
F. CONSENT AGENDA:
1. General Disbursements through: 8/15/18 $185,588.83
Payroll through: 8/15/18 $20,377.90
2.Good Neighbor Fund – Grant Application “Piano in the Park”
G: POLICY ITEMS:
H.INFORMATION/ANNOUNCEMENTS
1.Budget Workshop #1 following August 22, 2018 Regular City Council Meeting
2.Budget Workshop #2 – September 5, 2018 at 6:30 P.M.
3.Budget Workshop #3 – September 15, 2018 at 6:30 P.M.
4.Weekly Police Reports – Click Here
I.COMMUNITY FORUM:
J.ADJOURNMENT:
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CITY OF FALCON HEIGHTS
Regular Meeting of the City Council
City Hall
2077 West Larpenteur Avenue
AGENDA
August 8, 2018 at 7:00 P.M.
A. CALL TO ORDER:
B. ROLL CALL: LINDSTROM _X__ LEEHY_X___ BROWN THUNDER _N/A__
MIAZGA _X__ GUSTAFSON_X__
STAFF PRESENT: THONGVANH_X___
C. PRESENTATIONS:
D. APPROVAL OF MINUTES:
1. July 25, 2018 City Council Meeting Minutes
City Administrator Thongvanh
There is an updated meeting minutes in front of Mayor Lindstrom and Council Members. Council
Member Leehy made some corrections and we will be adopting the amended meeting minutes that
you have in front of you. The corrections were just grammatical changes only.
E. PUBLIC HEARINGS:
F. CONSENT AGENDA:
1. General Disbursements through: 8/01/18 $46,776.78
Payroll through: 7/31/18 $25,229.34
Council Member Leehy Moved, Approved 4-0
G: POLICY ITEMS:
H. INFORMATION/ANNOUNCEMENTS
1. Budget Workshop #1 following August 22, 2018 Regular City Council Meeting
City Administrator Thongvanh
The Finance Director Roland and I are currently working on the budget, and the two main items
are the General Funds and Debt Service. These two items are the ones that will affect resident’s
property taxes levy. A reminder that water, sewer, and recycling do not change the levy and we
will discuss them at a later time along with capital improvements.
2. Weekly Police Reports – Click Here
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Mayor Lindstrom
The Weekly Police Reports is available online each week at Falcon Heights website under Public
Safety. We received the Ramsey County Sheriff’s report and get to see police activities that
have happened in that week.
Council Member Miazga
· We had a great Planning Commission interactions at Night to Unite last night. We
received a lot of feedback from residents. I spoke to 13 residents at the block I attended,
and the rest of the other commissions visited different neighborhoods to get public
inputs. City Administrator Thongvanh should have some community inputs to pass
along to the consultants. Planning Commission’s next meeting is September 25th at 7:00
p.m. and it’s still a public input session. As I mentioned in the last City Council
meeting, each Planning Commissioners is taking ownership of a specific section from
the 2040 Comprehensive Plan, and this will help build an informal dialogue between
residents and commissioners.
· I attended the League of Minnesota Cities Improving Local Economy Committee kick-
off meeting last week. It was a great collaboration, and I learned that most of the Pre-
emption efforts at the Capital thankfully failed which keeps local control and where it
should be. It was reassuring to hear it from the meeting.
· A reminder that August 14th is the Minnesota Primary Election and don’t forget to vote.
It is easy to register in Minnesota and can do it on the same day.
· I will be meeting City Administrator Thongvanh to discuss NYFS’ opening in Council
Member Brown Thunder’s absent. I am leaning towards to take the position since I can
see the 2040 Comprehensive Plan through the end of the year, then transition to NYFS.
Council Member Leehy
· I would like to thank all the residents for participating in Night to Unite. I heard that
some of the numbers of attendees were higher than last year and that is excellent news. I
was delighted at one of the apartment complexes there was a corporative where the
senior apartments merged with the party at the multi-family. That is something I have
been working towards over the last several years. Everybody was pleased. The seniors
were pleased, and those that lived in the multi-family units were pleased.
Everybody was introducing each other, and it was a great time there.
· Park and Recreation Commission has openings and would like to encourage residents to
join. If you have ideas for community involvement and recreation, whether it is for
children, youth or seniors, there is an opportunity for you to speak about it. Our Next
meeting is on October 1st.
Council Member Gustafson
· Community Engagement Commission’s next meeting is September 17th at 7:00 p.m. at
City Hall.
· Tuesday, August 14th from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. is Ice Cream Social and Hot Dog with
a Deputy at Community Park on Roselawn and Cleveland. The event was rescheduled
because of the weather in July. Stop by the City Hall to vote then come over to
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Community Park to enjoy some free ice cream and hot dog. Looking forward to seeing
everyone after voting.
· Night to Unite event was spectacular. I was with Animal Control Officer Lee and
Sergeant Young from the Transport Unit, and we visited five block parties south of
Larpenteur. They helped answer questions from residents and were great ambassadors.
We did about 200+ events last night in the Sheriff’s Office and the community and 46
teams of ambassadors hitting parties. Everyone had a great and fun time.
· Tomorrow I will be at the Ramsey County Legal Local Government office, and they are
holding an emergency meeting at 5:30 p.m. at Old Chicago in Roseville. The meeting
will talk about leadership issues that came with the disbandment on one of the water
conservation districts that got adsorb into the county. The two, Chair and the Vice Chair
no longer have an elective office which means it no longer exists. Therefore, all of the
cities have a representative to that group.
Mayor Lindstrom
· Yesterday I went on a fascinating tour at the Waste Water Treatment Plant. It is the
metro plant which is south of downtown St. Paul (3 miles) and it takes care of
Minneapolis-St. Paul metro area wastewater. It is a top 10 wastewater plant treatment
in the nation, in terms of volume of wastewater coming in. Overall, I was extremely
impressed, and I went on the tour with other local government officials and got to hear
their story and take great pride, as they should, with their operations. It is very efficient
and very sustainable minded. They are doing these tour because, as Sack was
mentioning, we have these enterprise funds, which one of them is wastewater. It is good
for local government officials to know that Metropolitan Council is keeping a close eye
on how its run and making sure that it is efficient as possible.
· Tomorrow I am attending the Warners’ Stellian celebration. They completely remodeled
their showroom in Falcon Heights. They invited me there to say a few words which will
be fun.
· I am also active in the League of Minnesota Cities.. Mark mentioned at he is also on one
of the committees. I am on a different committee called Service Delivery Committee and
we met as well. That is a great opportunity to help form the policies of the League of
MN Cities that represent us at the Capitol. Great way the network and get to know
other city council members, mayors and staff.
· Attended the Night to Unite last night and received a lot of feedbacks on improvements,
suggestions and comments. It was a fun night.
· A reminder that the application for the City Council Vacancy is still open. The final
review committee is me, Council Member Miazga, City Commissioners Shirley Reider
and John Larkin, Olivia Demerath a high school student, and Jim Wassenberg.
City Administrator Thongvanh
· City staffs are currently working on the fall newsletter, and this year we will do
something new by including the community survey in it and mail it all at once. We are
doing this, so residents know that this survey is coming from the City. We will display
the Community Survey on weekly newsletters, Falcon Heights website, and QR code to
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do the survey on the phone till the deadline. You can take a picture of the QR code, and
your internet browser will pop up to take the survey. I am not sure if it works for
Android phones, but it does work for Apples.
· I received a call from the Realtor representing the TIES building and they are reviewing
six proposals from private entities looking to purchase the building. The Realtor also
wants to know what the City’s interests regarding what we would like to see there.
· Council Member Miazga and I will finalize the Community Survey tonight.
· Council Member Leehy and Council Member Gustafson and I will meet tomorrow but at
an earlier time because Council Member Leehy will also attend the celebration at
Warners’ Stellian. Our meeting tomorrow, we will discuss the $20,000 grant we received
from the St. Paul Foundation for the work that we are doing as recommended by the
Task Force. We will consider where the funds will be allocated towards.This is different
from the Bush Foundation of $200,000.
· City Council Vacancy Application deadline is August 24th by noon. The Review
Committee will interview all candidates on September 4th and 6th and identify finalists.
Council will interview finalists and makes a selection on September 12th and on
September 26th the Council will appoint a new member.
I. COMMUNITY FORUM:
J. ADJOURNMENT:
_____________________________
Peter Lindstrom, Mayor
Dated this 8th day of August, 2018
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Sack Thongvanh, City Administrator
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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION
Families, Fields and Fair __________________________
The City That Soars!
Item General Disbursements and Payroll
Description
General Disbursements through: 8/15/18 $185,588.83
Payroll through: 8/15/18 $20,377.90
Budget Impact The general disbursements and payroll are consistent with the budget.
Attachment(s) · General Disbursements and Payroll
Action(s)
Requested
Staff recommends that the Falcon Heights City Council approve general
disbursements and payroll.
Meeting Date August 22, 2018
Agenda Item Consent F1
Attachment General Disbursements and Payroll
Submitted By Roland Olson, Finance Director
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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION
Families, Fields and Fair __________________________
The City That Soars!
Description Good Neighbor Fund - Grant Application
“Piano in the Park”
Background
The City of Falcon Heights regularly explores grant funding opportunities to
enhance Parks and Recreation throughout the city. As an ongoing effort to connect
visitors with the parks, the Parks and Recreation Commission discovered an
opportunity to do so by hosting a “Piano in the Park” for public use at Community
Park. In the Fall of 2017, the city was awarded the grant and the first payment of
$833.33 (one third of the cost) was received in September of 2017.
The Good Neighbor Fund was established in 2008 by the University of Minnesota.
Funds are available from the annual proceeds of an endowment established at the
time of the development of TCF Bank Stadium.
Groups eligible to apply must be member organizations of the University of
Minnesota Stadium Advisory Group.
Having completed the project in July of 2018, staff submitted final reporting and has
now received the final payment totaling $1667.67.
Budget Impact The total grant award was $2,500 with the city providing ‘In-Kind Match Hours’
through staff time. Matching In-Kind Hours is not a requirement, but is
recommended to show the City has sincere interest in the grant application.
Attachment(s) · Final report submitted to the Good Neighbor Fund
Action(s)
Requested
Staff recommends that the Falcon Heights City Council approve the Good Neighbor
Fund Grant Final Payment for deposit.
Meeting Date August 22, 2018
Agenda Item Consent F2
Attachment Final Grant Payment
Submitted By Tim Sandvik – Deputy Clerk
Recreation Supervisor
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