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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCCMin_81Nov19_SpecialMINUTES SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING ~~ NOVEMBER 19, 1981 1 A special meeting of the Falcon Heights City Council was called to order at 7:30 p.m. Mayor Warkentien, Councilmembers Steele, Brown, and Larson. Also present PRESENT were Clerk Administrator Barnes, Attorney Allen and Engineer Lemberg. Councilmember Eggert. Councilmember Steele arrived later. ABSENT The only item of new business added to the agenda was the proposed NEW BUSINESS "no parking" signs on Fairview Avenue. ADDED TO AGENDA Councilmember Brown moved, seconded by Councilmember Larson, that the Consent Agenda be approved as presented. Motion carried unanimously. CONSENT AGEN~~ APPROVED 1. Rescue Reports ~~R-08381 - ~~$-08781 2. Fire Report ~6F-02581 3. Lauderdale Fire Report ~~1-01581 4. General Disbursements 11/5/81 - 11/19/81 $19,672.90 Sinking Fund $ 2,047.50 5. Liquor Disbursements 11/1/81 - 11/19/81 $34,026.82 6. General Payroll 11/1/81 - 11/15/81 $ 4,646.51 7. Liquor Payroll 11/1/81 - 11/15/81 $ 2,427.12 8. Planning Commission Minutes of November 2, 1981 9. Human Rights Commission Minutes of October 15, 1981 10. Building Inspector's Report - August, September and October, 1981 11. Liquor Store Financial Report, October, 1981 Councilmember Larson moved, seconded by Councilmember Brown, that the MINUTES OF Minutes of the Special Meeting of November 4, 1981 be approved as 11/4/81 presented. Motion carried unanimously. APPROVED Councilmember Steele arrives. COUNCILMEMBER STEELE ARRIVE Attorney Allen presented the proposed Lauderdale-Falcon Heights Ambulance and Rescue Service Contract for Council's consideration. LAUDERDALE He explained that Lauderdale had approved the contract and that AMBULANCE & he would recommend that Falcon Heights also grant approval. RESCUE CON- Councilmember Brown moved, seconded by Mayor Warkentien, that the TRACT contract be approved as presented. Motion carried unanimously. APPROVED Mayor Warkentien moved, seconded by Councilmember Larson, that the L & L BUILDEFS Clerk Administrator be authorized to contract with L and L Builders TO RE-ROOF to re-roof the Municipal Liquor Store at a cost of $2,496.00. LIQUOR STORE Motion carried unanimously. Councilmember Brown presented an application from Dennis G. LeMay DENNIS LE for the position of volunteer firefighter and indicated that the APPROVED Fire Department had approved the application. Councilmember Brown FIREFIGHT moved, seconded by Mayor Warkentien, that Dennis G. LeMay be approved as a firefighter subject to the physical and one year probation period, Motion carried unanimously. Councilmember Larson presented applications for the position of Rink RYNK Attendant for the Community Park for the 1981-1982 season. Follow- ANTS ing a short discussion Councilmember Brown moved, seconded by Council= member L~rson, that Tim Pollard, 1957 W. Larpenteur and Christopher L. MINUTES SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING NOVEMBER 19, 1981 PAGE 2 Anderson, 2003 Evergreen Court,be hared as rink attendants for the City Park at a salary of $3.35 per hour and that Greg Spencer (Summer Rec- reation Director) be hired as supervisor for all rinks at a salary of $3.80 per hour. Motion carried unanimously. Mayor Warkentien moved, seconded by Councilmember Larson, that Council ratify the decisions reached at the November 17, 1981 Council Workshop as follows: (1) approval of the site plan as presented at the October 24th Workshop, (2) approve the building plans (3) direct the Clerk Administrator to advertise for bids, the bid opening to be.held.on December 29, 1981 at 2:00 p.m., and (4) authorize the Engineer and Architect to proceed with plans and specifications and arrange for soil borings. Motion carried unanimously. ~, Mayor Warkentien moved, seconded by Councilmember Larson, that the Council Meeting scheduled for December 23, 1981 be cancelled and that a Specia~ Meeting b~ scheduled for 5:30 p.m. December 30, 1981. Motion Carrie unanimous y. Mayor Warkentien opened for discussion the proposed posting of "no parking anytime" signs on Fairview Avenue from Larpenteur to Roselawn as had been discussed at the November 4th meeting. At that time it was decided to postpone any decision until all Fairview residents could be notified and have input into the matter. The Clerk Admi- strator provided a list of l7 responses from the residents, the majority of which indicated they did not want the "no parking" signs posted. The following concerned residents were in attendance and wished to address Council: Harold Kurtz, 1805 Fairview, Carol Kraemer, 1707 Fairview, Irene MacGregor, 1795 Fairview, and Roger Schei, 1717 Fairview. >. a7' Mr. Kurtz stated he felt it would be a hardship for people who live on Fairview as there would not be ample parking for guests and that the park and ride parking problem was created by the bus company and not the residents. Councilmember Steele suggested that, perhaps, stipulating no parking 7:00 to 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. week days would alleviate the problem. Councilmember Brown questioned the need for any signing if the residents near the bus stop are not ccncerned. Carol Kraemer, who lives near the bus stop, stated they have had no problem with the parking or with bikers. She was of the opinion that the real need is for a semiphore at Fairview and Larpenteur. bir. Kurta stressed the fact that speed is excessive and a semaphore would only increase speed as cars will speed to reach a green light. He felt the speed limit should be lowered. Councilmember Steele stated t--.. Council has in the past requested Ramsey County to lower the sp~:~d limit and the County will not change the limit. Mrs. MacGregor said she did not believe the 40 mile per hour limit signs had been replaced following construction of the bike paths and that traffic seems to have speeded up since that time. Mr. Schei said he has witnessed a lot of accidents at the corner of Larpenteur and Fairview and that semaphores would be the answer and probably alleviate many accidents. Following the discussion Councilmember Larson moved, seconded by Councilmember Brown to leave Fairview as is and not to post "no parking" signs. Motion carried unanimously. r RINK ATTEND- ANTS HIRID COUNCIL RATIFIES DECISIONS AT WORKSHOP MEETING OF 11/17/81 NEW COMMUNITY BUILDING MEETING OF 12/23/81 CANCELLED SPECLAL MEET- ING ON 12/30/81 FAIRVIEW "NO PARKING" DISCUSSION _ ~ _,~ MINUTES ~, SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING r;7;~- NOVEMBER 19, 1981 PAGE 3 ~1 Council agreed to discuss the matter of a traffic light at Fairview and I,arpenteur at 'the December 9,"1981 meeting. Councilmember Larson suggested that Council consider increasing license LICENSE FEES fees in view of the fact that the fees are lower than most communities DEFERRED and have not been adjusted in several years. Interested Councilmembers PENDING were invited to meet with the office staff for full information on the FURTHER REVIvd licensing procedure to determine the cost and time involved. Council- member Larson requested that Council review the matter for discussion at a later date. Councilmember Brown moved, seconded by Councilmember Steele, that the ADJOURNMENT Meeting adjourn at 8:25 p.m. Motion carried unanimously. Willis C. A. Warkentien, Magor 1 Attest: Dewan B. Barnes, Clerk Administrator Special City Council Meeting of November 19, 1981