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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCCMin_83Aug10~~ MINUTES REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING AUGUST 10, 1983 A regular City Council meeting was called to order by Mayor Warkentien at 7:35 P.M. Mayor Warkentien, Councilmembers Ciernia and Eggert. Also present were PRESENT Clerk Administrator Barnes, Engineer Schunicht and Attorney Gasteazoro. Councilmembers Larson and Chestovich. ABSENT Councilmember Eggert moved, seconded by Councilmember Ciernia, that CONSENT the Consent Agenda be approved as presented with the addition of the AGENDA Planning Commission Minutes of August 8, 1983. Motion carried unani- APPROVED mously. 1. Falcon Heights Fire Report ~~1-02383 2. Falcon Heights Rescue Reports ~~2-06583 - 2-07083 3. Lauderdale Fire Reports ~~3-00883 - 3-01083 4. Lauderdale Rescue Report 4~4-02983 5. General Payroll 7/16/83 - 7/31/83 $ 6,827.83 6. Liquor Payroll 7/16/83 - 7/31/83 $ 2,029.63 7. Park and Recreation Minutes of July 11, 1983 8. Park and Recreation Minutes of August 1, 1983 9. Ramsey County Sheriff's Report for July, 1983 10. Licenses: 1 General Contractors Western Remodelers, Inc. X61050 2529 Nicollet Avenue Minneapolis, MN 55404 Iver Carlson & Son, Inc. 461051 749 N. Snelling St. Paul, MN 55104 Refuse Hauler Metro Refuse, Inc. X61052 6168 W. 125th St. Savage, MN 55378 Gas Installer Northwestern Service 46439 2296 Territorial Rd. St. Paul, MN 55114 11. General Disbursements 7/28/83 - 8/10/83 $38,793.51 Sinking Fund $ 5.60 12. Liquor Disbursements 7/25/83 - 8/8/83 $31,881.74 13. Planning Commission Minutes of August 8, 1983 Councilmember Ciernia moved, seconded by Councilmember Eggert, that the Minutes of July 27, 1983 be approved as presented. Motion carried unanimously. Councilmember Ciernia explained that B and J Midway Floral, 1871 W. Larpenteur, did not appear before the Planning Commission at their August 8th meeting regarding their request to move a storage building from their property and move in a garage. Councilmember Ciernia expressed the Planning Commission's concern that the occupant of the property and the actual owner of the property be in agreement on what physical changes should be done to the property. Attorney Gasteazoro advised that only the owner has the right to ask for a conditional use and the Clerk Administrator was directed to notify B and J of this requirement. Councilmember Ciernia also advised that the Planning Commission recommended screening be required, MINUTES OF 7/27/83 APPROVED B & J FLORAL REQUEST FOR CONDITIONAL USE DISCUSSED _~ } MINUTES - REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING AUGUST 10, 1983 PAGE 2 especially on the north side. of the property and suggested that N. L. HERMES it be made part of the approval of the conditional use. REQUEST TO BLACKTOP Councilmember Ciernia explained that the Planning Commission felt the BOULEVARD request from N. L. Hermes to blacktop the boulevard along Larpenteur DEFERRED Avenue of the Falcon Center should be deferred until spring in order to have input from the Citizens Advisory Committee and, perhaps, some decision on the development of the Larpenteur/Snelling corner. Council concurred. Richard L. Jones, 1841 Arona, requested replacement of an elm tree RICHARD JONES that was removed in error. The tree inspector advised that the reason 1841 ARONA, the tree was numbered in his log was because the tree was diseased but REQUEST FOR was being watched for more visible signs. Inadvertently, the tree REPLACEMENT was placed on the tree removal list. Mr. Jones indicated that the ON BLVD. tree should have been inspected again in the spring to determine whether TREES TO BE or not it needed to be removed and that he had taken special care of DISCUSSED the tree in order to save the tree. Councilmember Eggert stated that FURTHER AT the tree had been chemically treated by a neighborhood committee. 8/24/83 After a discussion, Councilmember Eggert directed the Clerk Administrator MEETING to obtain prices on the various sizes of trees, which will be discussed at the August 24, 1983 Council meeting. Mayor Warkentien felt better notification should be made when trees are to be removed. Mayor Warkentien presented a letter from Sue Ready, 1359 W. Iowa, SUE READY, requesting permission to barricade Iowa Avenue from Albert to 1359 IOWA, Hamline on August 18, 1983 from 4:30 to 9:00 P.M. for a block party. BLOCK PARTY Councilmember Eggert moved, seconded by Councilmember Ciernia, that APPROVED the request be granted. Motion carried unanimously. Mayor Warkentien presented a variance request from Tom P. Majerus, T. MAJERUS, 1427 W. Iowa, to construct a garage one foot from the east property 1427 IOWA, line and along the alley on the alley side. Councilmember Ciernia GARAGE moved, seconded by Councilmember Eggert, that the request be granted VARIANCE as recommended by the Planning Commission at their August 8, 1983 APPROVED meeting. Motion carried unanimously. Council discussed a request from Paul Baehr, 1746 Holton, to locate a driveway on the south property line of the vacated walkway. Since Mr. Baehr did not attend the August 8th Planning Commission meeting, no action was taken by that body. Mayor Warkentien reviewed the previous actions and circumstances surrounding determination of ownership and present use of the property. Councilmember Ciernia relayed the concerns of the Planning Commission that no hardship could be demonstrated since a driveway could be installed within five feet from the property line. After considerable discussion, Mayor Warkentien offered to contact Mr. Baehr regarding the matter. Paul Borg, Independent School District 623, was in .attendance and informed Council that since Lake Owasso School has been sold to Group W. Cable, the North Suburban Development Achievement Center (DAC) which had been housed at Lake Owasso, has requested rental space at the Falcon Heights Elementary. School. Paul Saari, Executive Director of the North Suburban DAC, reviewed their program, the area served and its purpose. They presently serve 30 preschool (18 months to 4 years old) and 72 adults 21 years and older. Program hours will be Monday through Friday from 9:00 A.M. to 3:00 P.M. The Planning Commission at their August 8th meeting approved the conditional use PAUL BAEHR, 1746 HOLTON, DRIVEWAY VARIANCE - NO ACTION TAKEN N. SUBURBAN DAC TO RENT SPACE IN FALCON HEIGHTS SCHOOL MINUTES as ~ REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING AUGUST 10, 1983 PAGE 3 with the condition that the school grounds would remain open to the DAC public as is presently done and that adequate supervision be provided (cont.) both outside and inside for DAC participants. Mr. Borg assured that the grounds would still be made available for the City recreation program. After further discussion, Councilmember Ciernia moved, seconded by Mayor Warkentien, that the conditional use be approved. Motion carried unanimously. Councilmember Ciernia moved, seconded by Mayor Warkentien, that the ASSESSMENT assessment hearing on improvements in Falcon Woods 2 and 3 and other HEARING ON benefiting properties be scheduled for September 7, 1983 at 7:30 P.M. FALCON WOODS and that the Clerk Administrator be authorized to publish notice of 2 & 3 IMPROV. such hearing. Motion carried unanimously. TO BE HELD 9/7/83 Mayor Warkentien moved, seconded by Councilmember Eggert, that the regular City Council meeting scheduled for September 14, 1983 be 9/14/83 MEE- cancelled and that a special City Council meeting be held on TING CANCE- September 7, 1983 at 7:00 P.M. Motion carried unanimously. LLED SPECIAL MEETING ON Councilmember Eggert moved, seconded by Councilmember Ciernia to 9/7/83 set an assessment hearing for delinquent sanitary sewer charges on September 7, 1983 at 8:30 P.M. and authorize the Clerk Administrator ASSESSMENT to publich notice of such hearing. Motion carried unanimously. HEARING ON DELINQUENT Clerk Administrator Barnes informed Council that Hewlett Packard SANITARY has provided the City with a copy of their deed to the Hermes SEWER CHARGES property dated August 1, 1983. Hewlett Packard will be in- 9/7/83 creasing the size of their existing pond and installing their own outlet as Good Value Homes has built their drainage ponds HEWLETT PACK- on their own property. ARD PURCHASES HERMES PROP- Councilmember Eggert explained that it will be necessary for ERTY i the City to budget $7,000 for Cable TV as the City will be asked to appropriate monies for a short period and will then be re- CABLE TV imbursed by Group W Cable Company. BUDGET Councilmember Ciernia moved, seconded by Councilmember Eggert, WORKSHOP that a Budget Workshop be scheduled for August 17, 1983 at ON 8/17/83 7:00 P.M. Motion carried unanimously. Clerk Administrator Barnes advised that the Civil Defense Siren CIVIL DEFENSE has been ordered. However, problems regarding activation need SIREN ON to be resolved. He has scheduled a meeting with several ORDER authorities on the subject to determine how to activate the siren from two sources--the weather bureau and locally. AGREEMENT Clerk Administrator Barnes notified Council that the agreement WITH BULLSEYE between Bullseye Golf and the City expired 1`ugust 8, 1983. GOLF EXPIRES Dina Stemwedel, a member of the Citizens Advisory Committee, ATTORNEY TO stated that progress is being made on development plans for REQUEST AN the Larpenteur/Snelling corner. Council directed the City EXTENSION Attorney to contact Bullseye concerning a possible extension of the agreement. MINUTES • ; ;~ REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING AUGUST 10, 1983 PAGE 4 FALCON Mayor Warkentien referred to a letter dated August 8, 1983 from HEIGHTS Lowell J. Anderson of the Falcon Heights Pharmacy indicating they PHARMACY SIDE are planning a sidewalk sale for August 25th and 26th. WALK SALE NOTED Mayor Warkentien also referred to a letter dated August 10, 1983 from Bonestroo and Associates regarding the site distance problem MODER TREE at the intersection of Prior and Larpenteur (the trees on the Moder PROBLEM property) which will be given to the City Horticulturist for GIVEN TO CITY implementation. HORTICULTURIS Steve Hard, Chairman of the Park and Recreation Commission, reviewed STEVE HARD the proposed recreation budget. He advised that in a survey done by PARK & REC. the Commission, residents commented on the poor condition of the ice PRESENTS on the skating rinks and that the Commission felt the line item for REQUEST FOR winter employees should be increased by $600.00 in order that the INCREASE IN rink attendants may do the flooding rather than volunteers. He SOME also recommended that $1,000 be added to the line item for summer BUDGET employees in the event there is no CETA employee available next ITEMS year and the possibility that there might be more children enrolled in the program requiring more personnel. The Commission also felt a need for an additional $200 for printing and publishing in order to provide better communication to residents regarding available activities. HANS Hans Schirrmeister, 1779 Tatum, was in attendance to express his SCHIRRMEISTER concern that the east pond on the Good Value development is too 1779 TATUM close to the property line. Engineer Schunicht explained that the COMMENTS ON pond is located entirely on Good Value property and is located close GOOD VALUE to the property line. The manner in which the pond is constructed POND with a gentle slope made it necessary to place it close to the property line and he assured Mr. Schirrmeister that no runoff water will go onto Tatum property. ATTORNEY TO Mayor Warkentien requested the City Attorney review the ordinances RESEARCH regarding whether hedges are included within the same height LIMIT ON restrictions as fences. HEDGE HEIGHTS Councilmember Eggert expressed concern that the resident on the corner of Simpson and Roselawn has been placing cinder blocks in BLOCKS IN the street in an attempt to keep the transit bus from coming STREET AT close to the curb. He felt this was dangerous and could cause ROSELAWN & accidents. The Clerk Administrator will attempt to resolve the SIMPSON situation. Councilmember Ciernia moved, seconded by Councilmember Eggert, that ADJOURNMENT the meeting be adjourned at 9:10 P.M. Motion carried una imous z ~~C,~. Willis C. A. Warkentien, Mayor ATTE ' • ~ /f Dewan B. Barnes, Clerk Administrator Regular City Council meeting of August 10, 1983