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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCCMin_78Nov22MINUTES ~,~ REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING NO ~ ~bR 22, 1978 Aregular Council Meeting of the City of Falcon Heights was called to order by Mayor Warkentien at 7:30 P.M.. Mayor Warkentien, Councilmembers Black, McGough, Steele and Brown. PRESENT Also present was Clerk Administrator Barnes, Attorney Kenefick and Engineer Cook. None. ABSENT Councilme~aber Steele moved, seconded by Councilmember Brown to approve the Consent Agenda as presented. Motion carried unanimously. CONSENT. AGENDA 1. Fire & Rescue Reports 100-105 and 3 cancelled calls. 2. General Disbursements 11/9 - 11/22/78 $23,284.47 3. Liquor Store Disbursements 11/7 - 11/20/78 $11,174.?3 !~. General Payroll 11/1 - 11/15/78 $3,590.72 5. Liquor Store Payroll 11/1 - 11/15/78 $1,905.b7 6. November 14, 1978 Minutes - Recreation Advisory Committee 7. Northwest Suburban Youth Service Bureau, 1978, Third Quarter Report 8. October 19, 1978 Minutes, Human Rights Committee 9. Liquor Store Financial Report -October 1978 10. Licenses (a) Christmas Tree Sales #521 Roger Conkliz~/dba Conklin Tree Farms 2001 W. Larpenteur Falcon Heights, Mn. (Located at Hermes Floral) (b) Tree Removal and Trimming #522 Francis Seward/dba Fran's Tree Service 690 4th Ave. N.W. New Brighton, Mn. Councilmember Steele moved, seconded by Councilmember Black to approve MINUTES OF the Minutes of November 8, 1978 as presented. Motion carried unanimously. NOVEMBER 8, 1978 A discussion was held in respect to the Ramsey County Sheriff's Contract for 1979 for Falcon Heights and it was suggested by Councilmember Steele RAMSEY COUNT? that Couneil defer antiy action until December 13, 1978 and requested SHERIFF's the Police Chief of Roseville and Captain Spencer of Ramsey County 1979 CONTRACT Sheriff's Dept. come before Council and determine what type of services each could render the City of Falcon Heights and at what cost. MINUTES REGULAR CITY CAUNCII, MEETING NOVEMBER 22, 1978 Page 2. 3.V~ Councilmember Steele moved, seconded by Councilmeanber Brown, to defer 1979 POLICING action on the Ramsey County Sheriff's Dept. Contract for the City of CONTRACT Falcon Heights and invite Captain Spencer of the Sheriff's Dept. and (cont.) the Chief of Police of Roseville to discuss each Department's service and cost. Motion carried unanimously. Councilmember Black reviewed the Conditional Use Request of Flower City to permit installation of a non-flashing mobile sign in front of their business for the purpose of advertising their products. Dennis Scheer of Flower City was informed the total gross surface of all signs for the business could not exceed 100 square feet and if it did, it would also require a variance as stipulated in Zoning Ordinance #6t~ . Dennis Scheer presented a large photograph of the Flower City Building and indicated the new sign requested would sit behind the cement block adjacent to the right-of-way of Larpenteur Avenue and at a right angle to the bus bench. Councilmember Black moved, seconded 'ay Councilmember McGough, to refer the Flower City Conditional Use Request for a mobile sign to the Planning Commission. Motion carried unanimously. Fred Harvey, representing Hewlett-Packard Company, appeared before council to consider rezoning certain property they are interested in developing.. The land is presently owned and occupied by Hermes Floral Company, 2001 W. Larpenteur Ave., consists of approximately 8 acres and is presently zoned BIA, R3, R2 and R1. Hewlett-Packard is requesting rezoning to BIA. Fred Harvey informed Council the Hewlett-Packard Company is a major designer and manufacturer of electronic instruments and a multi- product type company. This location will serve as a District Sales Office and in-house training. The current building is proposed to be a single story building with X0,000 square feet with the intention of expanding it to 80,000 square feet. Employment to begin with will be approximately 95 employees and within 3 to 5 years an increase of 185 to 200 employees. Pat Dac~y, of Rauenhorst Corporation, reviewed the Survey Site Plan as to location of the building, parking, screening and drainage. He informed Council that fill would have to be brought in to provide drainage towards Larpenteur Ave. to avoid aggravating the drainage to the residential area east of the property. It was suggested a small berm, approximately 3 feet high, be put in place along the residential lots to the east in order that drainage would have to go south. Pat Dady also informed Council that Hermes have maintained control of a 60 foot strip along the west side of the property for access to the land north of the proposed Hewlett-Packard site. FLOWER CITY CONDITIONAL USE MOBILE SIGN HI~~+iZ,ETT- PACKARI) REGULARS CITY couNCIL MEETING ~.{~~ NOVEMBER 22, 1978 Page 3 Councilmember Black requested that the narrative to be submitted by HEWLETT- the firm to the Planning Commission, spell out the legal description PACKARD (cont~ and the particular zones that are affected. Council was also concerned about ingress and egress to the property from Larpenteur and also future development of the land north of the site for drainage purposes. Councilmember Black moved, seconded by Councilmember Steele, to refer the rezoning request of Hewlett Packard for Public Hearing scheduled 'for December 11, 1978 at 8:00 p.m. with the Planning Commission, and set a Public Hearing before the Council on December 13, 1978 at 8:00 p.m.. Motion carried unanimously. John Webster appeared before Council to object to the letter written JOHN WF~STER by the Human Rights Commission dated October 25, 1978, which was 1850 SHELLING mailed both to Mr. Webster and his neighbor in respect to a mis- COMPLAINT understanding by both parties. He felt the letter implied a repre- DISCUSSION mend to both he and his wife instead of his neighbor. Council advised Mr. Webster that the matter is outside the realm of their jurisdiction and that he would have to pursue the matter privately if he so desired. Councilmember Black reviewed the Variance and Conditional Use Request ANK)CO COND. of Amoco Co., to erect a pylon sign on their present location of USE REQUEST their existing sign. The sign is to be 30 feet high and ZO feet 6 inches wide. Gouncilmember Black moved, seconded by Councilmember McGough, to refer the Variance and Conditional Use Request of Amoco Co. for installation of a 30 foot high by 10 foot 6 inch wide sign at the present sign location, to the Planning Commission. Motion carried unanimously. Engineer Glen Cook submitted to Council a Five Year Capital Improve- MINN. STA7Ts ment Program for Minnesota State Aid Street Construction. Council AID STREET: suggested the following be. considered as listed below: CONSTRUCTION Roselawn Avenue - Snelling Avenue to Fairview Avenue - 1979 Roselawn Avenue - Fairview Avenue to Cleveland Avenue - 1979 Garden Avenue - Snelling Avenue to Pascal Avenue - 1979 Roselawn Avenue - Snelling Avenue to Hemline Avenue - 1983 Arona Avenue - Crawford Avenue to Garden Avenue - 1984 Mayor Warkentien moved, seconded by Councilmember McGough to direct the City Engineer to complete specifications and plans for the com- pletion of Garden Avenue from Snelling Avenue to Pascal Street. Upon a vote being taken the following voted }'aye" Mayor Warkentien, Council- members Black, McGough and Brown, and the following voted '~nay~': Councilmember Steele. Fiotion carried. Engineer Cook also submitted to Council current data on all other City ENGINEER COOK Streets and suggested needs for each as to surfacing, base, curb and STREET DATA gutter, sidewalks, and storm sewers, and suggested they revi~•r the reports for future consideration. 1~~ MINUTES REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING NOVEMBER 22, 1978 Page !~ The proposed St. Paul Water Contract was deferred to give the ST. PAUL Attorney, Engineer and Clerk Administrator time to meet with WATER DEPT. the St. Paul Water Department to change certain stipulations in CONTRACT the proposed contract.. Attorney Kenefick advised Council that the Fire Department did FIRE not have to respond to contracted areas such as the State PROTECTION Fairgrounds and University Farm Campus,-but suggested if they FAIRGROUNDS & did get a call to inform the Dispatcher, who they are contracted U OF M CAMPUS with,ar~d advise them to call the correct department. Clerk Administrator Barnes informed Council the Workmens Comp. HENRY DACHTERA Claim on Henry Dachtera had been settled out of court for $12,500. WORKMENS COMP. The break down was $12,000 to be paid by Home Insurance Co., rep- 'CLAIM SETTLED resenting the City of Falcon Heights, and $500.00 by his permanent employer Councilmember McGough moved, seconded by Councilmember Black to permit the Fire Department to mail a letter to all residents in the 55108 zip code area informing them the letters they had re- ceived from Health Central, which indicated an emergency number, was in error, and residents should be using Falcon Heights emergency number !t8l~-3366. Motion carried unanimously.. FIRE DEPT. TO ADVISE RESI- DENTS OF CORRECT EMERGENCY N0. Councilmember Brown informed Council she was gathering news items CITY NEWS- for the paper to be prepared for distribution in mid January and LETTER TO BE requested they have any news iteans for the letter available by DISTRIBUTED December 27, 1978. IN JANUARY It was suggested that pertinent ordinances, which would be informative to residents, should be listed in the newsletter. Councilmember Brown suggested we use the !~-H Group for delivery !~-H GROUP Ta as they had passed the Dump Flyers door to door and everyone DO DELIVERIES was very satisfied with their performance. Council had no objections. ' Clerk Administrator Barnes advised Council that Lee Carlsen, 1776 REQUEST FOR Fry Street, had requested Council to consider posting "no parking" NO PARKING ON along Fry Street in front of the Spiegler Apartments, a.s they FRY ST. BY were creating a hazard for ears backing out of their driveways APARTMENTS on the east side. Council took no action on the request. Mayor Warkentien moved, seconded by Councilmember Black to MEETING extend the meeting to 11:10 p.m.. Motion carried unanimously. EXTENDED Ta 11:10 P.M. Mayor Warkentien advised Council that the League of Minnesota Cities is moving forward in attempt to create an alternative LEAGUE OF to the Conventional Commercial Insurance Market for Cities. MINN. CTTIES Previously the Council submitted their approval of such a study with a cost to Falcon Heights in the amount of $100.00, and they are now requesting we submit that amount. MINUTES REIULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING NOVEMBER 22, 1978 Page 5 Mayor Warkentien also informed Council that the Ramsey County League would meet November 29th at 7:30 p.m. and the primary discussion would be "Cable Communication in Ramsey County". Councilmember Steele moved, seconded by Councilmember Brown to adjourn the meeting at 11;05 p.m.. Motion carried unanimously. ~~ ADJOURNMFPiT /i Willis C. A. Warkentien, Mayor I~ L__J Attest: ,- '~ Dewan B. Barnes, Clerk Administrator Regular City Council rieeting November 22, 1978