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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCCMin_78Dec13REGULAR CITY OUNCIL MEETING 1 DECEPTdER 13, 1978 1 A Regular 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 were Clerk Administrator Barnes, Attorney Kenefick and Engineer Cook. None. ABSENT Councilmember Brown moved, seconded by Council.member Black to approve CONSENT AGENDA the Consent Agenda as presented. Motion carried unanimously. 1. Fire & Rescue Reports 106 and 107 2. October & November, 1978 Sheriffs Reports 3. October & November, 1978 Building Inspeetor~s Reports la.. General Payroll 11/l6 - 30/78 $3,728.01 5. Liquor Store Payroll 11/16 -.30/78 $1,929.52 6. Liquor Store Disbursements - Balance of November, 1978 $8,088.12 7. Liquor Store Disbursements 12/1. - 13/78 $22,121.26 8. General Disburs~nents $18,007.53 9. .Sinking Disbursements $2,125.00 (1971 Park Improvement Bonds) 10. Human Rights Oommission Minutes of November 16, 1978 11. Licenses General Corporate License X524 Bullseye Golf 1601 jd. Larpenteur Falcon Heights, i~In. 55113 Councilmember Steele moved, seconded by Councilmember McGough to approve the minutes of November 22, 1978 as corrected. Motion carried unanimously. Councilmember Steele moved, seconded by .;Councilmember McGough to defer the proposed police contract with Ramsey County Sheriff for the year 1979, and directed the Clerk Administrator to write a letter to the Roseville City Council requesting an estimate or proposal for policing for the City of Falcon Heights under all conditions that we currently have with the Ramsey County Sheriff and this proposal be available to the Falcon Heights Council by January 21~, 1979 if they have an interest in such a proposal. Motion carried unanimously. MINUTES or, NOVEI~ER 22, 197 APPROVED RAMSEY COUNTY SHERIFFS 1979 POLICE CONTRACT MINUTES REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING ~~ 13, 2978 Page 2 165 Councilmember McGough moved, seconded by Councilmember Brown to ST. PAUL WATER authorize the Mayor and Clerk Administrator to sign the 20 year Water CONTRACT Service Contract with the City of St. Paul. Motion carried unanimously. RESOLUTION 78-23 Joint Powers Agreement (Sponsorship and Funding of Northwest Suburban Youth Service Bureau) Mayor Z~arkentien moved, seconded by Councilmember Steele to adopt Resolution 78-23, authorizing the Mayor a.nd Clerk Administrator to execute the Joint Pot-revs Agreement far the year 1979, titiThich funds were budgeted for in the amount of X2,119.00. Upon a vote being taken the following voted ''aye" : Mayor ti~~arkenti.en, Councilmembers Black, ~icGcugh, Steele and Brown and the following voted "nay": None. Motion carried. RESOLUTION 78-23 YOUTH SERVICE BUREAU Mayor Warkentien moved, seconded by Councilmember McGough to authorize SECRETAFcY the Clerk Administrator to hire Shirley Chenoweth as Secretary for HIRING-SHIRLEY the City of Falcon Heights at $800.00 per month effective December 1, CHENOti>>E~I 1978. Upon a vote being taken the following voted "aye": Mayor Warkentien, Gouncilmembers Black, McGough and Steele. Councilmember Broom abstained. Motion carried. Mayor Warkentien called to order the Public Hearing for rezoning the REZONE Hermes property lccated at 2001 W. Larpenteur at 8:00 p.m. The DON HERMES request is to rezone from R-3, R-2, and R-1 to B-1 6 to permit a HEFJLETT-FAGKARD commercial business to be constructed on the site. (Hewlett-~°ackard) PUBLIC HEARING Clerk Administrator Barnes read the legal notice and displayed the affidavit of publication. Councilmember Black informed Council that at the Planning Commission Meeting of December 11, 1978-the rezoning matter was heard at a Public Hearing and it was unanimously recommended that the City Council look favorably on approving the rezoning request, subject to the City Engineers opinion, which is on file. Fred Harvey, representing Hewlett-Packard, was called on to inform Council of their intent on the utilization of. the property and to clarify numer- ous questions asked at the Planning Commission Hearing. He informed the Council that out of the 75 employees only 25 are in the office and the rest are in sales and are not in the office very often. They will be training a class approximately 1. week out of the month with approximately 1~0 students. The Company's intent is to be a good neighbor and pride themselves in their facilities building-wise and also in landscaping. The reason for locating in Falcon Heights was due to the freeway system access, Fred Harvey informed Council. MINUTES REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING DECEMBER 13, 1978 Page 3 Michelle Foster, governmental affairs coordinator for Rauenhorst Corp., passed out data to Council showing the basic layout of the site plan, office layout and traffic pattern. Michelle also informed Council the building will be one story and consist of brick and glass. The reason for the size of the site is that the first phase will be a 40,000 square feet office building with expansion to 80,000 square feet within five years or so. The plan indicates a berm of approximately six feet with a fence. She was concerned about the Engineers proposal of 100 feet drainage easement along the north portion of the tract of land. Pat Dady of Rauenhorst Corp. said he had met with the City Engineer in respect to the drainage and was also concerned regarding the re- quirement for a 100 foot drainage easement on the North portion of the tract of land, especially if it cannot be used for parking purposes. He mentioned that the total tract of land drains south to Larpenteur Avenue and that the Zoning Ordinance calls for a 20 foot set back on the rear. H. R. Sundstrom, 1767 Tatum inquired as to how they are going to handle the sanitary sewer. Council advised Mr. Sundstrom tTnat the sanitary sewer is in place along Larpenteur Avenue and they would be required to connect at that point. George Kilgriff, 1739 Tatum wanted to know how far back the proposed building will set back from Larpenteur Avenue and what difference the grade would be from the building to Larpenteur Avenue. Michelle Foster advised him it would be 200 feet from Larpenteur Ave. and there would be a 1 to 2 foot grade difference. Dr. C. Gustav Hard, 1937 Autumn St., was concerned whether Council was intending to rezone the balance of the land as commercial and if so he would object. Florian Lauer, 1736 Tatum St., is concerned about piecemeal zoning and the possibility of extending the zoning. Frank Irving, 1745 Tatum, is concerned about the rear yard setback and he had heard three different figures and would like to have it clarified. ~~ HEWLETT-PACKARD (cont.) H.R. SUNDSTROM 1767 TATUM GEORGE KILGRIFF 1739 TATUM DR. HARD 193? AUTUMN FLURIAN LAUER 1736 TATUM FRANK IRTTING 1745 TATUM E. E. B oeckermann, 1733 Tatum, was concerned about the height of the E. E. BOECKERMAt security lights in the parking lot and suggested this be a concern 1733 TATUM of the Council on the final site plans. Clerk Administrator Barnes advised Council that before a building permit could be issued a final site plan must be approved by Council. Gordon Pollard, 1957 W. Larpenteur Avenue, was concerned about the water runoff on to his property, traffic problems and parking going on after work hours. He was assured there would be security lights in place to deter such activity. GORDON POLLARD 1957 W. LARD. MINUTES REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING DECEMQER 13, 1978 Page ~ ~V ! A. J. Schwantes, 1753 Lindig St., asked how far north the prop- A. J. SCHWANTES erty was to extend. 1753 LINDIG 1 Mayor Warkentien informed him it would 'oe approximately 300 feet south of the Schirrmeister property where the current drainage easement exists. James Colton, 1760 Tatum, objected to the rezoning as in his opinion it is spot zoning. RESOLUTION 78-2~ Rezoning of Certain Property from R-1, R-2 and R-3 to B-1-A and Amend Zoning Ordinance #6!~ JAMES COLTON 2760 TATUM RESOLUTION 78-2l~ REZONING HERMES PROPERTY Councilmember Black moved, seconded by Mayor Warkentien, to adopt Resolution 7$-2!~ amending Zoning Ordinance #b1~ to rezone certain property located at 2001 W. Larpenteur Ave., said Resolution to in- clude stipulations of the Planning C ommission Meeting of December 11, 1978 and Items 1, 3 and 1~ recommended by the City Engineer in his letter dated December l3, 1978. Upon a vote being taken the following voted "aye": Mayor Warkentien, Councilmem'oers Black, McGough, Steele, and Brown and the following voted "nay": None. Motion carried. Councilmember Black presented the Conditional Use and Variance request CONDITIONAL USE by Amoco Oil Co., 1691 N. Snelling to erect a pylon sign 30 feet high & VARIANCE and 10 feet 6 inches wide at the present location of the existing sign AMOCO OIL CO. at the southeast corner of the property. 1691 N. SHELLING There is also on file a petition signed by l.l.~ business men located in the Hermes Shopping Center indicating their approval of the sign. The Planning Commisssion considered the request on December 11, 1978 and they recommended approval as submitted. It was also noted the Clerk Administrator had written a letter to Amoco requesting they consider reducing the size of the sign to conform with the Zoning Ordinance and there had not been a reply. Carl Kristufek, Special Outlet Coordinator for Amoco Oil Co., appeared before Council requesting the approval of the Conditional Use and Variance. He explained the reasons for changing the type of service Amoco was providing and the need for a large sign due to the flow of traffic and to a survey taken of their customers. He maintains the company found that this metropolitan area popu- lation is more transient than most metropolitan areas. Mr. Kristufek informed Council the sign is already in the metro area for delivery to the site. The sign is 1q0 square feet. Garnet Gallimore, operator of the Amoco station appeared before Council requesting Council to approve the request of Amoco. MINUTES REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING DECEMBER 13, 1978 Page 5 Jean Klosterman, 3112 Skycroft Circle, St. Anthony, representing her parents, Mr. & Mrs. Norbert Hermes, owners of the Shopping Center adjacent to the Amoco Co. property, appeared before Council and was opposing the erection of the Amoco sign and submitted a petition with four people listed asking they be removed from the petition previously submitted for approval. The reason was that the sign was too large and would block out the other store signs. ~~ AMOCO OIL CO. (cont.) JEAN KLOSTERMAN 31125 SKYCN,OFT CL ST. ANTHONY Harlan McGregor, Real Estate Division of Standard Oil Co. (Amoco,. HARLAN MCGREGOR appeared before Council to assure them they had answered Norbert AMOCO Hermes' inquiries through their attorney. He also maintains the reason for the new sign was to get rid of all other signs on the property and place all signage on one pylon sign. George Sletten, representing Tom Thumb Stores, appeared before Council to mention the new building is a great improvement, but the canopies obstruct the view of their store and the proposed new sign would add to obstructing the view of the store. He feels if Council permits the new sign then they should likewise be permitted to put a pylon sign up. Council advised him he had a right to apply for a Conditional Use for consideration under Ordinance /#611. Councilmember ;~icGough moved, seconded by Mayor Warkentien, to approve the Conditional Use and Variance request. Councilmember Black moved to amend the motion to reduce the height of the sign to 25 feet. Motion died for lack of a second. Upon a vote being taken on the original motion the following voted ~'aye~': Mayor Warkentien and the following voted '~nay~t: Councilmembers Black, McGough, Steele and Brown. Motion to approve failed. GEORGE SLETTEN TOM THUMB S'T'ORES Councilmember Steele moved, seconded by Councilmember McGough to extend MEETING EXTENDEI the meeting to 11:30 p.m. Motion carried unanimously. TO 11:30 P.M. Councilmember Black presented the Conditional Use and Variance CONDITIONAL USE request of Don Hermes to conduct a Wholesale and Retail Floral Store & VARLANCE at 1750 W. Larpenteur Ave., presently operated by Jensen Greenhouse DON HERMES 1750 and zoned B-1-A. The Variance would grant a 15 .foot variance to W. LARPENTEUR permit him to be in alignment with presently located buildings. At the December 11, 1978 Planning Commission meeting it was recom- mended to approve the variance providing the building be in align- ment with existing buildings. Councilmember Black moved, seconded by Councilmember McGough, to approve the Conditional Use and Variance as recommended. Motion carried. Carl Bennetsen of Prof essional Writers Inc., appeared before Council INSURANCE requesting he be designated as agent for the 1979 Liquor Liability CITY & LIQUOR Insurance. In his opinion he had given the City good service and LIABILITTY 1979 a low rate and feels he should be able to continue writing the policy. Paul Breher, of Breher Insurance Co., was also present. Mr. Breher writes the rest of the City insurance and indicated he would like to have all the insurance and he was aware that his company and Professional Writers, Inc. were quoting Liquor Liability from the same insurance company with the same rate, which included a 25% discount. MINUTES REGULAR CITY COUNCIL FETING DECEMBER 13, 1978 Page 6 Councilmember Steele moved, seconded by Councilmember Brown, to award the 1979 Liquor Liability insurance to Carl Bennetsen, agent for Professional Writers, Inc., also representing Stonewall Insurance Company, which provides the low rate of $3,56i~ based on $x.00,000 gross receipts of liquor sales. Upon a roll call vote the following voted ~~aye~T: Mayor Warkentien, Councilmembers TYIcGough, Steele and Brown, and the following voted "nay~~: None. Councilmember Black abstained. Motion carried. Councilmember Black moved, seconded by Mayor Warkentien, to award the balance of the 1979 insurance to Paul Brener Ins. Co., repre- senting Home Insurance, for an approximate amount of $1l~,191.00. Motion carried unanimously. 1~~ CITY & LIQUOR LIABILITY INS. 1979 (cont.) Fire Chief Renchin submitted to Council a financial report on opera- At~ULANCE FOR tion of an ambulance versus the use of afire truck for rescue and RESCUE the possible charges for rescue at $65.00. He requested Council CHTEF RENCHIN consider making application for funds for an ambulance through State funding and donations. Councilmember Brown moved, seconded by Councilmember McGough to authorize the Fire Chief to proceed with the acquisition of an ambulance, providing the City of Falcon Heights does not incur at~y costs. Motion carried. Council deferred the hiring of a planner to do the Comprehensive HIRING OF PLANNEb Plan until the meeting of December 27, 1978;. DEFEtii~tED Clerk Administrator Barnes obtained three quotations for a copy- BIDS ON NEW ing machine and recommended the 3 M Secretary Dry Copier at $1,095.00. COPIER SUBMITTED Savin had submitted a bid at $3,595.00 plus $53.35 installation but 3 M SECRETARY also required a maintenance contract. A.B.Dick submitted a bid COPIER TO BE for a comparable machine at $l~,995.00. PURCHASED Councilmember Steele moved, seconded by Mayor Warkentien, to extend the meeting to 12:00 Midnight. Motion carried unanimously. Councilmember McGough moved, seconded by Mayor Warkentien, to autho- rize the Clerk Administrator to purchase a 3 M Secretary Dry Copier at $1,095.00 and to charge the Liquor Fund one-third of the cost and two-thirds of the cost to the Sanitary Sewer Fund. Upon a vote being taken the following voted ~~aye«: Mayor Warkentien, Councilmembers Black, McGough and. Brown, and the following voted ~'nay~~: None. Councilmember Steele abstained. Motion carried. Council authorized Clerk Administrator Barnes to take 1~ days of vacation December 1?~ and 15, 1978. MEETING EXTENDED TO 12:00 MID- NIGHT Councilmember McGough moved, seconded by Councilmember Black to BIDS ACCEPTED authorize the Mayor and Clerk Administrator to sign the request of FOR CONSTRUCTION Ramsey County accepting the bids on the construction of Roselawn OF ROSELAbJN AVE. Avenue from Snelling to Fairview Avenue. Motion carried unanimously. T~INTES REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING DECEMBER 13, 1978 Page 7 - 1'~ ~ Councilmember Brown moved, seconded by Councilmember McGough to extend FETING EXTENDEI the meeting to 12:30 a.m. Motion carried unanimously. '~ 12.:.30 A,.~'I. RESOLUTION 78-25 RG~LUTION 78 -25 A RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE MSA STREET COIJSTRUCTION PROGRAM OVER ~ NEXT FIVE YEARS Couneilmember MpGough moved, seconded by Councilmember Black to accept the City Lngineer~s final revised Five Year Capital Improve- ment Program -Minnesota State Aid Street Construction. Motion carried unanimously. Clerk Administrator Barnes: advised Council the Metro HR4l has CITY REI~ffiURSED reimbursed the City X1,842.95 for costs incurred in operation of BY METRO HRA the Section 8 Housing Program. FOR SECTION 8 The Ramsy County report on assessed values which include the City of -Falcon Heights was noted. Mayor Warkentien moved, seconded by Councilmember llcGough, to MEETIPtG EXTENDEI extend the meeting to 12:45 a. m. Motion carried unanimously. fi0 12:45 A.M. A discussion was held as to whether Council should cancel the regular meeting and hold a special meeting. No action was taken. Councilmember Steele moved, seconded by Councilmember Brown to adjourn ADJOURNMF~NT at 12:40 a.m. Motion carried unanimously. --, ~~ ~~ ,~ . ~ f,% i ~ ~ I /~,// f''~. Willis C. A. Warkentien, Mayor Attest: ~ , ~~ ~' ~~ ewan B. Barnes, Clerk Administrator Regular Council Meeting of December 13, 1978 n