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Home My WebLink AboutCCMin_79Jan10 MIINtTTES REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING JANUARY 10, 1979 A regular meeting of the Falcon Heights City Council was called to order by Mayor Warkentien at 7:30 p.m. Mayor Warkentien, Councilmembert Black, McGough, Steele and Brown. Also present were Clerk Administrator Barnes, Engineer Lemberg and Attorney Xenefick. None. Councilmember McGough moved, seconded by Councilmember Brown, tot approve the Consent.Agenda as presented. Motion carried unanimously. 1. Fire Rmports 11lt-118 2. Bui~.ding Iaspector!s Report December, 1978 3. General Disbursements - December, 1978 $5,306.311 11. General Disbursements - January, 1979 $19,907.52 5. Liquor Disbursements - December, 1978 $7,133.95 6. Liquor Disbursements - January, 1979 $11,811.82 ?. General Payroll 12/16 - 31,/78 $11,17l~.21 8. Liquor Payroll 12/16 - 31/78 $2,256.98 9. Liquor Financial Report - November, 1978 PRESENT ABSENT CONSENT AGENDA APPROVED Councilme~nber Steele moved, seconded by Councilmeanber Black to approve MINUTES OF DEC. the minutes of the December 27, 1978 as presented. Upon a vote being 27, 197$ APPROVED taken the following voted "aye": Mayor Warkentien, Councilme~nbers Black, and Brown and tha following voted ~~nay-~: None. Councilme:nber McGough abstained. Motion carried. Councilmember Black moved, seconded by Councilmember Steele to adopt RESOLUTION ?9-1 Resolution 79-1, designating North Star State Bank of Roseville as the OFFICIAL DEPOSITOR Official Depository for General and Sinking Funds for the year 1979. GENERAL & SINKING Motion carried unanimously. FUNDS Councilme~aber McGough moved, seconded by Councilmember Brown to RESOLUTION 79_2 approve the adoption of Resolution 79-2, designating the Rosevill® OFFICIAL DEPOSITOR State Bank of Roseville as the Official Depository for Liquor Store FOR LIQUOR FUNDS Funds for the year 1979• Motion carried unanimously. Councilme~nber Black moved, seconded by Councilmeanber Steele to adopt RESOLUTION 79-3 Resolution 79-3, authorizing a Safety Deposit Box at North Star State SAFETY DEPOSIT Bank of Roseville for the year 1979• Motion carried unanimously. BOX Councilmeanber Steele moved, seconded by Councilmember Black, to de~ig- OFFICIAL NEWS- nate the St. Paul Dispatch as the City~s Official Newspaper for 1979. PAPER, 1979 Motion carried unanimously. -~~.- 2 MINUTES RDGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING JANUARY 10, 1979 Page 2 Mayor Warkentien moved, seconded by Councilmember McGough, that OFFICIAL LEGAL Briggs and Morgan be designated as the Official Legal Firm for the FIRM FOR 1979 year 1979. Upon a vote being taken the following voted ~+aye++: Mayor Warkentien, Councilmembers McGough, Steele and Brown, snd tha following voted ++nay'+: None. Councilme:nber Black abstained. Motion carried. Councilmember McGough moved, seconded by Councilmember Brown to OFFICIAL designate Bonestroo, Rosene, Anderlik & Associates, Inc. as the ENGINEERING FIRM Official Engineering Firm for the City for the year 1979• Motion 1979 carried unanimously. Mayor Warkeotien moved, seconded by Councilmeanber Steele to FISCAL CONSUI,T- designate Juran & Moody as the Official Fiscal Consultant for the ANT, 1979 year 1979• Motion carried unanimously. Mayor Warkentien recommended Councilmember Black be reappointed APPONTMENT OF as Actir~ Mayor. Councilmember Steele moved, seconded by Council- ACTING MAYOR member McGough to approve the appointment. Upon a vote being taken the following voted ++aye": Mayor Warkentien, Councilme:nbers McGough, Steele and Brown, and the following voted "nay++: None. Council- member Black abstained. Motion carried. Councilmember McGough moved, seconded by Councilmember Brown, to CIVII., DEFENSE appoint Clerk Administrator Barnes Civil Defense Director for the DIRECTOR APPOINTE] year 1979• Motion carried unanimously. Councilmember Black moved, seconded by Councilmember Steele to GAS INSPECTOR appont Frank B. Eha as Gas Inspector for the year 1979• Motion APPOINTED carried unanumously. Councilmember Steele moved, seconded by Councilmemb®r Brown to ELECTRICAL appoint Robert Clausen Electrical Inspector for the City for the INSPECTOF ` year 1979• Motion carried unanimously. AppO~~ A letter of application for the position of Building Inspector BUILDING was submitted by James Lammers. After a discussion Councilmember INSPECTOR Black moved, seconded by Councilmember McGough, that Larry Squires APPOINTEt? be appointed Building Inspector for the City for the year 1979. Motion carried unanimously. Mayor Warkentien moved, seconded by Councilmeunber McGough to PLUMBING appoint Richard Alquist Plumbing Inspector for the year 1979• INSPECTOR Motion carried unanimously. APPOINTED Councilmeuuber McGough moved seconded by Councilmember Black that HORTICULTURIST Dr. David French be appointed Horticulturist for the year 1979. APPOINTED Motion carried unanimously. Councilmember Steele moved, seconded by Councilmember Brown that PROSECUTOR Ronald Ruch be appointed Prosecutor for the year 1979• Motion APPOINTED. carried unanimously. MINUTES REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING JANUARY 10, 1979 Page 3 Mayor Warkentien recommended that Veronica K3e11and, 1795 Arona, b® reappointed to the Board of Health for a three year term. Council- member Steele moved, seconded by Councilmember Brown to approve the appointment. Motion carried unanimously. -- 3 HEALTH BOARD APPOINTMENT VERONICA KJEGLAND 1795 ~oNA Mayor Warkentien submitted the following names for appointment to HUMAN RIGHTS the Human Rights Commission: New appointments: Dorothy Barney, APPOINTMENTS 1570 Snelling Drive and Donald A. Grinner, 1718 Arona; Reappointment: Marion Pocker, 1840 Pascal. Councilmember Brown moved, seconded by Councilmember McGough to appoint these persons for a three year term. Motion carried unanimously. Mayor Warkentien submitted the following names for reappointment to the Planning Commission: Harold Nilsen, 1794 Tatum, and Robert C. Blomberg, 1481 W. Hoyt. Cauncilme~aber Black moved, seconded by Councilmeonber Steele to appoint these persons to the Planning Commission for a three year term. Motion carried unanimously. Mayor Warkentien opened the public hearing on Subdivision of the Hermes Property in accordance with the Official Notice published in the St. Paul Dispatch on Saturday, Deceanber 30, 1978, at 8:00 p.m. Councilmeanber Black advised that the Planning Commission, at their meeting January 8, 1979, unanimously recommended that the subdivision request be approved. Gordon Pollard, 1957 W. Larpenteur, appeared before council advising he was concerned about drainage from the proposed HewlettPackard building and requested more information. Engineer Lemberg advised that the proposed hard surfaced area will be approximately 180,000 square feet, or approximately 10~ more than the present hard surfaced area of 150,000 square feet. It has been requested that Hewlett-Packard provide for some ponding within their area and also some storm water retension on the roof of the building to prevent the water from gushing off all at once. This will assure that there will be approximately the same amount of run- off as before. Mr. Pollard inquired about curbs and gutters and wanted to know if the landscaping and berm were to meet with his approval. Engineer Lemberg assured him there would be standard 6~ concrete curb and gutters and that Resolution 78-24 provides negotiation between homeowners and Hewlett Packard regarding the berm and fence. Council instructed Attorney Kenefick to prepare a resolution to impleanent the subdivision. PLANNING COMMISSION APPOINTMENTS PUBLIC HEARING HERMES PRAPERTY SUBDIVISION GORDON POLLARD 1957 w. LARP. i~ MINUTES REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING JANUARY 10, 1979 Page !~ RESOLUTION 79-~ A lU;90LUTI0N APPROVING THE SUBDIVISION OF CERTAIN PROPERTY AS REQUESTED BY HERMES FLORAL, INC. CouncilmeQnber Black moved, seconded by Councilmember MaGough to adopt Resolution 79-l~ providing the subdivision of the Hermes Floral property. Motion carried unanimously. Engineer Lemberg presented the information regarding DOT and ETA agree- ments which require Resolutions and approval. RESOLUTION 79 -5 .~. 4 RESOLUTION 79-l~ RESOLUTION 79-5 DOT A RESOLUTION PERMITTING THE COMMISSIONER OF TRANSPORTATION OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA TO ACT AS THE CITY'S AGENT IN ACCEPTING FEDERAL AID ON BEHALF OF THE CITY FOR ROAD AND BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION UNDER M. S. 161.36. Councilmember Steele moved, seconded by Gouncilmember Brown to adopt Resolution 79-5 -DOT Agreement. Motion carried unanimously. RESOLUTION 79-6 A RESOLUTION REQUESTII~GG ENGINEERI~~G AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE (ETA) FROM THE STATE OF MINNESOTA AND AUTHORIZING THE SIGNING OF THIS AGREEMEN'P RESOLUTION 79-6 ETA Councilmember Steele moved, seconded by CouACilme~nber Brown to adopt Resolution 79-6 -ETA Agreement. Motion carried unanimously. Clerk Administrator Barnes advised Council that since Ramsey County STREET LIGHTING will no longer pay for street lighting in Falcon Heights, he has contacted Northern States Power and they recommend changing to high pressur8 sodium lights, which would reduce the cost by 1/3 and at the same time give us more lighting. Mayor Warkentien moved, seconded by Councilmember McGough, to author- ize Clerk Administrator Barnes to negotiate further with Northern States Power regarding high pressure sodium lights and to come back to Council on January 2l~, 1979 ~'~ a plan. Motion carried unanimously. Mayor Warkentien moved, seconded by Councilmember McGough to authorize Clerk Administrator Barnes to notify Roseville that Falcon Heights will take over the light at Garden and Hamline (HO1) if Rosev3.11e takes over the one at the Falcon Woods Park (COlt) entrance. Motion carried unanimously. Councilmember Black moved, seconded by Councilmember Steele to approve cancellation of the following outstanding checks: (1) Carousel Display Services (Liquor Fund) Check #x.993, dated ?/27/78, $296.00. CANCELLATION OF OUTSTANDING CHECKS 1 MINUTES REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING JANUAR3C lo, 1979 Page 5 (2) David King (General Fund) Fire Dri11 Check #9062, dated 2/1.5/78, $19.00 Upon a vote being taken the following voted ~~aye~~: Mayor Warkentien, Councilmembers Black, McGough, Steele and Brown and the following voted -~nay'i: None. Motion carried. Mayor Warkentien moved, seconded by Councilmember Brown to approve Bond #52338518 for $10,000.00 bonding the Clerk Administrator. The bonding is by the Safeco Insurance Co. of America. Motion carried unanimously. Garnet Gallimore appeared before Council requesting that Council favorably reconsider the Standard Oil request for a sign, as pro- posed at the Deceanber 13, 1978 meeting. Councilmem:b®r McGough made a motion, ~aeconded by Councilme:aber Brown, that the matter of the Standard Oil sign be opened for reconsideration. Upon a vote bea.ng taken the following voted ~rayeu: Mayor Warkentien, Councilmeanbers Black, McGough and Brown, and the following voted rrnay-r; Councilmember Steele. Motion carried. After a lengthy discussion, the Council suggested in the future uniform signs should be considered. Councilmember McGough moved, seconded by Mayor Warkentien, that the Standard Oil (Amoco) sign be approved as requested. Upoa a vote being taken the following voted~~aye~~: Mayor Warkentien, Councilmembers McGough and Brown, and the following voted "nay~~: Councilme:nbers Black and Steele. Motion carried. _ ., ~~.. ~ CANCELLED CHECKS (cont.) BOND FOR CLERK ADMINISTRATOR GARNET GALLIMORE STANDARD oIL SIGN APPROVID Council.member Brown distributed the rough draft of the Falcon Heights FALCON HEIGHTS newsletter for Councils approval. The paper is to be printed for LETTER distribution by the weekend of January 20, 1979. Mayor Warkentien presented suggested salary increases for the Liquor Store employees as follows; George Willkom John Sosniecki George Barbos Maurice Cedarholm Timothy Ryan Colleen Ryan Brent Wallstrom $17,000.00 $11,500.00 $3.50 per hour $3.35 per hour $3.35 per hour $3.35 per hour $3.00 per hour Mayor Warkentien moved, seconded by Councilmember Black, to approve the Liquor Store salary increases as presented. Motion carried unanimously. CounciLne~nber Black moved, seconded by Mayor Warkentien to authorize the CONTRACT WITH Mayor and Clerk Administrator Barnes to sign the contract with Howard HOWARD DAHLGREN C. Dahlgren and Associates as City Planner. Motion carried unanimously. AND ASSOC. MINUTES REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING JANUARY 10, 1979 Page 6 _ _ Ej Councilmember McGough moved, seconded by Councilme:nber Black to NEW TAPE authorize Clerk Administrator Barnes to purchase a new tape recorder RECORDER Ta for the office. Motion carried unanimously. BE p~gA~ Fire Chief Jerry Renchin advised Council that the Knights of Columbus would be donating $13,000.00 toward the ambulance and with the pro- posed G.T.A. donation and other donations, there will be funding for the ambulance upon receipt of these amounts. He also advised that three demonstrator ambulances will be at City Ha11 on Saturday, January 13, 1979 for viewing. Chief Rnnchin requested that the reimbursemewt checks from the Department of Transportation be put into a Fire Department Fund for future use by the Fire Department. Councilmeanber McGough moved, seconded by Mayor Warkentien, that these funds be put into a Fire Departxa®nt Capitol Improve~aent Fund. Motion carried unanimously. Councilme~mber Steele moved, seconded by Mayor Warkentien, that the meeting be adjourned at 10:35 P.M. Motion carried unanimously. AMBULANCE JERRY RENCHIN AMBULANCE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT CAP3'nfL TMPROYE- M~iT FUND ADJOURHI~IiENT / ~ ~% ~ z l ~_~, ~~. Willis C. A. Warkentien, Mayor fl ~~ Attest: -C~(avc,e~'' an B. Barnea, Clerk Administrator Regular Council Meeting of January 10, 1979