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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCCMin_80Oct22n; MINUTES ~ REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING OCTOBER 22, 1980 A regular meeting of the Falcon Heights City Council was called to order by Mayor Warkentien at 7:30 p.m. Mayor Warkentien, Councilmembers Brown, Eggert and Larson. Also present PRESENT were Clerk Administrator Barnes, Attorney Van de North and Engineer Lemberg. Councilmember Steele. ABSENT Councilmember Brown moved, seconded by Councilmember Larson that the CONSENT AGENT Consent Agenda be approved as presented. Motion carried unanimously. APPROVED 1. Rescue Reports ~iR-05780 and 46R-05880 2. Rescue Report - Stand By at Bike-A-Thom 3. General Payroll October 1-15, 1980 $ 4,424.75 4. Liquor Payroll October 1-15, 1980 $ 2,268.93 5. General Disbursements 10/9/80 - 10/22/80 $16,865.59 6. Liquor Disbursements 10/7/80 - 10/20/80 $37,312.17 7. Planning Commission Minutes of October 6, 1980 8. Liquor Store Financial Report September, 1980 9. Building Inspector's Reports, July, 1980 10. Building Inspector's Reports, August, 1980 11. Building Inspector's Reports, September, 1980 12. Ramsey County Sheriff's Report, August, 1980 13. Ramsey County Sheriff's Report, September, 1980 Councilmember Eggert moved, seconded by Councilmember Larson that the MINUTES OF Minutes of October 8, 1980 be approved as corrected. Motion carried OCTOBER 8, unanimously. 1980 APPROVEf Mayor Warkentien presented a letter from Edwin_L. Schmidt,: 1746 N. E.L. SCHMIDT Albert, requesting Council reconsider the request for a variance 1746 ALBERT to build a utility shed 3 feet from the south property line. (The VARIANCE variance had been denied at the October 8, 1980 meeting.) A short GRANTED discussion ensued after which Councilmember Larson moved, seconded by Mayor Warkentien that the variance be granted allowing the shed to be constructed 3 feet from the lot line. Motion carried unani- mously. ~, Clerk Administrator Barnes informed Council that the LeTourneau- LETOURNEAU- Shafers are now parking on a side yard after they had been given SHAPER, 1816 permission to enlarge the driveway for additional parking. He ARONA, SIDE also informed that they did not apply for a building permit and YARD PARKING 1 MINUTES REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING OCTOBER 22, 1980 PAGE 2 ~~ have not paid for the original conditional use permit, a total of $30.00 LETOURNEAU- Council directed the City Attorney to write a firm letter to Mrs. SHAPER (cont. LeTourneau-Shafer advising that the side yard parking is in violation of the Zoning Ordinance and must be discontinued at once, and that the $30.00 fee must be paid. Mayor Warkentien informed those in attendance that the Comprehensive Plans prepared by the City of Roseville and the City of Lauderdale have been presented to the City of Falcon Heights for review and approval. Councilmember Larson moved, seconded by Councilmember Eggert that the Clerk Administrator be authorized to write the City of Lauderdale indicating approval of the Lauderdale Plan but citing the possible storm water drainage problem. Motion carried unanimously. Councilmember Larson moved, seconded by Mayor Warkentien that the Clerk Administrator be authorized to draft a letter to the City of Roseville indicating approval of the Roseville Comprehensive Plan. Motion carried unanimously. Engineer Lemberg addressed Council regarding the recent designation of Tatum as a State Aid Street. He informed that the City's State Aid funds are very low and, at present, it appears there might not be bonding capacity for reconstruction of Tatum Street for 2 to 4 years. Mayor Warkentien informed Council that he and the Clerk Administrator had met with the Assistant Manager of GTA in order to arrive at some offer figure as to what GTA would consider paying for the City Hall property. GTA was not prepared to quote a dollar figure and suggested that both the City and GTA have the property appraised. Mayor Warkentien moved, seconded by Councilmember Larson that the Clerk Administrator be authorized to contact 3 commercial appraisal firms, obtain quotations as to the cost of appraisal, and make arrangements with the firm selected. Motion carried unanimously. At 8:00 p.m. Mayor Warkentien opened the Public Hearing on the vacation of the walkway between 1740 and 1746 Holton running to Albert St. Concerned residents, Mrs. John O'Reefe, 1743 Albert, Mrs. H. G. Ewan, 1749 Albert and Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Salminen, 1740 Holton were in attendance for the Hearing. Attorney Van de North informed those in attendance that there are four abutting landowners, 2 to the north of the walkway and 2 to the south and that the assumption has been that the walkway could be divided equally among the four. However, after investigating the matter, Mr. Van de North was of the opinion that this may not be the case. He quoted an excerpt from an article in the Minnesota Real Estate Journal as follows: "Usually the center line of the vacated way is the dividing line with that part of the vacated way on each side accruing to the parcels on either side. However, if the full width of the vacated way was laid out entirely along the edge of one plat (as happens to be the case in the Falcon Heights walkway) and the dedicator (who was Joseph Keller) owned no land beyond the edge of the plot, upon vacation the full width of the way would accrue to the abutfit.ng lots in the same plat LAUDERDALE COMPREHENSIVE. PLAN APPROVEI ROSEVILLE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN APPROVEL TATUM STREET RECONSTRUCTIO UPDATE PROPOSED NEW CITY HALL UPDATE PUBLIC HEARIr WALKWAY VACATION MINUTES REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING OCTOBER 22, 1980 PAGE 3 along the one side of the street." It was pointed out that the Kellers owned parcels on both side of the walkway, which might make some differ- erence in the division of the land. After a discussion Mayor Warkentien moved, seconded by Councilmember Larson that the Attorney be authorized to delve further into the matter,:and that the Public Hearing be continued at the second Council Meeting in November at 8:00 p: m. Motion carried unanimously. ~, PUBLIC HEARIT (cont.) Mayor Warkentien moved, seconded by Councilmember Larson, that in view 11/26/80 of the fact that the next regularly scheduled meeting would be held MEETING CAN- the night before Thanksgiving, that the meeting be cancelled and a CELLED, Special Meeting be scheduled for November 25, 1980 at 7:30 p.m. Motion SPECIAL MTG. carried unanimously. 11/25/80 The quarterly report from Franke, Riach and Franke, Prosecuting Attorney, PROS. ATTY. was noted. REPORT A letter from the University of Minnesota in response the Falcon U. OF M. Heights Comprehensive Plan was noted and discussed. It was suggested RESPONSE TO that copies of the letter be given to the Planning Commission Members COMPREHENSIVE and Carl Dale, City Planner. PLAN Clerk Administrator Barnes reported that Northern States Power has NSP PUBLIC scheduled a Public Hearing on Rate Increases, such meeting to be HEARING NOTEI held on October 27, 1980 at 10:00 a.m. Mayor Warkentien informed Council that a letter has been received from REQUEST FOR the North Suburban Development Achievement Center, Inc. requesting FUNDS FROM grants. Council instructed the Clerk Administrator to write the organi- N. SUB. zation advising that Falcon Heights considers each individual case DEVELOPMENT separately rather than providing a grant to the organization. ACHIEVEMENT CENTER Attorney Van de North informed Council that David Allen of the firm of Briggs and Morgan has been assigned to the City of Falcon Heights DAVID ALLEN to replace John R. Kenefick. TO BE CITY ATTORNEY Clerk Administrator Barnes reported to Council that a letter has been from the Minnesota Department of Transportation indicating PROPOSED that they are considering closing the median at Snelling and Crawford. MEDIAN CLOS- Council objected to such a median closing as it would be detrimental ING AT to business in Falcon Heights. The Clerk Administrator was directed SNELLING & to arrange a meeting with the Department of Transportation to discuss CRAWFORD future plans, such meeting to be attended by Mayor Warkentien, Council- member Larson, Engineer Lemberg and the Clerk Administrator. Clerk Administrator Barnes presented to Council a letter from the COUNCIL Association of Metropolitan Municipalities regarding the proposed OBJECTS TO draft policy on funding of the Metropolitan Transit Co. Council- PROPOSED member Eggert moved, seconded by Councilmember Larson that the MTC FUNDING Clerk Administrator be authorized to indicate the Council's opposit- ion to the proposed draft policy. Motion carried unanimously. Councilmember Larson moved, seconded by Councilmember Eggert that ADJOURNMENT the meeting be adjourned at 9:20 p.m. Motion carried unanimously. r~ MINUTES REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING OCTOBER 22, 1980 PAGE 4 Willis C. A. Warkentien, Mayor Attest: ,~. Dewan B. Barnes, Clerk Administrator Regular City Council Meeting of October 22, 1980 1