HomeMy WebLinkAboutCCMin_96Oct9CITY OF FALCON HEIGHTS
REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING
MINUTES OF OCTOBER 9, 1996 29'~
Mayor Gehrz convened the meeting at 7:43 p.m.
PRESENT
Gehrz, Gibson Talbot, Jacobs, and Kuettel. Also present were Hoyt and Asleson.
ABSENT
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COMMUNITY FORUM
Melvin Kuhens, 1747 Holton Street, requested that the city council designate the area
around Falcon Heights Elementary School as an official "school zone" and address the
speeding problem in the area.
MINUTES OF SEPTEMBER 18, 1996 AND SEPTEMBER 25, 1996
Minutes were approved by unanimous consent.
CONSENT AGENDA APPROVED
Motion was made by Councilmember Gibson Talbot to approve the following consent
agenda. Motion passed unanimously.
1. Disbursements
2. Licenses
3. Approval of election judges
POLICY AGENDA
REQUEST FOR PLACEMENT OF CROSSWALKS AT THE INTERSECTIONS OF
HOLTON STREET AND GARDEN AVENUE
Administrator Hoyt reported that a request has been received to place crosswalks at
Holton and Garden Avenues to facilitate school crossing in the area. The city engineer
recommends limiting crosswalks since they become ignored when there are too many
in the area. However, since this request is near a school, a clearly delineated crosswalk
complementing the school's crossing pattern makes some sense.
Melvin Kuhens, 1747 Holton Street, requested that the crosswalk be placed on the west
side of the Garden/Holton intersection and to mark the streets along the edge to mark
where the children walk to school. In addition, he asked for more enforcement of the
four way stop signs already in place in the area.
Jim Atherton, 1847 Simpson Street, asked for more enforcement of stop signs and for
the addition of crosswalks.
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Administrator Hoyt noted that she would direct the issue of a white line street marker
to the engineer to see if this was a permitted street marking. The police have been
notified of the problem with the stop sign violations and are attempting to provide more
patrol of the area. Hoyt also noted for the viewing audience that the city had received
requests for stop signs at Hamline and Garden, just east of Falcon Heights School. This
request will be handled by Ramsey County.
The council thanked the residents for their input and directed staff to investigate the
city's legal options and costs of installation.
CONSIDERATION OF A RESOLUTION CALLING FOR THE SALE OF $1,645,000 OF
GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS FOR THE LARPENTEUR AVENUE RECONSTRUCTION
AND STREETSCAPE PROJECT
Administrator Hoyt reported that the proposed bond issue would finance all city costs
for the Larpenteur Avenue streetscape and street reconstruction activities in the next
three years.
Bob Thistle, representing Springsted, Inc, outlined the bonding process and explained
that the proposed resolution would authorize his company to solicit offers for the sale
of bonds on behalf of the city. The funds to pay back the bonds will come from TIF
district revenue. Based upon current cash flow, there will be enough revenue from
these districts to cover the bond payments.
Mayor Gehrz asked if there was any looming TIF legislation that might affect the bond
sale. Thistle noted that the legislation may change in 1997 and the uses of TIF funds
might be restricted. It is unlikely, however, that legislation would be applied
retroactively.
Motion was made by Councilmember Jacobs to approve Resolution 96-16, authorizing
the solicitation of offers for the S 1,645,000 general obligation tax increment bonds,
series 1996A. Motion passed unanimously.
CITY INFORMATION AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
Mayor Gehrz reported that she'd distributed Falcon Heights' goals at the Minnesota
Mayors Conference, as other cities were interested in the goal setting process. She
also reported that Falcon Heights' tobacco ordinance had been featured on
Norwegian Public Television as a model for preventing youth access to tobacco.
Finally, she thanked St. Paul Dispatch for the tour that the council had taken of St.
Paul's emergency dispatch center.
Councilmember Kuettel reminded the viewing audience that the city has a scavenging
ordinance and therefore it is against code to take materials from other people's
recycling bins. A call to the police with a license plate number would be appropriate
if this happens to a resident.
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Administrator Hoyt reported that the Fire Department would be having its open house
on Saturday, October 12th.
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting adjourned at 8:43 p.m.
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Carla Asleson
Recording Secretary
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Susan L. Gehrz, Mayor