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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - 1978/04/10A G E N D A Mounds View City Council April 10, 1978 Roll call Of officials 2- Approval of minutes of regular meeting March 27, 1978 3. Citizen comments and requests CITIZENS: BEFORE SPEAKING, P LEA S E GIVE YOUR FULL NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE MINUTES 4. Approval of consent agenda: Item A. 1977 Fire Department Financial Report B. Contingency appropriation C. Bills for payment D. Licenses 5. Mayor's Proclamations a. Day of the Nurse April 13th b. Arbor Day April 28th 6. Development review policy Storm drainage 10. Twin Cities Tree Trust agreements Concept approval 11. Reports of officials 12. Adjournment 7. Amendment to Development Agreement 77 -10 Groveland Terrace (14 single family units) 8. Anoka County Airport a. Metropolitan Airport Commission application for Federal Aviation Administration grant b. City of Blaine action on Minnesota National Guard armory 9. CETA Projects Rcquest for proposals CONSENT AGENDA April 10, 1978 The consent agenda is a technique designed to expedite handling of routine and miscellaneous official business of the City Council. The entire agenda may be adopted by the Council in one motion. The motion for adoption is non- debatable and must receive unanimous approval. By request of any individual Council member', any item can be removed from the consent agenda and placed upon the regular agenda for debate ITEM A. Receive the December 31, 1977, Financial Report of the Spring Lake Park, Blaine and Mounds View Fire Department. ITEM B. Appropriate $100.00 of the 1978 General Fund contingency for expenses of the city administrator to attend the April 7-9 management retreat conducted by Dr. Herbert Klemme in Lewis, Wisconsin. ITEM C. Approve the April 10, 1978, bills for payment. ITEM D. Approve the following licenses: CONTRACTORS expire 6/30/78 Sign Installation renewal Leroy Sign Co. 6325 Welcome Ave. N. Brooklyn Park, MN 55429 General new L W Construction 746 Tyler St. N.E. Minneapolis, MN 55413 Professional Roofing Service 7257 Yucca Lane Maple Grove, MN 55369 Nanook of the North 4983 Goodwin No. St. Paul, MN 55109 CONSENT AGENDA April 10, 1978 The consent agenda is a technique designed to expedite handling of routine and miscellaneous official business of the City Council. The entire agenda may be adopted by the Council in one motion. The motion for adoption is non- debatable and must receive unanimous approval. By request of any individual Council member, any item can be removed from the consent agenda and placed upon the regular agenda for debate. ITEM A. Receive the December 31, 1977, Financial Report of the Spring Lake Park, Blaine and Mounds View Fire Department. ITEM B. Appropriate $100.00 of the 1978 General Fund contingency for expenses of the city administrator to attend the April 7 -8 management retreat conducted by Dr. Herbert Klemme in Lewis, Wisconsin. ITEM C. Approve the April 10, 1978, bills for payment. ITEM D. Approve the following licenses: CONTRACTORS expire 6/30/78 Sign Installation renewal Leroy Sign Co. 6325 Welcome Ave. N. Brooklyn Park, MN 55429 General new L W Construction 746 Tyler St. N.E. Minneapolis, MN 55413 Professional Roofing Service 7257 Yucca Lane Maple Grove, MN 55369 Nanook of the North 4983 Goodwin No. St. Paul, MN 55109 A regular meeting of the Mounds View City Council was called to order by Mayor Picker et`7:30 PM on April 10, 1978 at the Mounds View City Hall, 2401 Highway 10, Mounds View, Minnesota 55112. Members Present: APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA ITEM B. ITEM C. ITEM D. PROCEEDINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW RAMSEY COUNTY, MINNESOTA Also Present: Mayor`Pickar Clerk- Administrator Achen Coun clmember Ziebarth Attorney Meyers Cou Hodges Engineer Hubbard Councilmember Baumga rtner Councilmemb Rowley MSP (Hodges- Baumgartner) to approve the minutes of the March 27, 1978 meeting. CITIZEN COMMENTS AND REQUESTS There were no citizen comments or requests. MSP (Ziebarth Rowley) to approve the consent agenda as follows: ITEM A. Receive the December 31, 1977, Financial Report of the Spring Lake Park, Blaine and Mounds View Fire Department. Appropriate $100.00 of the 1978 General Fund contingency for expenses of the city administrator to attend the April 7 -8 management retreat conducted by Dr. Herbert Klemme in Lewis, Wisconsin. Approve the April 10, 1978, bills for payment. Approve the following licenses: CONTRACTORS expire "/30/78 Sign Installation renewal Leroy Sign Co. 6325 Welcome Ave. N. Brooklyn Park, MN 55429 5 ayes 5 ayes General new L W Construction 746 Tyler St. N.E. Minneapolis, MN 55413 Professional Roofing Service 7257 Yucca Lane Maple Grove, MN 55369 Nanook of the North 4983 Goodwin No. St. Paul, MN 55109 April 10, 1978 Page 2 MAYOR'S PROCLAMATIONS Administrator Achen read the proclamations declaring April 13, 1978 the Day of the Nurse, and April 28, 1978 as Arbor Day. DEVELOPMENT REVIEW POLICY STORM DRAINAGE Mayor Pickar asked the Task Force for an update of their progress. Peter Sargent, chairman of the Task Force, announced that the Task Force had elected Neil Loeding as their underchairman. He stated that they were in the process of writing a statement of mission and direction, which would be completed after one or two more sessions. He added that they did not get their survey going yet and that the group is not moving as fast as what they had hoped for. Mr. Sargent added that they had received copies of the Short, Elliott, and Hendrickson report to review and maps of the City. Mr. Sargent stated that part of the Task Force feels it would be advantageous to go door to door in surveying the citizens but that the other part of the Task Force feels that would take too long. Attorney Meyers reported that there are two methods of imposing a moratorium in the City that would be considered legal, one falling under statute 462.355, subdivision 4, which states that a City is authorized to adopt an interium ordinance, which would have to come through the Planning Commission, indicating that they want a moratorium due to planning considerations. The other method would be under common law. Attorney Meyers added that moratoriums have been imposed by communities and enforced by the courts, subject to very strong scrutiny. Attorney Meyers also added that the City must not forget the rights of the property owners, and that the Council would have to declare a moratorium based on the public health, safety and welfare. Attorney Meyers stated that the City would have to show good faith in that the pro- blem is being worked out, and that they would have to come up with an answer in court on what the developers would have to do or what the City would have to do to correct the problems causing the moratorium. Attorney Meyers read a portion of the statutue which states that a moratorium must be in good faith. Neil Loeding questioned what public welfare would consist of. Attorney Meyers replied that it was a broad term used in the courts, which basically allows the police departments power. Duane McCarty, 8060 Long Lake Road asked if would be taken into court over a moratorium. not aware of anyone planning to sue the City not vote on issues dependent upon their fear it was the City's position that they Attorney Meyers replied that he was yet, but added that the Council could of being sued. Mr. McCarthy asked if the moratorium would be lifted by April 24. Mayor Pickar replied that they were working on the issue presently but had not set a definite date. Councilmember Baumgartner questioned if a target date should be set. Mr. McCarty agreed that the City should set a target date rather than let the issue drag on. April 10, 1978 Page 3 Peter Sargent read a statement to the Council from the Task Force, stating that because they had been advised that consideration was being given to moving the moratorium expiration date to April 24, that they chose to use the additional time to strengthen their recommendations to the Council in line with the moratorium issue. Councilmember Baumgartner asked if the report of the Task Force would be to the Council by April 24. Mr. Sargent replied that the Task Force would address the Council on the 24th but he was not sure yet what they would be saying. Mr. Loeding stated that he felt the Task Force would have a preliminary report prepared by April 24. Councilmember Baumgartner stated that he would like to see something from the Task Force by April 21 or 22, in order to give the Council time tc review the report before the April 24 meeting. Councilmember Baumgartner also pointed out that at the meeting in the basement of City Hall on April 6, Mr. Loeding had made the statement that he felt the Task Force was going to need some expertise from the outside and that the City should commit itself to paying for it. Mr. Loeding replied that he had made a statement that the Task Force did not have any civil engineers on it and therefore, they could not be expected to design a storm sewer system. Councilmember Baumgartner pointed out that during the course of the meetings at Bel Rae, the Planning Commission meetings and City Council meetings, statements were made by the Steering Committee that they had the required expertise. Councilmember Baumgartner asked where that expertise went. Mr. Loeding replied that there was no detailed explanation in the report to assist them in interpreting it, and thus they would need outside help. Councilmember Baumgartner pointed out that he had been told by Duane McCarty at the end of one of the Planning Commission meetings that Mr. Loeding and Mr. Sargent were civil engineers. Mr. McCarty replied that he had originally thought Mr. Loeding and Mr. Sargent were civil engineers. He also added that he had called all the people listed who supposedly had water problems in their basements in 1975 and that all of them denied ever having water problems. Councilmember Baumgartner stated that he had been lead to believe by the Steering Committee, as had the Planning Commission and City Council, that the Steering Committee had the expertise to review the project and make judgements, and thus he had stopped and thought that the Steering Committee had some valid points, but that now the Task Force was saying the report was full of holes. Mr. Loeding stated that the Task Force could make that decision. Councilmember Rowley asked if the reports that the Task Force had reviewed had contained Section D. Mr. Loeding replied that they had. Engineer Hubbard pointed out that Section D gave all the technical data and contained charts showing how all the calculations were made. Mr. Loeding replied that he did not feel the report required a degree in civil engineering to read and interpret but that he still did not feel the statements April 10, 1978 Page 4 made in the report match the techinical data. Mr. McCarty stated that a person did not have to be a civil engineer to read the report. He added that he had interviewed some of the home owners listed in the report and that none of them had water prcblems as the report listed. He sited one address as 5115 Eastwood. Councilmember Baumgartner pointed out that Mr. McCarty had earlier stated that he had checked with all 23 home owners listed in the report but was now saying that he had just checked with some and asked how many Mr. McCarty had really checked with. Jerry Foss of the Planning Commission stated that he had asked Mr. McCarty at the Planning Commission meeting if there were civil engineers on the Steering Committee and that Mr. McCarty had told him there were, and that he had relied on that answer to make his decision on the Planning Commission recommendation to the Council on the project. Mr. Loeding stated that the point they were trying to make was that while there were not any civil engineers on the Steering Committee, they did have expertise. He added that he did not feel the summary of the report followed the technical data presented. Mr. McCarty stated that he realized he had erroneously made the statement earl Lr that he had checked with all 23 home owners and that he had only checked with five so far. Councilmember Rowley stated that if the Council and the Task Force were to work together, she felt that they had all better make credible statements and make sure they were correct. Mr. McCarty stated that the list of names he had received from the June 5, 1975 meeting of people that had water problems had actually been people who had wanted the parks dried up. Councilmember Hodges stated that he lives on Eastwood and that he knew the home owners there had had water problems in 1975. Mr. McCartY stated that he felt no one on the Steering Committee at any time purposely mislead anyone. Councilmember Ziebarth stated that at the April 6 Task Force meeting they had discussed expanding the questionnaire to cover standing water as well as water in basements and asked if that change had been made. Mr. McCarty replied that it had, and that they hoped to get the survey going quickly. Councilmember Ziebarth stated that he felt there would be a problem in getting people to sign a statement saying they had had a wet basement as many of them would be trying to sell their home at some later date and would not want such a statement in writing. Charles Hall, 2200 Highway 10, owner of the Mermaid, stated that he had never tho!aght about sueing the City but pointed out that he had gone before the Planning Commission and City Council last year and received approval for his bowling alley and had since spent thousands of dollars to get the project going. He stated that he had had no idea while spending this money that anything like a moratorium was going to happen and stated that he could very likely end up going bankrupt if April 10, 1978 the moratorium was imposed. He added that his bowling alley was scheduled to open in September in time for league bowling and that if he was not able to open by then, he could face financial ruin. AMENDMENT TO DEVELOPMENT AGREMENT 77 -10 GROVELAND TERRACE Administrator Achen reported that the developer, Mr. Harstad would like to put up one or two model homes prior to the improvements being completed by the end of May. Mr. Todd, representative for Mr. Harstad, stated that when the plans for the develop- ment had been approved the previous fall, the improvements were in on Fairchild but not on Groveland and that a development agreement was prepared saying that develop- ment would not take place on Groveland until the improvements were in. He added that all the houses on Fairchild were in and sold and that there was a good housing market presently and that they would like to begin the homes on Groveland now, so that they would be finished before the next school year started, and thus would like to begin construction now before the improvements were completed. He added that no one would be living in any of the homes or driving on the streets until the improvements were finished and the street in. Mr. Todd explained that the homes would not be finished until July or later. Page Mr. Hall added that he cannot get the financial committment from his bank until they see his building permit, nor could he order any materials until the issue is decided, and that construction must begin this month if he was to be open in September. Mr. Hall asked that the Council lift the moratorium, taking into consideration his circumstances and that fact that he was issued a building permit for this same project last year. He added that his water runs directly into Rice Creek and would not cause any problems for anyone. Mayor Pickar pointed out that Mr. Hall had made some changes in his plans and thus, they would have to go back to the Planning Commission for their review before the Council could act on them. He added that the Planning Commission would be reviewing them at their April 12 meeting. Mr. Hall asked if he would be able to go before the Council at their April 24 meeting, assuming that the Planning Commission okays his plans at their April 12 meeting. Mayor Pickar replied that he could and that the Task Force would hopefully make their recommendation to the Council so the Council could act on the issue on the =4th. Mr. McCarty stated that he felt the City Engineer should be able to judge if the project would harm the City at all and the Council should act on his recommendation. Mayor Pickar added that if the project is approved, the Council will set up require- ments for the developer to meet. He also asked that everyone try to work together rather than against each other. Mr. McCarty asked that it be included in the minutes that he felt Councilmember Baumgartner started the dart shooting. Ernie Gustafvson, 2525 Cty Rd I asked hew long the moratorium would be imposed. Mayor Pickar replied that they weren't sure yet and that hopefully a decision would be made on April 24. April 10, 1978 Page 6 Mayor Pickar asked Building and Zoning Official Rose his opinion of the request. Official Rose replied that Staff has no prcblem with the proposed amendment. He explained that the sewer and water services were already in and that the street would be finished by May and that none of the homes would be occupied until July or later. He also explained that the development agreement had been worded not to allow the home to be built until after services were in in case they had been started last fall. MS ,(Pickar- Baumgartner) to remove Section 6 from Development Agreement 77-10 which states that occupancy permits should not be issued for lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14 until the public improvements are completed and approved by the City. Councilmember Rowley asked if the moratorium affected people who already had building permits. Mayor Pickar replied that it did not, that they could continue building. Attorney Meyers pointed out that the City does not have a written policy regarding moratoriums and that they are handling each case on an individual basis. Mayor Pickar asked if they would be just removing the occupancy permit rather than amending the building permit. Administrator Achen replied that the motion would be amending the building permit and added that he believed there should be a financial bind placed on a developer for his own storm sewer system, that they should all contribute to the City's overall plan. Administrator Achen added that if permission is not granted to Mr. Harstad now, it will automatically be okay for Mr. Harstad to continue building once the street is in next month since he will not have to come back to the City for any approval. Mayor Pickar stated that he would like to withdraw the motion he previously made. Councilmember Baumgartner stated that he would withdraw his second to that motion. Mr. Todd asked if he would be able to get building permits upon the completion of the public improvements. Administrator Achen replied he would have to follow the contract that he had entered into with the City. Attorney Meyers reported that he would have to study the contract before he could advise if the City could enforce the moratorium. Mr. Todd asked what the City would be gaining by not allowing development to proceed. Attorney Meyers replied that the City is following a binding contract. Councilmember Ziebarth stated that between now and April 24, they would be trying to get an idea of what the moratorium would be like and hopefully be able to take some action. He added that it was not just one little request but all the requests added up that must be taken into consideration, and that they all contribute to the problem. Councilmember Ziebarth also pointed out that Mr. Harstad and Mr. Todd are willing to get the water off their land but that it must go somewhere, and that is how the problems start. Mayor Pickar added that all areas contribute to the problem and that any decision that would be made would set a precedence and that the City is not ready to do that yet. Don Mackeben, 8011 Sunnyside Road asked where the input on the moratorium issue would be coming from. Mayor Pickar replied that it would be coming from the Task Force, and City Engineer. April 10, 1978 Mr. Mackeben stated that he also understood earlier that the Steering Committee had the expertise to make recommmendations but they were now saying that they didn't have it and that he now felt that they did not have the knowledge to make recommendations on the moratorium, and that moratorium was basically being put together by lay people. Mayor Pickar stated that it might be possible to employ an outside engineer if needed. However, the Council has no plans to do so at the moment. Administrator Achen reported that the Planning Commission is normally charged with the responsibility of providing the City Council with recommendations on public improve- ments and that the Task Force should at some time share their recommendations with the Planning Commission so that the Planning Commission could make a recommendation to the City Council. Mayor Pickar stated that he assumes the Planning Commission will make a recommendation on this matter. Mr. Mackeben stated that he was concerned that the citizens had been mislead into believing that there were technical people on the Task Force. Mr. Loeding replied that the Task Force's primary objection to the Short, Elliott, Hendrickson report was not the technical data but rather some of the conclusions, and thus, they were not rejecting the technical aspects. He added that the point was not whether the Task Force consisted of civil engineers but rather deciding other issues, such as who should pay for the project and so forth. Mr,. Mackeben stated that if the Task Force agreed that at least 80 percent of the technical data in the report was correct, then the City did need a storm sewer system of some sort. ANOKA COUNTY AIRPORT METROPOLITAN AIRPORT COMMISSION APPLICATION FOR FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION GRANT Administrator Achen reported that the MAC has applied for a $150,000 FAA grant for preparing a master plan for the Anoka County Airport as an intermediate airport. He reported that the review process for granting federal funds involves a review by the Metro Council, which would make a recommendation to the FAA, and that the review process by the Metro Council was now underway. Administrator Achen recommended that the Council take some type of position on the application, either supporting the application with the rational that a portion of the funds be for citizen input and citizen participation above and beyond what has been done at other airports, or object to the granting of funds based upon objection to the upgrading of the airport at all. Administrator Achen added that if the City did approve the application, they should be able to influence the type of planning that would be done. Mayor Pickar stated that the Council had not as a group yet and asked if there was a time Administrator Achen replied that the earlier that they would like all comments within the had an opportunity to discuss the issue limit for getting the comments in. the comments were in, the better and next two weeks. MSP (Pickar-Baumgartner) to direct the City Administrator to send a letter to MAC expressing the Council's strong feeling of having the opportunity to have input into the A -95 review process which is under consideration at the present time and a more complete list of the thoughts and input will be following within the next few weeks. Page 7 5 ayes April 10, 1978 Page 8 ANOKA COUNTY AIRPORT CITY OF BLAINE ACTION ON MINNESOTA NATIONAL GUARD ARMORY Mayor Pickar reported that on April 6, the City of Blaine held a meeting and withdrew their support of having the National Guard facilities in Blaine. He stated that through pressure from the citizens of Blaine, the City Council had second thoughts about having the National Guard Heliport in Blaine. The citizens of Blaine were most concerned about the noise factors, and thus the Council voted on the issue and voted', with three ayes, 1 nay and one abstain to withdraw their support. MSP (Rowley- Pickar) to approve Resolution #890, opposing the relocation of the National Guard to Anoka County Airport, Mr. McCarty stated that he would like to thank the Mounds View Concerned Citizens Action Committee for their input into the issue. Councilmember Rowley reported that Jeff Hamiel of the MAC had arranged for tours of the airports in the area. Mayor Pickar added that he had taken the tour, which included the Crystal Airport, Flying Cloud, Wold Chamberlain, Holman Field, Lake Elmo and Anoka. He stated that it is apparent Crystal is too boxed in for any expansion. Flying Cloud is surrounded by water at the ends of the north /south runway. Lake Elmo is surrounded by privately owned open space and could be expanded. At the Anoka site, MAC presently owns land on which it is proposing expansion. CETA PROJECTS REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS Park Director Anderson reported that he had just received preliminary word of the grant for Title 6 money, which is available to non profit organizations, municipali- ties and school districts, and that one of the requirements was that they put a large number of people to work in a short time, and that they must have at least three people and have them work from three months to one year and have them working within ten days of the project being funded. Park Director Anderson stated that he would like to use the grant to work with the neighborhoods and residents to develop programs that they would like. He stated that from experience they found that the programs that were most widely accepted were from those 16 and under, and they would now like to develop programs to interest other age groups. Park Director Anderson stated that they would like to develop Neighborhood Leisure Councils, and that Staff felt that after the Council were established, they would become self- sufficient after the first year. Mayor Pickar asked if there was any direct cost with the grant. Park Director Anderson replied that there would not be any additional money required with the grant. Mayor Pickar also asked if there would be any additional staff required above and beyond the required CETA employees. Park Director Anderson replied that they would not require any additional staff but that they might have to change the direction of some of the present employees. He added that the role of the CETA people would be to actually get out in the neighborhoods, and that there were a number of requirements the people would have to meet to be employed under the CETA program, and that they hopefully would be able to hire people with a park and recreation background or some related field. Councilmember Baumgartner asked if the Neighborhood Leisure Council was a new idea. Park Director Anderson replied that it had not been done dealing specifically with a Leisure Council but that many of the ideas had been used in the past. 5 ayes April 10, 1978 Page 9 MSP Pickar- Ziebarth) to authorize the City to make application for the CETA project as presented by the Park and Recreation Director. Mayor Pickar reported that he had received a $100 check at the Appreciation Dinner from the Snowmobile Club to be used by the Park and Recreation Department and asked that a thank you letter be sent them. MSP (Ziebarth Hodges) to put the check into the general fund and have it discussed at the next Park and Recreation Commission meeting. TWIN CITIES TREE TRUFT AGREEMENTS CONCEPT APPROVAL Park Director Anderson, explained that the Twin City Tree Trust is a non profit organization which sets up environmental projects throughout the metropolitan area and that they have so far established two municipal nurseries. He added that he had meet with Twin City Tree Trust for the past two months, discussing setting up a nursery in Ramsey County and that one is planned to be located at Poplar Lake in Shoreview. He added that four communities have verbally committed themselves, and that the cost to Mounds View would be a $700 initial capitol outlay, and that the majority of the expenses for the first year would be to get fences up and so forth. Park Director Anderson explained that Mounds View would get involved in two agree- ments, between the county and each municipality, and between the Twin City Tree Trust and each municipality. He added that Staff would also recommend that $800 be appropriated for the purchase of trees to get the stock underway, and that Staff was very interested in the project because they would not get a nursery of that caliber going with just the City Staff. Park Director Anderson explained that it was a three phase program and that the agreement would be for only the first year, he felt very positive that funding would be available for the next two years also. Councilmember Ziebarth stated that he was concerned with the percentage the County would be taking of stock for payment. Park Director Anderson replied that Twin City Tree Trust had reached an agreement with Ramsey County whereby they would be transplanting trees for Ramsey County, rather than having the County take stock. Councilmember Rowley asked if the trees to be purchased would be in addition to those planted by the Boy Scouts. Park Director Anderson replied that they would be in addition to the 440 seedlings planted by the Boy Scouts. He also added that he is proposing that the funding come from the Park and Playground fund, and that the expenditure was not budgeted for. Administrator Achen added that there are sufficient funds to cover the cost. Attorney Meyers questioned if there was a proposed joint powers agreement that would be entered into. Park Director Anderson replied that there was one, which was similar to what the City of St. Paul had entered into and that it would be a joint agreement that everyone would sign. Attorney Meyers questioned if the nursery would guarantee the trees. Park Director Anderson replied that they would only guarantee them for 10 days but that he believed that with the volume of business Twin City Tree Trust would be giving the nursery, there would be no problem. 5 ayes 5 ayes April 10, 1978 MSP (Ziebarth- Hodges) to approve the $800 expenditure for the purchase of trees from the Park and Playground fund. Administrator Achen asked if the initial $700 cost would change if Maplewood did not participate during the first year. Park Director Anderson replied that the issue had been discussed and that the cost would not change between the cities. Administrator Achen asked what would happen when Twin City Tree Trust pulls out in three years. Park Director Anderson replied that they hoped Twin City Tree Trust would continue after the three years was up and that it would be relatively maintenance free after that time. ADMINISTRATOR ACHEN'S REPORT Administrator Achen reported that the Community Services Officer had resigned effective the end of March and that a replacement had been lined up who is a resident of Mounds View and has had experience in security matters. Councilmember Baumgartner asked if the position had been advertised. Administrator Achen replied that it had not, following Council policy. Councilmember Rowley stated that she felt the position should be advertised before making any decision. MSF (Baumgartner Rowley) to follow the same procedure used when hiring the person for the Community Services Officer originally, i.e., advertising and soliciting recommendations. 1 aye 4 nayes Councilmember Rowley stated that she was voting nay on the motion as she would like to set a time table for the solicitation of applications. Mayor Pickar pointed out that the position was a low paying one which wouldn't require a good deal of time for the interview process. MSP (Pickar Ziebarth) that the City advertise the position and offer a recommendation for the Council to act on by the April 24 meeting. Administrator Achen reported that the City Engineer had informed him that the street sweeping was underway and would be complet ?d shortly if there wasn't a great deal of rain. Administrator Achen reported that the Park and Recreation Department had moved to the basement and that the upstairs offices were being shuffled. He also reported that the Park and Recreation secretary would be acting as; a switchboard operator and chaneling calls to the departments. ATTORNEY MEYERS' REPORT Attorney Meyers reported that the Stimpson lawsuit had been started, which involved the semi being parked at 5132 Long Lake Road and that he felt it should be finished on April 11. Page 10 5 ayes 5 ayes April 10, 1978 Attorney Meyers also reported that he had been reviewing the expenses incurred in prosecuting housing code violations. He reported that there was a case recently in which the defendent was found guilty of 46 counts of housing violations. He added that the case had been started the previous May and had taken 11 months to complete. Attorney Meyers stated that he wished to thank Building and Zoning Official Rose and Lauren Maker, former Housing Inspector, for their excellent assistance in putting together the case. Attorney Meyers reported that the defendent had been fined $4800 and 160 days in jail if his building was not brought up to code within 90 days. He added that the defendent had already paid $1200 in previous fines and served 30 days in jail, and that the City would receive 50 percent of the fine if the defendent paid it. COUNCILMEMBER ZIEBARTH'S REPORT Councilmember Ziebarth reported that the Task Force had met last Thursday and was intending to meet every Thursday until they came up with some recommendations. He added that he would be attending the meetings, which would last from 7:00 to 9:00 PM. COUNCILMEMBER HODGES' REPORT Councilmember Hodges reported that he was getting the Boy Scouts lined up for Clean Up Day and that he would be contacting the Snowmobile Club regarding pick -up of refuse. COUNCILMEMBER BAUMGARTNER'S REPORT Councilmember Baumgartner reported that there would be a Planning Commission meeting at 7:30 PM on April 12. COUNCILMEMBER ROWLEY'S REPORT Councilmember Rowley reported that the Lakeside Park meeting would be at 7:30 PM on April 13 at the Spring Lake Park City Hall. MAYOR PICKAR'S REPORT Mayor Pickar reported that he was turning the original charter for incorporation for the City of Mounds View over to the City Administrator to incorporate into the City files. Mayor Pickar asked what the status was of the maps of the City that were being printed. Administrator Achen replied that they had not been received yet. Mayor Pickar stated that he had picked up picture frames to be used at the Appreciation Dinner and that he would be submitting a voucher for reimbursement. Page 11 April 10, 1978 Mayor Pickar reported that the cornerstone of the building dated 1975 and the con tainer were ready to be set into the side of the building and that he would be glad to work with anyone who would like to get going on it. Councilmember Ziebarth questioned if the capsule would go behind the stone. Mayor Pickar replied that it would. MSP Pickar- Ziebarth) to direct the Clerk /Administrator to check out the prices and conditions on establishing a plate inside the City Hall showing the original Mayor and Council at the time the City Hall was put up, and perhaps the architect or engineer. MSP (Baumgartner Rowley) to adjourn the meeting at 10:45 PM. 5 ayes Respectfully submitted, Mark Achen Clerk /Administrator Page 12 5 ayes