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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - 1991/07/22 CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW CITY COUNCIL JULY 22, 1991 5:30 P.M. COUNCIL WORKSHOP CITY HALL LOWER LEVEL 7:00 P.M. AGENDA The City Council is provided background information for agenda items sn advance by staff and appointed commissions, committees and boards. Decisions are based on this information, as well as City policy and practices, input from constituents and a Councilmember's personal judgement. If you have comments, questions or information regarding an item on the agenda, please step forward to be recognized by the Mayor during the "Residents Requests and Comments From the Floor" item on the agenda. Please state your name and address for the record. A11 comments are appreciated. A copy of all printed materials relating to the agenda item is available for public inspection at the Recording Secretary's Desk. 1. CALL TO ORDER 2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 3. ROLL CALL - Blanchard, Rickaby, Wuori, Quick, Linke 4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: July 8, 1991 Regular Meeting COUNCIL ACTION: A T D • AGENDA PAGE TWO JULY 22, 1991 5. SPECIAL ORDER OF BUSINESS: 1. Consideration of Resolution No. 4105 Proclaiming Tuesday July 23 "Irondale Marching Knights Day" Citizens' comments are encouraged to allow individual citizens to address the Council, as a whole, on a matter of interest or concern to the citizens. The preservation of the Citizens' Comments item on the agenda is important in order to encourage and maintain this information flow. To preserve and protect this valuable communications link, a speaker is limited tck three (3) minutes. 6. RESIDENTS REQUESTS AND COMMENTS FROM THE FLOOR ------------------------------------------------------------- CITIZENS: BEFORE SPEAI{ING PLEASE GIVE YOUR FULL NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE MINUTES ------------------------------------------------------------- 7. PUBLIC HEARINGS: None 8. CONSENT AGENDA: 1. Consideration of Staff Report No. 91-48C Regarding Payment for Computer Equipment Purchase. 2. Consideration of Staff Report No. 92-49C Regarding Approval of Water Treatment Plant Controls 3. Adopt Res. No. 4104 Approving Just and Correct Claims Against City Funds 4. Consideration of Staff Report No. 91-50C Re: Purchase of Printer for Planning Department 5. Licenses for Approval: Fence - Expires 6/30/92 D. W. Fence - Renewal Dakota Fence of MN, Inc. - Renewal • AGENDA PAGE THREE JULY 22, 1991 _General - Expires 6/30/92 Best Siding Company, Inc. - Renewal Dahi & Associates - Renewal Inter-City Builders - New Modern Building & Remodeling - Renewal Neeck Construction, Inc. - Renewal Storie Construction Co. - New Twin City Storm Sash Co., Inc. - Renewal Heatintt & Air Conditionins Anderson Burner Service, Inc. - Renewal Cronstroms Heating and Air Conditioning - New Dependable Indoor Air Quality, Inc. - Renewal Master Mobile Home Service - Renewal Midwestern Mechanical - Renewal Northern Air Corporation - Renewal Masonry Twin City Concrete Systems, Inc. dba Concrete Systems, Inc. - Renewal Roo f inct Berwald Roofing Co., Inc. - Renewal Fire Protection Independent Fire Protection - Renewal 9. COUNCIL BUSINESS: 1. Consideration of Participation in the PRP Defense Group Relating to EPA Litigation, Staff Report No. 91-51C COUNCIL ACTION: A T D 2. Set Public Hearing for August 12, 1991 at 7:05 p.m. to Consider a Request for Rezoning at 2740 Highway 20, Planning Case No. 326-91, Staff Report No. 91- 5X. COUNCIL ACTION: A T D Vote: Linke Blanchard • Quick Wuori Rickaby AGENDA PAGE FOUR JULY 22, 1991 3. Second Reading and Adoption of Ordinance No. 493, "Police and Fire Alarms" COUNCIL ACTION: A T D 10. REPORTS• 1. Report of 2. Report of 3. Report of 4. Report of 5. Report of 11. ADJOURNMENT Councilmembers: Blanchard, Rickaby, Wu_ori Quick Mayor Linke: Administrator Staff Attorney- NEST COUNCIL WORK SESSION: AIIGUST 5, 1991 NE%T REGUI~Alt COUNCIL MEETING: AUGQST 12, 1991 PROCEEDINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW RAMSEY COUNTY, MINNESOTA Regular Meeting July 22, 1991 Mounds View City Ha11 2401 Hwy. 10, Mounds View, MN 55112 CALL TO ORDER The Mounds View City Council was called to order by Mayor Linke at 7:03 p.m. on Monday, July 22, 1991. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE The Pledge of Allegiance was said. LL CALL MEMBERS PRESENT: MEMBERS ABSENT: ALSO PRESENT: APPROVAL OF MINUTES: MOTION/SECOND: Councilmembers Quick, Blanchard, Rickaby, Wuori and Mayor Linke. None City Administrator Orduno, City Attorney Karney and Public Works Director/Minetor July 8, 1991 Regular Meeting Rickaby/Wuori to approve July 8, 1991 Council Minutes as presented. 5 ayes 0 nays SPECIAL ORDER OF BUSINESS: Motion Carried Mayor Linke introduced Resolution No. 4105 Declaring July 23, 1991 as Irondale Marching Knights Day in the City of Mounds View. MOTION/SECOND: Linke/Quick to adopt Resolution No. 4105 Declaring July 23 as Irondale Marching Knights Day in the City • of Mounds View 5 ayes 0 nays Motion Carried ~unds View City Council Regular Meeting July 22, 1991 Page Two Mayor Linke, on behalf of the City of Mounds View, presented this. resolution to representatives of the Irondale Marching Knights Band. Accepting for the Irondale Marching Knights were the Drum Majors, Lynn Schwietrs and Bob Friemuth. RESIDENTS REQUESTS AND COMMENTS FROM THE FLOOR: Chester Glisan, 7800 Long Lake Road, stated that he received a letter from the City indicating that he has to pay $20.50 for a special use permit. Mr. Glisan had brought in 8 yards of dirt and graded it to fix a flooding problem that had been occurring for a number of years. Mr. Glisan asked the Council to dismiss this charge in exchange for all the work he claims he has done for the City which included cleaning out the storm sewer grates each time it rained heavily. Mayor Linke explained to Mr. Glisan that this $20.50 charge is the permit fee charged to anyone who is having this type of work done. Mr. Glisan stated that in the past he had talked to the City about this ~ooding problem and was told it was a county road. Mayor Linke explained at it was also a difficult problem for the City because Long Lake Road is a county road. Mr. Glisan felt that the City of Mounds View shouldn't charge him this fee because the road is a county road. Mayor Linke again stated that the fee is charged to anyone-doing this type of work. Mr. Glisan then submitted a bill to the City for all the work he has done in the past regarding the flooding problem. Mr. Glisan then asked if he were to sod and seed would he have to have a permit? Mayor Linke referred this question to Ric Minetor, Director of Public Works. Ric Minetor, Public Works Director for the City, responded that Mr. Glisan would need a permit to seed and put in black dirt because of the value limit of the project. Value and grading plans need a permit when they reach a certain level. Councilmember Wuori tried to explain that even though the flooding problem may be controled with regard to Mr. Glisan's property, putting fill in may have impact on other surrounding properties. Mr. Glisan stated that this correction is helping all of his neighbors and that the water is now going down the grating as it should have before. Mayor Linke stated that the City is now involved in a program .which will replace Long Lake Road. trick A. McNeill, 8132 Groveland Road asked why a different drain uldn't be put in. ~unds View City Council gular Meeting July 22, 1991 Page Three Mayor Linke's response was that Mr. Glisan never came in to the City to discuss it with them or let the Council know there was a problem. Mr. Glisan stated that in 1985 as part of a subdivision the City asked him to place drain tiles in from Long Lake Road back. Mr. Glisan stated that he did this work at no charge to the City. Mayor Linke did not recall this matter and advised Mr. Glisan that he would look into it. Mr. Glisan asked that Mayor Linke look at the minutes and get back to him so this matter could be settled. CONSENT AGENDA Samantha Orduno, City Administrator read the Consent Agenda. Mayor Linke asked the Councilmembers if there were any items they desired to have removed. • MOTION/SECOND: Quick/Blanchard to adopt the Consent Agenda as presented. 5 ayes 0 nays Motion Carried COUNCIL BUSINESS: 9.1 Samantha Orduno, City Administrator reviewed Staff Report No. 91- 51C Regarding City Participation in the Oakgrove Landfill "Potentially Responsible Party" Group. The Oakgrove Landfill has been listed as a Superfund site by the EPA. The City of Mounds View was asked to respond to a list of questions regarding the possible transportation of materials to the Landfill by the City during the time the site was operational. The matter .was referred to Mark Barney, City Attorney, who responded that the City of Mounds View, to the best of its knowledge, had not transported any hazardous materials to the Landfill. Several weeks ago, Mr. Barney was informed of a group of cities, businesses and other entities which had been named by the EPA as "Potentially Responsible Parties" (PRPs) to the contamination of the Oakgrove Landfill. These PRPs have formed in reaction to being named as "Transporters" to the Landfill and informed by the . EPA that unless they agree to clean up the site themselves, the EPA will clean it up and sue them for three times the cost of the clean up. ~unds View City Council gular Meeting July 22, 1991 Page Four Mounds View did not receive notice as a contributor to the site. In looking back at the records for that time period., the City shows only that it disposed of tree branches at the Oakgrove Landfill. These tree branches resulted from straight-line winds. Rarney indicates that we have the following options regarding this situation: 1. Simply do nothing and wait for EPA to take action. 2. Join the PRP group and pay the initial $1500. 3. Enter into Consent Decree. If we are identified as a transporter, the City would fall into Tier 4 and the share of the costs would be approximately $24,000. If the City were placed in Tier 3 it could cost up to $48,0000 but then the City would have not have to worry about any future clean up costs for this landfill. • 4. Don't join the PRP Group and don't sign the Consent Decree. If the Council does not join the Group, and does not sign the Consent Decree, City Attorney Karney would like Council direction to research and receive more information regarding the City's insurance policy that was in effect at that time. Karney would also like to find an attorney who is an expert in this law that could defend usin the evevt of litigation. The Council was palled as to what each member felt should be done: Councilmember Rickaby - don't join the group or sign the decree. Find an attorney. Councilmember Blanchard - if we sign it implies the City is guilty. Don't joint the group nor sign the decree. Councilmember Wuori - The City has a total of four trip tickets; 2 unreadable and 2 for brush. Don't join group nor sign the decree. Councilmember Quick - Communicate with other cities and possibly share an attorney. Don't join group and • don't sign the decree. Mayor Linke - Concur with the other four. ~unds View City Council gular Meeting July 22, 1991 Page Five City Attorney Barney will further check into the trip sheets and insurance situation. Also, the City Administrator and City Attorney will locate an attorney to represent us. Council had to make a decision tonight to join the PRP group or sign Consent Decree. Mayor Linke stated that EPA will not talk directly to cities unless they are a member of the PRP group. Mayor Linke stated this a form of "blackmail" which is totally unfair and shouldn't be allowed to continue. Samantha Orduno, City Administrator stated that the EPA is unfair in that they are automatically presuming guilt on a community that did not dump. Mayor Linke stated that the City's trip tickets correlate with the "straight-line" winds that damaged the City in June of 1974 or 1975. • 2 Ric Minetor, Director of Public Works reviewed Staff Report No. 91-52C Regarding a rezoning for the property located at 2740 Highway 10. This staff report is asking that a public hearing. be scheduled for August 12, 1991 at 7:05 p.m. to consider rezoning the property from B-2, Limited Business to B-3, Highway Commercial. MOTION/SECOND: Blanchard/Wuori to table until the August 5 Work Session. 5 ayes 0 nays Motion Carried 9.3 Samantha Orduno, City Administrator stated that this was the second reading of Ordinance No. 493, An Ordinance Establishing Chapter 96 of the Mounds View Municipal Code Entitled, "Police and Fire Alarms". MOTION/SECOND: Blanchard/Rickaby to waive the second reading and adopt Ordinance No. 493, An Ordinance Establishing Chapter 96 of the Mounds View Municipal Code Entitled, "Police and Fire Alarms" Councilmember Councilmember Councilmember Councilmember • Mayor Linke - MOTION CARRIED Quick - yes Wuori - yes Rickaby - yes Blanchard - yes yes ~unds View City Council gular Meeting REPORT OF COUNCILMEMBERS: Councilmember Blanchard - No report. Councilmember Rickaby - No report. July 22, 1991 Page Six Councilmember Wuori - Just a reminder to buy your tickets for the performance of "My Fair Lady". Councilmember Quick - Announced that the Mounds View Athletic Association, 15 Year Olds, took second in the State Tournament. Congratulations! Good luck in the Nationals to be held in Blaine in two weeks. Had received a brochure from NSP that would save those persons with central air conditioning on their NSP bills. NSP, at no charge, will • install a switch for the months of June, July, August and September that would cycle the air conditioning 15 minutes on and 15 minutes off to save energy. This would help during peak energy use times. Would like to have this put on cable TV so all residents could benefit. REPORT OF MAYOR: 1. Mayor Linke attended the dedication to the new Greenfield Ball Field. Councilmember Quick had the honor or throwing out the first ball. Mayor Linke didn't stay for all the games but what games he did see were very good. 2. Mayor Linke read a letter from a resident commending Sgt. Jerry Johnson of the Police Department for the expert, professional and dedicated service to a resident who was in a life threatening situation. Mayor Linke stated that these letters come to the City very often commending the employees. Mayor Linke stated that we have a very good police department of which the City is very proud. 3. The Public Works Department received a letter of commendation from an apartment complex last week for the exceptional job done • during a watermain break. Mayor Linke commended all those employees for a job well done., ~unds View City Council gular Meeting July 22, 1991 Page Seven 4. Crosstown Highway 610 stops at Highway 65. Congressman Sikorski announced that monies have been put into the transportation fund to complete 610 in 1994. REPORT OF ADMINISTRATOR: 1. Samantha Orduno, City Administrator announced that there will be a meeting of the Ramsey County Joint Ventures Group on July 24 at 7:00 p.m. at New Brighton City Hall. 2. There will be a Task Force put together regarding the Feasibility of a Quad City Senior Center. This is a managers meeting this week. REPORT OF STAFF: 1. Rick Minetor, Director of Public Works, announced that there was an inspection of tower #2 regarding lead paint. The cost would be $212,000 to repaint. Perhaps it would be more reasonable to take down a tower or change a location than to rework this tower. Study be done that would cost $5K to $lOR range. Next two years repair or take down. REPORT OF ATTORNEY: City Attorney Karney - No report. Being no further business before the Council, Mayor Linke adjourned the meeting at 7:52 p.m. Respectfully sub fitted, ,~~ Michele Severson Recording Secretary/Deputy Clerk V