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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes April 9, 2024 Page 3 1 the ALS program, service calls to St. Charles Church, Hazmat team activities, number of ALS 2 responses, training hours completed by his crew, housing and rental code contacts, community 3 outreach opportunities, and open house events. He closed his presentation by discussing the 4 Department’s commitment to serve and reviewed several messages received from the public. 5 6 Mayor Webster thanked Fire Chief Diaz for the comprehensive report. 7 8 Councilmember Randle requested further information on why the paid-on call model was no 9 longer sustainable. Fire Chief Diaz explained this service model was a problem both for the City 10 and nationwide, where there were no longer enough people interested in providing fire service on 11 a paid-on call basis. 12 13 Councilmember Jenson thanked Fire Chief Diaz for the calls for service breakdown and noted 14 the fire department was responding to five calls per day. 15 16 Councilmember Jenson commended Fire Chief Diaz and the entire fire department for providing 17 St. Anthony Village residents with high quality service. Fire Chief Diaz thanked the City Council 18 and staff members for their continued support. 19 20 Councilmember Doolan thanked the fire crew for providing her with tips on how to help friends 21 with mobility issues. 22 23 Mayor Webster stated the City was very fortunate to have a highly trained fire department that 24 provides an incredibly high level of service to residents. She commented on a recent mutual aid 25 fire event that occurred in Fridley and thanked Fire Chief Diaz for taking the lead at the scene. 26 She thanked the department for providing a higher level of care and for continuing to pursue the 27 ALS program. 28 29 B.Ordinance 2024-01 – Amending the St. Anthony City Code, by Amending Sections of 30 the City Code relating to Nuisance, Signage, Permitting, Performance Standards and 31 Land Use. 32 33 City Planner Grittman reviewed the ordinance with the Council and indicated the ordinance 34 presents a series of proposed code amendments for the City Council’s third and final reading. Per 35 the Council’s review and discussion of the material at the first reading, updates have been made 36 to a few of the sections. The “final” ordinance represents the summary of those comments, with 37 no new changes since the second reading. 38 39 Mr. Grittman referenced the cover memo and the final draft of the proposed ordinance, as well as 40 additional background related to the changes made to the parking sections in 2023. At that time, 41 the City Code was amended to separate parking and storage, shifting parking regulations into the 42 zoning section (152), and retaining nuisance storage in that section (92.19). Because there were 43 other nuisance storage issues to address, the updates to 92.19 were delayed, and the former 44 parking regulations in 92.19 remained until this round of updates. 45