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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC MINUTES 08282012I 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 I I 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 CITY OF ST. ANTHONY CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING MINUTES AUGUST 28 , 2012 CALL TO ORDER. Mayor Faust called the meeting to order at 7:00 p .m. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. Mayor Faust invited the Council and audience to join him in the Pledge of Allegiance. ROLL CALL. Present: Absent: Also Present: Mayor Faust; Councilmembers Gray, Jenson, Roth , and Stille. None. City Manager Mark Casey, Finance Director Shelly Rueckert and Fire Chief John Malenick. CONSIDERATION, DISCUSSION, AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON ALL OF THE FOLLOWING ITEMS . 23 r. APPROVAL OF AUGUST 28, 2012, CITY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA. 24 2 5 26 27 28 29 30 II. 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 III. 48 49 Motion by C ouncilmember Gray, seconded by Councilmember Jenson , to approve the City Council Meeting A genda of August 28, 20 12. Motion carried unanimously. PROCLAMATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS. A. Introduction of Mark Erickson, St. Anthony's newest Firefighter. John Malenick presenting. Fire Chief Malenick introduced Mark Erickson, the City's newest firefighter, and stated Mr. Erickson joined the Fire Department in 2005 as a part-time paid on call firefighter and went on to complete the two-year firefighter training program. He stated Mr. Erickson is also trained as a paramedic. He offered his congratulations to Mr. Erickson and welcomed him to the City. Mr. Erickson expressed thanks for the opportunity to serve the City of St. Anthony and stated he is excited to be here. He also expressed a special thank you to the Fire Chief and everyone on the Fire Department for their support. Mayor Faust stated that Mr. Erickson's training as a paramedic will provide an added benefit because of the City'S aging population. He welcomed Mr. Erickson to the City. CONSENT AGENDA. A. Consider August 14, 2012, Council meeting minutes; City Council Regular Meeting Minutes August 28,2012 I 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 II 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Page 2 19 IV. 20 21 22 23 V. 24 25 26 27 VI. 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 B. Consider licenses and permits; C. Consider payment of claims; and D. Consider Resolution 12-076; Amending Ordinance No. 2012-02. an Ordinance Amending Chapter 152 of the Saint Anthony Village Ci ty Code Being the Zoning and Land Use Chapter of the City Code. Mayor Faust the City Council approved the specific use of an ass isted living facility on February 28 ,2012, and on July 9 , 2012, the developer requested an increase in the number of beds from 72 beds to 73 beds; as a result, the City Attorney felt it was appropriate to amend the City Code consistent with what was approved by the City Council in July. He noted this amendment does not require a first or second reading and the amendment deals on ly with this particular property. Motion by Councilmember Jenson, seconded by Counci lmember Gray, to approve Resolution 12-076; Amending Ordinance No. 2012-02, an Ordinance Amendin g Chapter 15 2 of the Saint Anthony Village City Code, Being the Zoning and Land Use Chapter of the City Code. Motion carried unanimously. PUBLIC HEARING. None . REPORTS FROM COMMISSION AND STAFF. None. GENERAL BUSINESS OF COUNCIL. A. Aging in Place Program Presentation. Alissa Boroff. Augustana Therapy Services. and Suzanne Snyder. Greater Metropolitan Housing Corporation. presenting. City Manager Casey advised the City has an opportunity to participate in a program that provides home modification services to enable seniors to age in place. He then introduced Alissa Boroff, Augustana Therapy Services, and Suzanne Snyder, Greater Metropolitan Housing Corporation. Ms. Boroff stated they are excited to bring this program to the community and explained that Access Solutions was recently awarded a two year grant to provide home modification services to older adults in St. Anthony and Roseville to facilitate and promote aging in place and will work with people to evaluate and assess their abilities and their environment to help people stay in their homes. She indicated the grant was awarded through the Minnesota Department of Human Services and is based off a model used in the Longfellow neighborhood but adds outreach and education through the Greater Metropolitan Housing Corporation, the City, and people involved in providing services to the neighborhood. She explained the grant provides 25 home assessments and includes providing recommendations to support living independently, a written assessment , and offering next steps to help participants implement the recommendations and the grant includes $500 for each participant to purchase such things as grab bars and I 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 I I 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes August 28 , 2012 Page 3 interior/exterior handrails. She indicated the program will collaborate with the Housing Resource Center to identify funding sources if a resident needs additional funding. She added they have also been given funding to provide training to City staff and Housing Resource Center staff regarding aging in place, adding that the State indicated it would like to give them more money for training and outreach, which will provide sustainability for this type of project in the future. She stated they have started working with City staff and Greater Metropolitan Housing Corporation staff to identify participants for the program. Ms. Snyder expressed thanks to the City for participating in this project and stated they have identified a local contractor to work with grant participants to implement modifications. She indicated they have had good experience with this local contractor and he will work closely with Ms. Boroff. She noted that participants can always choose their own contractor and are not obligated in any way to work with Missota Contracting. Ms. Boroff stated they understand that trust and confidence throughout this process is important and one of the goals is to have a contractor they know and trust as well as keeping it local. Mayor Faust asked if there are income requirements to participate in the program. Ms. Boroff stated the project is first come, first served and requires participants to be 65 or older, own their home and live in the community, but access to the $500 is not based on income. She indicated if a paltic ipant decides to do more significant modifications, any funding secured through Greater Metropolitan Housing Corporation might have income requirements. She stated that interested parti c ipants can contact her at (612) 238-5429. She stated they are currently working with Community Education and Senior Services on the outreach aspect of the project and they will be doing some direct marketing education and outreach this fall. Mayor Faust requested that information be included in the upcoming edition of the City'S newsletter. He noted that common modifications include space planning to create safe pathways , installing handrails and grab bars , window-shade openers, reducing floor thresholds, installing ramps, and other simple adaptations to promote safety and independence. He stated this fits into the City'S sustainability role for the community and will help people stay in their homes and age in place. He expressed the City Council's thanks and appreciation to Ms. Boroff and Ms. Snyder. B. 2013 Preliminary Budget Presentation. Shelly Rueckert, Finance Director, presenting. Finance Director Rueckert presented the 2013 preliminary budget and reviewed the 2013 budget parameters. She advised the City'S General Fund is proposed to increase by $53 ,177 in 2013 and the overall levy will increase $203,700 in 2013. She also reviewed 2013 General Fund revenues and indicated the levy is included in the taxes portion of revenues and consists of 57% of General Fund revenues. She presented the proposed 2013 General Fund expenditures and stated that spending on police and fire makes up 65% of total General Fund spending. She explained the total 2013 proposed levies of $5 ,426,789 represents a 3 .9% increase from 2012 and this includes amounts to support the CIP , road improvement projects, park improvements, and economic development. She advised the General Fund levy supports various City services and in 2012 , the average homeowner paid $823.65 for these services or $68.64 per month. She I 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 II 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes August 28 , 2012 Page 4 VII. indicated the City has received over $15 million in grants since 1999, which amounts to approximately $1,855 per resident. She stated the proposed 2013 general operating budget totals $3,098 ,343 and the proposed 2013 capital equipment budget totals $299,100. She stated the City Council will set the proposed 2013 operating budget and preliminary property tax levy at its September 11,2012, meeting followed by formal adoption of the 2013 budget and levy on December 11,2012. She added if residents have questions, they can call (612) 782-3316. Councilmember Stille stated the General Fund increase is comprised mostly of salaries and benefits for the City's union contracts, the CI P increase is intended for maintaining the City's infrastructure, and the road improvement levy will pay for prior year's street projects. Council member Roth noted that the City's partnerships include working with the City of New Brighton to purchase gas and this partnership has helped the City upgrade its public works facility and these types of partnerships help the City stretch taxpayer dollars. Mayor Faust expressed the City Council's appreciation to Finance Director Rueckert and City Manager Casey for their work on the budget. C. Ordinance 2012-06; Amending Chapter 32.07(A) of the City Code, Being the Planning Commission Bylaws. C ity Manager Casey explained the City recently moved from an in-house planner to a consultant planner and the consultant planner has a conflict with the third Tuesday of the month. He stated the Planning Commission recommended changing its meeting dates to the fourth Monday of the month starting in October and noted this change opens up the Council Chambers on the third Tuesday so the School Board can hold their meetings at City Hall on the first and third Tuesdays. Mayor Faust stated this change will give the School Board an opportunity to televise both their meetings and will also give staff adequate turnaround time to prepare materials from the Planning Commission meetings for the City Council. He added this will make the process more user-friendly for staff and applicants coming before the Planning Commission and City Council. Motion by Councilmember Roth , seconded by Councilmember Stille, to approve First Reading of Ordinance No. 2012-06 ; Amending Chapter 32.07(A) of the City Code , Being the Planning Commission Bylaws, and to set Second Reading for September 11 , 2012. Motion carried unanimously. REPORTS FROM CITY MANAGER AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. City Manager Casey announced that the City has been assigned Mr. Nick Voss as its GreenCorps member and he will be starting in October. He stated the GreenCorps program is an II-month position funded through the MPCA and Mr. Voss will be working on sustainability projects such as storm water recycling and partnering with the watersheds on educational programs. Councilmember Gray -No report. City Council Regular Meeting Minutes August 28, 2012 Page 5 2 Councilmember Jenson -No report. 3 4 Council member Roth -No report. 5 6 Councilmember Stille -No report. 7 8 Mayor Faust stated when Mr. Hromatka from Northwest Youth and Family Services presented to 9 the City Council there were some questions about the numbers provided for the amount of \0 services the agency provided. He advised that Northwest Youth and Family Services has II indicated the City'S contract provided $3 ,550 and through June 30th , the agency has provided a 12 little over $10,000 in services primarily related to diversion services for students who have some 13 behavioral aspects that need to be dealt with. He reported that he has put his name in for the 14 planning committee for the League of Minnesota Cities conference to be held in St. Paul next 15 year, which will mark the looth year that the League has been in existence. 16 17 VIII. COMMUNITY FORUM. 18 19 Mayor Faust invited residents to come forward at this time and address the Council on items that 20 are not on the regular agenda. 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 IX. 36 37 38 39 X. 40 Mr. Ken Brown , 342 2 Silver Lane, and President of the Evergreen Board, appeared before the City Council and stated he has previously addressed the City Council regarding fire code restrictions on grilling in the Evergreen housing area. He stated the Acting Fire Marshal discussed with him additional restrictions he was not previously aware of which prohibit the storage ofa 20 lb. LP tank in a residence basement or garage. He indicated in 2011 the Minnesota State Fire Code adopted NFPA Code 58 for LP storage, which says multi-family buildings cannot store LP tanks in basements or garages and the St. Anthony Fire Code applied this to structures with three or more units so it affects duplexes and town homes and he felt this was unfair. He stated they thought that using electric grills on their decks would offer a solution since they would not be using charcoal or fuel but the Acting Fire Marshal informed him electric grills are not allowed and inferred that these electric grills may have juices that could cause a flame fire. He reiterated his request to change the City Code to allow grilling at Evergreen. INFORMATION AND ANNOUNCEMENTS. None. ADJOURNMENT. Mayor Faust adjourned the meeting at 7:49 p.m. 41 42 43 44 45 46 Respectfully submitted, Barbara Hughes, TimeSaver Oifj it Secre lf:!rial, Inc. ~f~9 ATTE ST: mLL/ej( 1@r!lJA City Clerk