HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC MINUTES 08231988C STY O F S T_ ANTHONY
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1 The meeting was called to order at 7:30 P.M. with the Pledge of
2 Allegiance led by Mayor Sundland. A Council Executive session with
3 Briggs and Morgan and an H.R.A. meeting had preceded the meeting.
4 ROLL CALL
5 Present for roll call: Marks, Ranallo, Sundland, Enrooth.
6 Absent: Makowske
7 Also present: David Childs, City Manager
8 William Soth, City Attorney
9 JULY 25TH AND AUGUST IST COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES APPROVED
10 Motion by Marks, seconded by Enrooth to approve the minutes of the
11 regularly scheduled July 25th and August 1st Special Council meetings
12 as presented in the Council's August 23rd agenda packet.
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LICENSES/PERMITS/PETITIONS
Motion carried unanimously.
15 Motion by Marks, seconded by Enrooth to approve the multiple housing
16 registration for Kridel Partnership for 2938 - 3004 Old Highway 8 and
17 to grant the following licenses as listed in the August 23rd Council
18 agenda packet.
19 Contractors
20 Master Builders, Blaine, MN
21 Howard Bohanon Homes, Champlin, MN
22 Philip C. Kennedy, Polk City, IA
23 Heating
24 Ray N. Welter Heating Company
25 Cronstroms Heating & Air Conditioning, Inc.
26 Royalton Heating & Cooling
27 Motion carried unanimously.
28 Motion by Ranallo, seconded by Enrooth to grant 3.2 temporary beer
29 permits for the following activities to be held in Central Park as per
30 applications in the agenda packet or distributed that evening:
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1 *to
Robert Davies for
*to
William Myers for
September 17th;
4 *to
Douglas Parker for
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25th; and
6 *to
Austin Walsh for a
7 Voting on the motion:
a Village Originals reunion, September 11th;
a public safety softball tournament,
a Nationwide Paper Company picnic, August
Unisys company picnic, September 10th.
8 Aye: Ranallo, Enrooth, Sundland.
9 Nay: Marks.
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Motion carried.
11 Three Way Stop Sign to be Erected at Murray Avenue and Coolidge Street
12 Intersection
13 The recommendation that the above sign be erected had come from Larry
14 Hamer, the Public Works Director who had attached copies of a petition
15 from 25 residents of that neighborhood as well as the results of the
16 traffic counts and radar measurements to his August 5th memorandum. Mr.
17 Childs verified that all the studies had supported Mr. Hamer's con -
18 clusion that Coolidge was being used as a by-pass to avoid the heavy
19 build up of traffic on Silver Lake Road and St. Anthony Boulevard.
20 Council Action
Motion by Ranallo, seconded by Marks to authorize a three way stop at
e2 the intersection of Murray Avenue and Coolidge Street because of traffic
23 counts and radar measurements of roadways connecting to Kenzie Terrace
24 which indicated high usage and speeding on Coolidge as well as petition
25 from 25 residents of the area that the intersection be signed.
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27 CLAIMS
Motion carried unanimously.
28 Motion by Marks, seconded by Sundland to approve payments of all City
29 accounts payable for July 31st and August 9th and 23rd as well as Liquor
30 Operation accounts payable for July 31st and August lith which were
31 listed in the Council's August 23, 1988 agenda packet.
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Motion carried unanimously.
33 Motion by Enrooth, seconded by Marks to approve payment of the following
34 for services on the Kenzie Terrace signalized pedestrian crossing:
35 >$2,911.00 to Collins Electric
36 >$2,082.00 to Dickson Electric
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Motion carried unanimously.
1 Motion by Marks, seconded by Ranallo to approve payment of $124,600.00
to Calgon Carbon Corporation for work accomplished during July 29th on
the temporary granular activated carbon filtration system on the City's
4 water supply.
5 Motion carried unanimously.
6 Motion by Ranallo, seconded by Marks to approve payments of $5,193.03
7 and $5,163.00 to Rieke -Carroll -Muller Associates for engineering
8 services on the above filtration system and the sanitary sewer study
9 respectively.
10 Motion carried unanimously.
11 Motion by Marks, seconded by Enrooth to amend the above amount paid the
12 engineers for the sanitary sewer study to $688.31 in accordance with
13 clarification from the City Manager.
14 Motion carried unanimousl
15 Motion by Enrooth, seconded by Marks to approve payment of $12,032.00
16 to Bergerson-Caswell Inc. for labor, equipment and materials to repair
17 the City's deep well pump #3. It had originally been estimated that it
18 would cost about $13,500.00 to get that job done.
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Motion carried unanimously_
Motion by Marks, seconded by Enrooth to approve payments to the Dorsey
.e1 & Whitney law firm in the amounts of $2,500.00 for legal services
22 rendered in conjunction with the issuance of $874,702.96 in General
23 Obligation Revenue Water System Bonds to cover the costs of the carbon
24 filtration system and $2,213.20 for other services rendered during the
25 month of June, 1988.
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Motion carried unanimously.
27 Motion by Ranallo, seconded by Marks to approve payment of $26,082.04
28 to the Metropolitan Waste Control Commission for August sewer services.
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Motion carried unanimously_
30 Motion by Marks, seconded by Sundland to approve payment of $2,758.22
31 to Bruce A. Liesch Associates, Inc. for professional services, including
32 environmental soil borings in conjunction with the Parkview School site
33 purchase.
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35 Motion by Enrooth, seconded by
36 the Hance and LeVahn law firm
37 1988, relative to St. Anthony
Motion carried unanimously.
Marks to approve payment of $2,400.00 to
for legal services rendered in August,
prosecutions.
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e REPORTS
Motion carried unanimously.
3 AUGUST 16, 1988 PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES - RON HANSEN
4 Lang -Nelson P.U.D. Changes Okayed
5 Commission Recommendation
6 Commissioner Hansen reported the Planning Commission had unanimously
7 approved of the changes the developers had requested in the Planned Unit
8 Development for Phase 3 of the Kenzie Terrace Redevelopment project as
9 reported in the minutes. These included a 43 foot height from grade to
10 roof peak for the three apartment buildings. The developers have
11 signed a Redevelopment Agreement with the City to construct these
12 buildings on the site currently occupied by the St. Anthony Village
13 Shopping Center and an adjoining parcel of unused parking area on the
14 west side of the Town and Country Store property.
15 Paul Brewer, President of LaNel Financial Group, Inc., and Greg Bronk,
16 Analyst for Lang -Nelson Associates, were present but further testimony
17 from them was not deemed necessary in view of the extensive minutes on
18 the proposal which the August 16th hearing had generated.
19 Mr. Soth suggested the approval be made subject to a plat being provided
20 as required by Ordinance and that the Council waive the requirement that
the developers post a 2% bond because that had already been taken care
z2 of with the $360,000.00 Letter of Credit the developers had provided the
23 H.R.A. when they had signed the Redevelopment Agreement on August 4th.
24 No one else appeared to speak either for or against the proposal and the
25 Council took the actions recommended by the Planning Commission.
26 Council Action
27 Motion by Ranallo, seconded by Enrooth to approve amending the Develop -
28 ment Concept Plan and the Detail Plan for Phase 3 of the Kenzie Terrace
29 Redevelopment Project as proposed by Lang -Nelson Development Corpora -
30 tion in accordance with the Site Plan and Preliminary Landscaping and
31 Utility Plans developed by Pope Associates and printed August 9, 1988.
32 This amendment would allow the construction of three buildings of three
33 stories each over underground parking as proposed on the site currently
34 occupied by the St. Anthony Village Shopping Center and an unused
35 triangular parcel of land on the west side of the Town and Country Food
36 Store property.
37 Said buildings will consist of two apartment buildings for senior rental
38 only, with Building B to contain 48 units and Building A, 57 units. The
39 third structure, Building C, will contain 96 high quality market rate
40 rental units. The amendment would also allow building heights of 43
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1 feet from grade to highest roof peak level, where 42 feet had previously
been approved and the Zoning Ordinance only allows 35 feet heights.
3 As recommended by the Planning Commission, the approval is subject to:
4 *platting the property as required by Ordinance;
5 *provision of 206 underground and 153 surface parking spaces on the
6 site;
7 *ponding for aesthetic and storm drainage purposes as indicated on
8 the Site Plan;
9 *brick exteriors with wood accents around the balconies or extended
10 living room areas proposed by the developer;
11 *a peak rather than flat roof design;
12 *no vehicular access from Lowry Avenue N.E.;
13 *landscaping, vegetation, and bermed screening as shown in the
14 Preliminary Landscaping Plan;
15 *provision of a walkway to the shopping center areas as well as
16 access to the site for emergency vehicles; and
17 *consideration given to security for the ponding areas as well as
18 consideration of a walking path for residents around the site
19 perimeters.
20 In approving these amendments the Council waives the required 2% bonding
21 and finds that neighbor concerns about the proposal appear to have been
22 satisfied because no one appeared to speak against the proposal during
23 the Council's consideration of Lang -Nelson's proposal.
Motion carried unanimously.
25 Variance Granted for New Signage on TA's Family Restaurant at 2905
26 Kenzie Terrace
27 Councilmember Ranallo told Tom Rose, the restaurant owner's spokesman,
28 that he considered a 12 foot, variance to the City Sign Ordinance
29 requirements a good tradeoff to get rid of the "tall monstrosity" on the
30 roof now. Mr. Rose reconfirmed that Mr. Aulwes intended to remove the
31 existing roof sign on the building right away.
32 Council Action
33 Motion by Enrooth, seconded by Ranallo to grant the request from Thomas
34 J. Aulwes for variance to the City code to allow two signs, 56 square
35 feet each (112 square feet total) on the TA's Family Restaurant at 2905
36 Kenzie Terrace where the City Ordinance only allows one sign of up to
37 100 square feet, for that building. As a condition for granting the
38 variance, the owner is required to remove the existing roof sign on the
39 building as he had stated would be done in his July 27, 1988 petition
40 for a Sign Variance.
41 In granting the variance, the Council finds, as did the Planning
42 Commission, that:
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1 1) all three conditions required by statute to be satisfied affirmatively
before a variance can be granted, have been met with this proposal;
2) the fact that the restaurant is located on three streets seems to
justify the variance;
5 3) no neighborhood opposition to the variance was expressed to staff
6 prior to or after the Planning Commission August 16th hearing or
7 demonstrated during either that hearing or the Council's consideration
8 of the proposal, August 23rd.
9 Motion carried unanimously.
10 A_nolica:
11 Entrant
12 Signage
13 The Council agenda packet contained the same documents as had been
14 provided the Planning Commission with the addition of the floor plan and
15 elevations for the proposed restaurant building and a copy of the
16 minutes for the Council's December 5, 1985 meeting related to the sign
17 the Council had given the Hardee's Restaurant owner to erect a monument
18 sign on his property just north of Apache, which he had not erected to
19 date, preferring to keep the existing roof sign instead.
20 Proponents
William Sikora, Project Manager for the C. G. Rein Company and Dennis
z2 Cavanaugh, President of that company, were again present to seek
23 approval for a Burger King Restaurant to be erected in almost the same
24 location as the existing Sports and Health Club building on the north
25 side of Apache Mall as well as signage for the restaurant, which would
26 require a variance to the City's Sign Ordinance.
27 Mr. Sikora reiterated much of the information he had given the Planning
28 Commission, adding that the site plans had been redrawn to make the
29 changes suggested by the Planning Commissioners for rerouting traffic
30 flow from the drive up window in such a manner as not to interfere with
31 traffic on the adjacent north service road. A revised drawing of the
32 site with these changes incorporated was shown for the benefit of the
33 Council and residents of the townhomes directly across Silver Lake
34 Road. The plans included the suggested widening of the median east of
35 the drive-through lane to 25 feet and showed tall bushes and trees to
36 screen the call box and the parking lot adjacent to the site from the
37 Midwest Federal parking lot and the view of the residents in the
38 townhouses. Similar screening was indicated for the service road and
39 Equinox Apartments on the existing island running east and west which
40 had been extended as requested farther to the west for safer traffic
41 flow away from the drive -up window.
I The proponents defended the 8 X 8 foot monument sign proposed to be
erected 25 feet from Apache's eastern -most property line on the south
side of the service road off Silver Lake Road, indicating:
4 *the necessary utilities were already in place at that location;
5 *Burger King's lease was contingent upon their being allowed a
6 sign on Silver Lake Road;
7 *Apache management could go along with reducing the sign to 6 X 6,
8 on which the Commission's vote had been based;
9 *they considered this to be a "unique" situation because of the 450
10 foot distance between the proposed building and the street which
11 required identification for "impulse" patrons;
12 *it seemed to them that Apache was being penalized for the outlot
13 setting for the proposed building and for not platting the build -
14 ings in the shopping complex separately;
15 Mr. Cavanaugh added that:
16 *a building closer to Silver Lake Road on the same side as Midwest
17 Federal would have to be constructed 200 feet away from that
18 building and one on the other side of the main entrance would
19 interfere with needed parking space south of the entrance;
*in either of those locations a building would block the
Z1 visibility of tenants in the mall while a building in line with
22 the main building would create "less clutter" than one closer to
23 Silver Lake Road.
24 Councilmember Enrooth indicated he perceived the precedent for monument
25 signs, some larger than the proposed sign, and a good number of them
26 lighted, had already been well established for that area along Silver
27 Lake Road. He identified 11 of these by name and reminded the townhome
28 residents that the City had granted them a variance for their own
29 identification sign not too long ago.
30 When Commissioner Hansen restated his concerns that a good many of the
31 businesses in and behind the mall like Country Store; the SAV liquor
32 warehouse; Domino's Pizza; Firestone Tire; etc. might be coming in for
33 signage identification on Silver Lake Road when they realized the City
34 had allowed Burger King signage on that roadway, Mr. Cavanaugh told him
35 Herberger's sign is the only exception to Apache's policy of not
36 allowing free standing signage for other than detached buildings in the
37 complex. It was also pointed out that the Domino Pizza store was in a
38 separate shopping center building with its own center identification;
39 Country Store and the SAV warehouse are both in buildings owned by
40 Apache Plaza; and the Firestone store has two street frontages.
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1 Mayor Sundland commented that he perceived the sign might increase
business for Apache and he thought the residents of the townhomes might
consider a small monument sign a good tradeoff for having a restaurant
4 built 450 feet away from the roadway instead of right across from
5 their homes.
6 Gladys Johnson, a townhome resident, told him the residents in her area
7 "couldn't see any need for a Burger King at Apache in the first place
8 and continued to believe the proposed sign would be 'very unsightly'
9 right across from their homes."
10 Councilmember Ranallo recalled that he had voted twice against allowing
11 TCF the type of signage it now has but pointed out to Mrs. Johnson
12 that he perceived it would be very likely that if the City denied the
13 smaller 6 X 6 sign, Apache might decide instead to construct the
14 restaurant "right across from you".
15 Commissioner Hansen interjected that he didn't think the townhome
16 residents should be "mislead to think they had no choice in the matter,
17 since there was no assurance the Commissioners would go along with a
18 Conditional Use Permit for a restaurant 200 feet from Midwest Federal."
19 He said no such option had been offered during the Commission hearing.
20 Mr. Sikora responded that Apache was not seeking a permit for any other
21 site than the one identified in their proposal. He also told the
22 Council that it had been only one Commissioner who had been strongly
93 opposed to the signage request and "he clearly influenced the other two
to vote against the final motion."
25 Councilmember Ranallo questioned the City Attorney about what he thought
26 Apache's reaction would be about being denied a monument sign in an area
27 where many precedents for that type of signage had already been
28 established. Mr. Soth indicated he was certain the shopping center
29 owners would argue that point.
30 Councilmember Marks indicated he could certainly see the need for
31 better identification of a building so far from the road and wanted to
32 be convinced that a variance should be granted for a monument sign.
33 However, although he could see where from a business standpoint, the
34 request might be considered "unique", from the standpoint of land use
35 and the City's Ordinance, he hadn't been completely convinced that it
36 would be a real hardship for the owner if he were not allowed to put up
37 the sign because he perceived no unusual topography for the parcel
38 which would prevent "a reasonable use of the land" if the restaurant
39 wasn't allowed. He said he had difficulty seeing where the three
40 conditions required to be satisfied before a variance could be granted
41 could be answered affirmatively with this proposal. The Councilmember
42 also told the applicants the policy about not allowing free standing
43 signage for any Apache businesses except those in detached buildings was
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Mr. Sikora pointed to the slope of 10 or 12 feet between the proposed
building site and Silver Lake Road where the ground is mounded up above
the street grade. He also said visibility of the building would be
blocked for all southbound traffic by all the structures like the qas
station and the apartment bi
for northbound traffic by App
area in front of the proposec
want to take down" would bl
on the east side of the built
another "hardship" which st
the existing building was ]
Apache hasn't been able to ke
moved out. He reiterated tl
a 6 X 6 foot sign, which me
square feet of signage on
allowed 150." Mr. Sikora to
indicate would be that there
and no attempt would be mad
sign.
ilding on that side of Silver Lake Road and
eche Plaza itself. Trees in the landscaped
building, "which Apache certainly doesn't
ock the visibility of the Burger King sign
ling. The Apache representative indicated
could be considered would be the fact that
>eyond repair and in such condition that
ep tenants since the Sports and Health Club
cat "Apache perceived they could live with
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a building for which the City Ordinance
ld the Council all the monument sign would
was a drive -up service at the restaurant
to list specials like "Whoppers" on the
As further justification for an Apache monument sign along Silver Lake
Road, the Apache Project Manager related the past history of free
standing signs for the center, including a 20 foot long sign facing
both north and south, which identified Apache as "the Gateway to St.
Anthony" and which called it the "Center of the Community". He also
pointed out that at one time there had been three 100 foot flag poles
with Apache flags on them on the property.
a7 Townhome Association President Suggests Moving the Sign Closer to the
28 Main Entrance
29 The tone of the whole discussion changed when Chester Krumm wondered
30 whether the sign might be more effective next to the signalized entrance
31 at 39th Avenue.
32 Councilmember Enrooth indicated he could see some merit in doing that
33 because he perceived if Apache was going to depend on 20% of Burger
34 King's patronage coming from the impulse reaction of drivers along
35 Silver Lake Road, a sign would probably be much better in the suggested
36 location because next to the service road, by the time the northbound
37 traffic sees the sign, it would be too late to turn into the center and
38 the sign's visibility for southbound traffic would be less obstructed
39 by the structures north of the service road in that location. The
40 Commissioner also commented that the drivers would have more time to see
41 the sign while stopped for the signal and it would certainly be a lot
42 easier for them to get into the center through the main entrance.
43 Mr. Cavanaugh agreed with this assessment, saying by utilizing the main
44 entrance to get to the restaurant, the drivers would be continuing the
45 existing traffic flow patterns through the parking lot. The Rein
46 President then stated that he would be willing to go along with putting
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1 the sign closer to the signaled entrance and recommended the same to
Burger King.
3 Council Action
4 Motion by Enrooth, seconded by Marks to grant the necessary variance to
5 the City Sign Ordinance which would allow the signage proposed by Apache
6 management on the south and east walls of the proposed Burger King
7 Restaurant building as well as the 6 foot X 6 foot monument sign Apache
8 had agreed to locate on the north side of the signalized 39th Avenue
9 entrance to the shopping center. The Silver Lake Road sign is to be
10 mounted on a concrete base which can be no higher than two feet above
11 grade and staff is authorized to work out its exact location with the
12 center owners.
13 Motion carried unanimousl
14 That vote prompted Commissioner Hansen to warn the Council that they
15 "should be ready to consider requests for a lot more signage along
16 Silver Lake Road." Councilmember Enrooth told him that if that
17 happened, each request would have to be looked at individually in light
18 of its own merits.
19 Motion by Marks, seconded by Enrooth to grant a conditional use permit
20 to the C. G. Rein Company to construct the free standing Burger King
21 Restaurant with a drive -up window proposed in the plans presented at the
22 Council's August 23, 1988 meeting, with that permit made subject to the
conditions in the City Zoning Ordinance for a "C" Commercial Zone and
.&4 limited to the hours of operation contained in the City Code. As
25 recommended by the Planning Commission, this permit would also be
26 subject to modification of the site plans to provide southbound access
27 onto the drive -up lane and, to prevent immediate access onto the north
28 service road, to extend the existing island between the site and that
29 roadway a minimum of 40 feet west without high landscaping, so
30 visibility for cars exiting the drive-through lane would be provided for
31 traffic on the service road.
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Motion carried unanimously.
33 Waste Management Recommended by Recycling Task Force to Collect
34 Recyclable Materials Along With Regular Garbage Collections
35 The July 18th meeting notes for the above Advisory Committee had been
36 included in the Council agenda packet. The report included Task Force
37 comments on the Reuters operation as well as the reasons Waste
38 Management's was the one which the Task Force recommended be accepted
39 for the City's state mandated recycling efforts.
40 Lauren McClanahan. Keith Pearson, and Councilmember Enrooth discussed
41 the Task Force recommendation. Bob Christen of Waste Management
42 reported his company's experience in Robbinsdale, Circle Pines and a
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1 pilot program in Columbia Heights, which he perceived qualified them
best to collect St. Anthony's recyclable materials.
3 Mr. McClanahan read aloud the synopsis of the Task Force findings and
4 recommendations to the Council.
5 Billing by City Considered Preferable
6 The reasons the Task Force had recommended billing be handled by City
7 personnel were explained to Councilmember Ranallo:
8 Enrooth pointed out that there are some people in St. Anthony now
9 who don't contract with any rubbish hauling company and having the
10 City do the billing would add a control factor to the program.
11 Councilmember Ranallo commented that he perceived the only way the
12 program was going to work would be if some incentive to participate were
13 given those residents who don't recycle now in the form of rewarding
14 participation and penalizing non -participation.
15 Mr. Christen indicated he had noticed how fast residents in the other
16 communities his company serves started participating once they were
17 paying higher charges for not recycling. He also reported
18 participation increased dramatically in those communities when
19 recyclables were collected the same day as regular garbage collections
20 were made.
In reference to concerns about whether older residents would be able to
a2 get the 90 gallon "waste wheelers" down to the curb, Mr. Christen said
23 "you'd be surprised how fast they do that when they realize they'll be
24 charged extra if the containers aren't at curbside." He indicated
25 residents wouldn't have to separate cans from bottles with his service
26 and said paper would just have to be tied in bundles and thrown on top
27 of the containers.
28 When Councilmember Ranallo cautioned that two or three cities had been
29 sued for not taking bids on the recycling services, Councilmember
30 Enrooth told him the Task Force had received written proposals from
31 Knutson, Super Cycle, and Reuters, as well as Waste Management. The
32 Councilmember was also advised that a 90 day period is mandated by law
33 following the required public hearing.
34 Council Action
35 Motion by Ranallo, seconded by Marks to schedule a public hearing
36 regarding organizing of garbage collection in conjunction with St.
37 Anthony's recycling program to be held during the Council's September
38 27th meeting.
39 Motion carried unanimously.
AO St. Anthony Chamber of Commerce Activities Reported by Barb Olsonoski
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Mayor Sundland indicated the Apache Merchant's Association Director
would be giving her report on some of the programs the Chamber was
3 planning for the City at this time. Ms. Olsonoski indicated the
4 Chamber would be sponsoring an historical tour of the City on September
5 20th to start at 5:00 P.M. with hors d'oeuvres and end with supper at
6 the Stonehouse. The observation was made that the Council might also
7 have a reason for celebrating if the closing on the Kenzie Terrace
8 Project bonds is accomplished that day. Ms. Olsonoski also gave a brief
9 overview of other projects the Chamber would be sponsoring, including
10 a Christmas Tree Lighting Contest, which the St. Anthony Gardenettes
11 will be asked to judge. She also indicated action had to be taken soon
12 on the proposed St. Anthony float because without it, she was afraid
13 Apache would no longer support an Aquatennial Queen candidate. Ms.
14 Olsonoski concluded her report on Chamber activities by saying the
15 organization was still thinking about a summer festival next year.
16 Councilmembers who expect to participate in the historical tour were
17 asked to get in touch with Mr. Childs as soon as possible.
18 DEPARTMENTS AND COMMITTEES
19 The following were ordered filed following brief comments on a few of
20 the matters reported:
21 *July Liquor Operations Sales Summary
22 *May and June Police Department Reports
*July Fire Department Report
z4 *July 20th and August 3rd reports from the Hance and LeVahn law
25 firm related to St. Anthony prosecution activities in Hennepin
26 County District Court during those periods.
27 CITY MANAGER REPORTS
28 August 1 and 16, 1988 Staff Meeting Notes
29 Councilmember Marks indicated he perceived the Public Works' striping
30 of the City crosswalks to be a big improvement.
31 Sprinkling Ban to be Lifted September 1st
32 Staff had recommended waiting until Labor Day to do the above, but Mr.
33 Childs indicated he perceived no problem with lifting the restrictions
34 earlier so residents could start to re-establish their lawns. The City
35 Manager indicated it would take about 5 days to get the information out
36 and he was certain Wells #3 and #4 would be able to handle the increase
37 in water use.
38 Council Action
39 Motion by Marks, seconded by Enrooth to lift all restrictions on lawn
A0 sprinkling in St. Anthony, September 1, 1988.
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Motion carried unanimously.
2 September 13th Primary Elections Require Later Start for Council Meeting
3 Motion by Ranallo, seconded by Marks to schedule the Council's September
4 13th meeting for 8:00 P.M. rather than 7:30 P.M. in compliance with the
5 state restrictions against public meetings being held before the polls
6 closed.
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Motion carried unanimously.
8 Contractor Allowed $3.497.09 Increase in Project Contract to Defray
9 Costs of Replacing Culverts Under St. Anthony Boulevard Roadway
10 Mr. Childs indicated the asbuilts for the roadway had not indicated the
11 presence of those culverts which were damaged and had to be replaced by
12 the contractor during construction.
13 Council Action
14 Motion by Marks, seconded by Sundland to authorize Change Order #1 for
15 the St. Anthony Boulevard Grading and Paving Project which would
16 increase the City's contract with the Ashbach Construction Company by
17 $3,497.09.
18 Motion carried unanimously.
19 Work Session and Hearing Dates Scheduled for 1989 Budget
20 Motion by Marks, seconded by Ranallo to schedule a Council work session
21 on the 1989 Budget for 6:30 P.M., September 19th and the public hearing
22 on the budget to be held during the Council's regularly scheduled
23 September 27th meeting.
24 Motion carried unanimously.
25 Mission and Membership Established for St. Anthony Historical Committee
26 Mr. Childs indicated he perceived that guidelines for this organization
27 would be:
28 >have a specific place, like the Council Chambers, where the Com -
29 mittee can meet and collect historical data about the City;
30 >contact residents to see how many old photos could be found;
31 >archive and return all these;
32 >keep notes of all historical commentaries and video tape inter -
33 views with old timers;
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1 >get copies of data collected by the Girl Scouts for their his-
torical cook book, which is available at the St. Anthony Library,
including audio tapes;
4 >make gathering of historical information an ongoing process with
5 meetings of the Committee scheduled at least once every year.
6 The residents who had contacted the City following the article in the
7 Bulletin included:
8 Joan Nowlan, 3533 - 37th Avenue N.E.
9 Bob Ernt, 2420 - 27th AVenue N.E.
10 Iry Peterson, 2900 Crestview Drive
11 Bernice Kuure, 3331 Skycroft Drive
12 Mary Ann Baker, 3209 Roosevelt Street N.E.
13 Dora Letourneau, 2601 Kenzie Terrace, #216
14 Mike and Kim Volna, 2905 Silver Lake Road
15 Other persons who had indicated a desire to serve on the Committee had
16 been Councilmember Judy Makowske, Kim Johnson, and Florence Marks. Mr.
17 Childs will be contacting Robert Davies, 3001 - 29th Avenue N.E., and
18 Ruth Harris, former St. Anthony Librarian.
19 Council Action
20 Motion by Ranallo, seconded by Enrooth to accept the mission and the
21 membership on the St. Anthony Historical Committee as discussed during
the Council's August 23rd meeting.
23 Motion carried unanimously.
24 Music Shell Plannina to be Responsibility of Council and Staff
25 The only response from the Bulletin and City Newsletter articles on the
26 above which had run right next to the story about the Historical
27 Committee had been from Ed Ostberg, 2704 Murray Avenue N.E. Florence
28 Marks' name had been previously offered by her husband. Mr. Childs
29 suggested it might be better for the Council and staff to do the
30 preliminary planning for the project with input from the two residents
31 and then to look for residents to work on the final plans and construc-
32 tion once the initial research had been completed.
33 NEW BUSINESS
34 Foss Road Lift Station Contracts to be Awarded September 27th
35 Motion by Ranallo, seconded by Marks to adopt the resolution which
36 approves the plans and specifications for the replacement of the Foss
37 Road sewage pumping station and meter vault and orders the
38 advertisement bids on the project with bids to be taken until 10:00
39 A.M., September 21st. Contracts would be awarded during the Council's
A0 September 27th meeting.
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I RESOLUTION 88-030
2 A RESOLUTION APPROVING PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS
3 AND ORDERING ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
4 Motion carried unanimously.
5 Motion by Ranallo, seconded by Enrooth to authorize initiation of
6 activity related to the sale of bonds by Miller -Schroeder to pay
7 for the Foss Road lift station project.
8 Motion carried unanimously.
9 Ordinance to Raise Sewer Rates Given First Readin
10 A copy of the City Manager's February 5th memorandum discussing the
11 reasons for rate increases in both the Water and Sewer Funds had been
12 included in the agenda packet. The Council had made the decision to
13 raise sewer rates rather than assess to pay for the lift station
14 project and Mr. Childs reported it would take a 10 cent raise to cover
15 those costs. He indicated if the 10 cent raise were authorized, it
16 would mean a total charge of $1.32 per hundred cubic feet would go into
17 effect October 1, 1988, and be payable January 15, 1989.
18 Council Action
'9 Motion by Ranallo, seconded by Marks to approve the first reading of
0 Ordinance 1988-004 authorizing a 10 cent raise in City sewer rates
21 October 1, 1988 to cover the funding for the Foss Road Lift Station
22 Reconstruction Project.
23 ORDINANCE 1988-004
24 AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO SEWER RATES AND CHARGES,
25 AMENDING SECTION 540 OF THE 1973 CODE OF ORDINANCES
26 Motion carried unanimously.
27 Crysteel Truck Equipment'
28 Citv's New Dump Truck
29 Public Works Director Hamer had attached the bids from the above company
30 as well as the LaHass Co. and J. L. M., Inc. to his August 17th
31 memorandum recommending the contract be awarded to Crysteel, who had
32 submitted the lowest bids for all three plows. Mr. Childs indicated
33 $57,500 had been budgeted for the truck and plows and with the
34 acceptance this bid the total cost would be $55,972.00.
35 Council Action
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I Motion by Enrooth, seconded by Marks to accept the low bids of
$2,735.00, $8,616.00, and $2,880.00 for three snow plows from Crysteel
3 Truck Equipment as recommended by the Public Works Director.
4 Motion carried unanimously.
5 New ATT Phone System to Connect City Hall. Police. Fire and Public Works
6 Mr. Childs reported Dick Buendorf, the summer administrative intern,
7 had done extensive research on the selection of a new, more efficient
8 phone system for the City offices. The agenda packet also contained a
9 memorandum from Mr. Buendorf regarding the City entrance sign to be
10 erected in Trillium Park.
11 His reasons for accepting the ATT proposal rather than those submitted
12 by U.S. West or Norstan were explored briefly with the City Manager, Mr.
13 Buendorf having left his internship position August 17th for foot -
14 ball practice with the Minnesota Gophers.
15 Council Action
16 Motion by Enrooth, seocnded by Marks to accept Mr. Buendorf's rec-
17 ommendation that the new phone system proposed by AT&T be adopted for
18 the City offices.
19 Voting on the motion:
J Aye: Enrooth, Marks, Ranallo.
21 Abstention: Sundland.
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Motion carried.
25 Mr. BuendorfIsmemorandum advised the Council that the above sign
26 company had submitted the lowest bid for the blue "St. Anthony Village"
27 sign on an 8 foot tall X 14 foot wide white brick background proposed
28 to be erected in Trillium Park at the intersection of St. Anthony
29 Boulevard and Highway 88.
30 During the discussion which preceded the Council motion of approval, Mr.
31 Childs assured Councilmember Ranallo that there is about $8,000.00 in
32 the City's Beautification Fund, some of which could be used to replace
33 the trees along St. Anthony Boulevard. The Public Works Director is
34 preparing a plan for trees on the boulevard at this time.
35 Council Action
36 Motion by Ranallo, seconded by Marks (as a continuation of the efforts
7 to enhance St. Anthony's image and to improve the main entrance to our
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1 community" to accept the low bid of $4,540.56 from the LeRoy Sign
Company to erect the 8 foot X 14 foot St. Anthony Village sign they
proposed in Trillium Park in a location to be selected by the Village
4 Gardenettes.
5 Motion carried unanimousl
6 ADJOURNMENT
7 Motion by Sundland, seconded by Enrooth to adjourn the Council meeting
8 at 9:45 P.M.
9 Motion carried unanimously.
10 Respectfully submitted,
it Helen. owe, Secretary
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13 Mayor
14 ATTEST: l L art a P
15 City Clerk
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