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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC MINUTES 11081988C= TY O F S T_ ANTHONY C= TY C OUN C= L M I N UT E S N OVE MB E R 8, 1 9 8 8 1 The meeting having been delayed until after the polls closed, was opened 2 at 8:00 P.M. with the Pledge of Allegiance led by Mayor Sundland. 3 ROLL CALL 4 Present for roll call: Ranallo, Sundland, Enrooth, Makowske. 5 Absent: Marks. 6 Also present: David Childs, City Manager 7 Sue VanderHeyden, Assistant to the City Manager 8 OCTOBER 25, 1988 COUNCIL MINUTES 9 When Councilmember Makowske raised questions about what had been 10 reported on lines 16-18, Page 3, and lines 32-33, Page 7, the Secretary 11 was asked to play back the tapes and after consulting with the City 12 Manager to make any necessary changes in the following: 13 Council Action Motion by Makowske, seconded by Sundland to approve the October 25th 15 minutes with the following changes: 16 Page 3, lines 17-18: Substitute "as maintenance free siding as 17 possible of aluminum or vinyl, on the exter- 18 iors. The brick, if there's to be any, would 19 only be decorative." 20 Page 4, line 14: Substitute "driveway" for "street." 21 Page 7, lines 8-10: Delete semi -colon after "Proposal in line 8 and 22 move all after the * on line 9 and 10 up to 23 line S. 24 Page 7, lines 32-33: Substitute "and that the City would be able to 25 voice objections at each annual renewal." for 26 everything past "during which......." to end of 27 sentence. 28 Page 10, line 38: Change "other" to "others" and delete "men". 29 Page 11, line 16: Insert "Makowske" after "Councilmember" and 30 substitute "concerned" for "had been glad". 11 Page 11, line 17: Substitute "and" for "but" after "water". s2 Motion carried unanimously. 2 1 CLAIMS 2 Motion by Ranallo, seconded by Enrooth to approve payment of $1,101.29 3 to Short -Elliott -Hendrickson, Inc. for engineering services from August 4 21 through September 17, 1988 on the replacement of the Foss Road sewage 5 pumping station. 6 Motion carried unanimously. 7 Motion by Enrooth, seconded by Makowske to approve payment of 8 $18,449.23 to the Briggs and Morgan law firm for legal services rendered 9 during September, 1988 relative to the City's law suit against the U.S. 10 Army et al related to the City's water contamination problems. 11 Motion carried unanimously. 12 Motion by Makowske, seconded by Sundland to approve payment of $438.75 13 to the Dorsey & Whitney law firm for legal services during September, 14 1988. 15 Motion carried unanimously. 16 Motion by Ranallo, seconded by Enrooth to approve payment of $2,400.00 17 to the Hance & LeVahn law firm for legal services rendered during the month of November, 1988, relative to St. Anthony prosecutions. 19 Motion carried unanimously. 20 UNFINISHED BUSINESS 21 Building Plans for Silver Lake Camp Approved by Council 22 The Council had conditionally approved the concept promoted by the 23 Salvation Army's Master Plan for the camp during their October 25th 24 meeting but had withheld formal approval of the two buildings to be 25 constructed at this time until detailed building plans for those 26 structures could be presented by a Salvation Army representative. The 27 Camp Director had responded to this request by indicating in his 28 November 2nd letter to Mr. Childs (included in the agenda packet) that 29 the project architect would attend the Council's November 8th meeting. 30 Architect's Presentation by Tim O'Brien of Hills Gilbertson Architects: 31 The Architect presented all the site, floor and building plans as well 32 as sketches which had been presented during the October 18th Planning 33 Commission meeting and told the Councilmembers: 34 *changes which were planned at this time included the reopening of the �5 stone pillared northwest entrance to the camp resulting in an entrance which would be farther away from Silver Lake Road; C *the existing gate would then be used as a service entrance; 2 *the new 28 X 69 (2,100 square feet) administration building would be 3 a low profile, standard cedar structure which would be built in the 4 grove of trees next to the new 80 space parking lot; 5 *the vehicle storage building would be 28 X 56 feet with enough room 6 to store four vehicles. Its exterior has been changed from metal to an 7 all wood siding to match the administration building; 8 *the sheds which were in that same area are all gone now and the 9 existing maintenance building would be demolished which would reduce the 10 number of buildings; 11 *the existing road off Silver Lake Road would remain as it is with a 12 Chain gate which is rarely used. 13 Mayor Sundland indicated he was much more comfortable with giving a 14 formal approval to these plans than he had been at the last meeting 15 where the Council had only the reduced reproductions of the plans with 16 no one from the Salvation Army to answer questions regarding building 17 specifics. Councilmember Ranallo told Mr. O'Brien "the camp was a very 18 important portion of St. Anthony Village" and the Council was naturally 19 very interested in seeing that any construction fit in with its natural �O setting. The architect indicated he could certainly understand their concerns, perceiving that the camp was probably the area's only 22 natural resource. He indicated the Salvation Army hoped the simple 23 improvements they were making at this time would help tie the whole 24 site together. 25 Council Action 26 Motion by Ranallo, seconded by Enrooth to approve the design and plans 27 for the two buildings which the Salvation Army proposes to construct at 28 Silver Lake Camp, 2950 West County Road E. 29 Motion carried unanimously. 30 Ordinance Giving City Officials Small Salary Increases Adopted 31 Motion by Makowske, seconded by Ranallo to approve the third reading and 32 adopt Ordinance 1988-010 which gives the Mayor and other Councilmembers 33 small salary increases in December, 1989. 34 ORDINANCE 1988-010 35 AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBER 36 SALARIES, AMENDING SECTION 125:00 OF THE 1973 37 CODE OF ORDINANCES BY ADDING A SECTION Motion carried unanimously. 4 1 REPORTS 2 COUNCIL 3 Councilmember Makowske Wants Ordinance Compliance to be Given Considera- 4 tion During Council's 1989 Goal Setting Session 5 The Councilmember drew attention to the November 2nd article in the 6 Northeaster which reported "sweeps" conducted throughout Minneapolis to 7 get unsightly property cleaned up. She said although she was not 8 advocating similar "sweeps" in St. Anthony and recognized it was 9 difficult to legislate cleanliness, she continued to think the concept 10 of keeping our City up was still important and was one the Council might 11 want to consider during that goal setting session. Councilmember 12 Makowske indicated she thought Council concerns with the number of 13 vehicles parked in yards and on lawns should be the basis for further 14 consideration during the January sessions. 15 St. Anthony to Nominate Ramsey County CDBG Committee for RCLLG "Agency 16 of the Ouarter" Award 17 Councilmember Makowske said she 18 meeting of the Ramsey County Le 19 would be taken on the Land Use E 90 and where consideration would be the various cities who belong t 22 suggestion that St. Anthony give 23 help they had given the City by 24 Grant funding towards the carbon 25 accepted by both the Council and intended to attend the November 16th ague of Local Governments where a vote nabling Act resolution passed last year given to the applications submitted by o the League for the above award. Her recognition to Ramsey County for the allocating Community Development Block filtration plant was enthusiastically staff members. 26 DEPARTMENTS AND COMMITTEES REPORTS 27 The following reports were ordered filed for information: 28 *Hance & LeVahn report of cases they had prosecuted for the City in 29 the Hennepin County District Court up to and including October 19, 1988; 30 *August, 1988 Financial Monthly Summary. 31 Liquor Manager to Provide Insight on Declining Liquor Revenues at Future 32 Council Meeting 33 The October Liquor Operations Summary prompted Councilmember Makowske 34 to indicate that she was still concerned that the City liquor revenues 35 continued to decrease percentage -wise from previous years. Councilmem- 36 ber Ranallo said he would like to hear about the promotions Mr. Nelson 37 was sponsoring to draw in more customers in view of a decline in sales 38 of almost $60,000.00 for the City's two off -sale operations. He asked q9 the City Manager to survey other communities to find out if they were also experiencing the same sort of decreases. Councilmember Enrooth 41 agreed that the Liquor Manager should be invited to appear before the 5 i Council sometime in the near future and said he thought it would be 2 helpful for the Council to find out whether the City,s decline represen- 3 ted a national, state, regional or only a local change in drinking 4 patterns. Mr. Childs said he would arrange for the Liquor Manager to 5 come to a Council meeting prepared to answer the Council's concerns. 6 CITY MANAGER REPORTS 7 November 1, 1988 Staff Meeting Notes 8 Comparable Worth Study Draws Three Appeals 9 In reference to Sue VanderHeyden's report that there have been three 10 appeals, one each from the Police, Fire, and Public Works Departments, 11 resulting from the Comparable Worth Study, the Manager told Councilmem- 12 ber Makowske he perceived all three were very similar to appeals from 13 like departments in other cities who did these studies. He indicated 14 the City's response would probably be based on the responses the other 15 cities made to the appeals. 16 Advanced United Bankruptcy Results in a Number of Uncollectible Checks 17 for City Liauor Operation 18 Ray Nelson is holding up his report on the above checks from his check 1-9 cashing operation until he knows for certain which checks won't be i honored by the bankruptcy court, according to Mr. Childs, who said he z1 anticipated that report to be on the Council's next agenda. 22 Appointment of Two Police Officers Dependent Only Upon Their Passing 23 Psychological Tests 24 Mr. Childs indicated Police Chief Hickerson's comments meant the tests 25 which were now being administered were the last step in the hiring 26 process. 27 Councilmember Enrooth Amazed by New York City Drug Statistics Reported 28 by Police Chief 29 The above comment was made in response to Chief Hickerson's report on 30 the convention he had attended in Portland, Oregon, where he had learned 31 that in New York City all criminals are tested for drugs and 70% of 32 those tests are positive. Mr. Childs commented that he perceived it 33 had to be terribly expensive for that city to test all the criminals 34 who are brought in. However, he said he certainly thought the figures 35 quoted by the Police Chief were supported by reports coming in from the 36 nation's teachers that problems with drugs far outweighed the importance 37 of other types of problems experienced by the schools in the past. 38 Mayor Sundland reported his own experience with a survey call earlier 39 that week where he had trouble convincing the caller that his own main A0 concern as an individual was drugs rather than the deficit or any other issue being discussed during the presidential campaign. 1 2 3 Three architectural firms were interviewed by the Council during a 4 special November ist workshop held to receive proposals from firms 5 interested in doing the above study. Mr. Childs reported Councilmembers 6 Ranallo and Marks had not been able to attend that work session and the 7 final selection had been delayed until this meeting when at least a 8 Council quorum would be present. He reiterated that the City perceived 9 a necessity to have a study done which at the very least would indicate 10 how space should be configurated in the Center now that the City owns 11 the building. The study would also need to address a change in 12 appearance from a school building to a municipal community center as 13 well as changes in the heating and cooling systems for the building. 14 Mayor Sundland indicated his first choice would be Buetow Associates not 15 only because their $3,500 proposal had been so much less than either the 16 $7,500 proposal from Lindberg Pierce, Inc. or $5,800 from Pfister 17 Architects, but also because Buetow is a Roseville firm whose President, 18 Tom Dunwell, is very active on several service organizations in this 19 area which should give him a little more insight into just what the City 20 needed to know before attempting to convert the building into a workable 21 administration space as well as a center which can also be used by the 22 general public. The Mayor said he wouldn't want to "put words in the 3 absent Councilmember Marks' mouth", but a conversation he had with him 4 at City Hall before he went out of town led the Mayor to conclude 25 Councilmember Marks would vote the same way if he were present that 26 evening. 27 Councilmember Makowske reported receiving two calls from Peter Pfister 28 that afternoon and evening and said he had told her he had also called 29 the City Manager late that afternoon to promote his own firm's 30 selection. She said she had been fairly comfortable with both the 31 Pfister and Buetow November 1st presentations for different reasons. 32 The Councilmember said she thought the reason Mr. Pfister had decided 33 to only call her might have been because he had seen her eyes light up 34 when she had seen some of the creative work his firm had done on other 35 buildings. She indicated she had told Mr. Pfister she was concerned 36 that his firm might not have had the experience of working with City 37 Councils as other architects, which would be required on this project. 38 The Councilmember said Mr. Pfister had called her that day to report his 39 firm had been selected by Minneapolis to work with another architectural 40 firm on the Timber wolves building. She said her interest in the firm 41 had been heightened when she learned one of the reasons Minneapolis had 42 chosen Pfister had been the firm's ability to work with other architects 43 to sell the project to the public, which would also be required for the 44 St. Anthony project. Councilmember Makowske said when she questioned the 45 firm's ability to handle both projects at the same time, Mr. Pfister had 46 told her he anticipated the Timber Wolves project to only take from two '7 to four weeks which would free him and another of the firm's principals, 8 Mr. Sexto, to give their full attention to the City study. The 49 Councilmember indicated she had been able to draw similarities between 7 the Minneapolis project where Pfister had been selected to fit the 2 building into the surrounding area and the City's attempt to renovate 3 the existing building into a residential building. However, she 4 admitted at the same time that the lower price Buetow had submitted 5 certainly appealed to her, too. 6 Mayor Sundland told Councilmember Makowske Pfister Architects was his 7 second choice but the fact that they would be working on the Timber 8 Wolves building hadn't convinced him they should be moved up on his 9 list. 10 Councilmember Ranallo indicated that although he had been ill and unable 11 to attend the work session, he had been able to study all three 12 proposals and had only kept Buetow's for this meeting. He pointed to 13 that firm's experience with the Indianola City Hall expansion project 14 where fire and police departments had to be remodeled and improved as 15 an example of a project which would be similar to what the Council 16 wanted to do with the building they're already in. He said he 17 perceived Buetow was the only firm of the three who had designed and 18 remodeled buildings like the Carver County courthouse and the Ramsey 19 County Library. 20 Councilmember Enrooth indicated he had also found Pfister's proposal to 21 be very innovative and thought Mr. Pfister had a lot of good ideas. 22 However, he said he had a hard time perceiving how they would relate to renovating an old building as the City has to do. 24 He indicated the fact that Dave Hall, the architect who was with Mr. 25 Dunwell and specializes in space design, made Buetow's proposal seem 26 more relative to him. The Councilmember said he thought having someone 27 who can tell the City how to use the area which is available to the 28 maximum will be the most important part of the study. 29 Councilmember Ranallo agreed that he perceived a great similarity to 30 what the City wanted and what Buetow had provided with the renovation 31 of the Hennepin County District Court building where they had "evaluated 32 the existing facilities and identified space problems and needs." 33 Council Action 34 Motion by Ranallo, seconded by Enrooth to retain Buetow Associates to 35 work with City staff on an architectural redesign and space study of 36 the St. Anthony Village Community Center building. 37 Motion carried unanimously. 38 1989 Goal Setting Session Tentatively Scheduled for January 20-21 39 The above date seemed to be the best for the Councilmembers who were ^r) present. The City Manager indicated he would let them know if any conflict developed later. Council Perceives Possibility of Only One Council Meeting in December 2 Traditionally, the Council has held no meetings between Christmas and 3 New Years and several Councilmembers indicated they expected to be out 4 of town during that period. Mr. Childs indicated he knew of no pressing 5 matters which might require Council attention before the first 6 scheduled meeting in January. If an application required action by 7 the Planning Commission December 20th on which a Council decision was 8 needed immediately, he suggested the Council might be able to hold a 9 short meeting on December 21st to take care of just that matter. The 10 final decision on the matter was deferred until the Council's November 11 22nd meeting. 12 NEW BUSINESS 13 Ordinance Amendment Allowing Pull Tabs Given First Reading 14 Mr. Childs indicated the above had been written by the City Attorney 15 and he would refer Councilmember Makowske's suggestion for highlighting 16 the exceptions to Mr. Soth before the next reading. 17 Council Action 18 Motion by Ranallo, seconded by Makowske to approve the first reading 19 of Ordinance 1988-011 which would amend the Charitable Gambling Ordinance to allow pull tab operations in municipal liquor z1 establishments St. Anthony. 22 ORDINANCE 1988-011 23 AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO LAWFUL GAMBLING IN MUNICIPAL 24 LIQUOR DISPENSARIES FOR THE ON -SALE OF INTOXICATING LIQUOR; 25 AMENDING SECTION 445:10 OF THE 1973 CODE OF ORDINANCES 26 Motion carried unanimously. 27 28 Motion by Enrooth, seconded by Ranallo to adjourn the meeting at 8:50 29 P.M. 30 31 Respectfully submitted, 32 Helen Crowe, Secretary 33 tom/ 34 Mayor /1 ATTES1f 7/ 36 CityClem Motion carried unanimously.