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1 The meeting was opened at 7:30 P.M. with the Pledge of Allegiance led
2 by Mayor Sundland.
3 Present for roll call: Marks, Sundland, Ranallo, Enrooth, Makowske.
4 Also present: David Childs, City Manager.
5 MAY 10, 1988 COUNCIL MINUTES
6 Motion by Makowske, seconded by Marks to approve with the following
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17 Motion carried unanimously.
18 LICENSES/PERMITS/PETITIONS
19 Motion by Marks, seconded by Enrooth to grant the following licenses
20 and multiple housing registrations as they are listed in the
21 Council's May 24th agenda packet:
22 Contractors
23 Herb Knutson Construction, Coon Rapids
24 North Star Builders, Brooklyn Park
25 Day's Construction & Remodeling (renewal)
26 Dundee Construction, Fridley
27 Heating
28 Northwestern Service, Inc.
29 Cigarette
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31 Speedy Market
2 Multiple Housinq Registration
3 Sheldon Mortenson, 3713-3800 Foss Road
4 Walker Senior Housing, 2626 Kenzie Terrace
5 Frances Sandberg, 3820 Macalaster Drive
6 Sentinel Management, Equinox Apartments
7 Motion carried unanimously.
8 Motion by Ranallo, seconded by Enrooth to grant a temporary 3.2 beer
9 permit to Marilyn Lubrecht, 3324 Skycroft Circle, for the family
10 picnic to be held in Central Park, June 12th.
11 Voting on the motion:
12 Aye: Ranallo, Enrooth, Sundland, Makowske.
13 Nay: Marks.
14 Motion carried.
15 CLAIMS
16 Motion by Enrooth, seconded by Marks to approve payment of all City
17 accounts payable listed for April 30th and liquor accounts payable
.8 listed for May 16th in the May 24th Council agenda packet as well as
19 the City accounts payable contained in the May 24th listing dis-
20 tributed by the City Manager.
21 Motion carried unanimously.
22 Motion by Marks, seconded by Makowske to approve payment of $2,200.00
23 to the Hance and LeVahn law firm for legal services rendered for the
24 month of May, 1988, relative to St. Anthony prosecutions.
25 Motion carried unanimously.
26 Motion by Marks, seconded by Makowske to approve the following
27 payments to Rieke -Carroll -Muller Associates:
28 *$9,744.54 for engineering services rendered from March 27
29 through April 30, 1988 relative to the temporary water treatment
30 facility;
31 *$400.00 for engineering services through April 30, 1988 relative
32 to the traffic signals on Kenzie Terrace;
33 *$3,750.69 for the balance of payments due for the draft of the
34 storm sewer study completed and submitted May 3, 1988.
35 Motion carried unanimousl
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I Motion by Marks, seconded by Sundland to approve payment of $1,296.00
2 to Copy Duplicating Products, Inc. under the annual maintenance
3 agreement for the City's Minolta copying machine.
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Motion carried unanimouslv.
5 Motion by Makowske, seconded by Enrooth to approve payment of
6 $26,082.04 to the Metropolitan Waste Control Commission for June sewer
7 services.
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9 NEW BUSINESS
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Motion carried unanimously.
12 When Councilmember Marks questioned why there should have been such a
13 difference between Calgon's bid of $325,730.00 and Carbon Air Ser -
14 vice's bid of $688,407.00, Mr. Childs; Dale Watson, the RCM Project
15 Manager; and Hank Kaufmann of Calgon, indicated:
16 *Carbon Air had submitted an inordinately high bid rather than
17 Calgon being too low;
18 *the specs had been drawn in such a manner as to allow each
19 bidder to design its own system and great pains had been taken
0 to assure Calgon wouldn't have a monopoly on the carbon just
21 because they are one of the major manufacturers of the carbon
22 cylinders;
23 *other bidders would not have been precluded from going to some
24 other manufacturer for their carbon and/or equipment;
25 *Carbon Air had proposed more, but smaller, cylinders but the
26 engineers had perceived Calgon's bid had been complete and
27 adequate to meet the project specifications;
28 *as a further indication that Calgon didn't have a monopoly, it
29 was pointed out that Carbon Air had been awarded the New Brigh-
30 ton project where the specs called for the removal of phosphorus
31 for potential discharge in surface water which would not be
32 necessary in St. Anthony.
33 It was further indicated that RCM had included $455,000.00 in their
34 cost estimates, which would cover work to be done by the City to
35 include site preparation and winterizing construction of the pads;
36 some of the electrical and process piping, as well as engineering, ad -
37 ministration and contingency costs. When Calgon's base bid price is
38 added to these costs, the total is very close to what the engineers
39 estimated the project cost would be, Mr. Childs indicated.
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1 St. Anthony would not become a hazardous waste polluter, Mr. Kaufmann
2 said, because part of their bid had been to retrieve and reactivate
3 the carbon once it was spent.
4 Councilmember Marks reported that, after making a line -by-line com-
5 parison of the two bids, he had been satisfied that Calgon's bid had
6 actually been about $14,000 less than the engineer's estimate.
7 Council Action
8 Motion by Ranallo, seconded by Marks to accept the lower total base
9 bid of $325,730.00 from Calgon Carbon Corporation for furnishing,
10 installing, and servicing a temporary granular activated carbon (GAC)
11 system at the City's water treatment plant.
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Motion carried unanimously.
13 $875,000.00 Bonds Authorized for Temporary Carbon System
14 Robert Thistle of Springsted Incorporated, financial advisers on the
15 project, was present to discuss his firm's May 17th recommendations
16 relative to the issuance of the above General Obligation Revenue bonds
17 to include $200,000 for future costs as well as reimbursement of the
18 Water Fund for current legal and consulting fees.
19 Mr. Thistle explained that:
0 *the estimated interest rate on the five year, "zero coupon"
21 bonds would be 6.55% which would all be due on maturity with a
22 provision for advancing that maturity if the City received a
23 settlement in its litigation against the U.S. Army et al for
24 St. Anthony's water contamination problems before five years;
25 *this type of bond provided the City with an accurate record keeping
26 method which was essential for the above litigation;
27 *the issue's tax exempt status would be grandfathered in and
28 would not be affected by any future Congressional action;
29 *the financial adviser indicated he would not expect the
30 interest rate would go up appreciably before June 28th, the
31 date of the bond sale.
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34 Mr. Childs indicated he was not recommending the bond issue be reduced
35 by this amount because he anticipated future legal and consulting fees
36 could easily exceed the current estimates. He told Councilmember
37 Makowske the terms under which Ramsey County was allocating the money
38 indicated that if the City recovered from the potential responsible
39 parties, St. Anthony would first reimburse any bonded indebtedness
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and then would reimburse the County CDBG fund program to assure that
the defendants would not eliminate those funds from their settlement.
The interest rate on the CDBG funds would be tied in with the interest
received on the General Obligation Revenue Bonds, the Manager added.
5 Council Action
6 Motion by Ranallo, seconded by Enrooth to adopt Resolution 88-019.
7 RESOLUTION 88-019
8 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING ISSUANCE AND SALE OF $875,000
9 GENERAL OBLIGATION REVENUE WATER SYSTEM BONDS,
10 SERIES 1988A
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Notion carried unanimously.
14 Councilmembers had been furnished with copies of the 1988-89 insurance
15 renewal proposals prepared by Mark Flaten of American Risk Services,
16 Inc. The City's risk management consultant drew attention to sharp
17 raises in several areas where he said other medium sized cities like
18 St. Anthony had decided to self -insure against some of their losses.
19 Mr. Flaten reported that because the Council had made "a wise
20 decision" to go with a retrospective rating system on Workers Compen-
21 sation in 1986, the City had received a return premium of $45,000 for
22 the 1986-87 period and would be expected to receive another $55,000
23 for the 87-88 period, which could be used as the first installment in
24 the self insurance fund. Further, because of St. Anthony's good
25 safety program, the City's experience modification was being reduced
26 from 1.38% to 1.21% for 1988-89.
27 Mr. Flaten had provided quotes for liquor liability insurance from two
28 insurance companies, which he said were very close. He recommended
29 staying with Transcontinental who had a longer experience in Min -
30 nesota. His report drew a comparison between the premiums the City
31 had paid for similar coverage in 1987-88 and could expect to pay if
32 the same coverage were retained. Mr. Flaten's suggestions for self
33 insurance in some areas were based on increasing the security for the
34 check cashing operations to decrease crime loss exposure as well as
35 the relationship between the need for umbrella coverage for additional
36 official liability protection and that offered under the Sovereign
37 Immunity Law.
38 With Workers Compensation Experience dividendsand larger deductibles
39 in several categories, it was perceived the City would have close to
40 $130,000.00 to start a self insurance program with a capability of
41 covering smaller losses and covering increased deductibles.
1 Mr. Flaten told the Councilmembers they always had the option of
2 increasing coverages in mid-term. He indicated he would be willing
3 to help the City set up an increased security program for the liquor
4 operations.
5 Council Action
6 Motion by Ranallo, seconded by Marks to accept the bid from Transcon-
7 tinental for liquor liability with a $500,000 limit; to remove the
8 Crime and Umbrella insurance coverage from the insurance quote; take
9 the deductible option of $10,000 per occurrence/$50,000 aggregate
10 (with a maintenance deductible of $1,000; and to continue with the
11 retrospective rating program in Workers Compensation as recommended by
12 Mr. Flaten.
13 Motion carried unanimously.
14 City to Pay Portion of Trillium Park Plant Removal Costs from
15 Beautification Fund
16 In his May 16th memorandum, Public Works Director Hamer had recom-
17 mended $1,606.43 be taken from the above fund to cover the City's
18 share of the $2,106.43 the Village Gardenettes will have to pay to
19 replace 200 feet of diseased honeysuckle in the park. Mr. Childs had
20 also listed other planned uses for the $10,000.00 currently on hand
21 in the Beautification Fund to include center median work at the
22 Kenzie Terrace/St. Anthony Boulevard/Silver Lake Road intersection and
3 a new entrance sign in Trillium Park. Councilmember Ranallo wondered
24 whether that fund could not also be used to replace the elm trees on
25 St. Anthony Boulevard. The Manager said he understood the Public
26 Works Department had not made plans to plant any more trees which they
27 would have to take care of. The Councilmember responded by saying he
28 perceived "the Boulevard was one of the greatest assets the City had"
29 and that argument was the same as saying "don't build roads because
30 we'll have to plow them." There was a difference of opinion as to
31 whether or not disease treatment being tried in other communities was
32 really effective. Mr. Childs said he would schedule a discussion of
33 those points with Mr. Hamer for some future meeting.
34 Council Action
35 Motion by Ranallo, seconded by Enrooth to approve payment from the
36 Beautification Fund of the amount requested by the Village Gardenettes
37 to defray the costs of replacing diseased honeysuckle in Trillium
38 Park.
39 Motion carried unanimously.
40 Mutual Aid Reciprocal Fire Service Agreement Renewed for Fire Depart -
41 ment
42 Motion by Marks, seconded by Enrooth to adopt Resolution 88-018.
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RESOLUTION 88-018
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR, AND CITY MANAGER
AND FIRE CHIEF TO EXECUTE THE CAPITOL CITY
MUTUAL AID ASSOCIATION RECIPROCAL
FIRE SERVICE AGREEMENT
COUNCIL REPORTS
Motion carried unanimously.
The Councilmember reported Bob Heinrich of Project Cleanup had made
several suggestions of what could be done about the first during the
question and answer period of the start of the meeting. She said she
had also found out that many other communities have included in their
surveys the question the Council had added to St. Anthony's survey to
ascertain the expectations of its citizens for providing social
services and that the response had been very mixed.
l9 Councilmember Makowske commented that although she had to miss the AMM
.0 meeting which had been scheduled for the same evening, she thought she
21 might have made up for her absence by proposing that Vern Peterson,
22 the AMM Executive Director be invited to speak at a future RCLLG
23 meeting.
24 Makowske and Fleming Attend National League of Cities Human Develop -
25 ment Policy Conference in St. Paul, Mav 20-21
26 The Councilmember indicated she and the Chemical Health Environmental
27 Management representative, Dorothy Fleming, had attended different
28 workshops at the conference and would be making individual reports to
29 the Council on the sessions each had attended.
30 Child Care Session Conclusion Disputes St. Anthony Parent Opposition
31 to Fire Station in Parkview
32 Councilmember Ranallo, who had chaired a session on child care at the
33 Human Development Conference, reported he had been very surprised to
34 hear the conferees insist that child care centers had to be located as
35 close as possible to either fire or police facilities where first
36 responders would be trained in emergency medical techniques. He said
37 he found it quite ironic that there had been so much parent opposition
38 to having the City relocate the fire station into Parkview next to the
39 areas where child care programs are carried on. The Councilmember
40 indicated that when he had reported this opposition to the other
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1 conferees, their response had been "you know how to build fences,
2 don't you?"
3 Child Care Services Considered Essential in Many Areas of the Country
4 Councilmember Ranallo reported 18 states sponsor child care services
5 and the representative from California (which is considered the
6 leader in the child care area) was one of the main speakers. This
7 person told the conference "California couldn't be without child care
8 services." Councilmember Ranallo said he had become quite concerned
9 to learn just how much the scope of services provided by municipalit-
10 ies was changing with cities like Irvine, California, having to hire
11 a human development manager with the expertise and education necessary
12 to administrate social program which ranged from infant care to youth
13 services, and even alcohol and other chemical abuse as well as AIDS
14 programs.
15 In relation to child care programs in other states and communities,
16 the Councilmember said he had learned further that:
17 *social pressures from single and two wage parent families had
18 forced other cities to provide child care programs;
19 *other city representatives had found it hard to believe that
20 St. Anthony taxpayers were subsidizing child care for not only
21 its own residents but for families from adjoining municipali-
'2 ties; because
23 *most had found the best way to provide these services was to
24 establish non-profit child care programs to be run on a break -
25 even basis with city official and staff representation, but not
26 taxpayer subsidization;
27 *by going to non-profit services, funds could be sought from
28 private sources like the Lions, Kiwanis, etc.; foundations,
29 or even employers, without entanglement with public monies.
30 Conference Philosophv Not Completely Accepted by Councilmembers
31 Makowske said she had learned at one of the workshops that the
32 McKnight Foundation had given $2.7 million toward the purchase of the
33 vacant Regina High School Building for the Head Start Program. The
34 Councilmember wondered if the new trends might force the Council to
35 redefine St. Anthony's mission as a City when it came to providing
36 other services other than what are now provided towards parks, recrea-
37 tion, and snowplowing, etc. She indicated she perceived the question
38 still remained as to when a city is big enough to take on social
39 services. She also raised the question of whether the City, by
40 providing these services, might find itself in competition with
41 private providers.
1 Sundland indicated he could see where such services might be necessary
2 for single parent families but wondered if the country might not be
3 rushing headlong into programs which might not be good for the country
4 as a whole in the long run. The Mayor indicated he could see where
5 large industries might be able to accept this kind of responsibility
6 but thought it might be hard for small businesses like some of those
7 in St. Anthony, with only 30 or 50 employees, to set up a child care
8 service in their own operations and it would be inordinately expensive
9 for them to have to subsidize those kinds of services for their
10 employees elsewhere.
11 Councilmember Marks said he understood many companies were under great
12 pressure to promote women to management positions and are finding one
13 of the incentives they can offer to fill their quotas is to provide
14 day care services. He commented that he perceived tradition had a lot
15 to do with the types of service governments provided, pointing out
16 that in many European Cities the government doesn't provide water for
17 its residents which instead is provided by private companies.
18 Councilmember Marks perceived that St. Anthony had traditionally
19 accepted the concept that organizations other than the City should
20 take care of social programs like child care, and, although such
21 services might be encouraged by zoning and licensing, he perceived
22 the City would have a hard time administering programs like these
23 which the schools are better fitted to administrate.
24 Ranallo agreed that it would all eventually come down to zoning and
25 licensing because the conference had recognized state regulations for
26 the most part were too loose. He said from a safety standpoint it
27 was essential that the police and fire departments both be made aware
28 of locations where there are gatherings of small children. The
29 Councilmember told the Mayor the federal government is already
30 promoting child care programs through tax legislation under which
31 child care costs can be taken out of pre-tax earnings.
32 Enrooth told Mr. Childs he thought it would be very helpful for the
33 Council to find out just how many kinds of child care were being
34 provided in St. Anthony right now. He speculated that with various
35 church programs, Montessori classes, and day care provided out of
36 individual homes, there might be from 20 to 25 child care services
37 already operating in St. Anthony.
38 Sundland reiterated his concern about accepting this new concept
39 without more study suggesting as a start that Councilmember Ranallo
40 from his position on the National League Human Development Committee,
41 let the other commissioners know that at least from his own Council's
42 viewpoint, there was a need for a lot more thought before wholesale
43 encouragement of what could easily become government provided 24 hour
44 child care. The Mayor indicated he personally "had some real
45 reservations about the ability or the legitimacy of governments to
46 raise kids."
1 Makowske Perceives Sprinkling Schedule Being Ianored by Some Residents
2 When the Councilmember indicated the above, Mr. Childs told her there
3 had been enough compliance so far to avoid draining the water tanks.
4 He also said the police and fire departments are still stopping by to
5 remind those who aren't keeping the schedule not to sprinkle during
6 restricted periods. Mayor Sundland agreed that the problem would be
7 solved in six weeks when the carbon filtration system is installed and
8 the City is able to put Well #3 back in service. He also perceived
9 neighbor pressure to comply was being imposed on the violators all
10 over the Village.
11 Recycling Task Force Minutes to be Provided to Council
12 Enrooth suggested the above as a means of keeping the Council
13 informed on the issues the Task force would be considering. The
14 Councilmember indicated the Task Force had set a goal of August for
15 returning to the Council with a recommendation. He reiterated that
16 St. Anthony, even without a curbside recycling program, was still
17 farther along than most other Hennepin County communities, but was
18 missing out on getting some funding for educations programs, etc. by
19 not having a specific program in place. Mr. Childs added that without
20 a city-wide program, the City would not be able to go much farther
21 in terms of participation levels while cities with new curbside
22 collection programs would probably catch up to and pass St. Anthony
23 in a short time.
24 Ranallo Warns of an lit Raise in St. Anthony Property Tare
25 The Councilmember said he had learned about the raise during the
26 various meetings on the subject held by the Minnesota League of
27 Cities Board the last few weeks. The anticipated raise in mill rate
28 had come from legislative action this session. Cities would have to
29 inform their taxpayers about the budget increases before the budgets
30 could be put into effect.
31 League of Minnesota Cities to Celebrate Its 75th Anniversary During
32 Annual Conference in St Paul June 7. 8, and 9
33 Ranallo reported that the kick-off of the above observance would be
34 held at the Landmark Center Tuesday evening.
35RMIL;]Loopqs Band Shell o'ect for St. Anthony's "Celebrate 1990"
36 Observanc
37 The Councilmember said Governor Perpich had prepared an excellent
38 video in which he had urged all Minnesota communities to get involved
39 in the 1990 "Back to Minnesota" activities. Sensing that there might
40 not be the same degree of interest for former St. Anthony residents to
41 return to their home community as there would probably be for other
42 small towns outside the metropolitan area, Councilmember Ranallo
43 suggested that, instead of a town reunion, the Council might want to
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1 get behind a community effort to raise money to install a permanent
2 (rather than portable) band shell in Central Park as the City's effort
3 for the celebrations. He said with the excellent high school band and
4 civic orchestra St. Anthony has, there should be no problem scheduling
5 concerts in the facility all summer long. Councilmember Marks indi-
6 cated that as a member of the St. Anthony Civic Orchestra he had
7 played many times in community band/orchestra shells from Stillwater
8 to Lake Harriet and a City band shell had been a dream his wife had
9 held for a long time. He agreed that temporary band stands always
10 proved inadequate.
it Marks Participates in Training Sessions fc
12 Board Members
13 An overview of the organization's history as well as its goals and
14 purposes were included in these sessions, which were a part of the YSB
15 Board's "first ever" annual meeting held a few weeks ago, according to
16 the Councilmember.
17 DEPARTMENT AND COMMITTEE REPORTS
18 Marks Not Surprised by Penalties Imposed by District Judge Christensen
19 The Councilmember pointed to the high alcoholic contents and weak DWI
20 sentences imposed by the arraigning judge, indicating they were
21 consistent with what he had observed when he served on the jury under
22 Judge Christensen. He said he was composing a letter to let Judge
.3 Christensen know just how unhappy he was with this type of sentencing.
24 Sundland Glad to Get Reserve Report
25 Although he was somewhat puzzled by the sharp drop in public assist
26 incidents between the March and April Police Reports, the Mayor said
27 he was glad to get the April report on the Police Reserve activities.
28 Mr. Childs said he would check on the discrepancy although he was
29 fairly certain a change in report format had accounted for the
30 differences in that category.
31 The April Financial Report was ordered filed without comment.
32 CITY MANAGER REPORTS
33 May 18, 1988 Staff Meeting Notes
34 There were short discussions
35 the new liquor warehouse gran
36 Heights would be taking the
37 above were ordered filed. Mr.
38 the issue of pull tabs would
39 the Sports Boosters related to
40 because that decision has to be
of the Stonehouse restroom remodeling,
d opening and the fact that Vadnais
City's old voting machines before the
Childs said he would not anticipate
be resurrected during the meeting with
revamping the ball fields in June
made at Council and not staff level.
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3 The Manager reported attending a meeting that morning where the
4 Minnesota Pollution Control Board had passed a resolution authorizing
5 St. Anthony to take the above response action in conjunction with the
6 Superfund Act and leaving the City with the option of recovering from
7 whichever parties are found responsible for St. Anthony's water
8 contamination problems.
9 Mr. Childs told Councilmember Marks he knew of no further action on
10 the part of the state once the cooperative agreement between the state
11 and the Army had been signed and the $2,000,000.00 fund had been freed
12 up for use on other projects, rather than on an ongoing substantial
13 effort to get the Army to settle once and for all.
14 UNFINISHED BUSINESS
15 Ordinance to Chanae Zoninq for Everareen Townhomes Given First Readin
16 Mr. Childs recalled the City Attorney's memo indicating he perceived
17 the City's position was quite secure on providing access to land
18 locked parcels in the same area and suggesting that the access become
19 a matter for discussion again when the owners seek City approval to
20 subdivide those properties for development.
21 Council Action
22 Motion by Ranallo, seconded by Marks to approve the first reading of
23 Ordinance 1988-005.
24 ORDINANCE 1988-005
25 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CITY ZONING MAP
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27 ADJOURNMENT
Motion carried unanimously.
28 Motion by Marks, seconded by Enrooth to adjourn the meeting at 9:30
29 P.M.
30 Motion carried unanimously.
31 Respectfully submitted,
32 Helen Crowe, Secretary
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