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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC MINUTES 01261988==z TY O F' S T_ ANTHONY C O UN C= L M= N U T E S JANUARY 26, a-988 1 The meeting was opened at 7:30 P.M. with the Pledge of Allegiance 2 led by Mayor Sundland. 3 Present for roll call: Marks, Ranallo, Sundland, Enrooth, Makowske. 4 Also present: David Childs, City Manager 5 JANUARY 12, 1988 COUNCIL MINUTES 6 Motion by Marks, seconded by Ranallo to approve with the following 7 changes: 8 Page 3, line 16: Change "YBS" to "YSB". 9 Page 4, line 21: Correct typo "he" to "she". 10 Motion carried unanimousl 11 LICENSES/PERMITS/PETITIONS 12 Motion by Ranallo, seconded by Marks to grant licenses to the 13 following as listed in the January 26th Council agenda packet: 14 Contractors 15 DeMars Signs, Minneapolis 16 First Choice Exteriors, Maple Grove 17 Rubbish Removal 18 Aagard Sanitation, St. Paul 19 Motion carried unanimousl 20 CLAIMS 21 Manninqs Waitress Costs Solit 22 Mr. Childs explained to Councilmember Makowske that the above costs 23 were split with the restaurateur during periods when his waitresses 24 served alcoholic beverages with food to Stonehouse customers. He 25 also agreed to check out the inconsistencies in check numbers in the 26 liquor operation report (11657-58-59). Council Action Motion by Marks, seconded by Makowske to approve payment of all liquor accounts payable for December 31st to January 15th and the December 31st City accounts payable as listed in the Council's January 26th agenda packet. Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Makowske, seconded by Enrooth to approve payment of $8,000.00 to Corporate Resources Insurance Agency, Inc. under the agreement dated June 1, 1987. 10 Motion carried unanimousl 11 Motion by Marks, seconded by Enrooth to approve payment of 12 $1,292.00 to the League of Minnesota Cities Labor Relations 13 Subscriber Service for services from March 15, 1988 through March 14 14, 1989. 31 15 Motion carried unanimously. Motion carried unanimously. 16 Developer to Pav Extra Enaineerina Costs for Kenzie Terrace Sianal 17 and Redevelopment Project Chanaes 18 The $1,300.00 bill from Rieke Carroll Muller represented an 19 additional charge to the $8,000 engineering contract for the traffic 20 signals which would be paid from CDBG funds, Mr. Childs told 21 Councilmember Enrooth. He said the engineer's charge for additional 22 services, including the traffic study and planning for a different 23 entrance configuration, had resulted from the engineers meeting with 24 the Gaughan Company to plan for changes in the center median, 25 driveways, sidewalks, handicapped curb aprons, etc. and those costs 26 would eventually have to be paid by the project developer. 27 Council Action 28 Motion by Makowske, seconded by Enrooth to approve payment of 29 $1,300.00 to Rieke Carroll Muller Associates, Inc. for extra 30 engineering services on the Kenzie Terrace Redevelopment Project. 31 Motion carried unanimously. 32 Motion by Makowske, seconded by Ranallo to approve payment of 33 $216.45 in 1988 membership dues to the Ramsey County League of Local 34 Government. 35 Motion carried unanimously. 36 Motion by Ranallo, seconded by Marks to approve payment of 37 $3,492.29 to the Briggs and Morgan law firm for professional 38 services rendered in connection with the City's law suit against the 2 1 U.S. Army et al related to St. Anthony's water contamination 2 problems. 3 Motion carried unanimousl 4 Motion by Ranallo, seconded by Marks to approve payment of $2,750.85 5 as the City's share of costs for work performed and expenses 6 incurred connection with the consulting services provided by Bruce 7 A. Liesch Associates, Inc. up to December 15th in conjunction with 8 the above lawsuit. 22 9 Motion carried unanimousl 10 Motion by Makowske, seconded by Marks to approve payment of 11 $2,200.00 to the Hance & LeVahn law firm for legal services rendered 12 for the month of January, 1988, relative to St. Anthony 13 prosecutions. 14 Motion carried unanimously. 15 Motion by Marks, seconded by Enrooth to approve payment of 16 $26,082.04 to the Metropolitan Waste Control Commission for January 17 sewer services. 18 Motion carried unanimousl 19 Motion by Marks, seconded by Sundland to approve payment of 20 $7,967.00 as budgeted to the Northwest Suburban Youth Services 21 under the 1988 joint powers agreement with that organization. 22 Motion carried unanimouslv. 23 Motion by Marks, seconded by Makowske to approve payment of 24 $1,749.00 in annual membership dues to the Association of 25 Metropolitan Municipalities. 26 Motion carried unanimousl 27 Motion by Enrooth, seconded by Sundland to approve payment of 28 $932.78 to the Dorsey & Whitney law firm for legal services 29 rendered during November, 1987, $192.50 of which would be paid from 30 the liquor operation funds for legal services related to the Advance 31 United Expressways, Inc. bankruptcy which resulted in several 32 insufficient fund checks being cashed in the City stores. 33 Motion carried unanimousl 34 REPORTS 35 COUNCIL 3 1 Engstrom Named Officer of the Year by Fridley Knights of Columbus 2 Mayor Sundland said he had attended the appreciation dinner where 3 the BVM Council of the Knights of Columbus had honored Captain 4 Richard Engstrom as St. Anthony's Officer of the Year. The Mayor 5 reported that in addition to the award, Captain Engstrom had been 6 given a choice of charities to whom the Knights would donate 7 $150.00. He said he had been impressed when the recipient chose 8 to split the donation between the Red Cross and the Salvation Army 9 because both organizations "had given so much help to the St. 10 Anthony community after the 1984 tornado." 11 Mayor Sundland asked Councilmember Ranallo, who is Grand Knight of 12 the Fridley Knights of Columbus Council, to convey his own and the 13 rest of the Council's gratitude for this recognition of the City 14 Police Department. 15 Makowske Percei 16 Area Plua in Tr 17 Councilmember Makowske passed around a copy of the latest AAA travel 18 guide which touted the north Minneapolis area as a good vacation 19 choice, saying she suspected this might be one of the first efforts 20 by the Association to gain more recognition for the northern 21 metropolitan area. In the same regard, Mayor Sundland reported 22 arrangements have been made to have Brooklyn Park Mayor Krautkremer 23 appear before the Council in February to lobby support for an 24 increased Association budget to continue those efforts. 25 Ranallo Reports Busy Schedule for Gopher One Call System Board 26 Members 27 The Board of Directors for the above organization has been very 28 active, Councilmember Ranallo said, setting up and taking bids for 29 this legislative mandated system. The organization is responsible 30 for identifying all underground utility, natural gas and oil lines 31 and providing such information to anyone who seeks permission to dig 32 anywhere in the state, thereby avoiding ruptures similar to that 33 which occurred in MoundsView. The Councilmember said the Board on 34 which he serves has been meeting with representatives of the area's 35 utility companies in an attempt to computerize all available grid 36 information. However, the problem still remains to identify 37 underground lines like the gas line the City encountered when they 38 were rebuilding St. Anthony Boulevard which no one knew anything 39 about. Even gas grills which residents put in, with or without the 40 gas company's knowledge, pose special problems for the system, he 41 added. The Board is now ready to take bids on the system and the 42 Councilmember indicated he anticipated there would be a lot of 43 activity from now on starting with an informational meeting in Grand 44 Rapids the following day. 4 1 Marks Reports Beneficial Youth Service Bureau Retreat 2 There were a number of municipal officials who participated in the 3 above the weekend of January 15th the Councilmember indicated. He 4 said one of the most helpful issues which was pursued was the 5 perception that Boards should give better directions regarding the 6 main thrust of their organizations to the membership. In response 7 to these inadequacies, the YSB will set up a program of position 8 descriptions so board members will know exactly what is expected of 9 them. 10 Councilmember Marks indicated he expected to be on jury duty for 11 several more weeks. 12 DEPARTMENTS AND COMMITTEES 13 Before the Hance & LeVahn report on cases they had prosecuted at 14 Hennepin County District Court on January 6th was ordered filed, 15 Councilmember Marks commented he was glad to see the Court require 16 at least some payment of the City's costs. 17 CITY MANAGER REPORTS 18 January 22, 1988 Staff Meeting Notes 19 *During the consideration of the 1988 goals adopted by the Fire 20 Department, Mr. Childs indicated the proposed $7,500 expenditure 21 for an air compressor to replenish the oxygen in the Department's 22 air masks and resuscitators would have to be considered in some 23 future budget session. 24 *In reference to the Police Chief Hickerson's observations related 25 to the school district's deferring maintenance items in antici- 26 pation of the potential transfer of Parkview's ownership, the 27 Manager indicated staff was documenting all deferred items which 28 would have to be taken care of before the City would take over the 29 building. 30 *Mr. Nelson's recommendations related to a joint grand opening for 31 the new Stonehouse restaurant and liquor warehouse operations were 32 explored briefly with arguments made for more exposure through 33 several events. Mr. Childs indicated he would relay these concerns 34 to the Liquor Manager who he was certain would be open to any 35 Council suggestions. Councilmember Enrooth suggested restaurant 36 and liquor store patrons might have to compete for the same parking 37 spaces when both operations are running at full capacity. The 38 Mayor agreed, saying Mr. Nelson had told him Mr. Manning antici- 39 pated business in his St. Anthony restaurant might surpass his 40 other two southeast Minneapolis locations. 41 Liquor Warehouse Addition Expected to be Completed by End of Week 1 Mr. Childs said he had determined the above was possible after a 2 marathon meeting January 21st with the architect and the 3 contractor. During that meeting Fulco had agreed to reduce the 4 contract costs by $4,500 to cover the project delays and the extra 5 rent the City had to pay in the other location because of those 6 delays. The Manager said concessions were also negotiated with the 7 architect to cover plan errors, one of which was the installation of 8 the fire protection ceiling soffit which appeared as Item 5 in the 9 Contract Change Order before the Council that evening. He indicated 10 the City would be reimbursed $160.00 by BWBR for overlooking that it item in the original plan and the architect would have to pay part 12 of the $310.00 it cost to return the doors to the factory to get 13 holes drilled for the mortise locks. 14 Mr. Childs recommended the Council approve the Change Order with the 15 understanding that another would be issued to cover the costs of the 16 door openers and closers as well as the extension of the project 17 completion date to January 29th (or the date that happens). Some 18 retainage should also be expected to cover concrete work to be done 19 next spring. He also assured Councilmember Makowske the City had 20 gotten certification that all the subcontractors had been paid. 21 Council Action 22 Motion by Ranallo, seconded by Makowske to approve payment of Change 23 Order 04 for $550.00 on the Stonehouse liquor warehouse addition. 24 Motion carried unanimously. 25 April 12th Board of Review Scheduled 26 Motion by Ranallo, seconded by Marks to schedule the St. Anthony 27 Board of Review to be held at 6:30 P.M. prior to the regularly 28 scheduled Council meeting, April 12, 1988. 29 Motion carried unanimously. 30 February 23rd Precinct C 31 Council Meeting 32 Mr. Childs had included copies of the notice regarding the precinct 33 caucuses in the Council's agenda packets and pointed out that the 34 Council meeting scheduled for the same evening would include not 35 only the report on the February 16th Planning Commission meeting but 36 also what could be a very detailed report on the community survey 37 taken in December. He said he understood the latter might be 38 especially interesting because the surveyors had already reported 39 finding St. Anthony residents with "varied but very strong 40 opinions" on many of the issues the survey covered. 41 Council Action N 1 Motion by Ranallo, seconded by Makowske to reschedule the Council's 2 second meeting in February to 7:30 P.M., February 24th, in 3 compliance with the state law forbidding other official meetings 4 to be held after 6:00 P.M. the evening of the caucuses. 5 Motion carried unanimously. 6 Long Term Planning and Goal Setting Retreat to be Held February 26- 7 27th 8 During the discussion of the above, Councilmember Marks reiterated 9 that although he would be able to attend the Friday evening session, 10 the class he would be teaching on Saturday would prevent him from 11 attending that session. 12 NEW BUSINESS 13 DENNIS MURPHY AND TOM GOULD TO REPRESENT THE CITY ON NORTH SUBURBAN 14 CABLE COMMISSION 15 Motion by Marks, seconded by Enrooth to appoint Dennis Murphy, 3412 16 Downers Drive, to a one year term on the above commission with Tom 17 Gould continuing to serve for one year as alternate under the 18 conditions related to attendance and information sharing set forth 19 in the Council's January 26th agenda. The Council requests that 20 copies of these conditions be sent to both Mr. Murphy and Mr. Gould. 21 Motion carried unanimously. 22 City Manager's 1988 Employment Agreement Approved 23 Motion by Ranallo, seconded by Marks to adopt the resolution which 24 authorizes execution of the 1988 employment agreement with Mr. 25 Childs. 26 RESOLUTION 88-008 27 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR OF THE 28 CITY OF ST. ANTHONY TO EXECUTE THE 29 EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN DAVID M. CHILDS 30 AND THE CITY OF ST. ANTHONY 31 Motion carried unanimously. 32 UNFINISHED BUSINESS 33 Ordinance amendments related to weapons and controlled substances 34 were given second readings. 35 Motion by Ranallo, seconded by Makowske to approve the second 36 reading of Ordinance 1988-001. 7 1 ORDINANCE 1988-001 2 AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO WEAPONS, AMENDING 3 SECTION 925 OF THE 1973 ST. ANTHONY CODE OF 4 ORDINANCES IN ITS ENTIRETY; REPEALING SECTION 930 5 OF THE 1973 ST. ANTHONY CODE OF ORDINANCES 6 Motion carried unanimously. 7 ORDINANCE 1988-002 8 AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE 9 REGULATION OF CONTROLLED 10 SUBSTANCES; AMENDING THE 1973 CODE 11 OF ORDINANCES TO ADD A SECTION 12 Motion carried unanimously. 13 ADJOURNMENT 14 Motion by Ranallo, seconded by Enrooth to adjourn the meeting at 15 8:20 P.M. for the St. Anthony Housing and Redevelopment Authority 16 meeting which followed immediately. 17 18 Respectfully submitted, Motion carried unanimously. 19 H /e� Crowe, Secretary 20 (/ ATTEST 21 yor City Clerk 22 :cjk 91