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CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING MINUTES
NOVEMBER 10, 2014
CALL TO ORDER.
Mayor Faust called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
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11 Mayor Faust invited the Council and audience to join him in the Pledge of Allegiance.
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13 ROLL CALL.
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15 Present: Mayor Faust; Councilmembers Gray, Jenson, Roth, and Stille.
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Also Present: City Manager Mark Casey, Fire Chief Mark Sitarz, Finance Director Shelly Ruechert,
CONSIDERATION, DISCUSSION, AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON ALL OF THE FOLLOWING
ITEMS.
I. APPROVAL OF NOVEMBER 10, 2014 CITY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA.
Motion by Councilmember Gray, seconded by Councilmember Jenson, to approve the City
Council Meeting Agenda of November 10, 2014.
Motion carried unanimously.
II. PROCLAMATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS.
A. Fire Prevention Poster Contest Winners
Fire Chief Mark Sitarz presented the winners of the Fire Prevention Poster Contest. The winners
are from St. Charles Borremo School as well as Wilshire Park Elementary. Certificates and
checks were presented to the winners. The theme for this�ear was "Working Smoke Detectors
Save Lives Check Them Every Month." Winners were: 4 Place Jake Krieger, 3`d Place Aniela
Crescini, 2"d Place Amelia Evans, and 1" Place Natalie
B. Steven Baker, Ramsey County Assessor's Office
Mr. Steven Baker, Ramsey County Assessor presented the 2014 Mid -Year Market Review
presenting Economic Trends, Real Estate Markets and Assessment Trends, 2014 Assessment,
Median Values for 2013 and 2014, Residential Market Summary, Commercial Market Summary,
2015 Assessment Forecast, Foreclosures, Appeals and Tax Petitions, Items of Interest, 2015
Taxes, and Ongoing Development — Redevelopment of $3+ Billion.
Councilmember Stille asked about the condo market. Mr. Baker stated they do not seem to
follow the same trends as single-family homes. The prices should continue to stabilize in 2015.
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Mayor Faust thanked Mr. Baker for his presentation.
3 III. CONSENT AGENDA.
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5 A. Consider October 28, 2014, Council meeting minutes;
6 B. Consider licenses and permits;
7 C. Consider payment of claims;
8 D. Consider Resolution 14-071: Approving an agreement between the City of St. Anthony
9 Village and Northeast Youth and Family Services
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11 Motion by Councilmember Gray, seconded by Councilmember Jenson, to approve the Consent
12 Agenda items.
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14 Motion carried unanimously.
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16 IV. PUBLIC HEARING
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18 A. Ordinance 2014-06; an ordinance Amending Sections 433.015 Sewer Charges to Owners;
19 &33.036 Water Charges to Owner; 03.040 Fire Control Devices; and 03.090 Charges
20 for storm water facilities for the City of St. Anthony Village effective January 1, 2015.
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22 Mayor Faust opened the public hearing at 7:45 p.m.
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24 Ms. Shelly Rueckert, Finance Director presented the utility rates recommended for 2015 reflects
25 the multi-year approach towards rate adjustments that began in 2012. The concept will allow for
26 reasonable rate adjustments that maintain an equitable sharing of costs, encourages conversation,
27 and retires debt. The approach and rates will be evaluated annually. She reviewed the overall
28 impact of the recommended rates for a residential customer at each of the five tier level ranges
29 from 3.98% to 4.39%.
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31 Ms. Ruechert reviewed the water rates stating the April 2012 water rate discussion resulted in the
32 multi-year approach cited previously. Consistent with this approach, the elimination of annual
33 transfer from the water operations to the general fund is carried forward to 2015. In 2015 a
34 transfer from the utility fund to the CIP fund has been proposed at $15,000. The transfer is
35 proposed to increase by $10,000 each year from 2016-2018 with the transfer topping out at
36 50,000 in 2019. The $50,000 approximates the annual replacement amount for the Utility
37 equipment included in the CIP program. This phase in approach will moderate the annual rate
38 increases required. Therefore the recommended 2015 rate per 1,000 gallons is $2.98 or an eleven
39 percent increase. This represents a 3.83% increase in rate and would be expected to generate
40 $34,411 in additional revenues (assuming water usage is similar to 2014).
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42 Ms. Ruechert reviewed the sewer rates stating the approach to sewer rates in 2012 was the same
43 as used for the water. Consistent with this approach, the elimination of annual transfer from the
44 sewer operations to the general fund is carried forward to 2015. The recommended 2015 rate per
45 1,000 gallons is $4.19 or a twenty -cent increase. This represents a 5.01 % increase in rate. This
46 increase revenue along with reduced treatment cost due to lower relative flows for 2013/2014
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1 produces a breakeven operating model for the sewer operations. The MCES 2015 rate
2 notification also alluded to future rate increases in treatment costs being higher than 4%. The
3 revision in rates would be expected to generate $45,666 in additional revenues (assuming 2015
4 first quarter water usage was similar to the first quarter in 2014).
6 Ms. Ruechert reviewed the stormwater rates stating the approach to Stormwater rates in 2012
7 was the same used for the water and sewer. The recommended 2015 rate per Quarter is $14.40 or
8 a thirty-five cent increase. This represents a 2.49% increase in rate and would be expected to
9 generate $4,788 in additional revenues (assuming no new construction).
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11 Notice of a public hearing was sent to solicit public response to the Ordinance Amendments for
12 Sections §33.015 Sewer Charges to Owner, §33.036 Water Charges to Owner; §33.040 Fire
13 Control Devices; and §33.090 Charges for storm water facilities.
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15 Councilmember Jenson asked what is driving the need for the rate increases. Ms. Ruechert stated
16 the Met Council is raising the City's rates and with these increases the City should now be able
17 to cover the costs for the increased Met Council rates.
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19 Councilmember Stille stated a goal is to make the system self-sufficient.
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21 There being no additional public input, Mayor Faust closed the public hearing at 7:52 p.m.
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23 Motion by Councilmember Roth, seconded by Councilmember Jenson, to approve First Reading
24 of Ordinance 2014-06; an Ordinance Amending Sections §33.015 Sewer Charges to Owner,
25 §33.036 Water Charges to Owner; §33.040 Fire Control Devices; and §33.090 Charges for storm
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28 Motion carried unanimously.
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30 V. REPORTS FROM COMMISSION AND STAFF. — NONE
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32 VI. GENERAL BUSINESS OF COUNCIL.
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34 A. Ordinance 2014-04; an ordinance amending Sections $32.04, §32.05, &32.07, 02.24 and
35 §32.26, Related to the Planning Commission and the Park Commissions.
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37 City Manager Mark Casey reviewed this ordinance amendment amends the compensation for the
38 Planning and Parks Commission as well as changes the by-laws of the bodies to allow the City
39 Council the authority to appoint the Chair and Vice Chair. This ordinance would be effective
40 January 1, 2015. This is the final reading for Ordinance 2014-04. Upon approval, it will be
41 published in the November 19, 2014 edition of the Bulletin.
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43 Motion by Councilmember Gray, seconded by Councilmember Jenson, to approve Ordinance
44 2014-04, an ordinance amending Sections §32.04, §32.05, §32.07, §32.24 and §32.26, Related to
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Motion carried unanimously.
B. Resolution 14-072; a resolution authorizing a Joint Powers Agreement with North
Suburban Hazardous Materials Team.
Fire Chief Mark Sitarz reviewed the recent increase in urban rail traffic has caused a number of
fire departments to reevaluate how we would respond and mitigate any type of accident or
incident within our own city limits. Hazardous Materials incidents in general have always been a
resource and time intensive operation to deal with. The level of training that is required as well
as the tools and equipment needed is very cost prohibitive to many area departments. This has
prompted the need to look at and support a more collaborative effort in building regionalized
teams to respond to hazmat incidents.
In 1992, the Lake Johanna Fire Department along with the Roseville Fire Department combined
efforts to develop a Joint Powers Agreement to respond to such events together. Since then
Roseville dropped out and the new group is made up of Lake Johanna Fire Department, New
Brighton, Vadnais Heights and Falcon Heights. The group now operates under the name of the
"North Suburban Hazardous Materials Response Team".
Mr. Trevor Hamdorf, Chief from Ramsey County reviewed the team is regional in nature, trained
to a higher level for hazardous materials incidents and has been utilized by our city as recently as
2013. Costs associated with the team are ongoing equipment maintenance and insurance, which
are invoiced quarterly. The cost to the participating cities last year was $1092 per city and New
Brighton acts as its fiscal agent. The group has also been very successful in the area of grant
funding which has provided both equipment and member specialized training.
The joining of this team would be a very similar design as to the SWAT Team of which the
Police Department is a member. The experience and higher level training that our members
would receive as a major benefit to the department and the city as a whole. This is also another
example of how collaboration between cities benefits numerous residents with improved service
that they may not otherwise have access to. This also addresses our City Goal to "increase and
maintain fiscal strength" with the action item of "Cooperative ventures with other governments
and entities."
Fire Chief Mark Sitarz recommends the City Council approve the JPA with the North Suburban
Hazardous Materials Response Team as presented.
Councilmember Roth asked where all equipment is stored and Mr. Hamdorf stated equipment is
stored in New Brighton, Lake Johanna and Vadnais Heights. Councilmember Roth asked who
takes command of a situation and are there definite lines of responsibility. Mr. Hamdorf stated if
it is a member City the Reponse Team takes command. If command is transferred it is done over
the radio so everyone is aware of who is in command. The State would never take over a
situation. If it was beyond their capacity they may need to call in some assistance.
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1 Mayor Faust asked about a pool chemical spill last July and asked how this group would change
2 that dynamic. Chief Sitarz stated a higher level of trained personnel would have been present at
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5 Councilmember Stille stated the cost per City was $1100 last year and asked if that would be the
6 cost ongoing. Chief Sitarz stated the range could go up to $1700 or $2000. The opportunity for
7 grants is very significant. The budget will reflect $1500. New purchases have been coming from
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10 Councilmember Roth asked if full time and part time staff would be trained and Chief Sitarz
11 stated they would have three full-time and one part-time trained to start with. Councilmember
12 Roth asked if the firefighters would be paid for this additional training and Chief Sitarz stated
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15 Mayor Faust asked if there is a validated reason for having all of the equipment. He cautions the
16 group to be judicious on the equipment.
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18 Motion by Councilmember Stille, seconded by Councilmember Jenson to approve Resolution
19 14-072, a resolution authorizing a Joint Powers Agreement with North Suburban Hazardous
20 Materials Team.
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24 C. St. Anthony Villaee HEARTSafe Community.
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26 Fire Chief Mark Sitarz and Firefighter Joe Benik reviewed HEARTSafe Communities is a
27 program designed to promote survival from sudden out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. It is a general
28 concept focused upon strengthening the "chain of survival" as described by the American Heart
29 Association; it recognizes and stimulates efforts by individual communities to improve their
30 system for preventing sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) from becoming irreversible death.
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32 Katie Tewalt, Allina Health, provided information on Cardiac Arrest and survival rates. There
33 are 775 residents/staff trained and there are 25 AED's within the City. She presented a certificate
34 and two road signs to the Mayor.
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36 In the basic HEARTSafe model, Allina Health establishes a set of minimum criteria its
37 communities must meet in order to achieve HEARTSafe status. These should be goals that
38 support the chain of survival, such as widespread CPR instruction, public access defibrillators,
39 and aggressive resuscitation protocols for first responders and area hospitals.
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41 The St. Anthony Fire Department has been in pursuit of this designation for over the past 2
42 years. We have tried to increase our reach into the community by providing both CPR and AED
43 training, AED registrations, and a commitment to continued CPR training and certification for
44 the members of the Fire Department. With the guidance from Allina Health and dedicated
45 personnel from the Fire Department, we are happy to say that we have successfully achieved this
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new designation for the City of St. Anthony. Any residents interested in more information on
CPR training should contact the Fire Department.
D. Resolution 14-073 • a resolution approving Ratifying the 2015-2016 Agzeement between
the Law Enforcement Labor Services. Inc #186 Local Representing the St. Anthony
Police Department Licensed Employees and the City of St. Anthony Village.
City Manager Mark Casey reviewed this is a two year contract with the St. Anthony Police
Department's licensed employees. There will be a 2.25% increase in 2015, and a 2.5% increase
in 2016. The contract includes a fourth step for employees after 20 years of service and a $15.00
increase in uniform allowance. Health insurance premium increases will be split equally between
City and the employees. Employees will begin contributing to a Health Retirement Saving's Plan
that has no City contribution.
Motion by Councilmember Roth, seconded by Councilmember Jenson, to approve Resolution
14-073; a Resolution ratifying the 2015-2016 Agreement Between the Law Enforcement Labor
Services, Inc. #186 Local Representing the St. Anthony Police Department Licensed Employees
and the City of St. Anthony Village.
Motion carried unanimously.
REPORTS FROM CITY MANAGER AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
City Manager Casey reported on the following:
• Future Council Agenda Items.
The Sustainability will be at Silverwood 5:30-8:00pm November 20, 2014.
Councilmember Stille - no report.
Councilmember Gray - no report.
Councilmember Jenson reported he attended the work session and also participated in the
Community Service Advisory Commission.
Mayor Faust reported on his attendance at the following events:
• November 4, 2014 met with Hennepin County Assessor along with City Manager Mark
Casey.
November 7, 2014 attended with the LOMC.
VIII. COMMUNITY FORUM.
Mayor Faust invited residents to come forward at this time and address the Council on items that
are not on the regular agenda.
Hearing none, Mayor Faust moved forward with the agenda.
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IX. INFORMATION AND ANNOUNCEMENTS. -NONE.
X. ADJOURNMENT.
Mayor Faust adjourned the meeting at 8:35 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Debbie Wolfe
TimeSaver Off'Site Secretarial, Inc.
' Mayor
ATTEST: Liu %
City Clerk