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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC MINUTES 06081976m CITY OF ST. ANTHONY COUNCIL MINUTES June 8, 1976 The meeting was called to order at 7:37 P.M. by Payor Miedtke. Present for roll call: Sundland, Miedtke, Sauer. Absent: Haik and Stauffer Also present: Jerry Dulgar, City Manager Jim Fornell, Adm. Asst. The following corrections were made to the minutes of the May 25, 1976 Council meeting: Page 2, para. 2: Substitute "storage tank emptied" for "storage tanks filled once a week". Page 3, para. 6: Add "gas station: to the uses to be pro- hibited by the restrictive covenant. Page 4, para. 1: The motion setting the Public Hearing on the 29th Improvement Project was carried unanimously. Page 4, para. 5: Substitute for the last 3 sentences "but.... the existing height of 7 ft. 6 inches above grade may be increased 18 inches to accomodate the leaf on the logo unless the symbol can b e placed on the side rather than on top". Page 6, para. 1: The phrase "at a cost of $8,600.00" refers to the cost of replacing the sewer line from Rozelle to Coolidge rather than the line from Coolidge to Stinson. Councilman Stauffer arrived at 7:40 P.M. Plotion by Councilman Sundland, seconded by Councilman Sauer to approve the minutes of the Play 26, 1976 Council meeting as correct- ed. Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilman Sundland, seconded by Councilman Sauer to approve the Board of Review minutes of June 1, 1976. Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilman Stauffer, seconded by Councilman Sauer to table action on Ordinance 1976-005 until the final document is delivered by the City Attorney who is waiting for the applicant to deliver him some required documents. ORDINANCE 1976-005 AN ORDINANCE REZONING PLAT 63507, PARCEL 7620 TO COPlMERCIAL Motion carried unanimously. Page 2 The Manager read Ordinance 1976-007 for the first time which he felt TIOuld properly place under the Park Ordinance, the prohibitions against use of alcoholic beverages and glass containers in the parks. He said the restrictions against glass containers was triggered by several children being injured by broken glass on the grounds or in the wading pools as well as the request from the Maintenance Department for the elimination of bottle caps which get caught in the mowers. However, he felt it would prove too costly and almost impossible to enforce the Police Department's desire to have no beer or liquor allowed in the parks. Councilman Stauffer suggested the wording in the ordinance should be changed to indicate only glass beverage containers were to be prohibited. Motion by Councilman Sauer, seconded. by Councilman Stauffer to waive further readings and adopt the amended Ordinance 1976-007 subject to review by the City Attorney. Motion carried unanimously. The Council and residents of 29th Avenue who were present then discussed how corner lots, through lots, fractional lots and properties on alleys would be assessed for the rebuilding of that street under the new City Assessment Policy. Previous methods of assessing such properties were discussed along with the ratios to be applied as well as whether such assessments should be driveway or front door oriented.. Councilman Haik arrived at 7:57 P.M. The point was made that 29th Avenue was one of the last streets in the City for which property owners had never paid for the original road and it was agreed that owners of lots on 29th which also bordered on county roads such as Stinson Boulevard, Silver Lake Road or Highway 8 which they had never been assessed for building a road, would be assessed their full share of the cost of the project. The Council was unable to reach an agreement on how a share of the costs of building the road could be equitably determined for those property owners who had already paid a share of the costs of building a connecting road. The Manager was requested to list all properties which would come under this category and to try to find out what ratio was used to determine such assessments. Motion by Councilman Stauffer, seconded by Councilman Haik to table action on the assessment policy and to call a special meeting of the Council for 7:00 P.M., June 17th, 1976 at which time it could be determined what policy was to be applied during the Public Hearing on the 29th Avenue Improvement Project scheduled for 8:00 P.M. the same evening. Motion carried unanimously. Page 3 Residents of.29th Avenue and members of the T.A.P. Committee, Thomas Shaffer, Omar Shabaz, David Freund, Gary Bentler and Mr. & Mrs. James Reasoner participated in the discussion of the assessment policy as well as the debate which followed on how much of the cost of rebuilding 29th should be assessed to the property owners. Mr. Shaffer said the staff's original estimate had the property owners only paying an average of $1,7.19 per lot for the project with MSA funding and he questioned what seemed to be a .raise in this figure to over $2,800.00 per lot in the total figure of $208,632.00 which was quoted as the amount to be assessed to property owners in the notice of the Public Hearing. One factor in the raise, the Manager said, was the $25,00.00 which he estimated it would cost to pay for the additional curb, gutter and catch basins called for in the parkway design for the street which had been requested by T.A.P. Whether such costs should be assessed to the property owners or paid from the MSA. funds allocated to the City evoked the following comments from the Council. Mayor Miedtke said he felt the property owners should be assessed for a 32 foot -5 ton residential street as had been previously agreed, but the additional costs for the parkway design should also be paid by the people who wanted these added amenities. Councilman Haik disagreed with this premise saying she felt these additional costs should be covered by MSA funding since the init- iative presented in the newly designed street would prove, she believed, to be a benefit to the whole community. She did not feel that the use of a larger portion of the MSA funds available to the City for the rebuilding of 29th would to any great extent deprive the City in the future. Mayor Miedtke and the Manager told of a number of projects for which the MSA funds would have to be used and Mr. Dulgar questioned whether a precedent was being set for all future street building projects which might qualify for MSA funding. Councilman Stauffer said that, though the costs to the property owners on 29th might seem high, they had resulted from building a street which the property owners had indicated would be valuable tc them. She also pointed out that residents on other city streets to which the traffic might be diverted from 29th would eventually have to pay for the rebuilding of those streets. Councilman Sundland felt the residents of 29th had undergone a unique hardship when their street had served as a detour while St. Anthony Boulevard was being rebuilt and therefore should be grantee a concession in regard to the amount of MSP. funds which would be used to defray the costs of rebuilding their street. When Mr. Bentler asked why the street would be constructed of asphalt rather than concrete, the Manager told him it was felt asphalt would stand up better on the plastic type soils of that area saying the concrete roads which had been installed in the Cit; in 1968 and 1969 were already breaking down. Page 4 Mr. Dulgar then reported on further contacts he har'_ with Hennepin County Highway Department officials regarding their objections to the roadway design for 29th 'avenue where it intersected Silver Lake Road and presented the drawings which i.ndicaced how the Highway Department wanted the road built to accomodate their proposal for widening the intersection. Iie also rspoi•ted to Counc-Liman Haik that there had been no con -prise re;acl:F d i#1J.i:h the ienne*-in County officials on their design f:o_r thii- intersec�ion of -nilvel :Jake Road and 37th Avenue and the highway ;representatives had inOicated to him that the City's share of tho COsi: o ;rebuilding 37th had been increased. Motion by Councilman Sauer, seconded by Councilman -0ta.af:1er to create a "No Parking" zone on the east side of Macalaster Drive: from 37th Avenue N.E. to the railroad tracks as a safety measure. Motion carried unanimously. Because the upgraded medical, dismemberment and accidental death insurance coverage provided by the new contract with CNA Insurance Company seemed to meet some of the concerns of the Maintenance Department regarding their duties as parttime firefi.ght.ers and is an economical increase in coverage for the parttime and ulltime Fire Department members as well, the Council made the folloiring motion: Motion by Councilman Sundland, seconded by Councilman Sauer to award the contract for insurance coverage for the St. Anthony Fire Department to CNA Insurance Service for 1976-1977. Motion carried unaniirously> Motion by Councilman Sundland, seconded by Councilman Stauffer to adopt a resolution commending the City Water Department for the excellent rating on the quality of water, pumping and treat- ment facilities and manpower for the City's water system made by the Minnesota Department of Health. RESOLUTION 76-022 A RESOLUTION CODR4ENDING WATER DEPART- MENT EMPLOYEES FOR EXCELLENT REPORT FROM MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH Motion carried unanimously. The Fire Report for April, 1976 was filed. The two vacancies on the Human Relations Committee were, noted as well as the anticipated resignation of one member in September and Councilman Haik was to discuss with the Chairman, the Committ- ee's plans for scheduling meetings in the future. Motion by Councilman Sundland, seconded by Councilman Sauer to page 5 direct that Certificates of Commendations be sent to Charles Pennington and Sherry Good for their service to the e��mmunity while serving on the Human Relations Conni_ttee. Motion carried unanimously. Mr. Dulgar then told Council.aan Stauffer ',`:at al! ct.cii2s '=e.' garding the parking of the MTC bns on Cro�'t Drive had ber" referr- ed directly to the MTC. Councilman Sundland reported on management changes at ri,etronics and suggested the new property manager, Pete Wilkins, he invited to meet with the Council. The Manager said Medtronics had made some recent investigations of application procedures fo;r expansion of the plant. Motion by Councilman Stauffer, seconded by Councilman Haik to grant a heating license to All Season Comfort. Motion carried unanimously. During the discussion of the statement of account from the Dorsey Firm, the Manager reported on the progress being made in negotiat- ions with the Diamond 8 Apartments regarding the payment of past due assessments and commented on the research done by the Dorsey Firm regarding the authority of firemen to use police investigat- ive powers and how the Michaeloff litigation was progressing. Motion by Councilman Sauer, seconded by Councilman Haik to approve payment of $3,275.28 to the Dorsey Firm for legal services during April, 1976. Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilman Sundland, seconded by Councilman Haik to adjourn the meeting at 9:50 P.M. Motion carried unanimously. T ayor ATTESTA4. �Cd Clerk