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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC MINUTES 10121976CITY OF ST. ANTHONY COUNCIL MINUTES October 12, 1976 The meeting was called -to order by Mayor Miedtke at 7:30 P.M. Present for roll call: Sundland, Stauffer, Miedtke and Sauer Absent: Haik Also present: Jerry Dulgar, City Manager William Soth, City Attorney Motion by Councilman Sundland and seconded by Councilman Sauer to adopt Resolution #76-047A which accomplishes a lot split for Midwest Federal Savings and Loan Association in Apache. RESOLUTION 76 - 047A RESOLUTION RELATING TO THE APPORTIONMENT OF SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS FOR LOCAL IMPROVEMENTS Motion carried unanimously. Councilman Haik arrived at 7:32 P.M. Dennis Engle of the Mirror Lake Manor Board of Directors was present to discuss the request from the residents of the apartment complex for additional street lighting. Their request had been tabled until the budget had been approved. Discussion followed regarding what the logi- cal locations would be for two lights and whether mercury or sodium vapor lamps would be the most economical to operate. Motion by Councilman Stauffer and seconded by Councilman Haik to author- ize the installation of two street lights near Mirror Lake Manor with the type of lamp and location to be left to the judgment and discretion of the City Manager. Motion carried unanimously. Two St. Anthony High School students, Terry Wilson and Leanne Yurick re- quested permission for AFS to paint house numbers on the curbs of the community and to solicit contributions for the service from the home- owners with the proceeds to go to the American Field Services. The Council indicated an interest in seeing the project continued from year to year so that the whole community would be covered because it is help- ful to both the Fire and Police Departments to have the residences identified in this manner. Motion by Councilman Stauffer and seconded by Councilman Sundland to authorize the AFS members to number the home addresses on the curbs of the community and to solicit contributions from the residents. Motion carried unanimously. Councilman Haik reiterated her interest in having the semaphors at the intersection of Silver,Lane and Silver Lake Road timed so that the "Walk" signal is long enough to allow children to complete crossing the road before the turning signals are put into action. She said one of the Silver Oak School officials had recently admonished children for walking from school across Silver Lake Road rather than taking the school bus because he considered that particular crossing as especially hazardous. Councilman Stauffer agreed with her that children who live only 4 blocks from school should be able to safely walk to and from school rather than ride the bus. Mayor Miedtke wondered if all the semaphors throughout the state were set for the same cycle but the Manager said the computerized time cycle might differ for each signal. Motion by Councilman Haik and seconded by Councilman Stauffer to adopt a resolution requesting that the timing for the green "Walk" signal at the intersection of Silver Lake Road with Silver Lane be extended to give children ample time to cross prior to the amber "Don't Walk" signal, and to gauge the "Left Turn" movements so it does not interfere with the "Walk" cycle. Copies of the resolution should be directed to the Ramsey County Engineer (Anklan) the Ramsey County Board of Commission- ers and the Minnesota Commissioner of Highways. RESOLUTION 76 - 047 A RESOLUTION REGARDING TIMING OF TRAFFIC SIGNALS LOCATED AT SILVER LAKE ROAD AND SILVER LANE Motion carried unanimously. Because of the difficulty of setting a date for the meeting of the Council and District #282 School Board to consider the transfer of the Community Services from the City to the school district, the Council agreed to scheduling the meeting for October 28th in spite of the fact that several of the Council members might be unable to attend. Time and place for the meeting will be determined by the Superintendent of Schools and the City Manager with the preliminary report from the task force established to study the shift to be presented to the Council October 26th. Motion by Councilman Sauer and seconded by Councilman Stauffer to authorize Northwestern Bell Telephone Company to place buried cables in the locations they have requested along 29th Avenue N.E. prior to the completion of that roadway. Voting on the motion: Aye: Sauer, Stauffer, Miedtke and Haik Abstention: Sundland Motion carried. The Mayor urged the Council members who had any recommendations regard- ing legislative policies of the Association of Metropolitan Municipali- ties. to make such recommendations known to the delegates to the asso- ciation's Seneral membership meeting October 21, 1976. Motion by Councilman Sundland and seconded by Councilman Sauer to table action on the expansion of the liquor lounge at Apache for further information and recommendations from the City Manager who will make a study of the proposal with the liquor lounge manager. Motion carried unanimously. Councilman Sundland indicated the willingness of Helen Lavicky to con- tinue her service on the Human Relations Committee and Councilman Haik announced her appointment of Adelle Sundland to the Committee and re- quested Mrs. Sundland receive notification of her appointment. Councilman Stauffer said the Principal of Wilshire Park Elementary School had indicated to her that he might now favor only one crosswalk for pupils across County Road D when the roadway is rebuilt because of a visibility problem at the present Highcrest crossing. Mr. Engle who is a member of the Wilshire PTSA said his committee also saw the wisdom of this action. He felt the reduction of speed and the monitoring of traffic by the Police Department had diminished the hazards to pedes= trians in the area but felt the present flasher system was less than effective. He also reported a continuance of meetings of his group with representatives of the Fosston Townhouses and the nursing home in an effort to reach an agreement on safety measures to be taken in conjunc- tion with the upgrading of County Road D. Mr. Dulgar said the City is experimenting with higher intensity bulbs in an effort to make the flasher system more effective and agreed that action taken by the police who had issued many warning citations and speeding tickets along that roadway had contributed to the reduction of speed in the area. No action was taken regarding the licenses for the Northgate Motel since no one appeared to present the requests for such licensing. Motion by Councilman Sauer and seconded by Councilman Sundland to approve all Verified Claims listed in the October 12th Agenda. Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilman Stauffer and seconded by Mayor Mied+-.;=e to approve payment of $144.50 to Twin City Testing and Engineering i.aboratories, Inc. for soil compaction tests on 29th Avenue N.F. Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilman Sauer and seconded by Councilman Haik to approve payment of $405.97 to Comstock & Davis for service rendered as City Engineer from July 12th thru Spetember 25th, 1976. Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilman Sauer and seconded by Councilman Sundland to table action on the paument of $3,902,90 to Comstock & Davis for engineering services on Street Improvement Project 1976-1 from August 30th thru September 17th, 1976 for calarification of several items in the state- ment of account. Motion carried unanimously. Mr. James Wiehoff, 3508 Coolidge N.E. was present and said he and two other residents who had not yet arrived wished to question the City Manager further about information regarding the City's operation he had gotten from the City staff following his previous appearance before the Council. Since he also wished to address the Council on several points, a meeting was set up prior to the Council meeting October 26th at 7:00 P.M. Before adjournment, the Council members were presented with a "typical scheduling of the Police Department personnel" which had been sub- mitted by Deputy Chief Don Hickerson, and which was explained by the Mayor. Motion by Councilman Sauer and seconded by Councilman Sundland to adjourn the meeting at 8:25 P.M. Motion carried unanimously. ATTEST: i Clerk aLrz�tz // AGSolellz Ma or