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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC MINUTES 11231976CITY OF ST. ANTHONY COUNCIL PTINUTES P?overber 23, 1976 The meeting was caller' to order by P"ayor Miedtke at 7.35 P.M. Present for roll call- Sauer, Pliedtke and Haik Fbsent° Sundland and Stauffer Also present- Jer_ry Dulaar, City Manager Larry Vi.ckrey, City Attorney I.C. Comstock, City Engineer (arrived at $ 20 P.M.) Potion by Councilman Sauer and seconded by Councilman Haile to approve the minutes of the November 1,6, 1976 Council �Ieetina. I Motion carried. unanimously. George Varks discussed the minutes of the November 1.6, 1976 Planning Board meeting. Fe told of the presentation made by Dick Frier, Planning Director for the City of Richfield, of that City's plans to redevelop the deteriorating Lyndale -- 66th and Nicollet (Hub) commercial and residential neighborhood. The Poard found that much of the nlan could be anplied to the City's efforts to upgrade the St. Anthony Shopning Center, according to P"r. PIarks who is a member of the task force formed to study such action. This aroun is scheduled to meet after the first of the year.. Councilman Sundland arrived at 7 40 P.M. Councilman Etau£fer arrived at 7!42 P.P*. No recommendations were made by the Poard regardina the r -ay Realty proposal for a 26,200 square foot warehouse/offi.ce%showroom to he erected in the St. Anthony Office Park since the recTuest for a building permit was withdrawn by its maker. Jeff P?ielsen, who will .attempt to rework the Plans to meet the Poard's objections. The Planning Board representative then told of the proposal made by Mr. Joseph Sroaa, Jr.. to improve the annearance of his Standard Station at 3201 Stinson Boulevard. The Board will consider any firm proposal which Por. croaa may make recrarding the portion of his land which the station operator had indicated an interest in donating to the City for a mini park, considering at that time what access could be provided to the area among other points brought up by the Council members. rTr. Dulgar advised Mr.. P'a.rk>s that a planner and sign comnanv_ re- presentative would attend their next meeting_ to discuss the possible guidelines which might be incorporated into the City's sign ordin- ance for free standing signs. Steve Chaimson of the Northgate Motel was present to discuss licenses for the restaurant and bottle club which are associated with the Northgate Motel. Motion by Councilman Sauer and seconded by Councilman Sundland to grant a 3.2 (non -intoxicating) beer license for the Forthaate Restaurant. ?lotion carried unanimously. ?lotion by Councilman Stauffer and seconded by Councilman Hail: to approve a setup and 3.2 beer license for the Northaate Travelers Club subject to approval by the PTinnesota Li.auor Commissioner. Potion carried unanimously. At the suggestion of Pyr. Vickrey the Vanager was reauested to notify Mrs. Anderson who previously had held the licenses for the above that now have been issued to P^r. Chaimson, she might want to cancel hers. A. representation from the Golden Heirs had returned to again discuss their request for City support in their efforts to obtain more economical methods of transportation for their field trips. Mr. Dulgar said he was waiting_ for a formal response from Columbia. Heights who had indicated they might be willing to either sell. the City a surplus bus or rent one of their buses on a ner time basis when such a bus was not in use. Insurance and maintenance costs of ownina such a bus were then discussed as well as the possibility that it might prove to he more economical for the City to directly subsidize either the cost of renting a bus or a portion of the cost thereof rather than to para the prohibitivelu high insurance rates which would be charged for a City owned bus. Pavment of a m m minimuaount by each rider was also consit'ered in the discussion of the Community Services and the Superintendent of Schools is to be contacted regarding the feasibility of securing a bus which could be used by the senior citizens as well as other community and school groups. P?otion by Councilman Sauer and seconded by Councilman Stauffer to table action on securing transportation for. the Golden Heirs until December 7th when more information regarding the number of trips anticipated by the group is known, the feasibility of purchasing a bus for Community Services use has been ex_ploree and Columbia Heights has presented their offer. Motion carried unanimously. The meeting was recessed from. 8e15 to 8!30 P.P% P"r.. Dulgar said, the owner of the amusement devices at Apache, Sam Silva, had requested he be allowed to present further objections to the ordinance regulating such elevices at the Council's next meetinc*. However, since Deputy Chief of Police., Don Hickerson, was present he was allowed to give the reasons the Police Department recommended Passage of the ordinance. He said the department had received numberous complaints from the merchants of Anache about the rowdv behavior of some of the juveniles who use the electronic aames in the mall area of Apache. The use of vulgar and abusive language by the youths as well as intimidation of elderly customers and clerks in the stores were cited in their complaints by the merchants who said they had been unable to get any satisfactory action from the (2) Apache managerent. Deputy Chief_ Hickerson felt the unsupervised games in the mall area attracked an undesirable element from both the City and Minneapolis and said he believed the nroblem would be alleviated by restricting the activities to one sunervised center. There was then a discussion of whether such. restrictions would be necessary for the two bowling alleys or the roller rinl� which is anticipated to begin operating in the City because of the supervi- sion which is inherent to such operations. Consideration was also given to whether a differentiation should be made between electronic games and the rides for vounger children as well. as for pool tables which are provided for under separate ordinance. Motion by Councilman Stauffer and seconded by Councilran Sauer to table action on Ordinance 1976-014 until the Pecerber 7th Council meeting during_ which time the P4anager. Attorney ane Police Depart- ment can work, on the suggested revisions. ORDINANCE 1976 - 014 API ORDIPIANCF RECULATIPIr AMUSEMENT DFVICFS F.P,EPIDIP� . CFA.PTFP I17 (Section 400) OF THE 1973 CODE. OF ORDINPNCFS BY ADDING SFCTIOPT 450 TFFPrTO Motion carried unanimously. The City Rngineer then discussed the daraae done to three trees on the City boulevard when the sidewalks were installed on the north side of 29th Avenue, east of Silver Lake Roa.e. He said every effort had been made to save these trees but there was a possibility they had been so severely injured thev might not. survive. David Freund, 3009 - 29th Avenue has reauested that the tree in front of his house be provided with a retaining wall in effort to save it. Motion by Councilman Sundland and seconded by Councilman Stauffer to authorize the Maintenance Department to place ternorary retain- ing walls around the trees on 29th Avenue which were injured with the installation of the sieewalks until such time as it is ascertain- ed whether those trees will survive. Motion carried unanimously. Mr. Comstock then answered questions which the Council had regarding the engineering costs for reconstructing 29th Avenue, specifically those dealing with the engineering firm's billing for inspection and staking services. He said these costs, at 49 or less, were less on a. percentage basis than were paid for the same services on previous construction jobs such as the storm sewer and the water irnroverent projects. Because of the many changes in the final plans for the rebuilding of 29th, the job had been billed on an hourly rather than the usual. Percentage basis. The Engineer also said his firm had tried to establish ketter relations with the residents of that street than had been done on previous projects. Manv personal contacts had been made to assure the property owners that the construction complied with the plans orginally agreed upon and the engineering firm's representatives rade an attempt to l get personal input fron the owners on the installation of the driveways. Mr. Comstock then told the Council that there was some dispute with the contractor as to whether some of the driveway cuts will be considered additional. costs for the nroiect. These differ- ences will be resolved if the contractor Presents then in a change order. (3) The City Clerk had provided a report of all the enaineerina costs to date on the project. Councilman Haik and Stauffer have received several queries regarding the traffic control signage which is to be placed on 29th and the Police Department will be asked for recommendations before the matter is again discussed at the December 7th Council meeting. !lotion by Councilman Sundland and seconded by Councilman Sauer to adopt the resolution modifying, the 1976 budget allowing a transfer of monies received to the Motor Fuel Account. RESOLUTION #76-051 A RESOLUTION MODIFYING THE 1976 BUDGET Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilman Sauer and seconded by Councilman Sundland to adopt a resolution transferrina CFTA monies. RESOLUTION $76-052 A RESOLUTION TRANSFFRRING CFTA 710NIFS RECEI17FD TO PAYP.OLL, PENSION AND INSURANCE ACCOUNTS Motion carried unanimously. motion by Councilman Stauffer and seconded by Mavor raiedtke to authorize the blacking out of names of recipients from future North Memorial Medical Center Monthly Reports. Motion carried unanimously. The Manager. told Councilman Stauffer that all groups involved in the operation of the recycling center had been invited to attend a meeting December 2nd at which problems with the center will be discussed. He also said he hoped the large hoppers which the Maintenance Department had installed might provide a better method of separating and storing the material brouaht to the center. The Revenue Sharing Report of November 23rd was discussed. A discussion of what constitutes "conflict of interest" followed consideration of the letter from G?il Johnson reaardina his archi- tectural firm, Bergstradt, Wahlberg, Berguist and Rohn -kohl. No action taken regarding the November 15th"letter from Mrs. Marie Johnson, 3638 Belden Drive, regarding additions to the Police De- partment. The Manager reported on progress in his negotiations of contracts with the Fire Department anal the 49's and discussed the Mediation Meeting Notice for consideration of the former's contract. notion by Councilman Sundland and seconded by Councilman Stauffer to designate, as indicated in the Mediation Meeting Notice, that the City Manager serve as negotiator for the Council of the Fire Department contract. Motion carried unanimously. (n) Potion by Councilman Sundland and seconded by Councilman Sauer to follow the recommendations of the Superintendent of Public Forks to authorize the transfer of $1,000.00 to cover the costs of re- pairing the pumps in the lift station. Motion carried unanimously. The Council members will contract representatives of the PITC in an effort to get the bus shelters requested by the City. Motion by Councilman Stauffer and seconded by Councilman Haik to grant vending licenses to Walter Leslie at Jerry's Bake Shop. Motion carried unanimously. Potion by Councilman Sundland and seconded by Councilman Sauer to grant a vending license to Apache Mobil. Motion carried unanimously. PRotion by Councilman Sundland and seconded by Councilman Stauffer to approve payment of all Verified Claims listed in the Fovember 23, 1976 Agenda. Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilman Faik and seconded by Councilman Sundland to approve payments of $4,330.11, $3,453.45 and. $1,041.75 to Comstock & Davis for engineering services on Street Improvement Project 1976-1 and $162.76 for other engineering services. Potion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilman Sundland and seconded by Councilman Sauer to approve payment of $2,294.44 to the Dorsey firm for legal services for October 1976. Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilman Sauer and. seconded by Councilman Sundland to accept the bid of $4,000 from General Safety Fguipment Corporation for the 1956 FWD fire truck pumper and to designate these funds be used for securing backhoe equipment. PSotion carried unanimously Councilman Stauffer then suggested that the public should be in- formed of the three vacancies on the Human Relations Committee and two representatives of the press who were present were requested to give publicity to the availability of the opportunity for service on the committee. Plotion by Councilman Haik and seconded. by Councilman Stauffer to adjourn the meeting at 9.50 P.M. Motion carried unanimously. (5) ATTEST: City Clerk p, ayor-------- ----- (F)