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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC MINUTES 112420151 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 CITY OF ST. ANTHONY CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING MINUTES NOVEMBER 24, 2015 CALL TO ORDER. Mayor Faust called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. Mayor Faust invited the Council and audience to join him in the Pledge of Allegiance. ROLL CALL. Present: Mayor Faust; Councilmembers Brever, Gray, Jenson and Stille Absent: None Also Present: City Manager Mark Casey and Police Sgt. Jeff Spiess CONSIDERATION, DISCUSSION, AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON ALL OF THE FOLLOWING ITEMS. I. APPROVAL OF THE NOVEMBER 24, 2015, CITY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA. Motion by Councilmember Gray, seconded by Councilmember Jenson to approve the City Council Meeting Agenda of November 24 2015 Motion carried unanimously. II. PROCLAMATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS A. Presentation of 2015 Fire Prevention Poster Winners resented by the St. Anthony Fire Department Chief Mark Sitarz and Captain Chris Fuller presented the 2015 Fire Prevention Poster Winners. The contest has been going on for over 20 years. There were a couple hundred submissions for the contest. The theme was "Hear the Beep — Where you Sleep ". The winners were: 4`h Place — Nevin Nguyen — 4c' Grade Wilshire Park 3rd Place — Violet Urdahl — 5a` Grade Wilshire Park 2 "d Place — Aislyn Saravia — 5`" Grade Wilshire Park 1 sr Place — Alayna Peterson — 5"' Grade Wilshire Park Photographs were taken of all winners with Mayor Faust. Mayor Faust stated he is grateful for the young children growing up in the community. The Council is proud of the students and encouraged them to keep working hard. III. CONSENT AGENDA A. Consider November 10 2015 City Council meeting minutes City Council Regular Meeting Minutes November 24, 2015 Page 2 1 B. Licenses and Permits 2 C. Claims 4 Motion by Councilmember Brever, seconded by Councilmember Jenson to approve the Consent 5 Agenda items as presented 6 7 Motion carried unanimously. 8 9 IV. PUBLIC HEARING - NONE 10 I 1 V. REPORTS FROM COMMISSION AND STAFF - NONE 12 13 V1. GENERAL BUSINESS OF COUNCIL 14 15 A. Ordinance 2015 -06 an ordinance Approving CenturyLink Franchise Agreement and 16 Findings of Fact. 17 18 City Manager Casey reviewed the second of three readings of an ordinance to approve the 19 CenturyLink Franchise Agreement and Findings of Fact. The first reading was held at the 20 November 10, 2015 St. Anthony City Council meeting. Since the first reading, the City has 21 received no calls or written comments. 22 23 The third reading and adoption of the ordinance is scheduled for December 8, 2015. Following 24 the adoption of the ordinance, the ordinance goes into effect upon publication in the St. Anthony 25 Bulletin. 26 27 Motion by Councilmember Gray, seconded by Councilmember Stille to approve Second 28 Reading of Ordinance 2015 -06 Approving CenturyLink Franchise Agreement granting a 29 franchise to Owest Broadband Services Inc DBA CenturyLink, to construct operate and 30 maintain a cable communications system in the City of St Anthony setting forth conditions 31 accompanying the grant of the franchise, for regulation and use of the system and the 32 yubhc rights-of-way in coni unction with the City's right-of-way ordinance if any, and 33 prescribing penalties for the violation of the provisions herein 34 35 Motion carried unanimously 36 37 B. Ordinance 2015 -07 an ordinance Setting Sewer Water and Storm Water Charges for 38 2016. 39 40 City Manager Casey reviewed the second of three readings of an ordinance Setting Sewer, Water 41 and Storm Water Charges for 2016. The first reading was held at the November 10, 2015 St. 42 Anthony City Council meeting. Since the first reading, the City has received no calls or written 43 comments. 44 45 The third reading and adoption of the ordinance is scheduled for December 8 2015. Following 46 the adoption of the ordinance, the ordinance will be published in the St. Anthony Bulletin. The 47 ordinance will become effective January 1, 2016. 48 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes November 24, 2015 Page 3 I Motion by Councilmember Stille seconded by Councilmember Brever, to approve Second 2 Reading of Ordinance 2016 -07 Setting Sewer Water and Storm Water Charges for 2016 an 3 ordinance amending Sections 33.018 sewer charges to owners; 33.036 water charges to owners 4 and 33.090 charges for storm water facilities for St Anthony Village effective January 1 2016 5 6 Motion carried unanimously 7 8 C. Presentation of St. Anthony Police Reserve Program 9 10 Police Sgt. Jeff Spiess provided an update on the St. Anthony Police Reserve Program. Sgt. 11 Spiess noted the summer time is always a very busy time for the Reserve Officers. They are 12 present at many community events especially Village Fest. They logged in over 200 hours for the 13 State Fair doing traffic control and parking assistance. The Reserve Officers were present at 14 many school events. 15 16 Sgt. Spiess stated he has been involved in the Reserve Program for eight years. One of the 17 biggest challenges he has had is turnover. This year, six were lost within a month. They moved 18 onto become full time Police Officers. The Police Field Training Officers will be used to train 19 the Reserve Officers as a solution to that problem. A training manual was developed. This was a 20 huge success for the program. Three recent graduates from the program were present at the 21 meeting. The Program is a great benefit to both the participants and the City. 22 23 Trent Studer, Brandon Hess, and George Oyoo introduced themselves stating their background 24 and desire to become Police Officers. 25 26 Councilmember Jenson thanked the Police Reserves for coming to the meeting and their interest 27 in becoming Police Officers. 28 29 Mayor Faust stated the problem of losing the Reserve Officers was solved very well with the 30 pairing up of the Officers with the Police Field Training Officers. This is a great example of 31 professional development. This is indeed a tangible asset. Mayor Faust welcomed Trent, 32 Brandon and George to the City. He stated each presented themselves very well. The Program 33 has the full support of the Council, City Staff and residents. 34 35 VII. REPORTS FROM CITY MANAGER AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. 36 37 City Manager Casey noted with the end of the year there are some terms expiring on two 38 Commissions. He noted Chair Crone, Commissioners Heinis and Poucher are leaving the 39 Planning Commission and Jeff Fahrenholz who is leaving the Parks Commission. He thanked 40 them for their service to the community. 41 42 Mayor Faust thanked all for their service. 43 44 VIII. COMMUNITY FORUM. 45 46 Mayor Faust invited residents to come forward at this time and address the Council on items that 47 are not on the regular agenda. Hearing none, Mayor Faust moved forward with the agenda. 48 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes November 24, 2015 Page 4 IX. INFORMATION AND ANNOUNCEMENTS. 3 Councilmember Stille noted on November 29, he attended the Sustainability Fair at Silverwood. 4 He stated the attendance to the Fair was great, the quality of the Fair was excellent, and a good 5 community gathering. On November 23, he attended the Planning Commission Meeting as the 6 City Council Liaison. Mayor Faust asked City Manager Casey if the Comprehensive Plan has 7 been linked to the Met Council on the City website. Mr. Casey replied not yet but it will be 8 done. 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 Councilmember Gray stated he had no report. Councilmember Brever stated on November 28, she attended the LMC Metro Cities Regional Meeting. She also attended the Sustainability Fair and it was very informative. Last Sunday, she attended the Sister City Annual Meeting. Councilmember Jenson stated on November 18, he attended the Kiwanis Meeting and History Committee Meeting. He attended the LMC Metro Cities Regional Meeting on November 28 along with Councilmember Brever. Mayor Faust stated he attended the LMC Metro Cities Meeting. He attended the Sustainability Fair on November 19, which was the 4`s Annual Fair. It was the most people he had seen attending the Fair. Mayor Faust wished everyone a Happy Thanksgiving. X. ADJOURNMENT. Mayor Faust adjourned the meeting at 7:35 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Debbie Wolfe Timesaver Off Site Secretarial, Inc. ATTEST: Ci y lerk Mayor