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Home My WebLink AboutCC MINUTES 06101980 i Meeting Sheet IIIIII VIII VIII VIII II II VIII IIII IIII ioziza Box: 21 Folder. CC MINUTES AND AGENDAS 1980 Document: CC MINUTES 06101980 CITY OF ST. ANTHONY COUNCIL MINUTES June 10 , 1980 The -meeting was called to order at 7 : 30 P.M. .by Mayor Haik. Present for roll call: Marks , Sundland,. Haik, Ranallo and Letourneau. Also present: Jim Fornell, City Manager; William Soth, City Attorney; and Carol. Johnson, Clerk/Treasurer. The minutes for the Council meeting held May .27 , 1980 were clarified to indicate in Paragraph #3 of page 5 the intent of the Planning Commission was to express the opinion that home-owned townhouses would be a .benefit to the community. Motion by Councilman Sundland and .seconded .by Councilman Marks to approve as submitted the minutes for the Council 's May 27 , 1980 meeting. Motion carried unanimously. The minutes for the Chemical Abuse Information Committee meeting held June 2, 1980 as well as that body' s financial report were accepted as informational. Motion by Councilman Sundland and seconded by Councilman Letourneau to adopt Resolution 80-036 . RESOLUTION 80-036 A .RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE NORTH SUBURBAN MUTUAL AID AGREEMENT ON BEHALF OF THE CITY Motion carried unanimously. Several questions regarding the City's benefits for injury while on duty and overtime calculations were answered -by the Manager prior to.'the °.motion--accepting_the Contract-:-with the, City-Police Department. Motion by Councilman Sundland and seconded by Mayor Haik to adopt Resolution 80-037 . RESOLUTION 80-037 A RESOLUTION RATIFYING THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND A.F.S .C.M.E. LOCAL NO. 57 , REPRESENTING THE ST. ANTHONY POLICE DEPARTMENT s -2- motion carried unanimously. Motion -by Councilman Sundland and .seconded. by Councilman Marks to adopt Resolution 80-038. RESOLUTION 80-038 A RESOLUTION RATIFYING THE LOCAL ISSUES -OF THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND OPERATING ENGINEERS LOCAL NO. 49, REPRESENTING THE ST. ANTHONY PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilman Letourneau and seconded by Councilman Marks to accept the bid and .award. the engineering services contract for installation of the sidewalk on the north side .of 39th Avenue N.E. from Stinson Boulevard to the entrance of Apache Mall to Short- Elliott-Hendrickson, Inc. as proposed. Motion carried unanimously. Appearing to discuss the District #282 request for financial • assistance from the City to support the position of Chemical Dependency Counselor/Coordinator which the school district intends to implement the next school year was Duane Googins, psychologist of ISD #282 . Mr. Googins outlined the manner in which the school district intends to coordinate a comprehensive chemical use/abuse program for the school and community as a whole. He offered no specific program and the question ,was raised whether the program should be developed by the City Chemical Abuse . Information Com- mittee and/or the Advisory Committee to the Health Board since chemical dependency is a. health problem. Councilman Ranallo pointed out that the C.A.I .C. doesn' t meet until September and a program could probably not be developed until January. . Mr. Fornell was requested to contact the Committee membership to notify them of the new position andascertain their interest in initiating a program before fall. Motion by Councilman Marks .and seconded by .Councilman Sundland to accept the City Manager's June 3rd . recommendations regarding the Chemical Dependency Counselor/Coordinator position and program that: 1. The Chemical Abuse .Information Committee be directed to establish more formal operating procedures , if none now exists,_ subject to Council- review and approval. 2 . One member of the Advisory Committee to the City Health Board be assigned as liaison to the .C.A.I.C. and that body's recommendations be reviewed by the Advisory Committee. -3- • 3.. The City Manager be directed to provide in the budget an appropriation of approximately $2 ,000 which.. could be spent on support of the Counselor/Coordinator position and/or the T.A.H'.C. . program as recommended by the C.A.I .C. 4 . The T.A.H.C. program and Councelor/Coordinator position be evaluated as to their .ability to .reach established objectives at least once a year. 5. The Counselor/.Coordinator positionbe not limited to the school district. chemical use/abuse-problems but that it be community-wide in orientation.. Motion carried unanimously. Peter Jarvis and Bill Weber of B.R.W. , Inc: were present to duscuss their firm' s proposal for providing community development consulting services for the City. During his discussion. of how -the proposals made by his firm in the Comprehensive Plan regarding the renovation of the St. Anthony Shopping- Center might' be implemented, Mr. Jarvis emphasized what he saw .as a duty of the Council to provide the impetus for any redevelopment- of that area as nothing will happen down there unless you will make .it happen. He also cited the variety . of circumstances under which other- metropolitan- rebuilding projects his firm has been associated with had been accomplished. Mayor Haik told the B.R.W..., Inc. representatives that. the Council will probably make some decision regarding the need for a consultant as well as which firm will be retained sometime in July. The meeting was recessed from- 9:15 P.M. to 9 :20 P.M. Ted Zinner, Jr. ., Vice President and General Counsel for the C. G. Rein Co.., managing agent for Apache Plaza, Ltd. , was present to request- Apache be permitted to sell Industrial Redevelopment Revenue Bonds to finance improvements to Apache Plaza.. He had detailed the proposed additions and repairsto the shopping mall in his letter of May 21,. 1980. The proposal, which must be prepared. by Apache for application for the bonds , will specify the projects and assure the quality of the work done. Because 38 of the 62 leases for Apache. are up for renewal next year, the , Rein: counsel said his firm wants .to proceed with the renovation of the center as .soon as possible to demonstrate. to those. tenants that Apache intends to make any improvements- necessary to maintain .a viable center .and to encourage them to make their own improvements. Only improvements to the main mall and not -to the .satellite building on 39th Avenue N.E. will be financed with the bonds, he added. Mr. Zinner also discussed the existing leases -.saying because the .original leases 20 years ago didn' t take .into consideration the possibility of inflation, in many instances Apache has been. subsidizing those tenants. The City Manager and Attorney had advised the Council as t -4- to- whether - the 4- to whether the renovation constituted, a "project.within the meaning of the Minnesota .Statutes .which authorizes thisbonding and whether it would be .to the City's advantage to give such support to Apache" . Since this is the. first instance of the City's lending -its name to an IDRB for an- improvement project, some concern was expressed whether this might prompt similar requests from other troubled - commercial areas such as. the St. Anthony Shopping Center and the Council agreed .that the City must develop a .policy setting guidelines to ,be met for projects before they maybe considered for this type of financing. Councilman. Ranallo questioned -whether another blighted commercial area might result from the City' s failure to help Apache to pick up the additional $300 ,000 from a reduced interest rate. Motion by Councilman Marks .and.. seconded. by Councilman Sundland to direct the City Manager to set up a public hearing on the request .for the sale of Industrial Redevelopment Revenue Bonds for the Apache Plaza Shopping Center. Motion carried unanimously. • When it was later concluded this action should take .the form of a resolution, the guideline -policy for IDRB' s should be established before the hearings and the question resolved whether the Dorsey Firm's previous involvement with Apache might constitute a conflict of interest in their serving as bond .counsel, the first motion was struck and the following substituted. Motion by Councilman Marks and seconded by Councilman Ranallo to rescind the first motion. regarding the public hearing for Apache Plaza, Ltd. request -and t.o: direct -the City. Manager instead to._ptepare a resolution setting a public hearing on the Apache request for July 22 , 1980 during the Council meeting to consider the City Attorney's serving as the bond counsel for .the project unless there should be a. conflict of interest involved, and, finally that the staff prepare a resolution whereby a policy of guidelines for Industrial. Redevelopment Revenue Bonds may be established for the City. Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilman Ranallo _and�.seconded by Mayor Haik to follow the Manager' s June 5 , 1980 recommendations regarding a discount for evaporative cooling .to be included in the new sewer ordinance schedule of rates. -5- ORDINANCE NO. 1980-003 AN' ORDINANCE RELATING TO SEWER RATES AND CHARGES AMENDING SECTION 540 :00 OF THE- 1973 CODE OF ORDINANCES Motion. carried unanimously. . Motion .by . Councilman Ranallo and seconded by Councilman Letourneau to- grant a restaurant license- to Pino Palerno Pizza in Apache Plaza. Motion- carried- unanimously. Motion by Councilman Marks and- seconded .by Councilman Sundland to approve payment of all verified claims .listed in the June 10 , 1980 agenda. Motion. carried unanimously. Motion by Councilman Sundland .and seconded by Councilman Ranallo to approve payment of $1,804. 04 to the Dorsey Firm for legal services for .March, 1980. • Motion carried unanimously. Motion by .Councilman Letourneau and seconded by Councilman Sundland to approve - payment of $2 ,053 .51 to the Dorsey Firm for legal services for February, 1980 . Motion carried unanimously. Motion -by Councilman Sundland and seconded -by Councilman Ranallo to -approve payment of $4,961.69 to Walbon Construction: Co. for their services on the Water Project 1979-002 . Motion. carried unanimously. Motion by Councilman Sundland -and seconded .by, Councilman Marks to approve payment of $1,192 for the Assocation of Metropolitan Muni- cipalities membership dues. Motion. carried unanimously. Motion .by Councilman Ranallo and seconded by Councilman Marks to adjourn the meeting at 10:20 P.M. Motion carried unanimously. Respectfully submitted Mayor Helen Crowe Secretary ATTEST: �• City Clerk