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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC MINUTES 09091980 Meeting Sheet IIIIII VIII VIII VIII VIII VIII IIII IIII ioziii Box: 21 Folder: CC MINUTES AND AGENDAS 1980 Document: CC MINUTES 09091980 • CITY OF ST. ANTHONY COUNCIL MINUTES September 9 , 1980 The meeting was called to order by Mayor Haik at 8:00 P.M. Present for roll call : Letourneau,. Ranallo,- Haik, Sundland and Marks. Also present: . Jim Fornell, City Manager; William Soth, City Attorney and Carol Johnson, Clerk/Treasurer. The following corrections and additions were made to the minutes for the Council meeting held August 26 , 1980 . Page 1, para.. 3 : Line 3 should be corrected .to read "the pro- ject cannot change" and "against" should be eliminated in "recommended against conditions. . " in line 5. Page 8, para_. 7 : The motion approving the election judges listing was "carried- unanimously" . • Motion by Councilman Marks and seconded by Councilman Sundland to approve, as corrected, the minutes for the Council meeting held August 26 , 1980 . Motion carried unanimously. Glen Martin, a member of the St. Anthony. Kiwanis Club, was present to seek Council permission- for the organization ' s .annual. "Peanut Day" solicitation in the City September 26th. He gave the Council samples of the peanut packs for which he said the club "will accept donations" , not "sell" . Motion.. by Councilman Ranallo and seconded by Councilman Letourneau to grant permission to the St. Anthony Kiwanis Club to ' conduct their "Peanut Day" solicitation throughout the City September 26 , 1980 . Motion carried unanimously. Accepted as agenda addendum were the discussion _of ,changes in the H.U.D. 701 grant appropriations under No. 9B and discussion of an appreciation dinner for volunteer committee members who serve the City along with a City open house in November under No. 9C. Mr. Fornell and Mrs. Johnson answered questions from .the Council regarding their recommendations and analysis of the proposed sewer rate ordinance. Although the Manager told the Council delaying the implementation of the new rates may result in as much as $25,000 in -2- lost revenues for., the City, he agreed with the City Attorney 's recommendation that the raise not be implemented until after the first quarter readings are taken in 1981. Mayor Haik .reminded Councilman Ranallo that all other- alternatives- to the raise had been fully explored .and the necessity for the raise- to meet higher M.W.C.C. charges had .been recognized by the residents attending the public hearing on the proposed ordinance where there had only been objections voiced against the flat rate charge irregardless of consumption. However; she cautioned that protests can be expected from those users who will be charged for 4 ,000 cubic feet if access to their properties is denied the City to read their meters . Mr. Fornell confirmed that- the average quarterly water consumption for the City is 2 ,500 cubic feet per household and agreed the revised rating system will benefit the- lower consumption users , many of whom are senior citizens. Motion by Councilman Sundland and .seconded by Councilman Ranallo to request the City Attorney to prepare a revised sewer rate ordinance incorporating the specifics outlined in the Clerk/Treasurer's September 3 , 1980 analysis. ORDINANCE NO. 1980-005 AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO SEWER RATES • AND CHARGES, AMENDING SECTION 540 OF THE 1973 CODE OF. ORDINANCES Motion- carried unanimously. The Manager' s September 2nd response to the non-organized personnel Wage Committee' s June 20th objections to the Stanton compensation _ program and its administration, as well as a copy of that memo to him were included in the agenda. Motion by Councilman .Letourneau and seconded by Councilman Ranallo to table action on the compensation program for non-organized City personnel to allow further consideration of the points of difference. Voting on the motion: Aye: Letourneau, Ranallo and Sundland. Nay: Marks and Haik. Motion carried. Council members will contact persons they believe might be interested in serving on an "on call" basis on the City 's Human Relations Committee to meet the required number of members established by resolution for.. that Committee. • -3- The Manager recommended the-hockey lights .requested by' the St. Anthony Boosters. -for Central Park and. Emerald Park be. funded. from:;the Council..'s Contingency Fund and put.. in per the Public Works Director's September 4 , 1980 recommendation. . ' When the .questionwas raised- why lights -were not planned for Silver Point Park,, Richard Timmer of the Boosters said the lights for Central and Emerald parks -were considered. as .first and second in priority by the. Boosters with lights deferred for Silver Point, if necessary, since that. park is only utilized for practices and- a pole is not available. for the lights at that location at this time. Councilmen Sundland .and Ranallo were concerned that,. if any lights at all- were to be funded, the treatment of all three parks should be equal. Motion by Councilman Sundland and seconded. by Councilman Letourneau to accept the proposal of the Boosters. Club and authorize the fund- ing of hockey lights for all three City parks as per staff's rec- ommendation with the inclusion of lights for Silver Point Park ata total cost not to exceed $2 ,000 . Motion carried unanimously. The public hearing on. the assessment of costs for- Street Improvement Project 1979-001 for Highcrest Road was opened by the Mayor at • 8: 31 P.M. Mr. and Mrs. Michael S. Eggert, 3608 - 36th Avenue N..'E. , were the only residents in attendance and they voiced no objections to the assessments per se but only asked how the assessment amount had been determined and .wanted particulars of the period of payment without- interest. The Manager told them about twenty=five percent of the $240,476 . 67 cost of the Highcrest Road rebuilding project will be assessed against the property owners, or approximately $2 ,000 assessed per property. unit with only a two-thirds unit charge against corner lots . He said this assessment is in conformance with the assessment policy adopted for the rebuilding of 29th Avenue N.E. Mrs. Johnson advised the Eggerts that they will have 30 days from the date of adoptionof the assessment roles by resolution to pay off their assessment without interest and that privilege will be repeated next year before. November 15, 1981. The hearing was closed at 8 : 35 P.M. Motion by Councilman . Sundland and- seconded by Councilman Marks to adopt Resolution 80=059 , with principal installments extending over a period of ten years and with 8% interest on the unpaid balance. RESOLUTION 80-059 A RESOLUTION ADOPTING ASSESSMENT ROLL FOR" • STREET IMPROVEMENT PROJECT NO. 1979-001 Motion carried unanimously. • -4- The Council next considered the three proposals from .Short-Elliott- Hendrickson., Inc. for engineering services on three. City projects recommended by the Public Works Director.. When Councilman Ranallo askedwhether a consulting engineer . is necessary for .projects such as these, Mr. Fornell told him in each case "a fairly technical analy.sis. was necessary" and it is his belief "it would be wise for the City to spend..some money to,. get- good advice" , since the City has no engineering staff to provide the required expertise. Councilman Sundland agreed such projects as repairing the water reservoir might be beyond the capabilities of . the City staff . Councilman Marks commented- that the state public- health inspectors have on several. occasions suggested .corrective measures- be taken regarding the potential for- contamination of the water ground storage tank. Motion- by Councilman- Ranallo. and seconded by Councilman Sundland to accept the proposal from Short-Elliott-Hendrickson, Inc. dated August 14., 1980., for providing engineering services related to the painting of the water tank. Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilman Sundland and seconded by Mayor Haik to accept the August 25 , 1980 (File No.. 1905-77) proposal from Short-Elliott- Hendrickson, Inc. for providing engineering services. towards the investigation and repair of the municipal- water reservoir roof. Motion. carried unanimously. Motion by Mayor Haik and .seconded by Councilman Sundland to accept the August 25, 1980 (File No. 1905-76) proposal from Short-Elliott- Hendrickson.,. Inc. for provision of engineering services for the repair of the park building roof adjacent to the City's water treatment plant in Central Park. Motion carried unanimously. The Physical Development Committee of -the Metropolitan Council had informed the City that it had recommended a change in the award of the H.U.D. 701 grant funds rather than follow the recommendations of the Metro staff. This change would result in• an allocation of only 350 of the total projected costs- for the .Kenzie Terrace study to the City. The Council indicated its objections to this reversal in procedure in the following resolution which it directed should be sent to the Metropolitan Council. The Mayor and Manager will also attend the next meeting of the Metro Council this week where they will seek a delay in the final decision. Motion by Councilman Marks and seconded by Councilman Sundland to adopt Resolution 80-060 and to .instruct the City Manager to send a • copy of the resolution along with a letter indicating the City 's objections to the reversal of procedure as reflected in Report No. 80-211 from the Physical Development Committee to Chairman Charles Weaver and each member of the Metropolitan Council. -5- • RESOLUTION 80-060 A RESOLUTION OPPOSING THE PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT COMMI.TTEE' S RECOMMENDED ALLOCATION OF HUD SECTION 701. GRANT FUNDS (REFERRAL .REPORT NO. 80-211) Motion carried unanimously. The Mayor then inquired .as to .what form. the Councilwanted the City-' s appreciation- shown to those .committee. members who. serve without pay on the Planning Commission, -Cable T.V. Advisory. Committee and the Advisory Committee to- the City Health Board. Members and their spouses will be invited to attend-a dinner meeting to-be ,planned by staff for the middle of January. The program for the meeting will developed for Council consideration .within the next few weeks. Mayor Haik next. suggested an open- house-type of gathering where corporations heads, merchants and residents will be invited to learn how the City government .oper.ates. Mr. Soth agreed an open house where the public is invited: with only coffee and cookies, etc. to be served would be preferable to a- dinner where only a select group of. persons would be invited. • The date for the St. Anthony Government Day was- set for November. 12th (November 19th as alternate) . Invitations to corporations, the merchants associations for both shopping centers , professionals in Apache Medical Center, community church clergy as well as those county, state and. federal government officials who represent the City, will be sent by staff who will .also prepare the. program for the observance. Council members were each assigned a City depart- ment whose operation they are to present that evening. The public will be notified of the event through the St. Anthony Bulletin publicity and in the City newsletter which goes out in mid-October. Motion by Councilman Ranallo and seconded by Councilman Sundland to request the City Manager to indicate the City' s willingness to have the Minnesota November aid payment deferred until January 15 , 1981 as requested by the Commissioner of Revenue. Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilman Sundland and seconded by Councilman Marks to table action on the Robert Calvert request for a beer permit because the applicant has failed to submit the requested information by which a determination can be made as .to whether. his application conforms. to policy regarding liquor in the parks established in Resolution 80-058. Motion carried unanimously. • -6- • The August 26th letter from Short,-Elliott-Hendrickson,.. Inc. and the Mayor' s August 28th letter to Minneapolis. Alderman Dziedzic regarding the diversion-of the City 's . sanitary sewer into the Minneapolis system were accepted as. informational. Motion by Councilman Ranallo and -seconded by Councilman Letourneau to request the City Attorney to review the law and. administrative requirementsregarding the establishment of a severance pay fund for the City to conform with Minnesota. Statute 465.72. Motioncarried unanimously. In his September 5th memorandum, Mn. . Fornell had-. set. down _the .specifics under which'the Public Works Director-'s August 25th .recommendations- regarding the M and M .Development Corporation request for a temporary hook-up to the City 's utilities as well ..as. access to..Anthony Lane North. for their new warehouse building could be. followed. However, he opposed any access for the firm to- Anthony Lane, at. least until such time as the. road might be. brought up to 9-ton standards. The City Attorney recommended the. agreement should. include M and M and the City of Roseville as signing parties. Motion by Councilman Sundland and seconded by Mayor Haik to direct the City Attorney to develop an agreement between the. City of Rose- ville, the M and M Development Corporation and the City of St. Anthony which will incorporate the specifics outlined in Mr. Fornell ' s September 5th memorandum .to the Council. Clarification of abbreviations in the August Fire -Department and July Police Department reports were made for Councilman Marks before the reports were ordered filed. Motion by Councilman Ranallo and .seconded by . Councilman Sundland to grant a cigarette license to Advance Carter Co. for. Pino's Palerno Pizza and a starting and towing license to Medina Towing.' Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilman Sundland and seconded by.. Councilman Letourneau to approve payment of all. verified claimslisted in. the September 9, 1980 agenda.. Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilman. Sundland' and seconded by .Mayor Haik to approve payment of $1,22.4 to- Hennepin County as the contribution to the county in lieu of payment of property taxes required under state statute. Motion carried- unanimously. • J -7- Reports /Reports Councilman Marks . in his report on the-meeting with the Chairman of the Metropolitan-Council he recently attended., told the Council the most pressing concern of the officials of .the. municipalities attending seemed to be the development of a light rail transit system. Councilman Sundland commented on the "very accurate manner in which Mr. - Soth had represented- the City's .concern with the noise., tidiness and upkeep of the property at -2505 - 23th Avenue N.E. in the .letter to the -property owner's attorney: He also requested that. Mr. Fornell alert department heads- as to the' need for their cooperation in developing the Council ' s presentation for the November 12th open house._ Motion .by Councilman .Ranallo and seconded by Councilman Letourneau to adjourn the meeting at 10 :00 P.M. Motion carried unanimously. Respectfully submitted, Helen Crowe Secretary ATTEST: Ci-Ey Clerk Mayor