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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC MINUTES 10141980 . 3 ii it 7 3 Meeting Sheet i j 1 J 7 102104 • - i 3 i BOX: 21 Folder: CC MINUTES AND AGENDAS 1980 Document: CC MINUTES 10141980 CITY OF ST. ANTHONY COUNCIL MINUTES • October 14 , 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 of the regular Council meeting held September 23rd were corrected as follows: Page 1, para. 4 : The dimensions of the Solie garage addition will be "25 X 24 feet" and not "50 X 14 feet" . Motion by Councilman Sundland and seconded by Councilman Letourneau to approve as corrected the minutes of the Council meeting held September 23, 1980 . Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilman Marks and seconded- by Councilman Letourneau to approve as submitted the minutes of the Council budget work • sessions held- September 16 , 18 , and October 7 , 1980 . Motion carried unanimously. The September 22 , 1980 minutes of the Cable T.V. Advisory Committee meeting were noted and ordered filed. Accepted as an- agenda addendum was clarification regarding the Council members ' presentations November 19th requested by Councilman Marks. Diane Nelsen, representing the Automobile Club of Minneapolis presented the Mayor with her organization' s Pedestrian Safety Award for which she said the City was selected from a field of 950 cities for recognition of its nineteen years without a fatality. Motion by Councilman Sundland and seconded by Councilman Ranallo to approve. the first reading of the new sewer rate ordinance. ORDINANCE 1980-005 AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO SEWER RATES AND CHARGES, AMENDING SECTION 540 OF THE 1973 CODE OF ORDINANCES Motion carried unanimously. -2- Motion by Councilman Sundland. and. seconded by Councilman Letourneau to adopt the resolution authorizing the appropriation of $50 ,012. 55 • in M.S .A. funds for the City' s share of the reconstruction costs for County Road' C. RESOLUTION 80-067 APPROPRIATION OF MUNICIPAL STATE-AID FUNDS TO C.S .A.H. 94 PROJECT Motion carried unanimously. The Manager, in discussing the agreement with Hennepin County for snow plowing-, said. the staff .is.- considering the feasibility of undertaking. the sweeping of. county roads within the City. Motion by Councilman Letourneau and seconded by Councilman Marks to adopt the resolution authorizing acceptance of the_:ag.reement with Hennepin County for snow plowing services. on county roads within the City performed by the City. RESOLUTION 80-068 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE. AGREEMENT NO. PW 33-10-80 WITH HENNEPIN COUNTY. ON BEHALF OF THE CITY • Motion carried unanimously. Actions regarding the two resolutions commending retiring employees was deferred to the end of the meeting because neither was present. Mr. Berg had advised the Council in his October 2nd Section 8 hous- ing update that the reimbursements for. administration had fallen about $600, short., but the Council agreed with him that the program provides a necessary service for the City and indicated a willingness to stay in the program. Mayor Haik said she also appreciated Mr. Berg's report on actions taken by the North. Cable Commission and noted the Commission 's legal consultant had been requested to contact member cities to determine if their appointed representatives .are. indemnified from liability through their insurance. Mr. Soth confirmed that Minnesota statutes require all ."city officials and employees" ..to be indemnified but said the City could elect to indemnify advisory committee members only if they are involved in a court case.. Mayor Haik . added as a point of clarification that "indemnifying does not mean the City must carry insurance on all- indemnified officials but only assures that the City will stand back of them in a litigation" . In his October 8th memorandum,. Mr. Fornell had reported the City had been awarded a $11, 500 HUD 701 grant for the Kenzie Terrace revitalization/redevelopment study which, with the $12 ,000 matching s'� -3- CDBG funds , should cover the economic/marketing- analysis as well as the planning consultants proposals . He had also suggested a make up for the committee .to work with the selected consultants which Councilman Ranallo'- suggested_ should be modified to include citizen representation from the entire community to obtain -more impartial imput to the process. It wasagreed that the business representation would include three . from the. Kenzie Terrace., one .from the Apache and another from some other business area of the City. The community representa- tion will comprise one each from the. Kenzie Terrace area, the area south of St. Anthony Boulevard, east and west of Silver Lake Road and the area north of 37th Avenue N.E. Mr. Fornell will contact the Community Services Committee regarding the senior citizen representative and -will also submit the names as possible committee members, all those who had indicated an interest in serving on the Planning Commission. He will prepare a summary of the duties of the members to be given to their. nominees by the Council members . As suggested by Mr. Soth, these .names will be submitted at the Council's October 28th meeting and adopted as a slate. Mayor Haik did not believe it wouldbe. necessary. ,to accept Mr. Saliterman's secretary as a committee: member pointing out that the -meetings will be open to the public so anyone may attend. and will be encouraged to provide input towards the deliberations and .committee members should probably be residents of the City. Councilman Sundland and Councilman. Ranallo discussed the October 5 , 1980 agreement on the thirteen components which had been established as a basis- for developing a lease for the Park View building • during their negotiations with- the District #282 school representa- tives . Councilman Ranallo reported the school representatives had been most. cooperative in working out- the components which both sides accepted with the understanding the final documents will be drawn up by the legal . counsels for the two,.parties. He •said the school had. stipulated .the gymnasium .could- mot be convertedJ:for; the1.:City Fire Department.- Mr'. Fornell confirmed both staffs are now in agree- ment that the lease rate will be- applied to 6 ,000 square feet. The City Attorney will rewrite the component dealing with the. renegotiation date along the. lines suggested by- Councilman Ranallo and Councilman Sundland and Mr. Soth will also address the addition of a require- ment for "habitable conditions" in regard to the building temperature. Councilman Sundland said. they had felt better janitorial service would be provided by the City custodians. The City 's capital improvements responsibilities were defined for Mayor Haik as involving only the building of a podium and perhaps dropping the ceiling in the Council Chambers. The school has agreed, to the City's use of the cafetorium for large meetings if there is no conflict with school . events. and Mr. Soth saw the City as making the decision regarding the use of the Council Chambers by community groups with the City receiving rental fees. Councilman Letourneau. expressed concern regarding possible costs to the City of providing lawn-care for the Park View grounds but Mr. Fornell assured him the City' s responsi- bilities will only entail cutting the grass and a minimum of fertiliz- ing. No capital improvements would be made to the grounds. t -4- Motion by .'Councilman .Marks and seconded by Mayor Haik -to accept the concept of the October 5, 1980 Park View Lease- Components and to request the City Attorney to refine the language of the lease for presentation for Council approval. Motion carried unanimously. In his October 3rd memorandum., Larry Hamer .had recommended the purchase of .a Huber roadgrader from Valley Equipment .for $8,719 with trade and with repairs made by Valley as they had proposed. However, Mr. Soth advised the purchase would have to be advertised for bids in accordance with Minnesota statutes. The Public Works Director had also addressed .the installation of a street light requested by the. residents for the intersection of Bell Lane and Armour Terrace in his memos of October 7th and 14th and the petition for the light signed by ten property owners in that area was included in the agenda. . Motion 'by Mayor Haik and seconded- by Councilman Ranallo to approve installation of a street light between 2926 and 2922 Armour Terrace but to assume. no capital costs for an underground installation unless there is a legal question involved which requires underground installa- tion due to no alternate location. Motion.. carried unanimously. • The Council acknowledged the letter of commendation from the Hennepin County. Attorney for Fire Captain John Slanga's "excellent and professional" investigation of the 1977 Haystack Restaurant fire. Motion by Councilman Ranallo and- seconded by. Councilman Marks to approve the listing of judges for the November 4 , 1980 general election as made in the October 14th agenda. Motion carried unanimously. In his- October 10th memorandum, Mr. Fornell had recommended acceptance of the Deferred Compensation Administrators Inc. proposal to make -the analysis of the deferred compensation program requested -by the City ' s reserve .firefighters. He �said he will negotiate with DCA how the deferred compensation :will fit into the total compensation for the reserves-.. Mayor Haik expressed her concern that the program not have a negative effect on the City ' s efforts to attract reserves. Motion by Councilman Ranallo and seconded by Mayor Haik to accept the City ' Manager ' s recommendations'- that; (a) the Deferred Compensation Administrators, Ind. .proposals for providing an analysis of deferred compensation- for the City's reserve firefighters be accepted at a fee not to exceed $1,200; (b) the Firefighter' s Relief Association by-laws and legal aspects of the program be reviewed by the City Attorney; and (c) the City Manager research and report back on the com- parable benefits of both deferred and cash compensation in other cities. -5- Motion carried unanimously., The Mayorsuggested, in view- of the North Suburban Development Achievement Center, Inc. ' s building plans, that the amount previously given by the City to the center should be increased from $716 to $1,000. Motion,- by Councilman Sundland and seconded by Councilman Marks to approve a financial grant of $1,.0.00 to North Suburban Development Achievement Center, Inc. for 1981. Motion carried unanimously. The Manager told the Council that when he had communicated with the League of Minnesota Cities he .had raised the same questions they had regarding the. use .of the 197.0_-Census , figures for calculating the City' s share of the League's building program costs to be a one lump payment of $4 ,766 . Len Bisanti, 3.108 Rankin Road, and Robert Oliver, 2617 - 31st Avenue N.E. , were present to discuss Mr. Bisanti 's written request that the St. Anthony Village .American Legion Post #513 be permitted to open to the. public their -Nordeast Festival to be held in the Legion Hall, 2701 Kenzie Terrace, all day Sunday, October 19 , 1980 . The day ' s events will include a pancake breakfast in the morning, Bingo and watching the Vikings on television .in the afternoon, followed by a dance in the evening with liquor served- during the afternoon and evening. Mr: Bisanti told the Council the fund raiser is • necessary to defray the costs of the Halloween and Christmas parties sponsored by .the .Legion for, the children of the community. He had cleared the serving of food with the . Hennepin County Health Depart- ment and the Legion representative assured the Council the "post is adequately covered by the dram insurance it carries. " The post has.. a -Bingo license and a club license for serving alcoholic beverages to their members and guests and Mr. Bisanti said they will be willing to have a police officer appointed by -the Chief of Police on duty during. the -dance to be held from 7 : 30 to 11:30 .P.M. Because the request was .not received by Mr.. Fornell until October 10th, it will be necessary for the City Attorney to research the legal ramifications of the.- post' s. holding a dance on their premises and serving liquor on Sunday. Motion by Councilman Sundland andseconded by Councilman Ranallo to grant .to St. Anthony Village Post #513 for their festival October 19, 1980 : (1)- A temporary restaurant permit for breakfast to be served to the public. (=2)., A public dance permit subject to the Minnesota state statutes governing public dances.. (-3) Sale of liquor during the event to the extent such sales are permissible under state statutes . (It was subsequently determined that only 3.2% alcohol- beer could be legally sold. ) -6- Motion carried unanimously. The August Police Department and the September Fire Department reports were ordered filed. Council Reports Councilman Ranallo informed the Council there will be a meeting on October 22nd of all those- who were previously involved -in the community dances which are to be held every two years . At this meeting, plans will be .made for a dance to be held in the Apache Mall -January 31st, the only. date Apache has open. The Council indicated they would be amendable to. following the. precedent of providing some seed money for the event. Councilman Marks- requested: clarification of who is to make the presentations during the St. Anthony Government Day observance November 19th. Mr:. Fornell said he saw the presentations as a joint councilman-department head effort and Mayor Haik emphasized that no presentation should exceed ten minutes with those attending urged to- submit .questions to individual officials later if desired. She also suggested it might be, most helpful for residents and others who come to City Hall to have pictures of . City officials and employees mounted in the front office. Staff will investigate these arrangements. . Motion by Councilman Sundland and- seconded by Councilman Ranallo to grant. a. heating license to Domestic Mechanical and a starting and • towing license to Murphy' s Service Center. Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilman Ranallo and seconded by Councilman Sundland to. approve payment of all verified claims listed in the October 14 , 1980 agenda.. Motion carried unanimously. ' Motion by Councilman Ranallo and seconded by Councilman Letourneau to approve payment- of, $724.04 to - Short-Elliott-Hendrickson for .engineering services -on the sanitary sewer relief outlet to Minne- apolis; -$267 . 05. for provision of 1980 MSA information, and $1,044 .39 for engineering services on the sidewalk construction on 39th Avenue N.E. . as well as $2 ,146 . 89,. to the Dorsey firm .for legal services during the month of August, 1980. Motion carried unanimously. Neither Patrolman Hawkinson nor Fire Chief Hall' had arrived before adjournment to receive the plaques honoring their years of service to the community so the following motions were made : -7- Motion-by Councilman Marks. and seconded. by Councilman Ranallo to adopt Resolutions 80-0.70 . and 80-071. RESOLUTION 80-070 A RESOLUTION COMMENDING ALLAN HAWKINSON FOR HIS. 23 YEARS OF SERVICE AS A PATROLMAN FOR' THE CITY OF ST. ANTHONY RESOLUTION 80-071 A RESOLUTION COMMENDING MONROE HALL FOR HIS 10 YEARS OF SERVICE AS THE FIRE CHIEF FOR THE CITY OF ST. ANTHONY Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilman Marks.. and seconded by Mayor Haik to adjourn the meeting..at 9: 30 P.M. Motion carried. unanimously. Respectfully submitted, Helen Crowe, Secretary Mayor ATTEST: yt/ City erk