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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC MINUTES 03241981 Meeting Sheet 100174 I IIIIII VIII VIII VIII VIII VIII III II BOK: 15 Folder: Document: CC MINUTES 03241981 CITY OF ST. ANTHONY COUNCIL MINUTES March 24 , 1981 • The meeting was called to order by Mayor Haik at 7 :35 P.m. Present for roll call : Marks , Sundland and Haik. Absent: Letourneau and Ranallo. Also present: Jim Fornell, City Manager; Ron Berg, .Administrative Assistant; Will7am Soth, City Attorney; and Carol Johnson, Clerk/Treasurer. - Motion by Councilman Sundland and seconded by Councilman Marks to approve as submitted the minutes for the Council' s regular meeting March 10, 1981 as well as their work sessions held March 7 , 10 and 14, 1981. Motion carried unanimously. The Mayor said she is impressed with the quality of discussion generated by the Advisory Committee to the Health Board during their meetings, especially related to housing maintenance standards . Councilman Marks agreed, saying he also understands staff efforts have been responsible for improvement in the maintenance of one of the City' s apartments. The Committee ' s March 9th report as well as the March llth Kenzie Terrace Task Force Report were ordered filed. Doug Jones was present to report matters which had been considered by the Planning Commission during their March 17th meeting, as reflected in the minutes for that meeting. He told the Council the Commission is hopeful the townhouse development for which Sid Johnson has requested conceptual review, can be developed on the remaining parcel of undeveloped land in the Hedlund .PUD in such manner it will completely conform to the PUD ordinance and require no variances . In answering questions regarding the preliminary site plans for the 25 unit development he proposed to construct, Mr. Johnson said he believes these plans can be refined to conform to the square footage formula set for the PUD. at the same time adequate parking, snow and refuse storage and an aesthetic appearance is provided. The developer mentioned that the proposed project will be similar in design to the St. Anthony Town Homes on Foss Road. The Council was pleased to learn that as many trees on the site as possible will be saved and it was suggested that, from the City' s viewpoint , it might be more satisfactory to. .leave the responsibility for refuse disposal up to the individual townhome owners rather than to a homeowners association. They accepted Mr. Johnson' s construction timetable to erect twelve units on the south half of the parcel first and to continue in a northerly direction as these are sold. -2- Estimated purchase price will- be $70 ,000 per unit. The developer was urged to immediately contact the. Ramsey County Highway Depart- ment to verify whether he will be permitted to retain the existing curb cuts off Silver -Lake- Road.; _ Mr. Jones then reported the concerns of the Commission members regarding the extent of the lot size variances it appears will be necessary to permit the proposed splitting of the 15 ,000 square foot R-2 (two family dwelling) zoned lot on the corner of Harding Street and 37th Avenue N.E. , as proposed by Mr.. and Mrs . Michael Spielman, the owners. The Spielmans, who live in one of the double bungalow units at 2614 37th Avenue N.E. , .had requested conceptual review of their plans to retain the R-2 zoning for 8 ,500 square feet of the parcel to accommodate the existing double bungalow and utilize the remaining 6, 500 square feet under R-1 (single family dwelling) zon- ing for their own use. Lot size variances of 5 ,500 square feet for the corner property and 2 ,500 square feet for the R-1 property as well as a 10 foot width variance to the City Zoning Ordinance requirements will be necessary to develop the property as proposed. The Metropolitan Council's indication of approval of smaller lots than now permitted in most metropolitan suburban communities was acknowledged by Councilmen Sundland and Marks. The latter reported that during the last state Planning Agency seminar in. which he had participated, it had been estimated that, even assuming there is no major raise in birth rates, as many homes will be needed to be built in the next twenty years as have been constructed during the last • thirty years which will put greater pressure on municipalities to allow higher density housing. However, Councilman Sundland said he thought Commission member Sopcinski had probably been very accurate in his prediction that long time residents in St. Anthony will probably be strongly opposed to relaxing building standards . Mr. Berg confirmed that most of the homes whose backyards border the Spielman parcel have 265 . feet long lots and that the Spielman lot exceeds the 14 ,00.0 square foot requirement for corner lots by 1,000 square feet. Mayor Haik.said,. ..although at . first she was concerned with the extent of the variances which_will be necessary to permit the split, she had concluded "we certainly won't be crowding that neighborhood where there are such largelots" and she believes she "could be receptive to the proposal as long . as there is no opposition demonstrated from the neighbors" . At the conclusion of his report, Mr. Jones told the Council the Commission had concurred with the Manager's recommendations relating to housing maintenance codes, agreeing most complaints regarding new homes would probably not be corrected through City inspections and there could be some liability for the City involved. Councilman Marks informed the Commission representative that his Chairman, Brad Bjorklund, had recently been appointed to serve on the Metropolitan Council. Land Use Committee and requested the Council 's congratulations be extended to Mr. Bjorklund. He then urged the Com- mission to reconsider their attendance at the Minnesota Planning Y )s -3- Agency Seminar to be held in Mankato, saying, even though the agenda might not appeartoo pertinent to current City problems, . he personal- ly had derived valuable legal -insight through past .seminars into • questions which had arisen later regarding the redevelopment of the Kenzie Terrace area and the .senior housing proposed for that district. Councilman Marks. also perceived attendance at these seminars as .. giving an aura of professionalism to the Commission. : Mr. Jones told him it was a matter of determining which seminars could be the most cost effective for the limited..funds. available to the. Commission. The Council next considered the application for a 3 .2 temporary beer license for a .ball game in Central Park which they had accepted as an agenda addendum. Motion by Councilman Sundland and .seconded by Mayor Haik to grant a temporary 3. 2 beer license to the Aquatrol ball team for their game to be. played _in. Central Park April 5, 1981 subject to the required deposit in advance of the game. Voting on the motion: Aye : Sundland and Haik. Nay: Marks. Motion carried. Because of the technical standards involved in setting noise pollution • limits, staff had recommended it would .probably. not be either feasible or desirable to include these standards in the proposed nuisance and refuse control ordinance. . It was agreed it might be advisable to have staff put out a flyer in advance of the coming elections advising candidates and their supporters of their responsibilities related to campaign literature. Motion by Councilman Sundland and seconded by Councilman Marks to approve the .third .reading and adopt Ordinance 1981-004 . ORDINANCE 1981-004 AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO NUISANCES AND REFUSE CONTROL OFFENSES , AMENDING SECTION 1000 AND REPEALING 1020 OF .THE 1973 CODE. OF ORDINANCES Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilman Marks .and seconded by Councilman Sundland to adopt the resolution which authorizes. the agreement whereby St. Anthony will undertake the sweeping of Silver Lane from Stinson to Silver Lake Road. RESOLUTION 81-020 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE -MAYOR AND CITY MANAGER • TO EXECUTE THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN' RAMSEY COUNTY AND THE CITY OF ST. ANTHONY FOR STREET SWEEPING SERVICES Motion carried unanimously. -4- The Manager had set forth in his .memorandum of March 19th the reasons he had recommended the proposed .changes in the City' s merit compensa- • tion program be adopted. The Mayor said she intends to attend the first meeting where the program is presented to the non-organized personnel to get their reactions first hand. Motion by Councilman Marks and seconded by Councilman Sundland to adopt Resolution 81-021. RESOLUTION 81-021 A RESOLUTION. APPROVING 1981 MODIFICATIONS IN THE NON-ORGANIZED PERSONNEL MERIT COMPENSATION PROGRAM Motion carried unanimously. In another March 19th memorandum, Mr. Fornell reported the concerns raised by the committee of Fire Department reserves regarding the -options and problems involved in providing deferred compensation and other benefits, saying he believes Option A-#3 , establishing a relief . association, may be the only realistic and. acceptable course to be taken. He opted for #3 of possible actions which would delay establishment of the association until the L.M.C. bill is acted upon by the legislature, and in the meantime, advocated an increase in shift fill in rates to $4 an hour as of April lst. Motion by Councilman Sundland and seconded by Councilman Marks to • authorize a raise in compensation for -the Fire. Department reserves for shift fill ins of $4 an hour as of April 1, 1981, but to defer the establishment of the Relief Association until after the State Legislature has acted on the fire aid passes. Motion carried unanimously. Mr. Fornell said he agreed with the Liquor Manager' s March 20th memorandum recommending the replacement of worn out heating and air conditioning systems in Liquor Store #1 with a roof top heating combination unit, believing the replacement will provide more storage for the facility and be will more energy efficient. Motion by Councilman Sundland and seconded by Mayor Haik to accept the bid and award the contract for a complete roof top heating and cooling combination unit to Maple Grove Heating and Air Conditioning for $6,480. Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilman Sundland and seconded by Mayor Haik to grant all licenses listed in the. March. 24 , 1981 Council agenda. Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilman Sundland and seconded by Councilman Marks to • approve payment of all verified claims listed in the March 24 , 1981 Council agenda. Motion carried unanimously. -5- Motion by Councilman Marks and seconded by Councilman 'Sundland to approve payment of $11,132. 9.0 to- Westwood- .Planning. & Engineering Co. for planning services relative 'to the Kenzie. Terrace Study; $4,766 for the City ' s share of LMD building program; .$3,200 to Erickson, Ellison and Associates for. the maxi', study.-on- the Parkview building and .$3,982 .66: to Short-Elliott-Hendrickson:, Inc. for engineer-. ing services on the sanitary, sewer relief diversion. to Minneapolis. Motion carried unanimously. During a discussion of energy efficiency planning, Councilman Marks said a recent study had surprisingly indicated one of the oldest buildings in St. Paul had proven to be more energy efficient than another built in 1955. There was a concurrence that .people will adopt energy. efficient methods. only when they have been perceived to be the most cost efficient in spite of all the studies and encour- agements from the planners. Motion by Mayor Haik and seconded..by Councilman Marks to adjourn the meeting at 8 :20 .P.M. Motion carried unanimously. Respectfully .,submitted, Helen Crowe • Secretary OAIA Mayor ATTEST: 12 City Clerk