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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC MINUTES 03231982 Meeting Sheet I IIIIII VIII VIII VIII VIII VIII IIII IIII iozazz Box: 21 Folder: CC MINUTES AND AGENDAS 1982 Document: CC MINUTES 03231982 f - • CITY OF ST. ANTHONY COUNCIL MINUTES March 23 , 1982 Mayor Sundland opened the meeting with the Pledge of Allegiance at 7 : 30 P.M. Present for roll call: Marks , Sundland, Letourneau, and Enrooth. Absent: Ranallo. Also present: - Dave Childs , City Manager.; Ron Berg, Administrative Assistant; and .William .Soth,. City Attorney. Motion by Councilman Marks- and seconded by Councilman Enrooth to approve as submitted the minutes for the Council work session held February 18 , 1982 and the .regular Council meeting held .March 9 , 1982 . Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilman Marks and .seconded by Councilman Letourneau to grant all licenses listed in the March. 23, 1982. Council agenda. Motion carried unanimously. Councilman Letourneau. wanted verification that the person who applied for a temporary beer license is of age . Motion by Mayor Sundland- and- seconded by Councilman Letourneau to grant the request from Gloria..Alvarez , 3204 .- ,31st Avenue .N.E. , that her group .be permitted to serve 3.. 2 beer during Elsie ' s Softball Tourna- ment to be held -in, Central-, Park from 9 :.00. A.M. ' to 6 :00. P.M. , April 24 and 24 , 1982 ,* subject to verification .of'. the applicant's age. Voting on the motion.: Aye: Sundland, Letourneau, and Enrooth. Nay : Marks . Motion carried. During the consideration * of the.. claims.- listed- in .the. Council agenda, the Manager confirmed the statement from Short-Elliott-Hendrickson , Inc. had been revised at City request and verified by the Public Works Director. Motion .by Councilman ' Marks and seconded by Councilman .Letourneau to approve payments of all verified claims listed-. in the March 23 , ,1982 Council agenda as well as $2 ,623 ..75.: to..be paid to the 'Dorsey firm for • legal services during December, 1981, and $22 ,285. 07. to. Short-Elliott- Hendrickson, . Inc. for engineering services on the. Anthony. Lane project from July 19 .through November -20 , 1981. Motion carried unanimously . f -2- Councilman Enrootheindicated -resident interest -has escalated now that the selection- of a .provider .of Cable T..V... for the City ,is -near at • hand. . Cable .companies.•will make their final proposals at a general public: hearing for the ten participating communities at Parkview Center in Roseville , March 25th, . according to Councilman Letourneau who also repor.ted .the franchise award will be made at the Roseville City Hall on April lst. Councilman Marks.. reported attendance at the. breakfast meeting sponsored by Ramsey County Commissioner Salverda where the Commissioner's Administrative .Assistant outlined the County 's plans -for dealing with any. flooding in-.the area this spring and. also.alerted those present to the potential hazards .for: the ,metropolitan communities when radioactive materials are hauled.by truck right through .the middle of town. The County representative wanted all police and -fire departments to be trained -to handle any emergency of this nature. Councilman Letourneau indicated he believes Chief Entner is aware of these potential problems and the Mayor recalled simulated emergencies staged by the Fire and Police in.-the past and cautioned that the costs of training private sector volunteers can be expected to run quite high. He and City staff. plan to attend the - emergency preparedness seminar at North Memorial Hospital , April 2nd . Councilman Marks recommended. .that, in. view of the number of calls from residents complaining .that the City had not immediately removed the snow from the pathways , a policy be established now to inform the community as to the City ' s' responsibilities related to snow removal • from the .pathways. at times when the . snowfall is so heavy the Public Works Depar.tment. has trouble clearing the.-.streets and to let them know doing the pathways at the same time. would result in high overtime costs in a - time of . tight budgets . Mr. .Childs then indicated the City has an ordinance which requires .that snow be removed by the abutting property . owner, however, Mayor Sundland, recalled. that the City had indicated to -residents .who opposed the- pathways. construction that the City crews would be responsible for. the pathway maintenance. Councilman. Marks also. belie.ves the.-City should-' inform-. residents, that if their. property taxes have risen more than 30% this year , they can recoup 750 of- the. raise, up to $200 . . With the redistricting of the City into 63A,- the suggestion was made- that the legislators who will now represent the City be invited to meet the. Council soon. Iry Peterson was present to report. actions taken and. recommendations made by the .Planning Commission.: during their March 16th meeting,, as reflected in the minutes for that meeting. He said there was no public opposition .to staff's recommendation for- the- selection of eligible activities for CDBG fund allocation. However, input was provided by .members of .the N.E. Minneapolis/St. Anthony Village Senior Corporation related to the proposed. senior housing on Kenzie Terrace and Tom McMullen, Ass-istant' Superintendent of District f,282 , regarding the use of the funds earmarked .for public service for a day care center: . A representative of the Office of; Planning and Development from Hennepin County had also been present to assure, .the Commission • members that their recommendations would be in conformance with County guideline.s. for the funds . -3- Motion by -Councilman Marks and seconded by Councilman Enrooth to accept the recommendation of. the- Planning Commission .that the following eligible activities be. allocated for Year VIII. Community Development • Block Grant funds : Housing: - rehabilitation . $32 ,630 Housing: new construction 15 ,000 (N.E. Senior Housing) Public service 5 ,460 Program administration. 1,500 Motion carried unanimously. In their recommendations for approval of- the conveyance of land for a garage .addition at 3912 Shamrock Drive , . the .Commission had requested staff verify that adequate sideyard setbacks for this property and the property at 3916 Shamrock Drive from which the strip would be conveyed. Mr. Berg said his measurements indicated a distance of 40 feet between the existing structures which will leave a 18 foot setback on 3916 -Shamrock Drive with a .seven foot setback at 3912 Shamrock if the garage is built as proposed. He also mentioned the garage construction should- not interfere with the existing ash tree plantings between the properties . LeRoy and Dorothy Pearson, 3912 Shamrock Drive , conveyance applicants , . and Paul Johnson, 3925 Shamrock Drive , were present, but did not speak. Motion by Councilman Letourneau and- seconded by Councilman Marks to approve the conveyance of -a 15 foot strip of land., described as the • South 15 feet of the North 99 feet of Lot 13.., Block 5 , Mounds .View Acres, Second Addition, lying East of. the West 135' thereof, from the property identified as 3916 Shamrock Drive to -the property currently identified.' as 3912 Shamrock 'Drive. Motion carried unanimously. The replatting. of the long back yards of three properties whose non- conforming frontages were grandfathered. in with- the new City Zoning Ordinance were discussed . with the City. Attorney who had addressed the proposal in his January 29 , 1982 le.tter' and.. suggested the manner in which the platting and variances should .be handled so two buildable single family residence lots.. can be developed on Belden Drive on the portions of the existing lots which their owners consider useless . Property owners Edwin and Allyce.. Brown,, 27.02 - 33rd Avenue N.E. and David A. .Taylor,. 2700 - 33rd Avenue N.E.. , were present but their input was not considered necessary since their testimony had been taken dur- ing the hearing. Motion. by Councilman Letourneau.' and seconded by Councilman Marks. to approve the lot size variances .to develop Lots 1 , 2 and 3 -of the pro- posed- platting of Browns First Addition as proposed, finding as did the Planning in Commission that: (.1), Each of the three parcels of. property involved is long and narrow. • By this subdivision process the two new, lo.ts that-would be -created would be conforming. The existing three parcels would .be short- ended. However, that would not. make them non-conforming. They are non-conforming presently because of their width. This width would not change because of the subdivision. -4- Further, the back. lots of .each parcel. are. presently 'unused. It is a practical and an economic waste to leave this property undeveloped. • (2), The proposed variance would. alleviate the extraordinary circumstance of having long narrow lots which makes part . of each of the lots ,- practically speaking, unusable. The unique shape of the present lots coupled with the fact .that the two new lots to be created would notbe non-conforming, make this a special circumstance for which this variance should be granted. (3) None of the party owners involved in the subdivision has pre- viously subdivided their property. They .purchased. their property in its ,present size and. shape. They had nothing to do with making their property non-conforming to- the present City Ordinance. (.4) No opposition to the platting ,or- variances was demonstrated during the -hearing. (5) The-.two, buildable single. family lots which will be created as a result of the replatting ..of . these properties would appear to economically benefit the City of St. Anthony. Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilman, Marks.. and. seconded by Councilman Letourneau to approve. the preliminary platting of the properties currently identified as parcels 3900 ,. 3950 and 4000. in Plat 63506 into Lots 1 , 2 , and 3 , • Brown' s First Addition to create two new buildable lots on which single family dwellings fronting. on Belden Drive- can be . developed, finding, as did. the Planning Commission., that no opposition. to the proposal was demonstrated during the public hearing on . the proposal before the Planning Commission and .agreeing; the creation of two. new buildable lots -would be a benefit to the City as a whole. Motion carried unanimously. A progress report on the chances of the Kenzie Terrace. senior housing project obtaining 202 HUD financing was offered by Archie Fjeld, ' board member; .Jack -Boarman, architect; and Robert. W. Gie_re of the Eberhardt. Company , financial .consultant .for the senior corporation. Mr. Fjeld said the corporation _is .grateful . for the City' s support through the CDBG allocation and. indicated -he is optimistic of the corporation' s chances of being._ selected for HUD financing this time around if a ped- estrian access for seniors across Kenzie Terrace to the shopping center can .be worked out with the Hennepin County Department of Transportation. He reported support from County Commissioner Sivanich who has indicated he believes at least a button-controlled stop light could be provided for safe access. ' Mr. Boarman addressed theconcerns. regarding the downgrading of unit size and inclusion of an access onto the alley just off Wilson Street which were expressed by the Commission as being changes from the original plans for the project. He said the provision of 415 square foot- efficiencies is being negotiated with HUD and the • plans drawn to make a conversion of efficiencies to one bedroom units easy., if the negotiations to enlarge the units are. successful . The local .HUD officials- are also not in favor of including efficiencies , he added. Although the one bedroom units will be 20 feet wide and 27 feet deep, or a total of 540 square- feet, which will , require a variance • -5- to the City ordinance requirement,. Mr. ' Giere pointed out there are hundreds of one bedroom senior housing- units in the metropolitan area which are between 450-550 ..square feet. The. one.. bedroom units on 18th. • and Central are only 480 square. feet, he added,, and there has been great public . resistance to low income .housing., which -is too big. The realtor confirmed that .the prevailing high interest rates make only 202 subsidized financing feasible for. the project.. He opposed including efficiencies because the heavy. convertible . furniture. required for this type of- unit is not practical for elderly. use. and it- would be very costly to convert efficiencies to one bedroom units if the tenancy of the building should change later. Mr. Boarman indicated the access .which. will . serve the congregate dining hall to the rear of the building had been included in one of the original plans submitted for .this project-in-the past, but conceded the curb, cut which .is .now .proposed had not. He said the City ordinance does not disallow such an- access and the proposed tree plantings and fencing- in this area should provide adequate-.. screening, for the residences across Wilson Street from the proposed two service stalls and employee parking spaces . The architect believes the possibility of the four. s.tory .section of the building cutting off the light or creating a visual problem for these neighbors -had been sufficiently addressed during the previous hearings. on the first proposal . Mr. Field reiterated-,that- an agreement hasbeen reached ..for use of the Legion Club parking lots when meals:.are being served in the congregate dining hall and reported. he has received many calls of encouragement from the adjacent neighbors . • Mr. Berg anticipates. the proposal .will be back. for City consideration in April and said any concerns can be. addr.essed -when. the required variance hearing is held. Planning Commission comments regarding the Council ' s approval. of- the signage for. the Apache. Medical Center were noted-,.and their. questions regarding the St. . Anthony bridge were - relayed. by Councilman Marks who reiterated that he- anticipates, rail .traffic on. -the tracks under the bridge to .increase greatly . Mr. . Soth reported- that railroad officials had expressed their opposition to a grade crossing instead of the bridge during his negotiations of bridge cost payments with them. The Mayor believes the time-.might be right to inform the residents , perhaps in the next Newsletter, that the Council has taken -steps to replace the bridge over the railroad tracks and. a .detour of traffic necessary during construction. The minutes for the March 9th meeting of the Chemical Abuse Information Committee and the notes on the March 18th staff meeting were considered next. . Councilman Marks, .confirmed that Ramsey County officials see no advantage for the City to -utilize Ramsey County rather -than Hennepin County jail facilities for DWI offenders . Motion. by Councilman .Marks. and seconded by Councilman Enrooth to approve payment of $2 ,000- to. defray the final expenses of the North Suburban Cable Commission , as requested by the. Commission.'s legal consultant, noting this and the first assessment will be recouped at the time the • franchise is awarded. Motion carried unanimously. -6- Mr. Childs reported he and .Mr._ Hamer will meet with the managers and public works directors from New Brighton and Columbia Heights , Fridley and Roseville , to assess - the benefits of equipment sharing. He then • announced the City will be cut .$10 ,000 in homestead credit payments as a result of the latest- .shortfall in state revenues which will result in a total decrease in payments from the state of about $40 ,000 for this year: The new cut will .require postponement of the equipment purchases considered for -this year, and although St. Anthony will probably not have to lay off personnel during 1982 , as neighboring communities are forced to do, some days off without pay may have to be considered at a later date , he speculated. The Manager then reported Councilman- Ranallo had. informed him he would be unable to attend the work .session .scheduled for the Council April 6th and the meeting was tentatively rescheduled for- Monday, April 5th. Motion by Councilman- Marks- and seconded by Councilman Letourneau to adopt-. Ordinance 1982-002 . ORDINANCE 1982-002 AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO LAND USE, PROVIDING FOR AUCTIONS AS A CONDITIONALLY. PERMITTED USE Motion carried unanimously. Mr. Berg confirmed that, . if the $1.00' per unit license fee staff is recommending for- multiple dwellings under the new ordinance recently • adopted by the Council, proves ..not to. be adequate to cover the costs of investigation and administration,. the Council can raise those fees next year. Motion by Councilman Marks. and seconded by Councilman .Letourneau to adopt Resolution 82-016 . RESOLUTION .82-016 A RESOLUTION . SETTING FEES FOR INITIAL APPLICATION AND RENEWALS .OF MULTI-DWELLING LICENSES Motion .carried .unanimously. Mr. Hamer had- submitted a quotation .of . $2 ,600 . from Layne Minnesota to pull the- pump on Well #4- to ascertain the origin of the vibration in the well. However, Mr. Soth .advised if the _ actual. repairs should run over $10 ,000., the job might have to be let for bids . The meeting was recessed while he and the .Manager .contacted the Public Works Director and when reconvened at 9 : 15 P.M. , the Attorney, reported his conversa- tion with Mr. Hamer had convinced .him that since the column replace- ment will probably not be necessary, the total repairs can be expected to remain beneath $10 ,000 . Motion .by Councilman Enrooth and seconded by Councilman .Letourneau to direct the Public .Works Director to proceed with the repair of Well #4 • based on the March 22 , 1982 quotation from Layne Minnesota. Motion carried . unanimously. • -7- The request from Wayne and -Leesa-.Peterson, 3441 Stinson Boulevard, for a bus shelter on the corner of- 33rd Avenue and Stinson will be kept with. other- requests for bus shelters to be considered by the MTC. The Mayor reported a resident had contacted him regarding the possibility of erecting a small building comprising an office with three living units above,..on that same corner (33rd and Stinson) . He indicated he had ."adused_ the man .to contact . the Clark Company as to whether the site is available. The Council- then. listened to .the proposal for .staff development con- sulting- services from Sandra Merwin..of .Merwin Enterprises., Ridge Plaza Office Building. . This is the second of such -programs which the Council considered. - Motion by Councilman .Letourneau- and seconded. by Councilman Enrboth to adjourn the meeting at 10 : 15 P.M. Motion carried unanimously. Respectfully submitted , Helen Crowe Secretary a or ATTEST: City Clerk •