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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC MINUTES 05111982 Meeting Sheet IIIIIIVIIIVIIIVIIIVIIIVIIIIIIIIIII 102030 Box: 21 Folder: CC MINUTES AND AGENDAS 1982 Document: CC MINUTES 05111982 CITY OF ST. ANTHONY . COUNCIL MINUTES May 11, 1982 Mayor Sundland opened the meeting with the Pledge of .Allegiance at 7: 30 P.M. Present for roll call: Marks , Ranallo,. Sundland, Letourneau and Enrooth. Also present: Dave Childs, City Manager; William .Soth, City Attorney; Carol Johnson, Finance Director; Larry. Hamer, Public Works Director; Don Hickerson, Chief of Police ; and Dick Moore .and Steve Campbell , Short-Elliott-Hendrickson, Inc. , Consulting Engineers . ' The minutes of the Council meeting held April 13th were amended as follows : Page 2 , para. 1: Substitute".something has to be done" for "his determination to get the site cleaned up in any event" . Motion by Councilman Enrooth .and seconded by Councilman Letourneau to approve as amended the minutes for the Council meeting held April 13 , 1982. • Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilman Letourneau and seconded by Councilman Marks to approve as submitted the minutes of the Council work session held May 4 , 1982 . Motion carried unanimously. Chief Hickerson indicated he anticipates no problems with the carnival sponsored by the Apache Merchants Association at Apache Plaza since security will be provided by both the shopping center management and the carnival itself. Motion by Councilman Letourneau and seconded by Councilman Marks to grant a carnival rides permit to the Apache Merchants Association which will allow Don' s Amusement Enterprises , Inc—to operate rides at Apache Plaza from May 25-31,. the license fee , clean updeposit and required Certificate of Insurance having been submitted for the event. Motion- carried unanimously. Paul Olson and Janet Rantala who have just completed training as Police Reserves , were introduced by Chief Hickerson, who outlined some of the duties they will be assuming , including organizing the Crime Watch Program in various City neighborhoods . The Mayor has volunteered to host meetings for his neighborhood. Councilman Ranallo indicated he appreciated Reserve Olson ' s presence at -community football games last fall. -2- Motion by. Councilman Letourneau and-seconded by Councilman Enrooth to approve payment of all. verified claims listed .in the .May 11, 1982 • Council agenda. Motion carried unanimously.. Council members were requested by the Mayor to let the staff know if , and when, they plan to attend the League of. Cities conference in Rochester and noted Councilman Ranallo will be conducting a . semina_r on labor relations . The Mayor then reported- conversations with. the Apache Car. Wash manager which indicate he and his employees are willing to assume the responsi- bility for providing traffic safety near the car wash. He has agreed to work with Columbia Heights and St. Anthony .police to see there are no problems during the promotion by the National Car Wash on the site during May. State Senator Neil Dieterich, who will become the City 's legislative representative December 1st, had been .invited to meet the Council . The Senator said .he has great respect for the work of city government and urged the City officials to. let him know if there is anything he can help them with at the Legislature. He remained as an observer for a portion of the meeting which followed. At 7: 45. P.M. , the Mayor opened the .public hearing to amend the Revenue Sharing and City budgets and .to authorize the funds to balance the City ' s 1982 .budget, based on current revenue projections . The Manager • had submitted the resolutions which would authorize the delay of cab and chassis and squad car acquisition until 1983 and transfer $9 ,000 from the Police Special Aid and. $1.4 ,.600 from the Revenue Sharing funds to the General Funds to make up .for the $39 ,600 cut in aid payments from the State of Minnesota. He told Councilman Ranallo there is little possibility the equipment expenditures can be made this year, since the League of Cities staff has advised cities to prepare for further cuts this calendar year. .. The Mayor reported the notice of the hearing had been posted and published as required. There was no one present to speak for or against the proposal and the hearing was closed at 7 : 50 P.M. Motion by Councilman Ranallo and seconded by. Councilman Enrooth to adopt the resolution which authorizes the. budget transfer of $9 ,000 from the Special Police Fund to .the General Fund and deletes some equipment purchases for 1982 . RESOLUTION 82-019 A RESOLUTION MODIFYING THE 1982 BUDGET Motion carried unanimously. . Motion by Councilman Marks and seconded by Councilman Letourneau to adopt the resolution which authorizes the budget transfer of $14 ,600 from the Revenue Sharing Funds to the General Fund. • RESOLUTION 82-020 A RESOLUTION MODIFYING THE 1982 BUDGET Motion carried unanimously . ♦ y -3- Councilman Marks. .said he .has received - several complaints about the condition. *of the two shopping center parking lots and he urged staff to • continue their efforts to get the blacktop repaired. The Councilman then reported representing the City at the Law Day observance at the high school. Councilman Enrooth said he is very satisfied with the new complaint reporting system. He told how the Police Department had reacted immediately to .a resident complaint about traffic violations at a certain stop sign (27th and Wilson) . As a result of surveillance , the police were able to issue four citations , a number of warnings and arrest a drunken driver. In reference to . the Fire Chief ' s report for April , Mr. Childs explained several City organizations have donated towards the purchase of equip- ment, including a Resusci Annie and air masks to help the Fire Depart- ment update their equipment during this period of tight budgets. The Mayor agreed with Mr. Hamer .that the Water and Sewer personnel should be commended for the fine report on the City ' s water system received from .the State Health Department. Mr. Hamer said the State ' s recommendations for periodic cross-connection inspections of potentially hazardous industries and commercial establishments are being followed by his department. The Public Works Director also reported the majority of instances of water discoloration reported in the City prove to be a result .of internal problems within the dwellings and his department is continuing to advise the owners how the problems can be corrected. At 8:00 P.M. , the public hearing to consider assessments for street, storm sewer and waterline improvements on Anthony Lane North was opened by the Mayor who verified all the notification and- publication require- ments for the hearing had been met. Mr. Moore _-gave a presentation oftthe ' improvements and their costs;- which had come in- substantially. lower than -originally- estimated in January , 1981. .Carol Johnson had .prepared .a. history of actions taken on the project, which she was told the Council found very helpful. In his May 5th recommendation, Mr. Childs .indicated the justification for a 10 year repayment plan at 11. 8% for the assessments . No written or oral objections to the assessment proposal- .had been offered by the public either before or during the hearing which the . Mayor closed at 8 : 12 P.M. Motion by Councilman Marks and seconded by Councilman Enrooth to accept the staff report and recommendations on the assessment of costs for Street, Storm Sewer, and Waterline Improvement Project No. 1978-01 as well as the terms and conditions under which the assessments may be paid and to authorize the preparation .of a resolution, adopting the assessment rolls and stating those conditions ,. .for Council considera- tion May 25, 1982 . Motion carried unanimously . Mr. Hamer was commended for having the foresight to participate in an informal equipment exchange program with neighboring cities long before recessionary conditions made it necessary to formalize the program. -4- Mr. Childs reported that, though the .City liquor sales were down, as they were throughout the metropolitanarea, for the first quarter of • 1982 , as compared to 1981, the net profit for the City liquor operation is up by $6, 000 , for which he believes the Liquor Manager and his people should be commended. Notes on the May 5th staff meeting and the Manager's report on the Metropolitan Council 's hearing on the changes they propose for the Surface. Water Management Plan. recently passed by the Legislature were accepted as informational, following a brief discussion of the latter with Senator Dieterich. The Senator accepted a copy of the Mayor's May 5th letter to the Metropolitan Council protesting the changes they propose for the .new plan which the City believes is too costly for a community which is developed past the -point where the program could be of any benefit. The Senator promised to present the letter to the Joint Legislative Commission on Metropolitan Governance . Senator Dieterich said he could see no justification for more restrictive legislation. He left the meeting at this point. Mr. Childs told the Council that, as he had reported in his status report on the Hennepin County Public Radio Safety System, he is very satisfied with the County' s decision, not . to .charge the municipalities for this service and believes a letter to this effect should be sent to Commissioner Sivanich. The Manager told Councilman .Ranallo he could see no benefit whatsoever for the City to set up its own system or join with other communities .in a smaller dispatching system. He was directed to indicate to Commissioner Sivanich the. City 's appreciation of the • procedural and operational changes in the . County ' s emergency dispatch- ing system. The Council also accepted the Manager' s recommendationsregarding initiation of legislation which will-protest the expenses forced upon the City when the Wilshire area was redistricted into Congressional District #6 . It has now become necessary for St. Anthony to set up a new polling place ..with three new judges and to print separate ballots for 87 residents (51 voters) in that area. Motion by Councilman Ranallo and seconded by Councilman Marks to request staff to prepare a portfolio of the City 's concerns related to the redistricting of the Wilshire neighborhood into a new congressional district, to be presented to the State Legislature if the appeal to the Masters is unsuccessful . Motion carried unanimously. Mayor Sundland indicated that, because he is a voting delegate and has been nominated for election to the Board .of Directors of the Association of Metropolitan Municipalities , -it will be necessary for him to attend the Association meeting scheduled for May 26th and, therefore , to miss the joint Council-Community Services picnic scheduled -at the Salvation Army Camp the same evening. Tom McMullen; ,-Community Services Director, distributed copies of his • department's spring enrollment report,. saying -.- that,. in- spite of a declining school age- population in the community , there is a 50 percent increase in enrollment which he speculates , results from people stay- ing closer to home because of economic conditions. The Department-.r -5- Director told Councilman Ranallo that,. although Columbia Heights might -be . closer to -St.. Anthony.,. District #282 chose to combine classes with Mounds View because that city offers. a more- comprehensive program • with 200 classes, as compared - to 5.0 by Columbia Heights . Mr. McMullen reported a large increase in the number of softball teams which have signed up this- year and said he hopes the .fine one of the teams had to pay for a violation of the beer ordinance will prove to be a deterrent to the other groups . Copies of the article reporting the "All Class Reunion" which is to be sponsored by the Community Services in October were distributed -and Mr. McMullen. reported the event is anticipated to draw large .crowds of students , graduates , their families and friends of the St. Anthony High School . Dick Johnson will serve as the. new chairman of the Community Services Advisory Committee, according to Mr. McMullen and he requested the Council continue its practice of having a representative of the Council serve in an advisory capacity . The appointment will be' formal- ized at the next .Council meeting. Fred Ossanna III , Vice President and General Manager of Sunset Memorial Park Association presented his organization 's request to construct a new roadway parallel to the Burlington Northern railroad tracks in conjunctionwith the new bridge over the railroad tracks . He said closing the gates to the cemetery at Highway 88 and St. Anthony Boulevard and. provi-sion of a new entrance when the roadway is completed should alleviate a serious traffic problem with funeral processions in the past. He verified- that Sunset is willing to pay all extra administra- tive and legal costs which are incurred. Mr. Hamer and Mr. Campbell • presented the site plans for the roadway for which they believe only concept approval is necessary before the. bids are opened for the bridge on May 20th.. The Public Works Director assured the Council that there will be ample time for the City Attorney to contact the railroad regarding the safety element and to ascertain this proposal will not violate any previous agreement with them related to the rebuilding of the St. Anthony Bouelvard bridge . He said the City has already pur- chased the right-of-way from. the railroad and outlined the manner in which the City could be reimbursed for the costs . Motion by Councilman Marks and seconded by Councilman Ranallo to table action on the Sunset Memorial Park request for a St. Anthony Boulevard Bridge underpass until the Council 's May 25th meeting. Motion- carried unanimously. Mr. Campbell indicated the proposed changes in the storm sewer con- struction planned in conjunction with'-the proposed rebuilding of County Road .D should pose no problem for the City because the new connections with the City ' s Chandler Drive and Highcrest Road lines will have less capacity than the City 's system at those points . Mr. Hamer reported his input to Ramsey County 's planning had cut the City 's costs but he anticipates the costs will be greater for- the Hennepin County portion of the proposal . Motion by Councilman Ranallo and seconded by Councilman Letourneau to • approve as, submitted the storm sewer plans for the proposed recon- struction of County Road D. Motion carried unanimously. -6- Motion by Councilman Ranallo and .seconded..by Councilman Letourneau to approve the . third reading and .adopt- the ordinance approving a raise in • water rates for the City of St. Anthony. ORDINANCE 19.82-004 AN. ORDINANCE RELATING TO WATER .RATES ; AMENDING SUBDS. 2 AND 3 .OF. SEC.TION .550 :00 OF THE 1973 CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF ST. ANTHONY Motion carried unanimously. Dennis Cavanaugh was present to ascertain whether the proposed fence ordinance which was, being given a second reading,-. might have an adverse effect on his plans to- construct a fenced'-in .swimming pool on the Silver Lake Road side of his property at 290.9 St. Anthony Boulevard. Mr. Cava- naugh drew a rough sketch of his proposed .construction and said he will require no .more than a six foot high fence in the rear- of his property. He was advised that he will have to apply for a variance for front yard screening which he also hopes to install. The discussion of .the ordinance was continued with .Councilman Ranallo questioning whether it .would be the .City ' s responsibility to locate lot lines , to which Mr. Hamer replied the responsibility will be the property owners and, if a fence isbuilt ,on .someone else 's property , it will have to' be removed. The Attorney agreed, adding that, if a property with an encroaching fence. .is sold, the fence will have to be removed. Motion by Councilman Letourneau and seconded by Councilman Enrooth to approve the second reading of the fence ordinance as .amended April 27 , 1982 . ORDINANCE 1982-003 AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO FENCES ; REQUIRING BUILDING PERMITS; REGULATING LOCATIONS ; PROHIBITING CERTAIN FENCES; AMENDING THE 1973- CODE OF ORDINANCES BY ADDING A SECTION Motion carried unanimously . Mr. Soth anticipates no problems with acceptance of,. a late bid for the City' s insurance coverage since that bid was higher than the bid which was accepted. The Manager was commended for getting the insurance coverage settled .before the deadline. Motion by Councilman Marks and seconded by Councilman Enrooth to accept the $82 ,615 bid from Midwest Area, Inc. (Home Insurance Co. ) for the City insurance . coverage effective June 1, 1982 , as per Mr. Child' s memorandum of May 11, 1982 . Motion carried unanimously. • Motion by Councilman. Marks and sec onded .by Councilman Ranallo. to instruct staff to .secure written quotes on .umbrella liability and errors and omissions coverage prior to the next Council meeting. Motion carried unanimously. r � ^7 - - - Bernard Preussner' s complaint about his ,.neighbor' s parking in front of his home had been tabled for further research and the . Council accepted • the Manager' s recommendation that the Public Works Department should post signs on Skycroft Drive in advance of sweeping, rather than pass an ordinance which would address .only this specific problem. In his memorandum of April 30 , .1982 , .Mr. Childs had reported meeting with Mr. and Mrs . Joe Sroga, Jr. and discussing with them the visual appearance of their service station on Stinson Boulevard which has generated .so many complaints from both neighbors and other City residents . The Manager . said he believes all- the improvements promised by the station proprietors will be. made before September and, after reviewing minutes of past discussions- with Mr. Sroga regarding the. appearance of the station, .staff does not believe . a case can be made for refusing to renew the station license . Mr. Cavanaugh had remained .for this. discussion and told the Council several of his friends who live in that neighborhood have requested he tell the Council they perceive the .station to .be , "a disaster for the City" . Brad Bjorklund, a Planning .Commission member , who is also ' a neighbor, reported that, when he recently drove past the station , his car collected mud which had run off the Sroga property. onto the street during a rainstorm. There was agreement this situation would probably be alleviated. if Mr. Sroga keeps his .promise to blacktop and seed his front yard. Councilman Ranallo observed that, since it is the towing aspect of Mr. Sroga' s operation which causes the majority of the pro- blems , that license , and not the station license , should logically be considered for denial if the property appearance is not improved • by fall. The Mayor commented that he wonders if part of Mr. Sroga' s problems with drainage in the fenced-in area of the station have not been caused by Mr. Sroga himself when he constructed a swimming pool at his home behind the storage area. Motion by Councilman Letourneau and seconded by Councilman Marks to follow the City Manager' s recommendation to renew the station license for Sroga' s station at 3201 Stinson. Boulevard, and to review the improvements to the property appearance before the towing license expires in September, 1982. Motion- carried unanimously. . As the Council had directed, Mr. Childs reported the Hedlund Letter of Credit for $3, 200 had been withdrawn April 30th, .and staff will give the proprietor of Craig & Company a few more weeks to provide the required fencing and landscaping before making those improvements with the proceeds . The Council accepted as an agenda addendum the Central Engineering platting proposal. Mr. Soth had .indicated in his May 10th letter that he would have no problems with the planning as long as the satisfaction of the existing. mortgage is recorded prior to 'the filingof the plat. Motion by Councilman Marks and seconded by Councilman Ranallo to adopt • the resolution which approves the final platting of the Central Engineering property, 2930 Anthony Lane N.E. , as St. Anthony Industrial Park Second Addition. -8- .RESOLUTION 82-021 • A RESOLUTION APPROVING. THE ST. ANTHONY INDUSTRIAL PARK SECOND ADDITION PLAT Motion carried unanimously: Motion by Councilman Ranallo, and' seconded. by .Councilman Marks to adjourn .the meeting at 9 :50 P .M. Motion carried unanimously. Respectfully submitted, Helen Crowe Secretary ay r • ATTEST: City Clerk •