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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC MINUTES 06221982 Meeting Sheet IIIIII VIII VIII VIII VIII VIII IIII IIII 102038 BOX: 21 Folder. CC MINUTES AND AGENDAS 1982 Document: CC MINUTES 06221982 1 CITY OF ST. ANTHONY COUNCIL MINUTES • June 22 , 1982 Mayor Sundland opened the meeting with .the Pledge of Allegiance at 7 : 30 P.M. Present for roll call : Enrooth, Letourneau, Sundland, Ranallo and P4arks . Also present: David Childs , City Manager, and Larry Hamer, Public . Works Director. Motion by Councilman Letourneau and seconded by Councilman Enrooth to -approve- as submitted the minutes for the Board of. Review held June 8 , 1982 . Motion .carried unanimously . The minutes for the Council meeting held June 8th were amended as follows : Page 1, para. 1 : Substitute "7 : 30 P.M. " for "7 :45 P .M. " in line 2 . Page 5 ,. para. 5 : Substitute "Electric Services Co. " for "the same company" in line 4 . • Motion by Councilman Ranallo. and seconded by Councilman Marks to approve as amended the minutes for the Council meeting held June 8 , 1982 . Motion .c.arried unanimously. Six members of the Village Gardenettes were present to receive the City.'s commendation for theirbeautification efforts throughout the community , especially the formal entrance ' to the City. The Mayor read the . commendation and .remarked how he had noted with pride that the. new "volunteerism" advocated by the Administration was certainly not a new concept for St. Anthony where civic organizations like the Gardenettes have taken an active part in community affairs for a long time . Jennie Amundsen, 3424 Highcrest Road, accepted the commendation .and told the Council her organization .has spent over $3 ,000 on the City entrance project which- was made possible by the cooperation of other- organizations and the Public Works Department. Members -of .the' District #282 -School Board have indicated to the Mayor that they would favor a reinstatement .of .the practice of informal meetings with the Council. Council members indicated September 8th would be a date which would .be acceptable to them, although they would prefer, Friday ,. September. 10th, if no football game is scheduled for that evening. At 7 : 50 P.M. ; - the Mayor opened the public hearing on the revised • assessment rolls for Street, Storm Sewer and Waterline Improvement Project 1978-01. He commended staff for taking the initiative -2- of immediately personally notifying each affected property owner that the total assessed costs should be $104 ,167 .78 rather than the • $88,078. 98 which was adopted- May 11 , 1982 . The Mayor speculated this staff courtesy as well as . the fact that .the assessed costs were $18 ,938 below the original public hearing estimates were the reasons none of the property owners were present to protest their assessments . The public hearing -closed at 7 : 52 P .M. Motion by Mayor Sundland and seconded by Councilman Marks to adopt . Resolution 82-028. RESOLUTION 82-028 A .RESOLUTION ADOPTING ASSESSMENT FOR STREET, STORM SEWER AND WATERLINE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT. NO. 1978-01 (ANTHONY LANE NORTH) Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilman Ranallo and seconded by Councilman Letourneau to grant a temporary beer permit .to Barbara J. Woodhill , 3004 - 31st Avenue. N.E. , for the Honeywell Systems & Research Center softball tournament to be held .in Central Park' from 4 :00 P.M. until dark, Friday , July 16 , 1982 . Voting on the motion: • Aye : Ranallo, Letourneau; Sundland and Enrooth. Nay : Marks . Motion carried. Mr. Childs added three multiple dwelling permits to the list of applications for licenses/permits in the Council agenda. Motion by Councilman Ranallo and- seconded by Councilman Marks to grant heating licenses to Suburban Air Conditioning; Royalton Heating and Cooling- Co. ; : and .Care Air Conditioning & Heating, Inc. , and multiple dwelling permits for 3804 Highcrest Road; 3721 Chandler Drive; and 3605 - 37th Avenue N.E. Motion carried unanimously. The Council accepted as an . addendum to the agenda the final billing from the. Layne Minnesota Company . for the service and repair on Well #4 including two ,•change orders .previously approved. Motion by Councilman .Marks and . seconded by Councilman Enrooth to approve payment -of $13 , 262 . 50 _to the- Layne .Minnesota Company as per invoice #10147. Motion- carried unanimously. -3- Councilman Marks reported he perceives ..from the number of police calls to the Equinox Apartments , 2808 Silver Lane N.E. , that there is virtually no security provided for the row garages for the apartment complex -, since , if' one garage door is - left unlocked, . all parking spaces are accessible for vandalism and burglary. He suggested there should be at least a discussion by the Planning Commission of the feasibility of amending the City Zoning Ordinance to require a partition between each vehicle .in a .multiple family dwelling garage. Mr. Hamer agreed the lack of fire .walls in the Equinox garages poses a problem for both the City Fire and Police Departments , but said the Equinox garages would probably be grandfathered .in to any new ordinance as well as the new .Uniform Building Code which requires a partition between every. two stalls . He suggested, instead, that he see if he could negotiate a solution to the problem with Mr. Olson, the Equinox manager, which would be agreeable to both the apartment management and the City. When Councilman Marks persisted in his recommendation that the Planning Commission at least study the one-vehicle partition, Councilman Ranallo and the Mayor indicated they agreed with Mr. Childs that builders would probably resist- an .ordinance which is more restrictive than the State code because these restrictions would probably increase their construction costs in a period of a tight housing market. Mr. Zawislak was present to report the Commission' s June 15th meeting and they requested he advise the Commission- members that any recom- mendation from them to amend the ordinance in the manner suggested by Councilman Marks would face a negative vote from at least several • Councilmen.. Councilman Letourneau said he couldn' t see the wisdom of changing the- City Ordinance .to address an isolated problem. The Planning Commission representative- :stated he was of the same mind as the Mayor and the two Councilmen .but would relay Councilman Marks ' request to the Commission at their next meeting. The Equinox management should also be .contacted regarding their failure to maintain the .berm on Silver' Lane , . Councilman Marks sug- gested, adding that the apartment ownershad recently cited these same maintenance costs as justification for developing the Silver Lane strip for housing. Mr. Hamer -told the Councilman the berm has to be cut- by hand, since it is too steep for a machine , which, of course, is much more expensive. He reported he had, just the week before , notified Mr. Olson that Equinox was in violation of the City ' s vegetation ordinance .which requires grass .be no*more than eight inches tall , and promised to report back the results of his negotiations with Mr. Olson related to the -garage security and grass cutting. In reporting the actions taken by the Planning Commission, Mr. Zawislak said the Commission would no doubt have recommended Council approval of the seven- foot frontyard variance requested by Orville Thompson , 3202 Belden Drive, had they not noted a discrepancy between the survey and actual measurements of the distance between the existing garage and the curbline on Belden Drive and tabled the matter until the confusion cleared up. In his June 22nd overview of the Com- mission minutes , Mr. Berg had reported onsite measurements of the Thompson property had shown the survey to be incorrect but the re- quired variance to be seven feet as requested. -4- Mayor Sundland indicated his own onsite inspection of the property • had convinced him the addition would .cause no visual problems for the Thompson' s neighbors because of the curvature of Belden at that point. He and Mr. Hamer disputed the assumption that Belden would ever be recentered, saying many streets in St. Anthony were not constructed precisely in the center of the 60 foot right-of-way and such a major renovation would- require removal and replacement of all the existing curb and cutter. The Planning Commission representative reported the meeting with Dick Krier, the planning consultant for the Kenzie Terrace Redevelop- ment Plan and said Commission members agreed with Mr. Krier that forming two tax increment districts , instead of one , would provide the City with greater flexibility in developing that area. Reso- lution PC-82-01 , accepting the Redevelopment Plan as conforming to the City ' s . Comprehensive Plan, was referred to the HRA meeting scheduled for 5 : 30 P.M. , June 28th , where the T. I.F. boundaries will be set. As the June 15th staff notes were being considered, Mr. Childs reported the employee family picnic will probably be rescheduled in September. He said he has had several conversations with Red Owl and the Soo Line related to the rat problems .in the northwest sector of the City and steps have already been taken .to solve the problems around .the Country Store. The Manager has enlisted Ramsey County Environmental -Health to aid him in convincing the Soo. Line that immediate action is imperative . • In his June 22nd memorandum, which was accepted as an agenda addendum, the Manager had recommended a new copy machine be purchased for the City from the Savin Company who had .submitted the lower quote. When Councilman. Marks reported- leasing arrangements which had been pre- sented at the League of Cities convention .as a cost saving measure for municipalities . Mr. Childs told him such an arrangement would probably be advantageous for a city who had to borrow the money. The Manager indicated he would be interested in getting further information regarding the leasing. of major purchases , such as a fire truck. Motion by .Councilman Ranallo and seconded by Councilman Marks to direct staff to purchase from .the Savin Company a new copy machine , as proposed, for $6 , 855 . 00- which would be paid for from the Council Contingency .Fund. Motion carried unanimously. The State Auditor had complimented St. Anthony on the financial management of the City during the period of 1976-1980 and Mr. Childs believes , and the Council agreed, that Carol Johnson and the City Department- Heads should be made aware of this report. Mr. Hamer commented that the City has already taken the steps suggested by Auditor Carlson to avoid the deficit in the water and sewer funds . • Motion by Councilman Ranallo and seconded by Councilman Letourneau to adopt Resolution 82-027 . RESOLUTION 82-027 A RESOLUTION REGARDING PAYMENT OF COSTS FOR ST. ANTHONY BOULEVARD BRIDGE -5- Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilman Marks and seconded by Councilman Enrooth to adopt the resolution which. authorizes the signing of the proposed Mutual ..Aid Agreement by the Mayor and City Manager with revisions recommended by the City Attorney. RESOLUTION 82-029 A RESOLUTION AU.THORI.ZING JOINT AND. COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT FOR USE OF. FIRE PERSONNEL AND EQUIPMENT - NORTH SUBURBAN. REGIONAL MUTUAL AID ASSOCIATION Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilman Ranallo .and. seconded by Councilman Marks to adjourn the meeting at 8 : 37 P.M. Motion carried unanimously.. Respectfully submitted, Helen Crowe , Secretary • y r AT-TEST: , City Clerk •