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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC MINUTES 07131982 Meeting Sheet IIIIIIVIIIVIIIVIIIVIIIVIIIIIIIIIII iozoai Box: 21 Folder: CC MINUTES AND AGENDAS 1982 Document: CC MINUTES 07131982 • CITY OF ST. ANTHONY COUNCIL MINUTES July 13 , 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 Marks . Also present: David Childs ,. City Manager; William Soth, City Attorney; Carol Johnson,. Finance Director; Larry Hamer, Public Works Director; and Roger Short and Bernie Jahn, Short-Elliott-Hendrickson, Inc. , engineering consultants . Motion by Councilman .Marks and seconded by Councilman Ranallo to approve as submitted the minutes of the Council meeting held June 22 , 1982 . Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilman Letourneau and seconded by Councilman Marks to approve as submitted the minutes for Council meeting held June 28 , 1982 . • Motion carried unanimously. Accepted as an addendum to the agenda .was the appearance of Tyler Brown, Chairman of the emergency communication drills conducted by the Minneapolis Radio Club on the City high- school field June 26th and 27th _=and :.Pas-tor==Rex .--Schwart z ,, •President '.of' the,=organization. Pyr Brown reiterated his written explanation of the club 's activities and .purposes including the drill in St. Anthony which had disturbed many neighbors , including .Councilman Enrooth, who was awakened at 4 :00 A.M. Sunday morning by noises emanating from the 1600 watt generator used in the demonstration, and Councilman Ranallo, who received a call at about the same time and went down to check the site . . He apologized both for the annoyance to the community and for the impolite reception reported by the Councilmen from club members when the City officials came to investigate the disturbance . The field day chairman said if the noise problem could have been perceived ahead of time, a less noisy source of power would have been utilized and he now believes the exercise could have been better publicized so neighbors would have been aware that the club was participating in national exercises conducted by ham radio operators who provide emergency communications in times of disaster. The Mayor thanked the radio club representatives for personally extending their apologies and agreed if the drills are ever held in the City again it might be preferable to use a battery source of ' • energy. Motion -by Councilman Marks and seconded by Councilman Enrooth to grant a multiple dwelling permit to N.S .S. Properties for the ° -2- Macalaster apartments and heating licenses to Central Air Conditioning and Heating Co. , the Snelling Company, Centraire , Inc. , and SBS • Mechanical , Inc. Motion carried unanimously. The application from F. Roger Springfield for licenses and permits for Chick'.s Billiards , a billiard lounge/bar proposed to be opened in September in the St. Anthony Village Shopping Center, were dis- cussed with Mr. Springfield, the owner of Chick 's in Coon Rapids who was accompanied by Cheryl Streng.er. Mr. Springfield answered questions related to the age .of his customer's by telling the Council that, although during the summer about 50 percent are below the age of 18 , those percentages drop to between 15 and 20 percent when the schools open in the fall. During the school year, no minors are permitted in the Coon Rapids establishment after school or past 9 :00 P.M. in the evening and the lounge owner said any minor who attempts to drink. a beer in his establishment is permanently barred from the premises . Serving beer to a minor is grounds for instant dismissal of a bartender. Off duty. policemen are .hired to supervise the parking lots , if problems arise. With his letter of application, Mr. Springfield had included letters of reference from five other business owners in the Spring Brook Mall , where Chick 's is located, and the applicant gave the names of four other persons who he- said have consented to be .contacted for favorable reports on the business , including Coon Rapids public and school officials as well as the property manager of the building. Mr. - Childs ' confirmed the City Police Department anticipate no problems with the operation following .their investigation of the application. He then noted that 3 . 2 beer is now being served in both bowling .alleys and three pizza establishments in the City which are frequented by minors. Mr. Soth confirmed that billiards are a permitted use under the City. Zoning Ordinance and whether or not serving beer in this establishment would present competition for the City ' s liquor operation was .not considered relevant to the considera- tion. Councilman Ranallo indicated he would oppose granting the beer license saying his own experience in running a somewhat similar business had convinced him that "the only way you can avoid the problem of having minors violate the liquor laws 'is to keep them out of the establishments where alcoholic beverages are served" . Council- man Marks said he is also very concerned with the sale of beer where half of the customers are ineligible to drink. He agreed with Councilman Enrooth that he would appreciate more time to investigate the proposed activity which is a relatively new concept for the City . Although they believe the precedent for serving beer where there are minor customers has already been .set, and the City has the. right to revoke the license if the liquor laws are violated, the Mayor and Councilman Letourneau indicated they would be willing to defer a final decision on the beer license until their next meeting. Mr. Springfield reported the delay would not be a great hardship for him since he probably won ' t complete his remodeling until Sept- ember, but he does believe that, although beer is not a major part • of his business , some of his adult customers might go elsewhere if that service is not available. -3- Motion by Councilman Marks and seconded by Mayor Sundland to grant • the requested licenses for cigarettes and amusement devices to Roger Springfield for the billiard lounge he proposes to open at 3335 Harding Street N.E. Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilman Marks. and seconded by Councilman Enrooth to table action on the request for a 3 .2 beer' license for Chick 's Billiards -until the next Council meeting, July 27th. Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilman Ranallo and seconded by Councilman Letourneau to grant a temporary 3. 2 beer license to Lee Seeley , 2500 St. Anthony Road, for an American Family Insurance Company picnic to be held July 18, 1982 , in Central Park. Voting on the motion: Aye : Ranallo, Letourneau, Sundland and Enrooth. Nay : Marks . Motion carried. Motion by Councilman Ranallo and seconded by Councilman Enrooth to • approve payment of all verified claims listed in the July 13 , 1982 Council agenda for June 30 and July 13 , 1982 . Motion carried unanimously. The billing for the initial work on the St. Anthony Boulevard Bridge by the Matheny Construction was considered along with the cost changes for the City for the project which had resulted from the re- calculation of the City 's cost figures by the Minnesota Department of Transportation. Mr. Childs had included in the agenda packet the proposed resolution which would reduce the State 's share of project costs from $253,072 . 88 which was adopted by Resolution 82-027 on June 22 , 1982 to $213 ,365. 61 with the City ' s increased costs to be paid from MSA funds . The Manager distributed a financial assess- ment of the impact the raise would have on the PISA total which demonstrated the City would not be prevented from participating in the County Road D rebuilding project, as had originally been feared. Mr. Jahn demonstrated how the DOT had arrived at the new figures and Mr. Hamer agreed with him that the new cost figures were actually well within the boundaries of the original project cost estimates which had been accepted for the project through Resolution 82-015. Mr. Childs . indicated he believes the DOT's method of informing the City of the change had been very poor and speculated that if the State had given the City the same courtesy the City had given the property owners on Anthony Lane when an error on the City ' s part had been discovered, the City might not have reacted so negatively . Mr. Jahn said he had received a call that day from a DOT apologizing for the recalculation and informing him that the MSA checks had been mailed to the City. -4- Mayor Sundland reported he . had -protested the . change in figures to the City ' s State representatives and Senator 'Rose had. sent him copies • of the letter the Senator had .sent to the Governor and DOT relaying these objections . The .Mayor said he intends to continue his efforts to negotiate a better grant from the State , but agreed with Mr. Childs that' it would not be to the City ' s benefit to delay the project during -the negotiations . Councilman Ranallo told Mr. Short that-, although he. agreed it would not be the engineering firm' s responsibility to inform the State that they might have miscalculated their share:.of�the- project_costs , he does believe Short-Elliott-Hendrickson should have alerted the City to the fact that the figures might be changed. The resolution which would approve the amended City costs for the bridge reconstruction will be considered at the next Council meeting. Motion by Councilman Ranallo and seconded by Councilman Marks to approve payment of $28, 339 . 50 to the Matheny Construction Company as per statement from Short-Elliott-Hendrickson, Inc. Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilman Ranallo and seconded by Councilman Letourneau to approve payment of $2 , 775 . 94 to the Dorsey firm for legal services during May , 1982 . • Motion carried unanimously . Alan Kaeding, Chairman of the City ' s Cable T.V. Committee, gave a report on how Cable T.V. is progessing for the- City. He said follow- ing the ordinance review by the North Suburban Cable T.V. Committee , July 26th, that document -will be forwarded to the City for adoption after the required readings , one of which the City may be requested to waive. Mr. Kaeding told the Council he anticipates the cable system construction would be. started. early in the fall and that all ten communities would be on the system within eighteen months . His greatest concern at this point, Mr. Kaeding said., is the legisla- tion originating in Congress which he perceives might limit local authority and reduce access lines from five to one. He read the draft of the letter he recommends be sent out to Minnesota congress- men informing them of these concerns which expresses the belief that the proposed legislation would- appear to increase federal involve- Ment in community affairs which would seem to run contrary to the present trend of diminishing such controls . Motion by Councilman Marks and seconded by Councilman Enrooth to direct- the letter presented by the Chairman of the St. Anthony Cable T.V. Committee be sent over the Mayor' s signature to the City ' s representatives in Washington, D.C. indicating the City is opposed to the legislation contained in Senate File 2172 . Motion carried unanimously. • The Mayor distributed to the other Councilmen and staff Senator Rose' s Report on Minnesota Issues . -5- Mr. Hamer told .Councilman Letourneau he will check again to be sure the detour signs are up on Highway 88 to warn drivers that the St. Anthony Boulevard roadway east of the highway has been closed for bridge reconstruction. Mr. Childs reported he has already contacted Craig Morris regarding the new "Anniversary" sign he has .put up in front of his shop at 3909 Silver- Lake Road, telling him to either replace the sign with the "Grand Opening" sign he is entitled to, or take the sign down, and, in any event, to turn off all the lighting on the property after business hours . Councilman Marks relayed several resident concer.ns. he has received while he was campaigning. Mr. Hamer told him the shrubbery on 29th Avenue N.E. , whish was posing a traffic -hazard, had been reported by. the Police Departmentand cut down. Mirror Lake resi- dents were concerned with the number- of cats which are running loose in their neighborhood, according to .the Councilman. He also requested staff research whether selling automobile licenses , as other municipalities do, might be a money making project for the City . Bob Olson, Manager of the Equinox Apartments , failed to appear for a discussion of Council concerns .related to that complex. Mr. Hamer reported a building permit has been .requested for an "earth home" to be built on the Herlitz property across 33rd Avenue N.E. from the City Hall . He distributed the information packet on the home to the Council and said, since there will be no variances required for the construction, he will submit the same data to the Planning Commission as an informational item only. The June Fire Department and May Police Department reports were accepted as informational , as were the July 7th staff meeting notes . . Mr. Childs reiterated the concerns he had expressed in his cover letter attached to documents related to the proposed Senate File 1934 which the Manager perceives would make it difficult for the City to utilize Public Works employees to do various construction and maintenance jobs they now perform for the City.. He and Mr. Hamer can see no benefit to the . City , but, rather, that the legislation would benefit the consulting engineers and contractors . Councilman Marks indicated that though he sees where the bill is designed to effect greater efficiencies in the way the cities operate , he agrees the City is .best able to make a judgement as to what type of labor would be most cost effective for their particular projects . Motion by May.or .Sundland and seconded by Councilman Enrooth to authorize a letter which would reflect the City 's concerns and opposition to Minnesota State File 1934 . Voting on the motion: Aye : Sundland, Enrooth , Ranallo and Letourneau. • Abstention: Marks . ` Motion carried. -6- Mr. Childs pointed with pride to the City 's 1981 Audit which indicates that, in spite of $10,8 ,000. in cuts and fund delays from the State , the City' s General Revenue for the past year exceeded expenditures by over $120 ,000 , with the Liquor Operation- transferring $375 ,000 to the General Fund. The Council- also noted the Hennepin County resolution which authorizes installation of a pedestrian crossing signal if a senior highrise project is developed on Kenzie Terrace as proposed. Mayor Sundland- reported his June 29th letter to Governor Quie op- posing- the discontinuance of the Federal Surplus Program in Minne- sota is being used as a model for the letter to be sent out by the Association of Metropolitan Municipalities . Motion by Councilman Rana`1lo and seconded by Councilman Enrooth to adopt the resolution which designates the Wilshire Park Elementary School Gym as Precinct #3 following redistricting- by the State . RESOLUTION 82-034 A RESOLUTION DESIGNATING A NEW PRECINCT Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilman Marks and seconded by Councilman Enrooth to adopt the resolution proposed by the Finance- Director to establish • a formal policy on records retention for the City. RESOLUTION 82-035 A RESOLUTION ADOPTING RECORDS. RETENTION SCHEDULE Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilman Ranallo and seconded by Councilman Enrooth to adjourn the meeting at 9 : 30 P.M. Motion carried unanimously . Respectfully submitted, Helen Crowe , Secretary Mayor ATTEST: City erk • i