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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC MINUTES 08241982 Meeting Sheet IIIIII VIII VIII VIII VIII VIII (III IIII iozoas Box: 21 Folder: CC MINUTES AND AGENDAS 1982 Document: CC MINUTES 08241982 i I?Q CITY OF ST. ANTHONY • COUNCIL MINUTES August 24 , 1982 Mayor Sundland opened the meeting with the Pledge of Allegiance at 7:30 P.M. Present for roll call: Enrooth., Sundland, Ranallo and Marks . Absent: Letourneau. Also present: David Childs , . City Manager; Ronald Berg, Administrative Assistant; William Soth, City Attorney; Carol Johnson, Finance. Director; and Larry Hamer-, Public Works Director. The Mayor who had not been in .attendance for the Council 's August 10th meeting, suggested it might be helpful to have the City Attorney prepare a paper clarifying certain questions which had been raised during that meeting related to the controls the City .has over the Kenzie Terrace redevelopment project area, specifically as to the length of leases which can be entered into by .the. landlords, occupancy permits , and exactly who. will be granted relocation compensations once the properties are. acquired by the H.R.A. Mr. Childs told the Mayor he has already set up a system for closely monitoring all police calls , • neighbor complaints, thefts or disturbances in that areain the next six months . When the City Attorney told Mayor Sundland he could still amend the minutes for. the last meeting he had attended, the Mayor suggested the following modifications to the July 27 , 1982 minutes : Page 1, last para: Substitute "prior. to -that._--for`"previous" in;-the last_ line. Page 2 , para. 2 : Add "which passed unanimously . " to end of 'the paragraph. Page 6 , para. 3 : Insert "he would -not-be in favor of beer license, but. . . . " following "The Mayor said" in the first line. Page 8 , para 1 & 2 : Correct spelling of "Gates" to "Yates" . Motion by Councilman Enrooth and seconded by Councilman Ranallo. to approve the additional amendments for the minutes of the Council meet- ing held July 27, 1982. Motion carried unanimously. \ • Councilman Letourneau arrived at 7 : 35 P.M. Motion by Councilman Ranallo and seconded- by. Councilman Marks to approve as submitted the minutes for the Council meeting held August 10 , 1982 . Motion carried unanimously. -2- • Resolution 82-041 had been tabled during the August 10th meeting so staff could contact Hennepin County to ascertain whether the parking restric- tions would have to be applied all the way to 36th Avenue N.E . on Silver Lake Road when County Road . D is rebuilt. Vern Genzlinger ,and Al Herzog of the Hennepin County Department of Transportation were present to discuss the parking restri.ctions..which would be required for the project in that area. Mr. Herzog indicated on a drawing of the inter- section of Silver Lake Road with County Road D that 500 .feet would be the minimum requirement south of the intersection to accommodate the meridian planned for that corner. . This would leave 300 feet north of 36th Avenue N.E. on which parking restrictions would not be necessary , according to Mr. Herzog. . Mr. Genzlinger told the Mayor he believes there have been no major changes made in the. plans for that inter- section since. 1979.. Councilman Marks modified the wording .of the proposed resolution to reflect the parking restriction description change. Motion by Councilman .Marks and .seconded by Councilman Ranallo to adopt Resolution 82-041 with the description changes . as proposed. RESOLUTION 82-041 A RESOLUTION RESTRICTI14G PARKING OF MOTOR VEHICLES ON BOTH SIDES OF SILVER LAKE ROAD FROM 500 FEET SOUTH OF 37TH AVENUE N.E. TO SAULT ST. MARIE RAILROAD TRACKS AT ALL TIMES • Motion carried -unanimously. Motion by Councilman Enrooth and seconded by Mayor Sundland to approve the name change for the 3 . 2 on-sale beer license for the Bowl-O-Mat in the Apache Plaza Shopping- Center as requested by the applicant 's attorney. Motion carried unanimously . Mr. Childs had advised that the billing for assessment services from Hennepin County had come in $1,163 under the amount budgeted in 1982 where in 1981 the service had cost $562 more than had been budgeted. Motion .by Councilman Marks and seconded by Councilman Ranallo to approve payment of $14 , 800 to Hennepin County and payments of $5 ,745; $690 , and $975 to Adrian S.. Helgeson & Co. for their audit of the City ' s financial statements ; the Revenue .Sharing compliance audit,. and the audit of the construction accounts and related projects during 1981. Motion carried unanimously. Council members will let Mr. Childs know before September 3rd whether they would be able to attend the joint Council/School Board meeting scheduled for the evening. of September 15th. • Councilman Marks commented on the ice cream social which had been held in Central Park the previous Saturday. -3- Councilman Enrooth reiterated some of the data included in the August 10th Hockey/Skating Rinks Committee report .which hadbeen included in the agenda -packet by Mr. Hamer. The Council indicated .agreement with the. Committee recommendation that another season of monitoring attendance at the rinks would be necessary , considering the heavy snowfall and severe weather experienced the past winter. They also accepted the Committee recommendation that. rink opening times would be predicated on the study of the attendance logs for. the past years and that all rinks should be closed when the wind chillfactor justifies closing. The Mayor requested that- the Council 's gratitude for the work done by the Committee be extended to all the Committee members . The liquor store sales summary and monthly financial report for July were noted and, dates set -for future- Revenue Sharing and budget hearings as requested by the -Finance- Director. The Manager indicated he intended to schedule budget work sessions with Department Heads early in September and distributed copies ,of the proposed .budget. He and Carol Johnson- were commended for getting the document to the Council so far in advance of the hearings . Motion by Councilman Marks and .seconded .by Councilman Enrooth to schedule a Public-..Revenue Sharing Executive Meeting for 8: 15 P.M. , September 14, 1982 , with the Revenue Sharing budget and the 1983 City Budget to be considered for adoption during a public hearing at 8 :15 P.M. , September 28, 1982 , both hearings to be held during the regularly scheduled Council meeting. • Motion carried unanimously . The August 18, 1982 staff meeting notes were. ordered filed, as was the August 11, 1982 directive from Ramsey County that, under Minnesota Election Laws , 1982. 204C. 03 , "no public meetings or school sponsored events could be held between 6 :00 P.M. and 8 :00 P.M. on the days County , District, State, or local elections are held" . Motion by Councilman Marks and seconded by Councilman Ranallo to reschedule the Council's September 1.4 and 28 .meetings for 8 :00 P.M. because the City ' s Primary Election .and the School Board Election are to be heldthose dates . Motion carried unanimously. .The meeting .was recessed at 7 : 55 P.M. and reconvened at 8:04 P.M. for a public hearing on the Kenzie Terrace Development Project. Dick Krier, project consultant,- reported to the seven Kenzie Terrace Task Force members and residents all actions taken up to that point by the Council, serving as the Housing and Redevelopment Authority for the City. He then discussed the steps which would be taken by the H.R.A. towards acquiring the property for the development of around 500 multi-family dwelling units in the deteriorating southern shopping • center and the use of the tax increment proceeds for small business loans to merchants in the northern shopping center to revitalize that area. -4- Mr. Krier answered questions from both the H.R.A. members and the other • persons present related to the types of families he expects for the development and how the relocation of existing tenants would be handled. Councilman Enrooth indicated the City envisions there may be a number of "empty nesters" who may be interested in this maintenance-free type of living rather than their single .family homes which are now too big since their families have grown up and moved out. Mr. Krier indicated that even though the marketing committee would be contacting ,mostly multi-family developers , the H.R.A. plan would remain flexible enough to accommodate acceptable proposals from other developers as well. The planning consultant- also indicated that, although it is anticipated that most of the condominiums would be cooperatively owned, rentals had not been altogether ruled out for the project. He then assured Mr. Kelly that the integrity of the development would be protected by the agree- ments the H. R.A. signs with the developers . The hearing was closed at 8: 45 P.M. William Bowerman. reported actions taken and recommendations made by the Planning Commission during their meeting held August 17 , 1982 , as reflected in -the minutes for that meeting. He indicated general agree- ment that a monument type sign which more closely resembles the type of signs recently accepted by the City would be more acceptable than the two free standing signs originally requested for identification of the Elmwood Lutheran Church., 3615 Chelmsford Road. . The drawings for .the new sign whichwould be 28 inches tall and seven feet wide, with an • eight foot wide , 12 inch high base were included in the agenda packet and were discussed by Reverend Joseph O. Valtinson, 5212 Pierce Street N.E. , who ispastor of the church. Reverend Valtinson told the Council he believes the signage is necessary to direct the people turning toward .his church which is set so far back from the adjoining streets that it is easily missed. The pastor noted that the signs he had originally requested were almost .identic.al .-to those which welcome people to St. Anthony, but said he agreed with the Planning Commission that a monument type sign would probably be much sturdier and easier to read and its rustic appearance would be more aesthetically pleasing. The sign would be constructed between two driveways into the church property, according to Reverend Valtinson , who agreed with Councilman Marks that the proposed sign would probably have been covered with snow last winter, but felt that there should be. no problems with seasons of normal snowfall. Motion by Councilman Marks and seconded by Councilman Enrooth to grant a variance from the requirements of the City Sign Ordinance which would permit the two sided monument type sign to be erected, as proposed by Reverend Joseph O. Valtinson, to identify the Elmwood Lutheran Church, 3615 Chelmsford Road, finding, as did the Planning Commission, that the sign, as proposed,. meets the criteria set for granting variances for free standing signs because : • - granting the variance would not be detrimental to the public welfare or. injurious to other property in the neighborhood or City . -5- - a particular hardship to the applicant would result .if the strict letter .of the regulations were adhered to, as the existing signage is inadequate for proper identification of the site. - the conditions upon which the application- for a variance is granted are unique to the parcel of land for which the variance is sought and notapplicable, generally, to other property within the same land use classification, and. further noting that, (a) the signage would have no appreciable visual. impact on neighboring residential properties since the sign does not directly face the closest residential property, (b) the existing signage is situated so far- from the roadway as not to provide adequate identification for the church, (c) there is no signage on the building, (d) no lighting is proposed, (e) the sign would adequately identify the church which is a semi- public entity, and, (f) the proposed monument sign would be allowable under the new pro- posed sign ordinance. • The Council also accepted the Commission stipulation that- the sign is to be no more than 5 feet in height and is to be sited between the driveways on private property. Motion carried unanimously. Mr. Bowerman reported differences of opinion on the Commission related to the request from Mr. and Mrs . Walter Parkins for a five foot rear . yard variance for the purpose of making .a 22 ' X 24 ' addition to their existing 22 ' X 241 .. garage at 3105 39th Avenue N.E. Mr. Parkins was present and indicated he has a boat, a collectors car and various other vehicles and equipment for which he needs additional storage room in his garage area where he already parks two automobiles . He reiterated that it would cost him much more to build the addition on the front of the home and he would have to remove a living room window to do so, ' and the addition on the front would shut off sunlight for both his own living room and for the backyard of his neighbors to the east, Linda and William Scalisej 3900 Shamrock Drive, who had indicated their opposition to a front yard addition in their letter of August 17, 1982 . Mr. -Parkins addressed the concerns of Commissioner Bjorklund about possible undesirable uses of the addition in the future , saying he believes the City has sufficient ordinances to prevent him from using the additional space for any of the uses prohibited by the City, be- lieving that may be the . "same issues should have to be addressed each time any new garage is approved for construction" . • Mr. and Mrs . Lowell Gearhart who live immediately west of the Parkins ' property and Mr. and Mrs . John Snider whose home abuts the Parkins ' backyard, had also urged in writing that the City grant the necessary variance for the garage construction as proposed. -6- Mr. Bowerman indicated he personally had been satisfied that the Parkins had established. a need for additional space .which, in his opinion, would constitute a hardship if they were not granted, what Mr. Bowerman sees is a minimal variance, to construct the addition. When Mr. Soth .was. questioned whether-or not a sufficient hardship had been established, he replied that. "if the Council. assumes. there should be an addition to the garage, they could make the finding that it would be a hardship for: the owner to build .the garage in any other fashion than proposed because the addition would probably have an adverse effect on the property to the east if built on the front. of the existing garage structure" . The. Council then accepted the additional reasons for granting the variance -which had been cited by three of the Planning Commission members during their August 17th deliberations . Motion�,by Mayor Sundland and seconded by ,Councilman Letourneau to grant a five foot variance to the City Zoning Ordinance rear yard-setback requirements which would permit the 22 foot wide by 24 foot long garage addition to be constructed as proposed by Mr. and Mrs . Walter Parkins 20. feet from. the rear lot line of the property described as Lot 11 , Block 5 , Moundsview Acres Second Addition, finding as did the Planning Commission that: Cl). five feet is a relatively minor variance to be granted in light of the need that has been demonstrated, (2) the variance would not appear to create a hardship or have an adverse impact on abutting properties , but, (3) would, instead, permit an economically better method of construction for the addition, and, finally , (4). .that though the structure could be built without a vari- ance five feet in front of the existing garage, this would create the hardship for the applicant of closing off a living room window:_- and would block . the patio and deck area. of the neighbors to the east from the late afternoon sun as well. The Council agrees with the Planning Commission recommendation that the City Ordinance requirement that there be at least ten feet between a swimming pool and a major structure should be waived in this case because the garage is not the major structure on the Parkins property and the topography of the site would appear-. to eliminate any possibility of damage from leakage. Motion carried .unanimously. All quotes for the pickup truck budgeted for the .Public Works Depart- ment to replace the 1957 truck now in service were reported by the Manager in his August 19th cover memorandum. Mr.. Childs indicated staff is recommending the $7 , 600 bid for the GMC truck be accepted because the - bid included radial tires which can be expected to give .greater gas savings and because of the substantially better EPA mileage ratings of the GIIC. Mr. Soth agreed that the City could assume the cost saving. in gas mileage would more than offset the minor differences in bids below the GMC quote -which had come from two other bidders who did not include radials . Motion by Councilman Ranallo and seconded by Councilman Marks to authorize- the purchase of the GNIC truck. for $7 ,600 . • Motion carried unanimously . -7- Mr. Childs reported .Hennepin .County .has. submitted an agreement whereby the City- would be charged $15 ,000 forassessing services by the County in 1983 , which is $963 under -the amount budgeted for those services in 1982 . He requested a.-resolution be adopted which would authorize the City Manager and. Mayor to sign the agreement after- the latter has reviewed it. Motion by Councilman Ranallo and seconded by Councilman Marks to adopt the resolution which authorizes- the .signing of the agreement with Hennepin County for assessing services in 1983 . -RESOLUTION 82-043 A. RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE HENNEPIN -COU14TY ASSESSOR FOR ASSESSING SERVICES IN 1983 Motioncarried unanimously . Motion by Councilman Letourneau and seconded by Councilman Enrooth to adjourn the meeting at 9 :00 P .M. Motion carried unanimously. Respectfully submitted, Helen ..Crowe , Secretary i Ma or ATTEST: City Clerk s