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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC MINUTES 11231982 Meeting Sheet IIIIIIVIIIVIIIVIIIVIIIVIIIIIIIIIII 102058 Box: 21 Folder: CC MINUTES AND AGENDAS 1982 Document: CC MINUTES 11231982 CITY OF ST. ANTHONY • COUNCIL MINUTES November 23 , 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: David Childs , City Manager; and William Soth, City Attorney . Motion by Councilman Marks and seconded by Councilman Letourneau to approve as submitted the minutes of the Council meeting held November 9 , 1982 . Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilman Ranallo and. seconded by Councilman Letourneau to grant a temporary 3 . 2 beer license and permission to conduct Bingo to the St. Charles Women's Club for their annual Mardi Gras to be held Sunday, February. 13 , 1983 and to waive the application fees for both permits . • Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilman Ranallo and seconded by Councilman Enrooth to grant a heating license to Air Conditioning Associates , Inc. Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilman Ranallo and seconded by Councilman Marks to approve payment of verified claims listed for October 31st and November 23rd in the November 23 , 1982 Council agenda. Motion carried. unanimously. Motion by Councilman Marks and seconded by Councilman Letourneau to approve payment of $3 ,288. 40 to Dorsey .& Whitney for legal services during September, 1982. Motion carried unanimously . . Mr. Childs confirmed that all fees included .in the consulting engineer's billing for their services on the St. Anthony Boulevard Bridge Project had been verified by Mr. Hamer and that there is a credit of $2 , 800 due the City on the original contract negotiated with the firm several years ago, which he added, would bring the total engineering costs under estimate. • Motion by Councilman Marks and seconded by Councilman Enrooth to approve payments to Short-Elliott-Hendrickson, Inc. of $13 ,028.92 for engineering services on the St. Anthony Boulevard Bridge Project from June 1, 19.82 through August 28, 1982 and $5 ,539 .92 from August 23 , 1982 through September 25 , 1982 . f -2- Motion carried unanimously. • Evelyn Holthus , Chemical Use/Abuse Coordinator and Counselor for the St. Anthony School District, who serves as liaison between the Council and the City Chemical Abuse Information Committee , gave a progress report on the Committee ' s activities the past. year and distributed copies of the tentative goals set for 1982-83 . Achievements included involvement of many community organizations in programs such as the Chemical Awareness Month observed in October and the Committee' s success in obtaining outside funding -for other programs , including the appearance of Carl Eller in the high school Thirty of the 34 St. Anthony physicians .and dentists who were contacted agreed- to permit the Committee to place informational pamphlets on alcohol and drugs in their waiting rooms , Ms . Holthus reported,. and she indicated she agreed with Playor Sundland that physicians , psychiatrists , school officials , marriage counselors -and the clergy are better trained to recognize chemical abuse related problems than they had been. in the past. The coordinator reported she would have a Bethel intern working in the school with her. She distributed copies of the Committee 's November 18th minutes and a listing of persons who had been appointed by the School Board to serve on the Committee as well as those persons she is requesting the Council appoint as the City ' s representatives . A replacement would also be needed for Ruth Hultgren, past president of the Committee , who is moving from the City and Ms . Holthus sug- gested a man might be preferable to provide better balance on the • Committee. Mr. Childs indicated he is preparing a Bulletin news release which would let the community know there are vacancies which must be filled on the East Side Hennepin County Human Services Council, the Planning Commission, and this Committee. The Bulletin .reporter indicated his paper would cooperate in publicizing these needs . Motion by Councilman Letourneau and seconded -by Councilman Enrooth to reappoint Mary Bowling and Jan Stroom to continue their service on the St. Anthony Chemical Abuse Information Committee for 1982-83 . Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilman Plarks and seconded by Councilman Letourneau to appoint Barbara 11alerick to serve on the St. Anthony Chemical Abuse Information Committee for 1982-83 . Motion carried unanimously. Councilman Ranallo commended the. Committee for the sensitivity shown in respect to the City 's dependence on its liquor revenues in the type of literature placed .in the City liquor stores , to which Ms . Holthus replied that her group does not see themselves as "temperance" , but rather an advocate of responsible use of alcohol, recognizing the use of alcoholic beverages is an accepted practice in society today. She • also told .the Councilman that, if there is an interest in having a Council member serve on the Committee as in the past, she is certain the Committee meeting dates could be adjusted so as not to conflict with Council meetings . Councilman Enrooth told the coordinator he -3- believes her committee is very unique in that they have accomplished so many of the goals they set for themselves . The Mayor and the. rest of the Council attended the hearing the previous evening on possible siting of a hazardous waste facility in either Roseville or Northeast Minneapolis, in locations which would be very close' to St. Anthony. The general feeling was that -they had come away from the meeting with more concerns about how the hazardous wastes would be transported than about the processing procedures . However, Council- man Enrooth indicated he believes the presentation- at the North East Junior High School had been too ambiguous and ill defined as to how volatile the waste materials might 'be and speculated there might be less .opposition to the proposal if there had been a- clear indication that those materials might, .only be paper .or motor oil, the disposal of which is commonly accepted. In his letter to Robert Dunn of the State Waste Management Board, the Mayor had questioned why City officials had not been informed that a potential hazardous waste facility was being considered so close to the highly populated City of St. Anthony , which contains a high percentage of elderly persons who would be difficult to evacuate in the event of disaster. He also referred to the October 6th letter to Mr. Dunn from the Roseville City Manager in which Mr. Andre had .suggested the pre- liminary area for possible location of the transfer/storage of hazardous waste be a. site in Roseville which abuts the Gross Golf Course in St. Anthony. Mayor .Sundland noted that Mr. Andre had given several reasons why such a facility should not be sited near Midland Hills • Golf Course in Roseville , which the Mayor perceives would also apply to the Gross area and he reiterated that he believes it would be quite a different thing to force long time residents to either live near a hazardous waste site or move out than to place such a facility in an area which is not fully developed- and where the choice could be made to move there. Councilman Marks indicated the hearings and conversations with some of the officials in attendance had convinced him that huge amounts of dangerous chemicals would not be considered for either site and tight controls would be- imposed by both the state and federal agencies on the processing. He said he- is much more concerned with the unprocessed chemicals which are transported by truck and rail through St. Anthony every day, especially since there have been such drastic cutbacks in funding of the agencies who are supposed to enforce ,the regulations governing such activities . Councilman Letourneau noted the City Police and Fire officials have been concerned about these disaster potentials for a long time as well as .the unidentified chemicals which show up in the City occasionally. Mayor Sundland indicated he believes the City "should stay away from taking responsibility for hazardous wastes" . Councilman Marks gave a listing of future hearings on the preliminary sitings to the Bulletin reporter- for publication so area residents would have an opportunity to find out .more about what is being proposed. • The Council had drawn up an -employment agreement with Mr. Childs at a Special Council meeting November 15th. -4- Motion by Councilman Marks and seconded by Councilman .Letourneau to adopt Resolution 82-058. RESOLUTION 82-058 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR OF OF THE CITY OF ST. ANTHONY TO EXECUTE THE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN DAVID M. CHILDS AND THE CITY OF ST. ANTHONY Motion carried unanimously . Councilman Enrooth wondered if there is more the City can do to provide better protection for residents and better public relations for the Police Department than is . now provided when family homes are burglarized when the family is away for a funeral or wedding which has been publi- cized. He said he had learned that. a family , who had their home broken into once before, had been robbed again last week while they were out of town for a funeral, even though they had taken the precaution of alerting both the Police and their neighbors that they -,would be away. It was agreed that the Police are very limited as to the service they can provide in these instances and that in cases like this one , where the backyard is hidden from the street and the neighbors , even with the best Crime Watch program, might not be effective. The Manager reported Chief Hickerson is writing an article for- the Bulletin address- ing this problem where he would suggest hiring a -house-sitter might be money well spent. Councilman Ranallo indicated several- .funeral - directors have told him they are warning families not to leave tneir • homes unattended while they are away . Councilman Letourneau reported seeing signs throughout Wayzata and Minnetonka warning that these are Crime Watch areas and he agreed to take a picture of one of the signs to be shown. to the Planning Com- mission for possible use in the City. Mr. Childs indicated .that, in addition to publicizing the vacancy left on the Planning- Commission by Mr. Sopcinski 's resignation, he intends -to contact those persons. who have indicated an interest in serving in the past to see if they would be interested in being inter- viewed for the position. He intends to invite Mr. Sopcinski to attend the next Council meeting where a plaque of recognition of his service could be presented to him. Referring to his October Finance Report, Mr. Childs indicated the City is seven percent under budget, but would have difficulty staying in the black if the state fails to make the $57,0.00 aid or 35 ,000 Homestead Credit payments which had been anticipated and the City finances may be leaner than budgeted for 1983 , if the June aid payment is not forth- coming. The questions the Council- had related to the late completion of the St. Anthony .Boulevard Bridge project had been satisfactorily answered in the November 11th letter from Jeff Johnson of Short-Elliott-Hendrickson , Inc. and Mr. Soth confirmed that no formal action by the Council would be required to waive the .liquidated charges against the contractor or to extend the contract days so the sodding can be completed when the weather permits . Councilman Enrooth noted $500 of this billing would be reimbursed by- Sunset Cemetery. -5- Motion by Councilman Letourneau 'and seconded by Councilman Marks to approve Change Order #2 in the amount- of $1,277 for the St. Anthony Boulevard Bridge Project. Motion carried unanimously. William Zawialak- was present: to report the actions taken by the Planning Commission during their November. 16 , 1982 meeting as reflected in the minutes of that meeting. He indicated the Commission had recommended the signs requested. to identify the two. buildings in the St. Anthony Office: Park--which are . now inhabited by . Impressions , Inc. ,. be granted because the total signage would be well below that permitted for buildings that size and- the proposed .monument signs were designed to conform to the requirements of the. Sign Ordinance being developed by the. Commission at this time. Motion by Councilman Marks and seconded by Councilman Enrooth to grant a variance for. a freestanding sign, four feet wide and not to exceed three feet high, for the. Impressions , Inc. building at. 2908 Anthony Lane N.E: , as proposed in Exhibits- A' .and B, finding that the proposed signage satisfied the conditions set, in the City Sign Ordinance for granting such a variance as, follows .* (,l). The granting of the variance will not be detrimental to the public welfare or injurious to other property in the neighborhood or village . • (2) A particular h.ardship . to the . applicant would -result if the strict letter of the regulations are adhered -to because there is a need for identification of and a distinction to be made between the two buildings. (3) The conditions upon which the application for a variance is based are unique to the parcel of land for which the variance is sought and are not applicable, . generally, to other property within the same land use classification. The Council finds further that: (4) The proposed signage would be. compatible to the: requirements for monument type signage recommended in the proposed Sign Ordinance. (5), The proposed signage would be compatible with existing signage in the office park. (6) No lighting is proposed for the sign. (7). No opposition to the request was demonstrated during either the Commission or Council considerations. Motion carried unanimously. Motion by- Councilman Marks and seconded. by Councilman Enrooth to grant a variance for a freestanding ,sign, four feet wide and not to' exceed . three feet .in height, to identify the Impressions , Inc. Annex, The Math Group, _Inc. , at 2912 Anthony Lane N.E. , as proposed in Exhibits A _ and B , citing the same findings as for the parent firm at 2908 Anthony Lane N.E. • s -6- Motion carried unanimously. • Public hearings on the proposed Sign Ordinance and .the Zoning Ordinance amendments for the H.R.A. projects would be held by the Planning Commis- sion December 7th according to Mr. Childs , who verified it would not be necessary for the Commission meeting scheduled for December 21st to be held. The Mayor noted some of the comments. made by Commission members about what they perceived the ordinance -changes might entail and Mr. Zawislak said the concern seemed to be that .unacceptable building .heights might be permitted to make the project go, but added that the Commission had been provided few specifics on the proposed language changes . The Manager reported Mr. Krier would .be in .attendance at the hearing to answer any concerns . The November 18th staff notes and listings of the Friday morning meet- ings scheduled by Ramsey County Commissioner Salverda were accepted as informational. It was agreed that all first of the year organizational matters could be handled at the January 11th Council meeting. Motion by Councilman Marks and seconded by Councilman Enrooth to cancel the Council meeting scheduled for December 28th because of the Christmas holidays . • Motion -carried unanimously. The Manager and Councilman Enrooth expect to attend the next meeting of the Ramsey County League of Local Government, December 15th, and Mr. Childs agreed to provide more information on the organization at the next Council meeting when a decision could be made whether or not to join. He said his primary interest in attending the meeting is to explain the City ' s position on tax increment financing with which he' perceives Ramsey County often differs . The informational meeting for potential developers of the Kenzie Terrace Redevelopment Area was held the previous Friday, according to Mr. Childs who said of the nine who attended, he anticipated three or four would submit proposals for the Kenzie Terrace Redevelopment Project. Larry Hamer and the Manager are preparing specifications for pulling the pump in Well #3 earlier than anticipated so the .Public Health Department testing can be coordinated with the servicing. The Mayor said he understands the VOC' s in the City ' s water supply have stabilized but not enough data is available to draw any conclusions related to the contamination of the City water supply. In his November 18th memorandum, Mr. Childs had reported that, due to staff negotiations with Hennepin and Ramsey counties , the City would be using less MSA funding for the County Road "D" rebuilding project • than originally anticipated and it would appear special assessments to -7- abutting property owners would not be necessary on the project because storm sewer costs had been reduced by over $70 ,000 . Mr. Soth had sug- gested several changes in wording be -made in Resolution 82-056 which would indemnify the .City from criminal liability and clarify that there would be no other liability of costs to the City beyond the costs agreed to in the agreement. RESOLUTION:.P 05_6 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN RAMSEY COUNTY AND THE CITY OF ST. ANTHONY REGARDING THE USE OF CDBG FUNDS FOR RIGHT-OF-WAY ACQUISITION FOR WIDEWALK CONSTRUCTION Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilman Ranallo and seconded by Councilman Letourneau to adopt Resolution 82-055 ratifying and approving .the proposed by-laws of the St. Anthony Firefighters Relief Association as adopted by them on November 10 , 1982 . RESOLUTION 82-055 A RESOLUTION RATIFYI14G THE BY-LAWS OF THE ST. ANTHONY FIREFIGHTERS RELIEF ASSOCIATION Motion carried unanimously. • In his November 19th memorandum, Mr. Childs had discussed the problem the City would have with the request from Hennepin County that Parcel B, the property on which the City has built a fence .to designate the walkway into Wilshire Park be auctioned off. He indicated he would see if the County would not instead deed that parcel to the City. Motion by Councilman Ranallo and seconded by Councilman Marks to adopt the resolution which approves Hennepin County' s request that Plat. 63604 , Parcel 9020 (Parcel A) , a forfeited parcel of land, be sold at public auction. RESOLUTION 82-057 A RESOLUTION APPROVING CERTAIN CITY .OF ST. ANTHONY PROPERTY FOR PUBLIC .AUCTION Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilman Ranallo and seconded by Councilman Enrooth to adjourn the meeting at 9 :10 P.M. Motion carried unanimously . Respectfully submitted, • HQl�en Crowp, Secretary ' �-C Kaor ATTEST: City Clerk