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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC MINUTES 12141982 'Meeting Sheet IIIIII VIII VIII VIII VIII VIII IIII IIII .. 102060 BOX: Zl - Folder: CC MINUTES AND AGENDAS 1982 Document: CC MINUTES 12141982 CITY OF ST. ANTHONY COUNCIL MINUTES `k December 14 , 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 Enrooth to approve the minutes for the Council meeting held November 23 , 1982 with the following change : 1 Para. 6 ,, page 6 :: Substitute "no official business was scheduled for' that meeting which falls between the Christmas holidays-"-. for "of the Christmas. holidays" , following "because". in the second line. Motion ;carried unanimously. Motion by Councilman Letourneau and seconded by Councilman Plarks to • approve payment of $3 ,508 . 43 to Dorsey and Whitney for legal services during October, 1982 . Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilman Plarks and seconded by Councilman Enrooth to approve payments to Short-Elliott-Hendrickson, Inc. of $160 . 99 for engineering services on the St. Anthony Boulevard Bridge Project for which the City would be reimbursed by the Sunset Memorial Cemetery Association; $160 . 16 for services from Play 23rd through October 23, 1982 , and $1,110 . 63 for provision of MSA information from January through December 4 , 1982 . Plotion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilman Marks and seconded by Councilman Letourneau to approve payment of $3 ,268. 87 to the .U.S . Department of Transportation covering St. Anthony 's share of the railroad crossing signals installed on Stinson Boulevard, which amount would be taken from MSA funding. Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilman Marks and seconded by Councilman Enrooth to approve payment of all verified claims listed in the December 14 , . 1982 Council agenda. Motion carried unanimously. I Copies of the billing from Matheny Construction for their services on the St. :Anthony Boulevard Bridge Project to date had been distributed. Mr. Childs confirmed that this statement did not include $2 , 421.98 retainage or the cost of sodding which would be deferred until spring. -2- Motion by Councilman . Letourneau and seconded by Councilman Ranallo . to approve payment of $9 ,621. 86 to Matheny Construction for their services • on the St. Anthony Boulevard Bridge Project. Motion carried unanimously. A plaque of appreciation for the City ' s support of. the St. Anthony High School All Class Reunion, October 15th and 16th, was presented to Mayor Sundland by James Thill, 5961 Benjamin Street N.E. ; Peter Beberg 3931 10th Avenue N. , Anoka; and Linda Prentis , 8376 Greenwood Drive, members of the reunion steering committee. Mayor Sundland accepted the plaque "with pride" indicating he perceives all Council members thoroughly enjoyed their participation in the event. John Rose, who was recently reelected to the Minnesota State Legisla- ture and who represents St. Anthony, indicated he was present to dis- cuss the impact actions taken by the legislators during- the special session might have on the City . He said that, as painful as the budget cuts the legislature had taken might be , he believes unallotting by the Governor would have been much more -disastrous for local govern- ments and probably inappropriate to have the executive branch, rather than the legislative doing the cutting. As an example , Representative Rose said the St. Anthony school district would have been cut $162 .60 per student under the allotting process , where only $17 .90 was cut by the legislature. Councilman Marks mentioned that local as well as state employees had • been concerned by the pension cuts which were made and he wondered whether the entire program .of budget cuts would be nullified if the P.E.R.A. lawsuit against. the .cuts were successful. Representative Rose replied that., with . a sixty-one million dollar shortage , the budget probably wouldn' t be balanced at the .end of the biennium as required by law, since there are very .few options remaining before January 1st. He said even the . DFL legislators had recognized it would be preferable for public employees to make between $500 and $600 payments to. their own pension plans than to have 35 ,000 public employees laid off if the P .E. R.A. cut had not been made. He would return periodically to report on matters which affect the City , Representative Rose promised. Certificates of Appreciation . for approximately three .y.ears .of service each on the Planning Commission, were presented by the Mayor to Ray Sopcinski and Irvin Peterson who had indicated they would be unable to continue that .service in 1983 . The Mayor told them he only hopes the City would be able to replace them with persons who are as competent and who would aid the planning process to the extent they have. Councilman Ranallo gave the highlights of his attendance at the National Conference of Cities in Los Angeles , California in November and indicated he would like to see all Council members able to attend conferences informative as this had been. The Councilman reported President Rea- igan,-'s`: _ message- to the conference had been that cities must help themselves and not rely on either the state or national governments • during .a budget crunch. One of the points made by other conferees , Councilman Ranallo reported, had been that the City has to be certain -3- adequate charges are made for services rendered.. One of the areas • the Councilman perceives where this- might be true would be the .park system where the people. who use..the parks should pay for the services. Some cities even charge for snow plowing and Councilman Ranallo indicated the Council might keep this in mind if there is a strong demand for branch collections in the spring. St. Anthony is ahead of other municipalities with the Employee Service Recognition Program recently put in place as well as-.-for ,-its recognition of--- services of City volunteers. Conversations with other officials at the conference;-, had led the Councilman to -believe the senior housing project might have fared better with H.U.D. if there had been a personal contact with the Washington D.C. officials since he learned the H.U.D. officials like to go over . the plans and objectives of the programs with the appli- cants . Mayor Sundland indicated he plans to reactivate the senior housing project application with those officials when he attends the League of Cities conference in Washington in March. Councilman Marks reported a Diamond Eight resident had complained to him that it had taken over a year for the landlord to replace a broken window, and that had been doneonly aftera letter from the Attorney General had been posted on the apartment bulletin board. He would. be ,very reluctant to have the City interfere in ,Isuch a matter, Councilman Ranallo- said, .until ,he. had seen the lease to determine whose responsibility the window was and had • determined just how the window had been broken.. When Councilman Marks commented that there was no security system for that complex and asked whether other municipalities have - ordinances requiring security .locks ,. Councilman Letourneau told him his work takes him into 'm' any apartment complexes all over the metropolitan area and there -seems to be no consistency within any particular city for providing security. Mr. Childs noted that there are more burglaries. reported in the Equinox apartments which has security locks, than in Diamond- Eight and it was also noted that, even where locks are provided, the doors are often propped -open for children and the . elder,ly. He indicated he would. research other municipalities ' policies related to security -locks . . .and whether the City' s ordinance requires_ periodical testin_g-.of-smoke..alar:ms in apartment complexes : The Police Department report for October and the. Liquor Operations report for November were noted and accepted_ as informational as were the November. 18th Chemical Abuse Information Committee minutes. (.These were distributed by 'Evelyn Holthus at last meeting as reported in the minutes . ) Brad Bjorklund. reported the minutes of the. Planning Commission meet- ing held December 7th , which included the Commission's recommendation that the ordinance which would amend the City Zoning Ordinance for the Kenzie Terrace Redevelopment pro.jects .be passed' by the Council • as written. He explained to Councilman Ranallo that the finding that _ -4- the public would be afforded . the opportunity of reacting to zoning • changes for-the project. had been included in the findings because that had been a- deciding factor for -some Commission members to vote affirmatively for the approval .recommendation. . Motion by Councilman' Marks. and seconded by Councilman Enrooth to approve the. first reading of Ordinance 1982-012 . ORDINANCE 1982-012 AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO- PLANNED 'UNIT DEVELOPMENTS WITHIN REDEVELOPMEN:T. AREAS;. ADDING PARAGRAPH 7 T SUBDIVISION 1; AMENDING PARAGRAPHS 'l AND '6. OF SUBDIVISION 3 , AND PARAGRAPH 5 OR SUBDIVISION 4 OF SECTION. 13. _OF THE ZONING .ORDINANCE ATTACHED AS APPENDIX 1 TO. THE 1973 CODE. OF ORDINANCES Motion carried unanimously. Mr. Bjorklund . concluded. his report by. indicating the Commission members believe it is imperative to have the vacancies on that body filled .as soon as possible . Mr. Childs reported the state aid cut. of $9 ,200 had been much less ithan anticipated and left the City'with a. 15 percent cut instate aid 'for 1982. The Manager indicated it now..appears the City would end tree year eight percent under .budget, which he attributes to the fore- sight and cooperation of the Council .in cutting expenditures to • the same degree. Councilman Ranallo agreed, saying the municipalities who are in real trouble this year are those who refused to face the realities of the state 's. budgetary problems and the Mayor indicated he believes a lot of credi.t. is due. to Mr'. 'Chlds' who kept the Council informed about the statet.s . failure to.. project. revenues accurately . In his December- 8th memorandum, Fire Chief Entner had reported that the $750budgeted for. air mask conversions would probably not be expended in: 1982 because of problems -with the vendor and requested assurance that the same amount would be available for this purpose in 1983 . Motion by Councilman Marks and seconded by . Counci'lman Ranallo to authorize that the $.750 budgeted for air mask .conversion would be included in the Fire Department. budget to be paid - from the Council ' s Contingency Fund. Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilman Ranallo. and seconded by Councilman Letourneau to adopt the . resolution which. authorizes the application by the City for conveyance from Hennepin .County of that parcel .of land which serves as a pathway to Central Park. • RESOLUTION 82-059 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND THE PUBLIC _ WORKS DIRECTOR TO SIGN THE APPLICATION FOR CONVEYANCE. OF TAX FORFEITED LANDS -5- . Motion carried unanimously. • Alan Kaeding who:,had served as Chairman of the St. .Anthony Cable T.V. Advisory. Committee reported the final actions which must be taken to maintain a cable - system in the City now that the North Suburban Cable Communications. had. been dissolved., which would require passage of 'a resolution authorizing the joint and coopera- tive agreement under which cable television franchise would be administered by the North Suburban Cable Commission as well. as appointment of .a Direc.tor.,and Alternate to represent the City on that Commission's Board of Directors . Mr. Kaeding .had previously con- sented to take the- directorship for at least two years . The Mayor reported he had. attended .a luncheon sponsored by the Group W franchise firm where. he had been presented with a check for $15 ,000 , -representing the City 's share of the dissolved commission' s assets which could now -be used as the. City' s initial contribution to the new commission. Motion by Councilman Marks and seconded by Councilman Enrooth to adopt the resolution which accepts the .joint agreement. for administra- tion of a cable communication system and which designates Alan Kaeding, 3909 Shamrock Drive , to serve as Director on the North Suburban Cable Commission Board- of Directors and..provides for the appointment -of Glen Puncochar, 3104. Townview Avenue N.E. , as Alternate in the event David Mikkelson, 2601 Silver Lane N.E. de- clines to serve in that capacity. • RESOLUTION 82-060 AUTHORIZING THE JOINT AND COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF A CABLE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM Motion carried unanimously. Hilly Getman and John Madden. of 3523 .and 3501 37th _Avenue N.E. , residents of Fosston Townhomes , were present -to discuss the 37th Avenue reconstruction project for which the Council .was considering a resolution which would approve the right-of-way plans . The former said she had been speaking in .opposition to the construction of a four lane highway in front of her home since 1974 but at this point was resigned to the fact that-.such . a roadway with sidewalks would be constructed in spite of her opposition.. However, she was still concerned about the appearance of� the .proposed .wall which is planned to protect the existing trees - on .the boulevard and she believes a semaphore would have to be provided. at -Foss Road to protect the children - crossing at that intersection to- reach Wilshire School. Mr. Childs told her he would contact Ramsey County officials re- ., garding construction of a retaining wall using materials which would be compatible with the townhouse exterior and reported -he had already been informed that wrought iron rather than chain link fencing would be used. 1Mr. Madden said he believes .the sidewalks would have to be eight feet wide to match the sidewalks New Brighton is building along that side of the street. - He also wanted the Council to be aware that -6- many property owners along 37th- Avenue .would .not favor a semaphore because of the noise generated by vehicles starting- and stopping all night long.., Councilman Marks recalled that when he was Chairman of the Wilshire PISA the. safety of the children. crossing 37th had been the primary concern when .the first plans for.-.rebuiding the road were considered. He said a decision had. been made .at that time to bus the children who lived-north .of 37th because that would be less expensive than to. rely on. a stop sign or a warning light or to construct .a .walkway'. over the road. Councilman Ranallo. told Ms . Getman..he had been one of . those who had petitioned Hennepin County to install- a semaphore at the intersection of Lowry Avenue. and Stinson Boulevard as .a protection for the child- ren who crossed that intersection several days to and from school. At that time the County had -Indicated the traffic counts did not justify the semaphore but two .years . later when the new- bank was in operation, the County had decided the traffic controls-were necessary after all. . The Councilman said the same might be true . after- the new roadway on 37th is. in .operation. Mayor Sundland said he would. not oppose having- another traffic count if the traffic increases with the new roadway.. He thanked -the two property owners for their input to the consideration. Motion by Councilman Mar.ks .and seconded by Councilman Ranallo to adopt Resolution 827061. RESOLUTION 82-061 A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE 37TH AVENUE RECONSTRUCTION RIGHT-OF-WAY PLANS Motion carried unanimously. The Manager reported the staff,. had selected an engineer to. pull Well #3 to determine the levels and sources of water contamination at a costnot to exceed $3 ,600 . Motion by Councilman Marks and seconded by Councilman Letourneau to adopt Resolution 82-062 . RESOLUTION 82-062 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING.. THE MAYOR 'AND CITY MANAGER TO ENTER .INTO AN AGREE- MENT WITH BONESTROO AND ASSOCIATES FOR E14GINEERING SERVICES Motion carried unanimously. Motion by. Councilman Ranallo and seconded by. Councilman Letourneau to adjourn the meeting' at 9 :00 P.M. Motion carried unanimously. • Respectfully submitted, ATTEST:- " Zkn Crowe ,, Secretary City. Clerk 14ay r