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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC MINUTES 01251983 �i „ Meeting Sheet 101943 a • � 3 'I q Box: 21 Folder: CC MINUTES AND AGENDAS 1983 Document: CC MINUTES 01251983 • - i 7 •a i �i i 'I CITY OF ST. ANTHONY • COUNCIL MINUTES January 25 , 1983 Mayor Sundland opened the meeting with the Pledge of Allegiance at 7 : 46 P.M. Present for roll .call : Enrooth, .Letourneau, Sundland, Ranallo, and Marks . Also present: Larry Hamer, Acting Manager; William Soth, City Attorney; and Richard Krier, H.R.A. Planning Consultant. The Council resumed thediscussion of the procedure- which would be followed for selectinga developer for the Kenzie Terrace Redevelopment Project and accepted the format .for conducting the .interviews recom- mended by Mr. Krier. Each developer would be given a one hour inter- view, February 8th , the first starting at 6 :00 P .M. and the second at: 7 :15 P::NL::watri-15 mnut"e breaks between the interviews and before the regularly scheduled meeting is opened at 8: 30 P.M. Thefirst half hour of each interview would be devoted to an uninterrupted presenta- tion of the developer' s proposal with an additional 30 minutes left open for questions from the H.R.A. and- for legal questions to be clarified by the City Attorney. Mr. Soth notified the Council at this point that his firm also represents • both of the firms who -are being considered for the project. He reported he had researched the possibility of conflict of interest should he serve as legal counsel to the City at the same time* the project is being developedand found it would be legally permissible for him to continue to serve the H.R.A. as long as both the City and the developers are notified of the conflict and neither objects to the arrangement. He has no .personal involvement with either of the firms , Mr. Soth told the Council and he does not believe his position would be compromised -in any way since similar connections are common within firms as large as his . Councilman Enrooth commented, that when he considers the alternative of having the City ' s counsel as less than top drawer, as happened in the Johnson litigation, .he believes the Council should consider the credibility of the person involved, and accept Mr. Soth as legal counsel for this project. Mr. Hamer indicated he would have a notice that the .Council meeting February 8th would be delayed until 8 : 30 P.M. placed in the Bulletin. Motion by Councilman Ranallo and seconded by Councilman Letourneau to approve as submitted the minutes for. the Council meeting held Janu- ary 11, 1983. --�1 Motion carried unanimously. �• J Mr. Hamer indicated all the property owners on 27th Avenue N.E., and _ a majority of those on Pahl Avenue had signed the petition for the 2- installation of- a.- street light behind 2525 27th Avenue N.E. and NSP has no problems with the location. He . told Councilman Marks this 1 • could be considered the second .phase of. the -City 's lighting plans , J the first phase having been r accomplished. The Public Works Director o commented he is surprised there have not been more requests of this nature considering the number of burglaries of garages on alleys . Motion by Councilman Ranallo and seconded by Councilman Letourneau to authorize the installation of a street light . in the alley mid-block between 2524 27th Avenue N.E., and .2600 Pahl Avenue N.E. , as requested by residents on both sides of the streets . Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilman Marks and -seconded by Councilman Enrooth to approve the verifiedclaims listed in .the January 25 , 1983 Council agenda. Motion carried unanimously. The Mayor and Judy Makowske, Chairman of the .Planning Commission, reported the meeting sponsored by COACT scheduled for January 27th at the Northeast Junior High where -.problems from hazardous and in- dustrial waste disposal would be discussed. Mrs . P4akowske agreed to report back to the Council if the Mayor and other Council members are unable to attend the hearing. Councilman Enrooth expressed his displeasure with the. manner in which • he perceives the "Council- was railroaded with artificial time con- �- straints" to make appointments to the Planning Commission without an opportunity oftalking the selections over among themselves . If, as Councilman Ranallo -says , this was the same procedure followed in the past, the Councilman believes he should have been advised as much before the interviews were conducted. The strategy for .lobbying: H.U.D. officials to reconsider funding the proposed senior housing in the Kenzie Terrace area-while the Council members are in Washington, D.C. , for the National Conference of Cities was discussed. The Mayor r.eported .he has invited all four of the City 's congressional representatives to accompany the City officials to the meetings . Councilman Marks indicated he had spoken to Congress- man Sabo's staff regarding the matter. Mr. Krier agreed to put to- gether a presentation which might be helpful in presenting the City' s case to H.U..D. and he suggested it might be also helpful to make personal contacts with the regional .H.U.D.. office in Chicagoand with the new head of the Minneapolis H.U.D. office. Councilman Marks noted the increase in number of home burglaries in the Police Department Report for. December and suggested it might be a good time for the Council to sit down with the Police Chief and members of his department - to get a better understanding of some of the problems they are confronted with and at the same time publicly acknowledge instances of outstanding performance by some members of the force. �4 -3- The 3-The police report and the minutes of the Chemical .Use/Abuse Information ( / • 1 Committee meeting held December 14th were accepted as informational, after Mr. Hamer had indicated he would see that Mr. Lindskog and the �--� Committee had been informed of Mr. Lindskog 's appointment to that body. Mrs . Makowske reported on-_;the y anuary- 18th�meeting of--the=Planning -Com- mission as reflected in the .minutes of that- meeting. She indicated she and other Commission members. were looking forward to meeting the two appointees to the Commission and then presented for Council con- sideration the new Sign Ordinance for the . City which,. after three years of intensive effort, was now unanimously recommended for Council approval. Councilman Marks noted the work on the ordinance had been initiated when he was still on the Commission and he believes it to be a product of which both staff and the Commission can .be justifiably proud. He-; . then offered suggestions for several changes in wording for clari- fication. The first, that the definition -of Sign Surface Area on Page 3 be strengthened to stipulate both sides of the sign are included in- the total area'; and the second, that further consideration be given to .omitting the words "service station" in the definition of gas stations on Page 11, recalling the problems with that definition in years past. Mrs . Makowske said she would present his suggestions to the Commission at their next meeting. The ordinance adopting the new regulations . 1 would be given a first reading in February. \ The City is having aerial surveys made, according to Mr. Hamer, and Mrs . Makowske indicated the Commission would be pleased to have new aerial maps which they often refer to during their deliberations . The Chairman said her recollection of selection of terms differed from what was reported in the Commission minutes . She thought Mr. Bjorklund had agreed to serve three years along with the new appointees; Mr. Jones and Mr. Zawislak wanted the two year terms , and she and Mr. Bowerman preferred serving only one year. These recollections would be verified at the next Commission meeting. Four year terms were considered by the Commission members to be too long a commitment, but Mrs . Makowske indicated she hoped the Council would continue their practice of .reappointing Commissioners so experience and knowledge won' t be , lost on that board. The Mayor agreed experience is very valuable on that advisory body, but he perceives requesting each Commissioner whose term of office is expiring, to start thinking about continuation_ of that service at least 60 days in advance of the appontment1 would be -helpful for_both. the Councih and-the.-_Commissioner. Councilmen Marks and Enrooth were happy to see teeth put in the proposed ordinance related to repeated .absences because it would now be much easier for the Chairman to see to it that work load is carried �-� equally by all the members . • The Commission is undertaking two projects this year as time allows . The first would be the development of a six year capital improvements _ -4- plan for the City and the second to .look at the existing ordinances • pertaining to planning issues .to see if some of the outdated concepts and language could .be rewritten. Mr. Soth advised it would be much easier to recodi.fy some of the Commission suggestions than rewriting the whole City Ordinance. He said he has been .attempting to recodify the ordinances as they come up. He then alerted the Council to the fact that somehow during the hectic last hours of the legislative. sessions some stringent restrictions on granting variances and conditional uses,, which he perceives could impose heavy .administrative expenses on: municipalities , were slipped through. - He suggested it might be advisable to have the League of Cities and A.M.M.. study the legislation for possible repeal. Council- man ,Ranallo will bring the matter up with the League and the Mayor agreed to bring it to the attention of the -A.K.M. Board of Directors at their next meeting- The following was passed as an indication of the Council' s support of repeal of the legislation. Motion by Councilman Marks and seconded by Councilman Enrooth to request the Association of. Metropolitan Municipalities and the League of Minnesota Municipalities to work towards the repeal of the new. legislation which would set stringent restrictions on granting variances and conditional use permits . Motion carried unanimously. Because the date selected by Hennepin County for the Board of Review is nota Council date , Mr. Hamer was instructed to try to reschedule C • ,� that hearing for May 10 , 1983 . In reference to the proposed agreement with the Salvation Army Camp, whereby a feasibility study for the requested drainage of a problem area on' the Salvation Army grounds would be made. as discussed in the agenda packet, Mr. Hamer suggested an arrangement might be made with the engineers to delay the presentation of their charges for the study until after the study had been presented to the other government bodies who would be involved in the drainage . The Public Works Director confirmed that St. Anthony .has. no runoff and that most is from New Brighton and the Salvation` Army would have to bear all the costs for the study. if the two counties and three cities who are involved failed to join in. the joint 'powers agreement. Motion by Councilman Marks and seconded by Councilman Enr_ooth to adopt the resolution which would authorize the Mayor and City Manager to enter into an agreement with the Salvation Army for a feasibility cost study for correcting a drainage problem on Salvation Army property. RESOLUTION 83-017 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF ST. ANTHONY AND THE SALVATION ARMY • FOR FEASIBILITY STUDY COSTS Motion carried unanimously. -5- Motion by Councilman Ranallo and seconded by Councilman Plarks to adopt Resolution 83-015 . • RESOLUTION 83-015 A RESOLUTION RATIFYING THE 1983 AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND TEAMSTERS LOCAL NO. 320 , REPRESENTING THE S.T. ' ANTHONY FIRE DEPARTMENT AND AUTHORIZING. THE MAYOR. AND CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE AGREEMENT ON BEHALF' OF THE CITY Motion carried unanimously. Mr. Soth indicated he ,believes Article 19 . in the proposed agreement with District #k282 needs clarification related to 'the subleasing of the City' s office space in' Parkview. Motion by Councilman Marks and seconded by Councilman Ranallo to adopt Resolution 83-016,, subject to changes in wording of the agree- ment recommended- by. the City Attorney. RESOLUTION 83-016 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR .AND CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE SUB-LEASE FOR OFFICE SPACE IN THE PARKVIEW BUILDING WITH THE ST. ANTHONY DEVELOPMENTAL \ LEARNING CENTER Motion carried unanimously. y The discussion of the proposed- ordinance which would establish three year terms for the _Planning `Commission. was resumed with the City Manager suggesting several changes in the warding._ Councilmen Enrooth and Letourneau questioned whether a first reading of the ordinance should be delayed until after the Commission choices of terms of office are verified and the City Attorney had made his changes in the proposed ordinance. The motion by Councilman Letourneau that . the first reading be delayed until the next Council meeting, however , failed to get a second. Motion by Councilman Marks and seconded by Councilman Ranallo to approve .the first reading of the- ordinance which establishes the requirement for membership on the St. Anthony Planning Commission. ORDINANCE 1983-002 . AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO PLANNING COMMISSION MEMBERSHIP; AMENDING SECTIONS 225 :05 AND 225 :10 OF THE 1973 CODE OF ORDINANCES Motion. carried unanimously. Motion by Councilman Marks and seconded by Councilman Ranallo to • adopt Ordinance 1982-012 : -6- ORDINANCE 1982-012 . AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO PLANNED UNIT. DEVELOPMENTS WITHIN. REDEVELOPMENT AREAS; ADDING PARAGRAPH 7 TO SUBDIVISION. 1, ,AMENDING' 'P.ARAGRAPHS 1 AND 6 OF SUBDIVISION 3., AND PARAGRAPH 5 OF- SUBDIVISION 4 OF SECTION 13 OF THE ZONING. ORDINANCE ATTACHED AS APPENDIX I TO THE .19.73. CODE'.. OF ORDINANCES Motion 'carried unanimously. Motion- by Councilman Ranallo and seconded by Councilman Marks to adjourn the meeting at 9 :05 P.M. Motion carried unanimously. Respectfully submitted, Helen Crowe, Secretary yor ATTEST: , City Clerk