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Home My WebLink AboutCC MINUTES 04261983 Meeting Sheet 101957 S' . l t: • � 1 � 12 1 BOX: 21 Folder: CC MINUTES AND AGENDAS 1983 Document: CC MINUTES 04261983 01 Y f ..1 I ,1 �.i �-r } jr CITY .OF ST. ANTHONY COUNCIL MINUTES April 26 ; 1983 The meeting was opened with the. Pledge of Allegiance led by Mayor Sundland at 7: 30 P.M. Present for roll call: Enrooth, Letourneau, Sundland, Ranallo and Marks. Also present : . David Childs , City Manager. The following change was made to the minutes of the April 12th Council meeting: Page 2, para. 6 : Substitute "asked" for "wondered" .in the first line. Motion by Councilman Marks and seconded by Councilman Ranallo to approve as amended the minutes of the Council meeting held April 12 , 1983. Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilman Marks and seconded by Councilman Ranallo to grant a rubbish removal license to.BFI ,and a service station license to Sroga' s Union 76 station. as per. the applications included in the April 26,.1983 Council agenda. Motion -carried unanimously. Motion by Councilman Ranallo and seconded by Councilman Enrooth to grant a temporary 3. 2 beer license. to James Wall , 3528 Belden Drive, for the softball tournament sponsored by the "Bullhead" Softball team to be held in Central and Silver Point parks on June 11 and 12 , 1983, as per their application included in. the April 26 , 1983 Council agenda. Voting on the motion: Aye: Ranallo, Enrooth, Sundland and Letourneau. Nay: Marks . Motion carried. Motion by Councilman Ranallo and seconded by Councilman Marks to approve payment of all verified claims listed for March 31, 1983 in the April 26 , 1983 Council agenda. Motion carried unanimously. Mr. Childs explained that the City would be $10 ,000 under budget if \ the proposed truck purchase for the Public Works Department was made -2- through a joint purchasing agreement With Hennepin County. The box for the truck would be bid separately next week and presented for l Council approval at their next meeting, he added. - Motion by Councilman Ranallo and seconded by Councilman Marks to approve payment of $14 ,614 .30. to Lakeland Ford. for the Ford truck bid through Hennepin County. Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilman Ranallo and seconded by Councilman Marks to approve payment- of $16 , 6:79 from Community Development Block Grant funds to Westwood Planning and Engineering for their services on the Kenzie Terrace Redevelopment Project study .with the remainder of their invoice to be presented to the City H.R.A. for payment from their funds . Motion carried unanimously. As he had stated. in .his April 22nd .status report on the Kenzie Terrace Redevelopment contract negotiations , the Manager indicated he anti- cipates a final agreement on all issues remaining to be resolved to develop the best possible contract -with .the redeveloper would -be reached before May 3rd when he recommended'.an H.R.A. meeting be scheduled. If there should be unforeseen delays, Mr. Childs promised to notify the Council members in time to cancel that .meeting. Motion by Councilman Marks and seconded by Councilman Ranallo to schedule a Housing and Redevelopment Authority meeting for 7:00 P.M. , May 3, 1983 , at which the final adoption of the Kenzie Terrace Re- developer ' s Agreement_ could. be. considered along with the payment of_ $3, 073. 46 for the Kenzie Terrace Redevelopment study. Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilman Marks and seconded by Councilman Enrooth to approve payments to Bonestroo & Associates of $2 ,030 for completion of the .Deep Well No. 3 Report and $1, 756 . 19 as compensation for con- sulting services by the Barr Engineering Company on the report. Motion carried unanimously. Mayor Sundland pointed out the difficult decision faced by the State Civil Defense Agency whether or not to reject federal funding for civil defense which has been tied in with the development of a program for evacuating masses of people in the event of a nuclear bombing of the metropolitan area, ' which most persons consider -completely unrealis- tic. Motion by Councilman Marksand seconded by Councilman Letourneau to direct that a letter be written over the Manager' s and Mayor' s signatures which would indicate the City ' s opposition to H.F. 474 . ./ Motion carried unanimously. Mr. Childs distributed copies of the state aid formula advocated by the Metropolitan Losers ' Group and the Minnesota Association of Small 1*� d :y -37- Cities 3-Cities which proposes a more even distribution of aid to .municipalities who are not "high spenders"., under which the City 's existing aid would almost be doubled. There was a general recognition on the part of the �i Council members that such legislation had very little chance of passing, but the Manager was requested to continue his efforts to contact Senator Dieterich to set up -a meeting with him where the City ' s con- cerns about various bills before the Legislature at this time could be expressed along with the Council 's .hope that at least the existing level of aid to St. Anthony could be retained. The Council was reminded about the Board of .Review which had been scheduled for 6 : 30 P.M. , .just prior ' to the regular Council meeting May 10th, and. Mr. Childs indicated he also hoped to report back to them during the latter meeting the information they had requested dealing with the possibility and cost of purchasing water from Minne- apolis and/or St. Paul and how those costs would compare to the rate changes which would be necessary .if the City 's Well No. 3 had to 'be dug into a lower aquifer to. bypass the contamination expected to increase in the City water system once the New Brighton wells are back in operation. The City ' s concerns related to recent legislation imposing recording requirements on all variances and conditional use permits granted by municipalities .have been resolved, according to Mr. Childs , who said such requirements would now only be imposed on new -subdivisions . There was a discussion of the proposed legislation which would transfer • certain prosecutions from Ramsey or Hennepin Countyto the City Prosecutor and the feasibility of having a rider attached to the legislation which would put the City into one county under that bill . Motion by Councilman Ranallo and seconded by Councilman Enrooth to authorize the signing of .the contractural agreement -whereby the City would be reimbursed for the costs. incurred by the Safety Director' s attendance at the required refresher course to educate the cities on the inspection .and enforcement procedures required by the new State Uniform Fire Code. Motion carried unanimously. The Manager pointed out that the low bid for painting both the inside and outside of the- water tower was lower than the amount budgeted for only the inside and was just over half the quote from the highest bidder. The tower color would be changed and the City' s logo would be painted on the tower, he said. Motion by Councilman .Ranallo and seconded by Councilman Marks to adopt Resolution 83-024. RESOLUTION 83-024 A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE BID FROM SCHUMANN BROS . , .INC. FOR THE PAINTING OF THE CITY WATER TANK Motion carried unanimously. -4- Before a vote was taken on the adoption of the Cable T.V. Ordinance Amendment, the problems experienced with the cable firm for providing cable service to businesses and schools were explored with Councilman Marks reporting an apparent unwillingness on the part of Group -W to provide the type of service for his firm which had been -agreed to when the cable firm had been selected as the provider for the northern suburban municipalities. The Councilman said he had since found out that the City 's representative on the Cable Communications Committee had several similar experiences. with the cable firmdragging its feet in providing the agreed to services , - and there was general agreement that Al Kaeding should be requested to appear before the Council re- garding the matter before the Cable Ordinance was passed. Motion by Councilman Letourneau and seconded .by Councilman Marks to table action on Ordinance 1.983-003- until after the meeting .with the City 's representative . to the North Suburban Cable T.V. Communications Commission had been held. ORDINANCE 1983003 AN ORDINANCE .AMENDING ORDINANCE 1982-009 KNOWN AS THE CABLE COMMUNICATIONS ORDINANCE Motion carried unanimously. Margaret W.. Bevan, 3915 Silver Lake Road, was present to request some information regarding the property to the south of her townhome where Craig Morris operates .his beauty shop and hair cutting establishment. The data she sought was .given by the Manager following the adjournment of the meeting. Motion by Councilman -Marks and seconded by Councilman Ranallo to adjourn the meeting at 8 :05 P.M. Motion carried unanimously. Respectfully submitted, Helen Crowe, Secretary . 2 Mayor ATTEST: - City Clerk •