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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC MINUTES 05241983 Meeting Sheet r E ;Ir { 101963 i F i .t Box: 21 Folder: CC MINUTES AND AGENDAS 1983 Document: CC MINUTES 05241983 (02) a r • -i CITY OF ST. ANTHONY • COUNCIL MINUTES May 24 , 1983 The meeting was opened with the Pledge of Allegiance at 7: 30 P.M. by Mayor Sundland. Present for roll call : Ranallo, Sundland, Letourneau and Enrooth. Absent: Marks . Also present : David Childs , City Manager; William Soth, City Attorney; Carol Johnson, Finance Director; and Larry Hamer, Public Works Director. Motion by Councilman Ranallo and seconded by Councilman Letourneau to approve as submitted the minutes of the Board of Review and Council meeting held May 10 , 1983. Motion carried unanimously. Mr. Childs informed the Council members that Apache Plaza had made a $650 deposit for 25 amusement devices whenever they become available. Motion by Councilman Ranallo and seconded by, Councilman Enrooth to grant cigarette licenses for two machines at the Country Club Market and one machine at Mr. Hobo. Motion carried unanimously. Mayor Sundland distributed copies of a memo suggesting possible ideas for a policy regarding the serving of beer in the City parks which would be considered and discussed at a later meeting. Motion by Councilman Ranallo and seconded by Councilman Letourneau to grant a temporary 3. 2 beer license to Pat Fagerlee, 3407 Croft Drive, to serve, but not sell, beer at the Robertson family picnic to be held in the Central Park Pavillion, June 4 , 1983. Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilman Letourneau and seconded by Councilman Enrooth to approve the payment of $4 ,486 . 73 to Dorsey & Whitney for legal services during March, 1983. Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilman Ranallo and seconded by Councilman Letourneau to approve payment of $1,934 to Bergerson-Caswell, Inc. for the repair and reinstallation of Well #3. Motion carried unanimously. • George Wagner was present to report the minutes of the Planning Commis- sion meeting held May 17, 1983. The Mayor indicated he concurred with the Commission recommendation of denial of the request for additional signage for the B. J. Antique -2- Shop in the St. Anthony Village Shopping Center because he perceives that to grant more signage .for this particular business , than is permitted by ordinancefor the other stores in the center, would result in a hardship for those other merchants who would not have similar identification. Motion by Councilman Enrooth and seconded by Councilman Letourneau to deny the request from Russell Underhill for a .variance to the City Sign Ordinance which would permit the .proprietor of. the B. J. Antique Shop at 2530 Harding Street N.E. to attach the identification sign he had proposed to the existing non-conforming sign at the Kenzie Terrace entrance to the St. Anthony Village Shopping Center, finding, as did the Planning Commission that: (1) The new Sign Ordinance .permits .the identification of each tenant in the shopping center with. signage on the building itself and prohibits a general listing of. tenants on the signage for the center, which might well be the precedent set for other businesses , if this request were granted. (2) None of the conditions set for granting variances to the Sign Ordinance appear to have been -addressed in the application, specifically, that (a) there wouldappear to be no particular hardship for. this business than would be experienced by other commercial businesses in the same center if the strict letter of the regulations are adhered to., and (b) - the condition upon which the application was based could not be considered to be unique ' to this parcel and not applicable , generally, to other stores in the same center. (3) The failure of the applicant to be present for the two considera- tions' of his request precluded any other recommendation, based on the information which had been submitted. (4) The manner in which the sign to which the requested signage would be attached has been maintained would seem to justify not adding to it. Motion carried unanimously. There was also Council concurrence with the Planning Commission findings for not requiring an additional variance for the change in sign copy which would be necessitated .by the transfer of the Burger Chef to a Hardees franchise, especially, since the square footage for the new sign would be decreased. . The remainder of. the report was. accepted as informational. Minutes for the May 16th meeting of .the Seven. County Metro Joint Pur- chasing Consortium at Columbia Heights had been included in the Council agenda by Fire Chief Entner so the Council could see the progress which was being made in this cost-saving program. - Councilman Ranallo ( said he recognized the hard work Chief Entner had put into this venture and had been very disappointed to find the League of Minnesota Cities seemed to be lukewarm to the concept. -3- Mr. Childs . indi.cated the City had contacted the Clark Oil Company to find out what their plans are for cleaning up the appearance of their ' property at the intersection of Stinson Boulevard. and 33rd Avenue N.E. The possibility of a multi--family, commercial use for that property was explored. Mr—Hamer told Councilman Letourneau he would check to see the grounds around the Mid-land Office Building in the Industrial Park are kept mowed.. He ,also said the City crew mows the median in that same area. Mayor S.und,land noted that when the State Hearing. Examiner. had submitted her suitability report and recommended the proposed hazardous waste processing facility area in Roseville be considered for inclusion in the .inventory of preferred areas for the location of a chemical processing; storage and transfer facility, she had at- the same time acknowledged the five objections the City of St. Anthony had made to having such a plant sited adjacent to its boundaries , which the Examiner indicated should be .points the Metropolitan waste Management Board should consider before-including the Roseville site in the final inventory of preferred area.. The Mayor indicated he was also gratified to note the Examiner had .indicated that ..a more substantial testing of the soil and aquifer suitability should take place during the permit- ting process since she had been unable to make a finding as to whether soil conditions on that . particular site would offer any protection to the aquifer. In his May 20th memorandum, Mr. Childs had proposed applications be submitted for CDBG funding under the Federal Jobs Bill for two City projects which he believes would -give a "real shot in the arm" to the Kenzie Terrace Redevelopment Project. He suggested making application for $350 ,000 to cover land. acquisition costs for the senior rental project to be developed .under Section 202/8 funding proposed for Phase 2 and Mr. Childs believed from $250 ,000 to $300 ,000 should be sought jointly with .Hennepin County for land acquisition costs for -the construction of anew St. Anthony branch library in the same redevelopment area. Although he was in complete agreement with Council members. that the 202-project should be given first priority, theManager. reminded the Council that the projects would be rated separately according to the County ' s needs . . He was directed to make application for both projects. Mr. Hamer showed films of as much as could be televised of the City 's 430 feet .of sanitary sewer located in the area of 36th Avenue N.E. and Edward, indicating that in certain areas the clay tile had . deteriorated to. the point where -the passage of the camera could have caused the complete collapse of the whole system in that area. The Public Works .Director indicated .the Engineers . had estimated it would cost the City $80 ,000 to tear up the concrete street and replace the clay tile with iron pipe , but .Mr. Childs- had suggested another .method of dealing with the problem which would cost .the City approxi- mately $15 ,000 . The Manager explained that under this new system, an inflatable resin . lining is applied .to the. inside of the deteriorating sewer lines- without tearing up the streets at all. _ He said Maplewood i� had successfully preserved a portion of their sewer system in this manner and Minneapolis plans a similar project this summer, which would ` make the equipment available to the City during this construction season and before the lines deteriorate to the point where they would collapse completely and make a costly replacement project necessary . -4- It was agreed that Mr. Hamer should contact Maplewood to see if they would be willing to have the .City televise the repaired lines to see . whether the new system would ..be a good one for St. Anthony. Mr. Soth indicated the job .would not have to be bid since the procedure is a patented franchise. Because the Sewer Fund already has a :$4.0 ,000 deficit and the City has no control over 770 of the rates which are- collected which go to the Metropolitan Waste Commission, Mr. Childs indicated he foresees a. raise in rates would be inevitable even without a $15 ,000 project this summer. The . alternate .measures which could be taken by northern suburbs if their water supplies have to be taken off- line because of contamina- tion were discussed at the latest MPCA hearing attended by the City Manager. Mr. Childs reported he had learned there is another vendor of carbon filtration systems who could provide that service for about half the cost of , the original quotes. Mr. Hamer indicated Minneapolis officials had demonstrated some reluctance to supplying water to the affected communities on apart time basis, No further action by the Council was .deemed necessary until after the EPA funded study of the City 's system is completed. Councilman Ranallo said he is anxious to see what would happen- to the City' s water supplyafter the New Brighton wells are .taken off the same aquifer they share with St. Anthony. Preliminary estimates show the City stands to lose $45 ,000 in state aid, or 200 of its budget, with the legislation which was recently passed, and Mr. Childs anticipates the same amount may be cut in 1985 as well. Included in the agenda packet was a copy of the motion proposed by District #282 whereby the School District and the City would make a joint application for $30.,861 in state funds to establish and imple- ment the St.. Anthony Youth Intervention Program under which the City schools would participate with Mounds View and Roseville in an on-going preventive program targeted towards youths who appear to be leaning towards serious problems. Tom McMullen, Community Services Director, was present to answer questions about the joint venture and Mr. Childs reported Chief Hickerson perceives the- program could be cost saving for the City since, once a child becomes a juvenile delinquent,, prosecution costs , etc. , are very high. Councilman Ranallo indicated he could see nothing wrong with the proposal since -the City could make an assessment of just how beneficial the program would be before a monetary investment had to be made. Motion by- Councilman Enrooth and seconded by Councilman Ranallo to adopt the proposed resolution which would establish a joint St. Anthony Youth Intervention Program with District #282 . RESOLUTION 83-029 A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING THE ST. ANTHONY YOUTH INTERVENTION PROGRAM Motion carried unanimously. -5- \ In her May 20th memorandum, Carol Johnson had suggested the City icould save money by . having only one polling place for the upcoming City elections in November. Councilman Rariallo said he would always be in favor of any action which cut costs and appreciated the Finance Director' s constant efforts in this direction, but was concerned that, since all four polls are required to be used for the 1984 Primary and .General Elections , it would be almost impossible to educate the citizenry about where they are to vote each time. The Mayor indicated he agreed with this conclusion, having observed his neighbors ' confusion about the recent school elections. The general consensus of the Council was not to change the polling practices for the City since to do so might cause great confusion for the residents , some of whom might not vote at all, .just because they weren' t sure where their polling place was . As he had reported in his May 20th memorandum, .Mr. Childs said he had taken the bids for the issuance of the Certificates of Indebted- ness necessary to keep the City 's capital equipment up to date from two banks , First Security of St. Paul and the St. Anthony National Bank, and had selected the latter :because they had offered the lowest interest rate, 6�% (or $730) as compared to the 80 , (or $900) from First Security. Motion by Councilman Rariallo and seconded by Councilman Enrooth to adopt the resolution which authorizes ,Certificates of Indebtedness be issued to the St. Anthony National Bank at 6�% as recommended by the City Manager. RESOLUTION 83-028 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING. ISSUANCE OF CAPITAL EQUIPMENT CERTIFICATES OF INDEBTEDNESS Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilman Letourneau and seconded by Councilman Enrooth to adjourn the meeting at 9 :02 P .M. Motion carried unanimously. Respectfully submitted, H Crowe, Secretary Mayor % ATTEST: City Clerk