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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC MINUTES 06141983 a Meeting Sheet 101965 BOX: 21 Folder: CC MINUTES AND AGENDAS 1983 Document: CC MINUTES 06141983 ' L -.� CITY OF ST. ANTHONY COUNCIL MINUTES June 14, 1983 The meeting was opened at 7:30 P.M. , led with the Pledge of Allegiance by Mayor Sundland. Present for. roll call:. Marks; Ranallo, Sundland, Letourneau, and Enrooth. Also present: David Childs , City Manager and Carol Johnson, Finance Director. State Representative John , Rose- indicated he was present to report on the legislative `session which had just ended, specifically to address the cuts in local aids mandated by the Legislature, and to make a donation towards the St. Anthony High School Marching Band' s tour of Washington, D. C. and Philadelphia for the Independence Day celebrations . He gave the Mayor a packet detailing the state aid cuts which include a reduction of 23% or $60 ,000 in aid for the City in 1984 . Representa- tive Rose. told Mr. Childs he hoped one of the accomplishments of the session had been to at least stabilize these cuts so municipalities would be able to .have some .idea ofwhat type of aid they would be receiving in the future... The representative' agreed with. the Mayor and Councilman Ranallothat it was .unfortunate that "because the City had /• been prudent in handling its financial affairs , they were now forced to come up $60, 000 short of anticipated revenues" . The Mayor speculated that cities like -St. Anthony would have to start charging for services which is nothing but another form of taxation. He said he was very troubled that the legislature had .not recognized that the first tier of suburbs experience more of the. same problems that the core cities do than the second or third tiers. do. The legislator said he recog- nized that those core cities could not be abandoned but that a hard look has been taken at what those cities do with the money they are given. Representative Rose reported that the next legislative sessions would be short and invited the Council to avail themselves of his aid in any problems they might experience with the legislation coming out of those sessions . Mayor Sundland told him the Council is very grate- ful for the aid he and Senator .Dieterich .gave them during this session to which the legislator responded that he believes he isvery fortunate to be representing a city . like St. Anthony. Motion by Councilman Letourneau and seconded by Councilman Enrooth to approve as submitted the minutes of- the Council meeting held May 24, 1983. Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilman Letourneau and seconded by .Councilman Ranallo to approve as submitted the minutes of the Board of Review held May 24 , 1983. • Motion carried unanimously. -2- !• Motion by Councilman Marks and seconded. .by Councilman Ranallo to grant all heating, bench and rental dwelling licenses listed in the June 14 , 1983 Council agenda. Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilman Ranallo and seconded by Councilman Letourneau to grant a temporary 3. 2 beer license to Barb .Woodhill, 3004 - 31st Avenue N.E. , for the consumption but not sale of beer at the Honeywell soft- ball tournament to be conducted .in..the Central Park fields from 3: 00 P.M. until dark, June 24 , 1983. Voting on the motion: - Aye: Ranallo, Letourneau, Sundland, and Enrooth. Nay : Marks. Motion carried. Motion by Councilman Marks and seconded.- by Councilman Enrooth to approve payment of all verifiedclaims listed in the June 14, 1983 Council agenda. Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilman- Marks and seconded by Councilman Letourneau to approve payment of $1,500 and ,$1,522 , 85 to- Edward J. Hance for St. Anthony . prosecutions prior to and- including the month of May, 1983. Motion carried unanimously. Reporting on the progress. of the cable T.V. service for St. Anthony were Al Kaeding, who summarized the actions.. taken by the North Suburban Cable Communications Commission and- Roger Franke, Director of Community Affairs for, Group. W, the cable service provider, who had been invited to answer specific Council concerns. about the service which had prompted them to delay the passage of a Cable Ordinance amendment.. Mr. Kaeding reported the Commission is advertising both locally and nationally for- a.,.staff person .to represent ;the ten communities on the Commission and -are preparing. the; 1984 preliminary budget which must be submitted in August. He told the Council the City is very fortunate that they have already selected a cable company since the state budget cuts have forced reductions in the State Cable Board staff to the extent that it has been very difficult to get. a franchise approved by the Board. The City ' s representative on the NSCCC also .reported the Com- mission is planning a luncheon to be moderated by Tom Curly which is designed to initiate area-wide interest in cable. and has taken the lead in pushing for an institutional regional interconnection and an access network of schools . r� 1 -3- i Mr. Franke indicated he believes ,the .goal of. making service available to all subscribers. before .May, 198.4 , would be met and .reported some St. Anthony residents may have service this ' December. Councilman Marks had raised the original. concern about the availability of institutional service, and Mr. Franke assured..him thisservice would -be on line at the same time it is . offered to residential subscribers : He said it is in the interest of his company to get all .subscri_bers on line as fast as they can because that is the only. way Group W can make money and the Group W official foresees that some day cable companies may be looking to institutional subscribers for. most of .their revenues. The Com- munity Affairs Director told Councilman. Marks that if his firm gets the St. Paul franchise, an uplink for national connection would certainly be installed- He agreed to set .up an appointment for the Councilman to meet with persons in his firm who are more knowledgeable than he in the areas about which Councilman Marks has so many questions . He. also indicated Jim .Daniels , .Gro.up W Assistant Manager, would be the contact person .to reach through Mr. Kaeding. Service would be providedthrough . "two head ends and .two hubs" , Mr. Franke said, and one is already. es.tablished . in the building Group W has taken over which was- formerly the Lake Owasso School. In reply to questions regarding the cable service to schools, Mr. Franke reported Group W intends to make a $50.,000 grant to foster educational access and would also provide staff persons to aid the schools in setting up their programs . Public useof the service, including televising of Council meetings , was also discussed at length. Motion by Councilman Marks .and. seconded by. Councilman Letourneau to approve the final reading and adopt the ordinance which provides for amending the Cable Communications Ordinance by mutual written agree- ment. ORDINANCE 1983-003 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 1982-009 KNOWN ,AS THE CABLE COMMUNICATIONS ORDINANCE Motion carried unanimously. Judy Makowske was present . and joined Councilman Enrooth in . a discussion of garbage being left out on the streets for long periods of time. The Planning Commission Chair' s complaint was related to a dumpster which had been left at an. apartment house for three months after service was discontinued.. Mr. Childs...indicated that the City would follow up any complaint called in and -would address the problem in an article in the next Newsletter. Telephone . calls related to a noisy party the previous weekend prompted a discussion of .the existing ordinances dealing with disturbances. and. just what actions the Police Department is constitution- ally permitted. The -Manager indicated he would discuss the matter further with the Chief of Police and City Attorney and report back at a later meeting. Councilman -.Ranallo .urged- the Council members to attend the annual conference of . the League of Minnesota Ctiies which had begun on the `. same day . -4- Before ordering the May Fire Department Report filed, Councilman Ranallo noted .that .the department had spent almost 10 ,hours responding to medical emergencies as compared to only a little over an hour on fires . Mayor Sundland suggested that some of the disparity could be accounted for by the .fact . that the. community is aging and there have been excellent fire safetyeducational. programs fostered by the Fire Department. Also accepted as. .informational were the April Financial . Summary, the May Liquor Operations Summary and the minutes of the Chemical Abuse Information .Committee meeting May 10th. An in depth report from Public Works Director Hamer on the collapse and repair of the sanitary sewerin front of the high school had been included .the the agenda packet. The Council consensus was that the decision- to only black top the road because of the possibility of settling, had been a prudent one. Mrs . Makowske reported she had picked up several warning signs on. the construction site which had blown over with the .high .winds experienced that day. The June 7th staff meeting notes were. noted and ordered filed. Motion by Councilman Marks. and seconded by Councilman Enrooth to accept .the City Manager's recommendation that staff should request the Hennepin County Commissioners to reconsider in this time -of tight budgets , their _ requirement that the City buy new. radio equipment from the County to replace the .radios presently used by the Police Department, since , even ! ,. though all radios in the system might .not .be brand new, or the same color, by permitting the City .to buy the equipment they have now, the St. Anthony system would continue to be functional and could be updated, as needed by -the. .City, over a period of years . .Motion carried unanimously. Mr. Childs reminded .the. Council members that a public hearing to - consider .the Metropolitan Pollution Control. Agency's study of the City water system _.is- scheduled to be held during the Council 's June 28th meeting. At 8 : 35 P.M. , the Mayor opened the. public hearing on the City 's proposal to amend its Year.. VII Urban Hennepin County Community Development Block Grant planning allocation to -reflect a $3, 541 modification in that allocation suggested by the auditors by which the City could be re- imbursed .for previously. paid expenditures . There was no one ..present to object to the amendment, or to provide input into the discussion, and the hearing was closed at 8 : 37 P.M. Motion by - Councilman Ranallo and seconded by Councilman Enrooth to approve the $3, 541 modification of the ' CDBG planning allocation for Year VII , as presented. Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilman Marks and seconded by Councilman Ranallo to '. adopt the resolution .which permits the application for reimbursement of Police Department -training costs . RESOLUTION 83-031 A RESOLUTION DESIGNATING A SIGNATORY FOR APPLICATION. FOR STATE OF MINNESOTA TRAINING REIMBURSEMENT Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilman Marks .and seconded..by Councilman .Letourneau to adopt Resolution 83-032. RESOLUTION 83-032 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING JOINT. AND COOPERATIVE PURCHASING. OF FIRE. FIGHTING. EQUIPMENT BY THE SEVEN .COUNTY 'FIRE -DEPARTMENT JOINT POWERS PURCHASING CONSORTIUM Motion carried unanimously. The Manager indicated the City Attorney had no problems with the sub- stantial changes recommended in the Minnegasco franchise renewal agree- ment by the Suburban Rate Authority. Motion by Councilman Marks and seconded by Councilman Enrooth to approve the first reading of Ordinance 1983-004. ORDINANCE 1983-004 AN .ORDINANCE GRANTING THE SRA UNIFORM .GAS FRANCHISE (MINNEGASCO) Voting on the motion: Aye: Marks., Enrooth, Sundland, and Ranallo. Abstention: Letourneau (Minnegasco employee) . Motion carried. In his June 9th memorandum, Mr. Childs had .explained that the auditors had suggested the City might utilize the .$23, 600 they .had transferred in the 1982 budget to the General Fund., .but which hadnot been needed to balance that budget, for needed equipment purchase and updating in 1983. - Motion by Councilman Ranallo and seconded- by .Councilman Marks to adopt the resolution which would rescind two - 1982 resolutions and thereby - ® free up $23, 600 for capital equipment expenditures in 1983 . RESOLUTION 83-033 A RESOLUTION RESCINDING RESOLUTIONS 82-019 AND 82-020 -6- Motion carried unanimously. The amount of sod needed for the St. Anthony Boulevard Bridge Project had been underestimated according .to Mr. Childs, and the revised costs for that job were reflected in Change Order #3. He added, however, that the total- projec.t cost is well below .estimate and the final approval would not be granted until the Public Works Department has confirmed that all the sod- is in and growing. RESOLUTION 83-034 A RESOLUTION APPROVING CHANGE ORDER NO. 3 PERTAINING TO THE ST. ANTHONY BOULEVARD BRIDGE . PROJECT Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilman Ranallo. and seconded by Councilman Enrooth to adjourn the meeting at .8 :50 P.M. Motion carried unanimously. Respectfully submitted, Hele Crowe, Secretary 4ayir ATTEST: �. City Clerk