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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC MINUTES 07101984 Meeting Sheet ;4 'i .i d r 101886 Box: 21 Folder: CC MINUTES AND AGENDAS 1984 Document: CC MINUTES 07101984 CITY OF ST. ANTHONY • COUNCIL MINUTES July 10 , 1984 The meeting was opened at 7: 30 P.M. with the Pledge of Allegiance led by Mayor Sundland. Present for roll call: Marks, Sundland, Enrooth, and Makowske. Absent: Ranallo. Also present: David Childs , City Manager; and William Soth, City Attorney. The following changes were made to the June 26th minutes : Page 3, para. 5 : Insert "with regard to the water hookup with Rose- ville" after "Agency" in line 2 . Page 7, para. 4 : Substitute "month" for "year" in line 3. Motion by Councilman Marks and seconded by Councilman Makowske to approve as amended the minutes of the Council meeting held June 26 , 1984 . • Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilman Makowske and seconded by Councilman Marks to approve the following licenses as listed in the June 10 , 1984 Council agenda: Heating Licenses Royalton Heating and Air Conditioning; Yale , Incorporated; Centraire, Inc. ; Noel's Heating and Air, Inc. ; and All Season Comfort, Inc. Contractors Licenses Lida Construction, Inc. , Anoka; Petra/Tri County , Inc. , Bethel; T. C. Builders , Inc. , St. Paul; Jer-den Builders , Inc. , St.! Paul; Allweather Roof Company, St. Paul; Thyen Construction, Inc.. ,. New Brighton; Hill Balster, Maple Grove; and Century Fence, Forest Lake. Motion carried unanimously. • Motion by Councilman Enrooth and seconded by Mayor Sundland to grant temporary 3 ..2 beer permits , for consumption, not sale , of beer to William Myers of the St. Anthony Fire Department for an invitational Public Safety softball tournament to raise funds for the Fire -2- Department Relief Association to be held in Central Park from 8 :00 A.M. to 6 : 00 P.M. , July 28, 19.84; and to Barbara Wall, 3200 Bell Lane, for • a Honeywell softball tournament to be held in Central Park from 3 : 30 P .M. to 9 : 00 P.M. , July 20 , 1984 . Voting ori the motion: Aye : Enrooth, Sundland, and Makowske. Nay: Marks . Motion carried. Motion by Councilman Marks and seconded by Councilman Makowske to approve payment of all verified claims for June 10 , 1984 , as listed in the Council agenda of the same date . Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilman Marks and seconded by Councilman Enrooth to approve payment of $26 , 304 . 16 for the January Metropolitan Waste Control Commission sewer services charges. Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilman. Marks and seconded by Councilman Makowske to approve payment of $3 ,056 for League of Minnesota Cities 1984-85 dues . • Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilman Enrooth and seconded by Mayor Sundland to approve payment of $1, 750 . 15 to Dorsey & Whitney for legal services during 1984, including services on the Doppler radar system which would be reimbursed from the Doppler Radar fund. Motion carried unanimously . Motion by Mayor Sundland and seconded by Councilman Enrooth to approve payment of $23, 861 to Lakeland Ford Truck Sales , Inc. , for a new Public Works truck purchased under the cooperative purchasing agree- ment with- Hennepin County. Motion carried unanimously. The March and April financial reports were considered and the Manager indicated he could furnish the Council with the more detailed computer reports the next time if a more in depth report is wanted. Councilman Marks reported attendance at a recent Youth Service Bureau Executive Board meeting where he had learned that Ron Taylor, the youth counselor, had resigned but a replacement had been found. Councilman Enrooth reported several indications of constituent disapproval of the recent liquor store T.V. ad, and said, although he agreed with re the Mayor that the advertisement had served its purpose of getting -3- people into the new liquor warehouse , the Councilman indicated he • wouldn' t care to have that ad repeated. The visual impact of the commercial had been much differentthan the printed script he had read in advance of its showing, Councilman Enrooth said. Councilman Makowske recommended the City send a letter to the St. Anthony High School marching band who had taken first place among high school bands in the National Independence Day parade competition in San Francisco. The Mayor told her he had personally met the band when they arrived back in.- town and had presented a proclamation of congratulations from,,the.; City- to__each youngster as:.:he or._ she got;off the bus . He agreed further that the proclamation could be retyped to be presented to the band leader, Roger Bjorklund. Councilman Marks indicated he was disappointed to see the lack of media attention given to ,the band' s accomplishments over the years . Mayor Sundland read .the letter from the American Red Cross which accompanied a plaque of appreciation from..that•:organxzation 'for the cooperation and help .given them by the City staff when they had been in the City aiding the tornado victims . Mayor Sundland indicated he and the. Council had experienced the same degree of cooperation as, reflected in the following: Motion by Councilman Marks and seconded by Councilman Enrooth to express the Mayor and City Council's gratitude to the City staff for their outstanding efforts and aid . rendered during the tornado crisis . Motion carried unanimously. The June liquor sales summary indicated a 46% raise in sales for the first six months of 1984, as compared to the same period last year and the Manager said the third -quarter report would reflect the insurance returns for the Apache operation which should improve the profit picture, but not necessarily to the extent -that had been optimistically budgeted for 1984 . Councilman Makowske reported observing that the crews were working on the water connection lines with. Roseville on the Fourth of July. Councilman Enrooth speculated that might be because the union celebrated the holiday on the weekend instead. Included in the agenda packet had been a copy of the July 13th response from the Hennepin County Traffic Signal Engineer to Mr. Hamer's concerns about motorists using Silver Lake Road through the City as a 4-lane street. The County engineer had promised to study the problem further and, suggested any changes in striping of that roadway could be plannedto coincide with the reconstruction of County Road D. The 1983 City audit by Adrian Helgeson Company had been distributed to Council members and Mr. Childs told them that actions to remove the only audit exception specified by the auditors had already been • initiated by Carol Johnson. The Manager's memorandum on his wage negotiations with the non-union personnel were accepted as informational because the Mayor commented that he would not care to become involved in the nitty gritty details of those negotiations which were the sole responsibility of the Manager. -4- The July 6th notification from the Metropolitan Council related to the • application from Sperry Computer Systems for a permit for a hazardous waste storage facility in Roseville was distributed to the Council members. Councilman Makowske indicated she perceived this to be only a recognition of the existing transfer station on Highcrest Road and the documents were ordered filed after Mr. Childs had indicated he would forward any Council comments to .the Metropolitan Council. Council members had been provided with copies of the revised Ordinance 1984-003 and Resolution 84-032 with which the Council could adopt the ordinance after three readings . The major changes in the ordinance, as previously explained and recommended by St. Anthony 's Cable Com" missioner Al Kaeding, had been. underlined on the copy of the original ordinance whichhad been included in the agenda packet and Mr. Soth addressed the changes which pertained to installation methods, rates, and the agreement extension with Group W from May -_12 , 1984 to November 12, 1984 . It was noted that the restrictions against X-rated program- ming and availability of "lock out" devices for programming had been retained in the ordinance. Motion by Councilman Marks and seconded by Councilman Makowske to approve the first reading of Ordinance 1984-003. ORDINANCE 1984-003 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 1982-009 , KNOWN AS THE CABLE COMMUNICATIONS ORDINANCE • Motion carried unanimously. In his July 6th memorandum, .Mr. Childs had indicated staff was recom- mending bids be taken for the Doppler radar system based on the specifications he had included in the agenda packet. Mr. Soth had developed a document establishing*.Conditions of Purchase which he said he perceived would provide further safeguards for the City and would assure that the . City would own the system only long enough to make an immediate transfer to the National Weather Service. Mr. Childs said he would contact the Weather Service' to find out the number of months they would require .to test the -system before taking possession so the contractor would be responsible for maintenance and repair of the system in the interim. Motion by Councilman Marks and seconded by Councilman Enrooth to authorize staff to advertise for bids for a Doppler radar system, based on the specifications included in the July 10 , 1984 Council agenda and on the Conditions of Purchase proposed by the City Attorney, which bids would be accepted until 1: 00 P .M. , July 24, 1984 , with the contract to be. awarded to the lowest bidder by the Council during . their meeting the same evening. Motion carried unanimously. The request from the Minneapolis Parks and Recreation Board that they is be. permitted to connect water and sewer for Gross Golf Course to Roseville and Minneapolis instead of the St. Anthony system had been tabled at the June 26th meeting to enable City officials to negotiate the Park Board participation in the rebuilding of St. Anthony Boulevard. -5- In his July- 10th. memorandum, Mr. Childs advised that the discussions he and the Mayor had-with Park Board officials had been somewhat unsuccessful because the Park Board is adamant about not participating in the reconstruction project, because, as Mayor Sundland had indicated earlierthat evening, they perceive they might be setting a dangerous precedent for the 90 or so miles of roadway around Park Board property in other communities. However, during the discussions of the new roadway near the golf course, there appeared to be some willingness on the Board members ' part to aid the. City in negotiating an MSA funded roadway with the state. There is also an indication that the Board might be amenable to removing the truck restriction from the 1965 agreement with St. Anthony transferring the boulevard ownership from the Park Board to the City. Councilman Makowske reported counting 40 trees on the golf course side of the boulevard, many of which had been ringed for removal because they had Elm Tree Disease, and she also noted 10 of the remaining trees could be easily relocated because they were brand new. The Councilman was also of the opinion that on-street parking could only be permitted in parking bays , which she believed should be provided by the Park Board. Mr. Soth. pointed out the legal problems the City could encounter if an attempt is made to break the agreement regarding truck traffic and suggested it might be better to convince the Park Board to remove • those restrictions from the 1965 agreement so the City could deal with the question later on should another source of funding than MSA become available for rebuilding the street. Motion by Mayor Sundland and seconded by Councilman Enrooth to approve the Minneapolis Parks and Recreation Board request to connect water and sewer services for Gross Golf Course to Roseville and Minneapolis on the condition that the Board deletes Paragraph 2 , Page 8 from their December 17, 1965 agreement with the City of St. Anthony related to the ownership of St. Anthony Boulevard. Motion carried unanimously. The Council had previously directed the. City Attorney to find out what the costs might be for his firm to contact the attorney who is handling New Brighton' s water contamination case against the Army to research the procedures they have taken to the extent the City could be assured no deadlines would be missed or legal procedures failed to be initiated which could prevent the City from joining New Brighton in their suite, if that action could not later be avoided. Mr. Soth reported an environmental specialist from his firm had contacted the LeFevere attorney and estimated the costs from both firms_ could run between $1,500 and $2 ,000 , which he perceived to be minimal as compared to the legal expenses New Brighton has already '. incurred in their litigation with the parties who may also have been responsible for the City' s contamination problems . -6- Motion by Councilman Marks and seconded by Councilman Makowske to • authorize Dorsey & Whitney to make the proposed investigation related to the possibility of joining New Brighton in their litigation related to the contamination of both cities' water supplies , with the costs of the research not to exceed $2 ,000. Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilman Enrooth and seconded by Councilman Marks to adjourn the meeting at 8:50 P.M. Motion carried unanimously . Respectfully submitted, Helen Crowe, Secretary Mayor ATTEST: �. City Clerk •