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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC MINUTES 01081985 Meeting Sheet IIIIIIVIIIVIIIVIIIVIIIVIIIIIIIIIII ; 101837 Box: 21 Folder. CC MINUTES AND AGENDAS 1985 Document: CC MINUTES 01081985 �i CITY OF ST. ANTHONY COUNCIL MINUTES January 8, 1985 The meeting was opened at 7:30 P.M. with the Pledge of Allegiance led by Mayor Sundland. Present for roll call : Marks, Ranallo, Sundland, Enrooth, and Makowske. Also present: David Childs, City Manager; William Soth, City Attorney; Richard Krier of the Derrick Companies, H.R.A. Consultant; and Brighton Development Corporation Representatives. The reference to Councilman Marks in the second paragraph, page 5 of the December 18th minutes was corrected to "Councilman". Motion by Councilman Ranallo and seconded by Councilman Enrooth to approve as cor- rected the minutes of the Council meeting he'ld December 18, 1984. Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilman Ranallo. and seconded by Councilman Makowske to grant a heating license to Anderson Mechanical . Motion carried unanimously. Mr. Childs confirmed that the Dorsey & Whitney charge for $245 for legal services on the Walbon project would be .allocated to the City's H.R.A.. Motion by Councilman Ranallo and seconded by Councilman Marks to approve payment of $315 to Dorsey & Whitney for legal services during November, 1984. Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilman Makowske and seconded by Councilman Enrooth to approve payment of $35 in annual dues to the League of Minnesota Human Rights Commission. Motion carried unanimously. The Mayor reported he had been a guest of State Representative John Rose for the swearing in ceremonies of the Representative and of Representative David Jennings as Speaker of the House. Councilman Ranallo announced the Conference of League of Minnesota Cities would be held in the St. 'Paul Radisson Hotel , June .1-1-14th, and invited the 'Mayor and other Council members to attend the third planning meeting for the .conference which would be held January 29th at the Radisson. The agenda packet included a notice from the LMM that they would also be sponsoring the 1985 LMC/AMM Legislative Action Conference in the Radisson January 29-30th. The Manager indicated he would be taking reserva- tions for the latter. Councilman Marks reported the Minnesota Government Training Service Advisory Committee • on which h.e serves would be sponsoring a series of training sessions which had been advertised throughout the state and is indirectly sponsoring the -Management Action Program to be conducted in April by Joe Burton of. England. The Councilman indicated l -2- he is particularly interested in the January 25th session on Transformative Leadership. • which would take a look at rethinking leadership in government and management styles to parallel styles of leadership in business and said these are open sessions. Brochures on these meetings would be duplicated by staff for anyone who had not received one, Mr. Childs indicated. Councilman Makowske thanked the Mayor and other .Counci.l members for their support of her election to the .Board of Directors of the.Ramsey County League of Local Govern- ments on which she now serves. She also. reported on the latest RCLLG Board meeting where input from past presidents had been received: Tim Pekarek, a St. Anthony High School observer of Council meetings, asked Councilman Marks what the procedure would have been had the Councilman been elected to the State House of Representatives. He was told that the Council would select someone to fill his vacancy on the Council , if that had happened. Tim responded by saying "I 'd be available". The December Fire Department Report was ordered filed. The recommendations of the City Manager were 'accepted in the following: Motion by Councilman Ranallo and seconded by Councilman Marks to accept the proposal from Short-Elliott-Hendrickson, Inc. , Consulting Engineers, for the administration and maintenance of the City's 1985 MSA Fund at a cost not to exceed $2,000. Motion carried unanimously. • The November Finance Report was accepted following a brief discussion of the Travel , Conferences and School fund, which is running over budget. There was general agree- ment that . the monies expended from this account were good investments for the City. In the discussion .of the December Liquor Sales Summary, the Manager indicated a $74,000 insurance settlement had come in for. Store #2, which compensated the City for the loss of business after the tornado. Mr. Childs indicated he perceived the liquor operation would have run well over. $4 million in total sales if that store had not been out of operation for such a long time. Councilman Ranallo noted the sales figures for that store in December were- not much under those for the same period in 1983. The effect of the new warehouse operation on the Store- #I revenues is' being closely monitored, Mr. Childs said. He concluded his report by saying that, although the 1984 budget was tighter than ever, and, in spite of a $56,000 shortfall in liquor operation projections ($396,000 budgeted and only $340,000 transferred to the General. Fund at the year end) and unanticipated costs resulting from the tornado of between $40,000 and $50,000,. the Manager believes the City would still be in the black for 1984. Councilman Marks and the Mayor indicated they perceived the 1985 liquor transfers would be more realistic. Mr. Childs reported that at the request of the Mayor of Columbia Heights, a special informational meeting for elected officials had been scheduled to be held in the Roseville City Hall at 7:00 P.M. , .January 16th, to give further insight into the new Comparable Worth Study. As an addendum to the indepth report -on the City liquor operation by the Manager, Ray • Nelson, which had been reported in the staff notes, the Manager indicated that in the four days between Christmas and New Years, the warehouse operation had taken in over $100,000 and the Store #1 's -sales were consistent with their normal sales on New Years Eve, in spite of the competition. -3- The 3 The December 13th letter from the Hennepin County Bureau of Emergency Preparedness regarding the proposed siren conversion project was- in the agenda packet and Mr. Childs • commented that the item had never been -budgeted for because of the uncerta.inity about its becoming a reality. When the conversion is made, he said the funds would be transferred from reserves to purchase the equipment which would be required to convert the City sirens to .receive the radio activated control signals. Mayor Sundland told the student observer that if the power goes out, even with the new system, there would be no siren sound. . Councilman Marks observed that, after various state and federal grants are applied to the equipment costs, the City might have to pay only a quarter of the purchase costs for the equipment. The agenda packet included the December. 18th metter from the North Suburban Cable Commission related. to the monitors the City must have for the other cable equipment which has already been received. Mr. Childs reported that since that letter was received,: the MSCC had voted to pay for the monitors. Our monitor will be installed in the City Council Chambers. The December 29th memorandum from the .Minnesota Cable Communications Board assessing the effect of the Cable Communications .Policy Act of 1984.on Minnesota franchises, statutes, and the Cable Board's own rules, was ordered filed as informational . Tim Pekarek inquired .when the City could expect to see the Council proceedings broadcast and was told by Councilman Ranallo that would probably not happen at least for a year, because the City doesn't yet have the necessary taping equipment. The agenda included -the December 14th notice that a public hearing would be held in the Metropolitan Chambers January 28th to receive public comment on the proposed new regional Solid Waste Management Development Guide/Policy. Plan, .copies of which had • been distributed to the Council and Mayor by the Manager. Mr. Childs indicated he had some concerns about the proposal , including the recommendation that in 1988 the State Legislature set up a system for requiring all residents to separate their own recyclable materials. The Mayor- said he foresaw this might be difficult for older residents and Mr. Childs indicated he perceived many people like himself would rather pay to have the garbage haulers perform this serv.ice. Councilman Marks indicated he believed-the prohibition of land disposal of unprocessed municipal waste should have been mandated sooner than 1990. At 8:00 P.M. the Mayor read the notice and opened the hearing to consider the imple- mentation of the Old- Highway 8 (.Walbon) Redevelopment/Tax Increment Plan for the development of the 32 unit townhome project proposed to be constructed on the triangular shaped parcel of land generally described as the southwest corner of the intersection of 33rd Avenue N.E. and Old Highway 8, containing approximately 110,000 square feet of land now owned by the Walbon family. The notice had been published in the January 2, 1985 Bulletin and meetings to get nei_ghbor.hood input had preceded the hearing. Four of these neighbors were present. The. packet containing the Redevelopment/Tax Increment Plan, the Consultant 's recommendations for Council and H.R.A. action, as well as pertinent data on the redevelopers proposal to construct the project and site plans for the townhouse project they propose to construct on the Walbon property had been distributed in advance of the meeting to the Council members. Mr. Krier indicated the course of action he proposed would conform to the policies previously adopted -by the City and suggested by state statutes and would include the referral of the Plan to the H.R.A. for their deliberation and referral back to the Council following.the comment and recommendations of the Planning Commission, School District #282, and Hennepin .County. The Council in turn would send the Plan with -4- their recommendations to the H.R.A. for final adoption. In his January 4th cover letter, the H.R.A. Consultant had indicated he would anticipate both the Council and H.R.A. should be able to take action on the Plan at their first meetings in February. In his presentation, Mr. Krier touched briefly on the various goals and objectives of the Plan and emphasized that the captured asset value for 32 townhomes at $82,000 each, could be expected to advance the existing $65,000 assessed value of the property to the "captured assessed value" of almost three-quarters of a million dollars in the year 2000. , This represented an assumed increase in taxable valuation for the school district of almost -11%; 13% to the City, and 1% for the County. The Con- sultant. assummed these assumptions .to mean that under Tax Increment financing, the expenditure of a few dollars by the City now for land acquisition for both this and the Kenzie Terrace project would result in a very good return of their investment for the community in the long run. A question was raised regarding the retention of the same land use for this property for 20 years, which was spelled out on page 12 of the -Plan and Mr. Soth said such a covenant would be addressed in the Redevelopers Agreement as a deed restriction. Mr. Krier reiterated the purpose of the Tax ,Increment Plan which he perceived to be the elimination of existing blight to develop the Walbon property into owner occupied housing. The Consultant reiterated the redevelopment activities involved in the acquisition of the Walbon property, the relocation of the property owners and exist- ing three business tenants and two residential rental units, and demolition of the existing structure on the parcel . He indicated the costs for acquisition, relocation, demolition, and, administration are estimated :to be $578,900, of which $370,000 would be financed from Tax Increment and $208,000 would be paid from the sale of the land • to the redeveloper who would construct .the townhomes. The Plan packet also included the cash flow projections for the project by Springsted, Inc. , the site plans for the project proposed by the redeveloper, Brighton Development Corporation, and various documents reporting on the financial feasibility of that company. Councilman Marks requested the wording on .page 19 of the Plan be amended to indicate the project would have to conform to the City's Comprehensive Plan and other changes on pages 4, 5,- 17, and 18, suggested by the Attorney and Consultant, were also accepted. Councilman Marks commented that he perceived the redevelopment of the Walbon property would satisfy a long-desired need for the community, which the -four neighbors who were present, affirmed by nodding their heads. The hearing was closed at 8:25 P.M. Motion by Councilman Marks and seconded by Councilman Makowske to accept .the Old Highway 8 Redevelopment/Tax Increment Plan for the redevelopment of the Walbon property at the intersection of 33rd Avenue J.E. and Old Highway 8 and. to refer the Plan to the St. Anthony .Housing and Redevelopment Authority for further action, .as set forth in Mr. Krier's January 8th memorandum. Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilman Enrooth and seconded by Councilman Marks to accept the proposal from Adri-an Helgeson and Company for the 1984 City Financial audit, as proposed in their December 12th letter to the City Manager. Motion carried unanimously. -5- Copies of letters of application for filling the two year terms on the Planning Commission from Commissioner Bowerman, John Madden and Bob O'Connell had been dis- tributed. A Council work session to consider these applications and.to receive the report related to the water contamination issues from Becky Comstock of Dorsey & Whitney was scheduled to be at 8:00 P.M. , January 14th. . Another session to plan for a community meeting on planning and goal setting for the City was scheduled to be held at 7:00 P.M. , January 21st. Motion by Mayor Sundland and seconded by Councilman Makowske to adopt the resolution which designates Clarence Ranallo to serve another year as Mayor Pro Tem. RESOLUTION 85-001' A RESOLUTION DESIGNATING MAYOR PRO TEM FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR 1985 Voting on the motjon- Aye: Sundland, Makowske, Marks and Enrooth. Abstention: Ranallo. Motion carried. Motion by Councilman Marks and seconded by Councilman Enrooth to adopt Resolution 85-002. • RESOLUTION 85-002 A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE SIGNATURE OF THE MAYOR, FINANCE DIRECTOR AND THE CITY MANAGER ON ALL DRAFTS DRAWN AGAINST DEPOSITS OF THE CITY OF ST. ANTHONY, MINNESOTA Motion carried unanimously. Mr. Childs indicated he had spoken to the owners of the Northeaster and Focus about submitting proposals to serve as the City's legal newspaper in 1985 but the Northeaster indicated they could not guaranty the weekly publication required by state statutes and the Focus was unable to commit a reporter for Council meetings on a regular basis. However, he said, they both agreed to. discuss the matter again next January. The Bulletin proposal was included in the agenda packet. RESOLUTION 85-003 A RESOLUTION DESIGNATING LEGAL NEWSPAPER FOR CALENDAR YEAR 1985 Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilman Makowske and seconded by Councilman Enrooth to adopt Resolution 85-004. RESOLUTION 85-004 • A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING MARCH 15, 1985 AS CUT-OFF DATE FOR RECEIVING PETITIONS FOR PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS Motion carried unanimously. -6- Motion by Councilman Marks and seconded by Councilman Makowske to adopt the resolution • which designates the St. Anthony National Bank as the official depository for City funds. RESOLUTION 85-005 , A RESOLUTION DESIGNATING THE OFFICIAL DEPOSITORY FOR CITY FUNDS Motion carried unanimously. In his January 8th memorandum to the Manager,, a copy of which was distributed to the Council , Don Hickerson, Chief of Police; had stated the reasons for signing a two year contract with White Bear Animal Control rather than the previous provider, Minnesota Animal Patrol Services. A proposed contract with WBAC had been provided in the agenda packet and Mr. Childs indicated he concurred with Chief Hickerson 's recommendation, especially since the costs of the two proposals for animal patrol services had been very competitive and in view of the -controversy which had arisen regarding MAPSI 's service in Minneapolis: Motion by 'Councilman Marks and seconded by Councilman Ranallo to adopt the resolution designating White Bear Animal Control , Inc. to provide animal control services on behalf of the City of St. -Anthony. RESOLUTION 85-006 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE CONTRACT WITH WHITE BEAR ANIMAL CONTROL, INC. Motion carried .unanimous:l;y. Motion by Councilman Makowske and seconded by Councilman Enrooth to adopt the resolution which authorizes the change in the Public Works union contract which . would eliminate the Assistant Mechanic position. RESOLUTION 85-007 A RESOLL9ION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE LOCAL ADDENDUM TO THE AGREEMENT' BETWEEN THE METROPOLITAN AREVMANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION, REPRESENTING THE CITY OF ST. ANTHONY; AND THE INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS, LOCAL 49 Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilman Ranallo and. seconded by Councilman Makowske to adjourn the meeting at 8:40 P.M. for the H.R.A. meeting which followed. Respectfully submitted, L Helen Crowe, Secretary Mayor ' ATTEST: City Clerk