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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC MINUTES 01221985 Meeting Sheet IIIIIIIVIIIVIIIVIIIVIIIVIIIIIIIIIII - 101835 Box:21 Folder. CC MINUTES AND AGENDAS 1985 Document: CC MINUTES 01221985 • CITY OF ST. ANTHONY COUNCIL MINUTES January 22, 1985 7:30 P.M. The meeting was opened at 7:30 P.M. with the Pledge of Allegiance led by Mayor Sundland. Present for roll call : Sundland, Marks, Enrooth, Makowske, and Ranallo. Also present: David Childs, City Manager; William Soth, City Attorney; and Carol Johnson, Finance Director. The following amendments and corrections were made to the January 8, 1985 Council minutes : Page 2, para. 10: Add "from the warehouse" to the last sentence of the paragraph. Page 3, para. 1 : Change the letter "m" to the letter "1 " in the first sentence, making the word "letter" rather than "metter". Page 5, para. - 1 : Substitute "three year terms" for "two year terms" in the first sentence. { Page 5, para. 7: Correct the spelling of "guaranty" to "guarantee". s Motion by Councilman Makowske and seconded by Mayor Sundland to approve as amended the minutes of the Council meeting held January 8, 1985. Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilman Marks and seconded by Councilman Enrooth to approve contractors licenses to Thomas Development & Design, Bloomington; MNC International , Minneapolis; G. M. Northrop Construction, Lakeville; and Robbins Brothers Construction, Inc. , Bloomington, as submitted in the January 22, 1985 Council agenda. Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilman Enrooth and seconded by Councilman Makowske to approve payment of the verified claims as listed in the January 22, 1985 Council agenda. Motion carried unanimously. After clarifying that the City will be reimbursed by School District #282 for half the-total fee, motion was made by Councilman Marks and seconded by Councilman Ranallo to approve payment of $1 ,275.38 to Howard Dahlgren Associates. Motion carried unanimously. Councilman Makowske inquired when the City ' s membership in the Minnesota League of Cities comes due and was informed it had come due late in 1984. Motion by Council - �- man Ranallo and seconded by Councilman Marks to approve payment of $556.00 for membership dues to the National League of Cities.. i Motion carried unanimously. -3- Mayor Sundland expressed some concern about the sizes of garages which would be • built with the 32 townhomes on the site. Several townhome owners in the City had expressed their wish to have had bigger garages at their presently owned townhomes. Commissioner Bjorklund responded that the Commission had not discussed that concern, but did discuss the rezoning proposal at length. Motion by Councilman Marks and seconded by Councilman Ranallo to pass the first reading of Ordinance 19857001 which would rezone the 2. 5 acre Walbon property at the southwest corner of Old Highway 8 and 33rd Avenue N.E. from R-1 , single family residential , to R-3, multi -family residential . The Old Highway 8 Redevelopment/ Tax Increment Plan would provide 32 townhomes on the site, as proposed by the tentative developer, Brighton Development Corporation, and the Council finds, as did the Planning Commission, that: 1 . The proposed plat met with the general agreement of the neighbors following their review of the proposal ; 2. No one spoke against the rezoning; 3. The proposed development would eliminate the legal non-conforming, industrial/ commercial type of land' use now in existence on the property; 4. Rezoning does address a stated conflict of land users in that area which had been identified in the City' s Comprehensive Plan; and 5. The Comprehensive Plan further recommends that the medium density housing be developed for this area. Motion carried unanimously, The Commission representative indicated there had been a lengthy discussion con- cerning the request from Amoco Oil Company for a 15 foot setback variance for installation of a canopy and a five foot setback variance for the pump at their station on the southwest corner of Silver Lake Road and 37th Avenue N.E.. Repre- sentatives from Amoco Oil Company were present to outline for the Council their proposed plans for the station. Commissioner Bjorklund explained that after much discussion, the Commission had recommended approval of the request. Motion by Councilman Ranallo and seconded by Councilman Marks to grant the request from Amoco Oil Company for a 10 foot setback variance from the 30 foot setback required in the City Ordinance which would allow construction of a canopy in con- junction with the construction of a new gas station to be located at 3700 Silver Lake Road, finding, as did the Planning Commission, that the following statements which the proponent had included in their December 26th, 1984 application for the variance, addressed the hardship aspects required to be considered in granting this variance. 1 . On this lot several factors combine to create the conditions necessitating a variance from the front yard setback requirements on Silver Lake Road. The frontage on 37th Avenue N.E. (118.8) is extremely narrow for the combined side yard and front yard setback requirements of 50 feet. The only other manner in which this facility could be situated (rotating the site plan 90 degrees) is impractical due to the front yard setback from 37th Avenue. N.E... and the steep drop off to the railroad tracks. Also, the bridge over the tracks restricts the access to Silver Lake Road in such a manner to create poor on-site traffic circulation. The lot tapers- from south to north, thus at the front yard set- back from 37th Avenue N.E. , the lot is narrower than the frontage indicates . -5- plan, for a public hearing on those two items, and, if it ' s ready, review of the final plan, which would not -require a public hearing. All three steps could be considered by the Planning Commission at its next meeting and the Planning Com- mission could make a recommendation on those three steps to the Council., accord- ing to the City Attorney. Mr. Soth discussed one other pertinent detail regarding the Kenzington project. In the ordinance, a part of the detail plan is the final plat of the property. He stated that that is most applicable to a P. U.D. where streets are being laid out and so forth. In this particular case, he stated that the Council may want to consider granting a variance and not require a final plat and that it would be up to the developer whether he wants to plat it or not. Mr. Soth pointed out that the legal descriptions of that property are long and cumbersome and since it is a condominium which is going to •be built, once a condominium is filed, the descriptions will no longer be needed, so neither the developer nor the City would be burdened with them. He stated that this might be something the Planning Com- mission would want to consider as a fourth item with the other three previously enumerated. The Planning Commission could consider all four of those items at the February 19th meeting, as the Council also could at their meeting of February 26th. In response to Councilman Ranallo's queries, Mr. Soth stated that this P.U.D. concerns only Phase I and that .the final plan can be changed, but only by Council action. Neither the Planning Commission nor the Council , at a recent workshop, discussed overall density, but density for Phase I only. Commissioner Sjorklund was very concerned that Arkell Development had already sent out letters indicating there were changes in the Kenzington' s plans and that thesetchang.es had been approved, when in fact they had not. He feels that -Arkell -has been "economically blackmailing the City by saying things cannot progress if they (Arkell ) does not get this or does not get that". Councilman Enrooth responded to these charges by saying the Council should have had the procedures set forth prior to beginning the process and that there was now overraction to details which should have been understood before the process began. I The City Attorney stated that the final plan must be submitted to the Planning Commission, however, it has never been to that body nor the Council . Although a public hearing i.s not required for the final plan, Mr. Soth suggested perhaps one should be held and the amendments to the concept and detail plans could be considered at the same time. Everyone, then, would have had the opportunity to review the plan. i Mayor Sundland agreed with the City Attorney that to publish a hearing would be a good idea and Councilman Ranallo commented that that might curtail the feeling that somebody is acting before the process gets into motion. Motion by Councilman Marks and seconded by Councilman Enrooth to publish and mail to property owners within 350 feet 'a notice of hearing for the Planning Commission at their February 19, 1985 meeting to consider approval of the amendments to the concept plan and the detail plan for Phase I of the Kenzie Terrace Redevelopment Project. Motion carried unanimously. , f, -7- Information concerning the Comparable Worth Study was included in the agenda packet. • The City Manager explained. that 88 state cities are included in the study. The dollar amountsto be paid by St . Anthony were included -in the agenda packet along with a resolution :of participation. The City Manager told the Council that some of the monies i,n the escrow account will be held for the probable legal costs which are anticipated to result from ,this or any study 'of this type. He also said if there are dollars left, they will be pro rated back .to the participating cities. Motion by Councilman Ranallo and seconded by Councilman Marks to approve payment of $4,845.00 for the- City' s participation in the Comparable Worth Study and to approve Resolution 85-011 . RESOLUTION 85-011 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING PARTICIPATION IN THE CONTROL DATA BUSINESS ADVISORS, INC. JOINT COMPARABLE WORTH STUDY Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilman Marks and seconded by Councilman Enrooth to approve payment of $1 ,165.00 to the League of Minnesota Cities - Labor Relations Subscriber Services and Resolution 85,-008, approving..ut.ilization of the services of Mr. Cy Smythe of Labor.;..Rel,ati