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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC MINUTES 07231985 Meeting Sheet i IIII II VIII VIII VIII VIII VIIIIIIIIIII ioiaio Box:21 Folder: CC MINUTES AND AGENDAS 1985 Document: CC MINUTES 07231985 CITY OF ST. ANTHONY • COUNCIL MINUTES July 23, 1985 The meeting 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; and Steve Carlson, Administrative Intern. Motion by Councilmember Makowske and seconded by Mayor Sundland to -approve the minutes of the July 9, 1985 Council meeting with the following amendments: . Page 1 , para. 4: Insert "by the Council " between "congratulated and "for" in line 1 . Page 4, para. 7: Substitute "He said he was certain the Police Department had approved the solicitation but was not sure they had actually seen the literature itself" for the last sentence in the paragraph. Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilmember Marks and seconded by Councilmember Enrooth to grant all the following licenses as listed in the July 23, 1985 Council agenda packet: • LAUNDRY VENDING Manor Wash "n" Dry, Apache Plaza HEATING Krinkie Heating & Air Conditioning Noel 's Heating & Air Conditioning Air Comfort, Inc. Neil Heating & Air Conditioning Blaine Heating & Air Conditioning Hayes Contractors CONTRACTORS Duffy Construction Co. , Overland Park, Kansas Hogar Construction, New Brighton Tamarac Homes and Design, Inc. , Arden Hills Valley Investments Construction, Eagan Franzen Construction Co. , Columbia Heights D & K Carpentry, South St. Paul Motion carried unanimously. • The request for a temporary 3.2 beer permit for the City Firefighters' 'August 10th softball tournament had been distributed prior to the meeting and accepted as an agenda addendum for the following: -2- Motion by Councilmember.Ranallo and seconded by Mayor Sundland to grant temporary 3.2 beer permits to the following for consumption, but-,not sale, of beer during softball tournaments to be held in Central Park: 1 . to Gary Hovey, 3004 - 31st Avenue N.E. , for the Honeywell tournament to be held from 3:00 P.M. until dark, August 23, 1985; and 2. to Bill Myers, 3460 N.E. Hayes, a member of the St. Anthony Fire Department, for the tournament to be held from 8:00 A.M. to 6:00 P.M. , August 10, 1985. Voting on the motion: Aye: Ranallo, Sundland, Enrooth, and Makowske. Nay: Marks. Motion carried. The Manager distributed copies of the July 23rd .memorandum from Larry Hamer, Public Works Director, in which Mr. Hamer had given his recommendations related to the petitions'for' two street lights to be installed i.n ,the alley which runs between St. Anthony Boulevard and Pahl Avenue and'for the City to take over the cost of the existing street light behind 2509 St. Anthony Boulevard previously paid for by the homeowners in that area. Mr. Hamer recommended that the latter request be granted since the City has begun paying for some alley lights since 1969 when that particular light was installed. He also advised the Council that the circumstances would--be-the same for-the light in back of 2609 St. Anthony Boulevard. The Public Works Director had also indicated he could see no justification for the installation of two additional lights in the alley between St. Anthony Boulevard and Pahl because there was already one light in existence behind 2704 St. Anthony Boulevard and thus recommended that only one additional light be approved. Copies of the signed petitions to support each request had been included in the Council packet and the Manager had distributed copies of the- City map which identi - fied locations of all existing lights. Jerry Kelly, 2809 Pahl Avenue N.E. , stated that he was present to represent Virgil Larson, 2813 Pahl Avenue N.E. , the Crime Watch Captain for their neighborhood, who had distributed the petition for the two alley lights at the suggestion of Officer Richard Puffer who had helped the residents organize that area into a Crime Watch Neighborhood. Mr. Kelly said the neighbors believed theirs could be considered a unique situation because of the curve of the alley in question and thefact that there are so many large trees and bushes behind the homes on St. Anthony Boulevard which darken the alley and pose a security problem for the residents. The neighborhood spokesman said the 'petitioners' first choice would- be to be permit- ted both lights, but, if that isn't possible, they would like to have one light installed behind the Ray Lundeen home at '2808 St. Anthony Boulevard. However, Mr. Kelly later concurred with Councilmember Enrooth's suggestion that installing • the light behind the Williams' home at '2805 Pahl Avenue N.E. would probably provide more light for the entire alley. ll -3- • A resident had asked Councilmember Ranallo whether the City was paying for the light behind the Mayor's home and Mayor Sundland explained that -he and three of his neighbors were splitting the cost of about $80 a year for that light. He then suggested that, if the City assumed the costs of 'lighting behind 2509 St. Anthony Boulevard, it would only be fair for the City to pick up the cost of the existing light behind 2605 St. Anthony Boulevard in the next block as well . Motion by Councilmember .Makowske and seconded by Councilmember Enrooth to authorize the installation by NSP of an alley light behind 2808 St. Anthony Boulevard and 2805 Pahl Avenue N.E. , with cost of power for said lights to be paid by the City. Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilmember Marks and seconded by Councilmember Enrooth to approve the assumption of lighting costs for the existing alley lights in the vicinity of 2509 and 2605 St. Anthony Boulevard. Motion carried unanimously. Before the Council approved payment of the verified claims listed in the Council agenda packet, Mr. Childs verified for Councilmember Makowske that the large amounts listed for the Walbon property represented the transfer of funds to the H.R.A. for the redevelopment of that property. ,Motion by Councilmember Marks and seconded by Mayor Sundland to approve payment of all verified claims listed for June 30 and July 9 and 23, 1985 in the July 23, • 1985 Council agenda packet. Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilmember Ranallo and seconded by Councilmember Marks to approve payment of $745.40 to Dorsey & Whitney for legal services during May, 1985. Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilmember Enrooth and seconded by Councilmember Makowske to approve payment of $26,813.15 to the Metropolitan Waste Control Commission for services during May, .1985. Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilmember Marks and seconded by Councilmember Ranallo to approve payment of $1 ,825 to the Edward J. Hance Law Firm for St. Anthony prosecutions from June 7 through July 3, 1985. Motion carried unanimously. Mr. Childs told Councilmember Makowske he perceived all charges which had been sub- mitted to date from Briggs & Morgan had been well within the limits established with the law firm for provision of legal services connected with the City's possible litigation related to the U.S. Army' s responsibility for the City's water contamina- tion problems. Motion by Councilmember Marks and seconded by Councilmember Enrooth to approve pay- ment of $1 ,000 to Briggs & Morgan for professional services from June 3 - 27, 1985. Motion carried unanimously. �i -4- William Bowerman was present to report ,the minutes of the Planning Commission • meeting held July 16th. He indicated the Commission had unanimously recommended the Council grant the requested conditional use permit for the provision of body tanning services in connection with the beauty salon to be opened in August at 2906 Pentagon Drive. The petitioner, Robert Olin, was. present but did not speak and there were no objections to the proposal - raised during the Council 's considera- tion of the request. Motion by Councilmember Marks and seconded by Councilmember Ranallo to grant a conditional use permit to Rober.t' W. Olin, 742 Buchanan Street N.E. , Minneapolis under the City Ordinance amendment which would allow the operation of bondy sun tanning facilities in conjunction with the Hair Solution Beauty Shop at 2906 Pentagon Drive, subject to annual review of the permit and to the facility meeting all applicable City, State, and Federal codes. In granting the permit, the Council finds, as did the Planning Commission, that: 1 . No one had appeared at either the July 16th Commission hearing or the July 23rd Council consideration or contacted staff prior to either meeting to object to the permit; 2. The proposed service seems to fit in with other types of service in that commercial district; and 3. No problems or complaints about similar operations in St. Anthony had been reported. Motion carried unanimously. Commissioner Bowerman indicated that, although the Commission had wanted to let the Council know they wanted the final platting of the Johnson redevelopment project approved, at the same time, they wanted- to suggest that this might be a good time for the City to promote underground wiring for a redevelopment project as recom- mended in the Comprehensive Plan. The Commission representative indicated he agreed fully with Commissioner Jones' assessment that "with the addition of cable wiring to the heavy feeder Tines along Edward, this and other sections of the City had become very unsightly and permitting the continuation of the situation in front of a new development would be both 'obnoxious and ludicrous '". The Commissioner also=accepted Commi ssioner:Jones' .pereepti_on- that _the -City woul.dr.have some responsibility to protect future buyers'of -those lots from=having their_property--- dow_ngraded=i n this manner: The Manager' said he had, as requested by the Commission, contacted NSP to ascertain the exact cost of putting the existing lines underground and had been told that, if NSP did that for this block they would have to extend the underground wiring into the next block as well at a cost of $55,700 which NSP engineers,--;had indicated would not be cost effective for the utility company to do on their own at this time. Changing the lines would effect the service to the homes across the street, and Mr. Childs indicated, a public hearing would probably have to be held to convince them the improvements were necessary. The Manager also questioned whether property owners in other sections of the City would be too happy to have their tax dollars • used to provide these improvements for only a small portion of the City. Mr. Childs indicated the existing lines are strung on the telephone company poles and - 5- • the NSP representative had estimated their charges would probably match NSP's for putting their service underground. The cable company would, however, have to change their lines at their own expense,. he added. The Manager added that the cost of the project, if passed on to the developer, would most likely make the develop- ment economically unfeasible and there would probably be another problem for him if two of those lots have been already sold, as rumored. Commissioner Bowerman indicated the Commission had also noted, as had Councilmember Makowske, that the Comprehensive Plan wording required only"promotion" of under- ground wiring for the overhead lines for redevelopment projects but it was his understanding that provision of underground wiring to serve the individual lots had been specifically required as a condition for the preliminary platting approval . When- Councilmember Enrooth wondered if the utility companies couldn't at least clean up the appearance of the heavy lines in front of this project, Councilmember Ranallo said this was not an isolated case since all the wiring in that neighbor- hood all the way into Minneapolis are the "same mess". Mr. Childs concurred, saying this was probably true of almost all the established metropolitan munici- palities and the only exception are newly developed areas like Plymouth, West Bloomington, etc. , which Commissioner Bjorklund talked about during the last Commission meeting. Mayor Sundland indicated that because of his association with the telephone company, he would not be voting on the motion related to this project, but he was certain Northwestern Bell 's philosophy about who would have to pay for changing of their • lines would be the same as NSP's unless the change could be proved to be of direct benefit to the company. The Mayor pointed out that he had been able to convince Bell to put their lines underground along Stinson from 33rd over the hill when they were upgrading the service to that area but that the project took nearly ten years to get approved. Mayor Sundland also said, whenever the State of Minnesota requires the telephone company to move their service for a road widening project, the state has to pay for the change. However, if the City ever has a large redevelopment project like the Salvation Army property, the utility companies would naturally have to provide all services underground, he added. Motion by Councilmember Makowske and seconded by Councilmember Marks to approve the final platting for Johnson Manor, a nine lot and two outlot subdivision between 33rd Avenue N.E. and 34th Avenue N.E. , east of Edward Street N.E. , as proposed in the final plat for the project presented for approval at both the July 16th Commission and July 23, 1985 Council meetings, subject to the title document being approved by the City Attorney and to the provision of underground utility lines for cable, electric, and telephone to each individual lot in conformance with Item #4 of the Section of Public Utility/Service Policy in the City's Comprehensive Plan. In approving -th.e final plat, the Council finds, as did the Planning Commission, that: 1 . Both the Commission and Council had held public hearings on the preliminary platting; 2. No one appeared at any consideration of the proposal to object to the proposed platting and there were a number of neighbors who did testify i.n favor of the • proposed plat and project during the Commission's May 18, 1985 hearing; -6- 3. The subject plat generally conforms to municipal standards and where lots are • smaller than required, many similar lots with small frontages, depths, and land area, have been platted and developed in -the adjacent locality; and 4. The final platting specifically identifies the utility easements to which the City is granted access, which was a concern of the Planning Commission. Voting on the motion: Aye: Makowske, Marks, Ranallo, and Enrooth. Abstention: Sundland. Motion carried. An indepth discussion followed on the letter sent by the parents--of the St. Anthony U.S. Swimming Club team to School Board, City Council members, and the City Manager asking that the Board's decision -to close the high school swimming pool for part of the year be reconsidered because of the perceived effect doing so would have on the team.',s ability to •continue in future competitions. Several Council members noted what they believed to be misconceptions in the letter .and the general con- sensus was that it would not be a viable proposition for a municipality to become involved in the ownership of a pool in a school building. There was also a suggestion that, if some arrangements couldn't be made for shared pool time with an adjoining school district, it might just become necessary that the parents of the swim team might have to pay for swim time in another facility just as the parents of City hockey players and other athletes do now. • The Manager wondered if the pool- might not be put under the jurisdiction of the Community Services Committee just as the parks are now on a fee basis. The Mayor indicated he intended to follow up on a-conversation he had participated in between the Chairman of the School Board and a representative of the St. Char:'l:es Borromeo parent organization in which the idea that St. Charles students might be allowed to utilize the pool for a fee had been presented. As much as they understood -the concerns of the Swim -Club parents, the Council members also indicated they could sympathize with the school being forced to cut back on some of its programs "in the face of today's economies." The Mayor reported- he had attended the Ramsey County League of Local Governments picnic and tour of si-x senior -facilities July 17th, which included the St. Anthony Health Center and the adjacent site for the proposed apartments for the elderly. He said there had been a large representation from different senior organizations on the tour and the Mayor indicated he would expect the word about the different types of senior housing which are or soon would be available would spread rapidly. Councilmember Enrooth reported receiving several calls about a meeting to be held in Richfield related to the air traffic problems over the metropolitan area. One of the callers had suggested the precedent might have been set for regulating planes which now take off from the northwest runways at International right over St. Anthony when Georgetown had been successful in forcing planes taking off from National to throttle down as they passed over that City. The Councilmember thanked • Steve Carlson for volunteering to attend that meeting and take notes for the Council . Mr. Childs indicated the City's non-voting representative to the MAAC Board would. also be urged to go to the hearing. -7- Councilmember Marks reported- attending the July 18th meeting of the Executive • Board of the Youth Service Bureau and the Miller Schroeder meeting the previous day where Congressmen Sabo and Frenzel had spoken about the inequities in treatment they both perceived in the proposed national budget as it would apply to the "Rust Belt" as compared-to the "Sun Belt" sections of the country. The City official also reported Congressman Frenzel 's perception of the cause of the existing national deficit and the inflationary effects a long time in the future from the deficit spending at this time. The July 8th report on cases handled by the Hance firm in Hennepin County Municipal Court July 3rd was noted and ordered filed. There was no interest on the Council to serve on the new Community Action Agency CCASH)_ which had been reported in the July 12th letter from the Board of Hennepin County Commissioners. Because the County Road D reconstruction project had been delayed for most of the summer, Mr. Childs said Larry Hamer had advised him by memo that day that he would be losing some of his summer help and that Herman Weber would be going back into the hospital and would also be unavailable to work on the water- main construction project which the City has planned. To get the job done, the Public Works Director had therefore requested he be authorized to rent a second backhoe with -an operator-for approximately four days at a cost of $100 an hour. Motion by Councilmember Marks and seconded by Councilmember Ranallo to approve the Public Works Director's request to rent the equipment and personnel necessary to complete .the watermain installation project on County Road D. • Motion carried unanimously. Mr. Childs advised that a special Council meeting would be necessary to approve the mortgage documents for the Kenzington project, The decision was made that the meeting could possibly be held at 5:30 P.M. either the 1st or 2nd of August, if documents are completed in time. He would expect the final papers for the Townhomes of St. Anthony to be ready next week, and, the Manager said, he understood Brighton Development would be starting construction on Phase 1 immediately. The Walker Methodist senior housing project on Kenzie Terrace would be started on schedule, late in August, and, although Mr. Childs had heard nothing further from the developers of Chandler Place, he said he would anticipate receiving a report after the bids are taken in mid-August. To his July 23rd memorandum to the Council members and Mayor, Steve Carlson had attached a proposal for street reconstruction projects for the next five years which would be eligible for MSA funding and which might be lost to the City if at least a plan is not submitted to the state for utilizing the $130,000 available each year for the reconstruction of MSA streets, according to the Administrative Intern. Mr. Carlson's proposal included $75,000 to be paid towards the City's participation in the reconstruction of County Road D in 1985; $310,000 to be applied towards the reconstruction of St. Anthony Boulevard from Stinson Boulevard to Highway 88; and $100,000 to be dedicated towards the reconstruction of Wilson Street N.E. from St. Anthony Boulevard to 31st Avenue N.E. in 1986; and finally, $300,000 to be utilized in 1988 for the reconstruction of St. Anthony Boulevard from the bridge • to the City limits, past Gross. Golf Course. -8- Motion by Councilmember Ranallo and seconded by Councilmember Makowske to approve • the 5 year Minnesota State Aid expenditures proposal for the reconstruction of MSA streets in St. Anthony, which had been submitted by staff at the July 23, 1985 Council meeting. Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilmember Enrooth and seconded by Councilmember Marks to authorize staff to order the specifications and a preliminary engineering report for the proposed 19.86.St. Anthony Boulevard reconstruction project. Motion carried unanimously. The number on the next two resolutions submitted for approval were interchanged because the Manager had advised that the first Resolution, 85-034, approving the agreement with the Hennepin County Assessors had been withdrawn because some of the necessary papers had not come in. The resolution authorizing the execution of the commitment agreement for the City's participation i.n the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency First Time Homebuyer Bonding Program was therefore assigned #85-034. RESOLUTION 85-034 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE THE APPLICATION-COMMITMENT- AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF ST. ANTHONY AND THE MINNESOTA HOUSING FINANCE • AGENCY CMHFA) AND TRANSFER OF NEEDED FUNDS Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilmember Marks and seconded by Councilmember Ranallo to approve the third reading and adopt the ordinance amendment which would revise the Cable Ordinance to combine the higher education and private education channels. ORDINANCE 1985-003 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 1982-009 REGARDING THE FRANCHISE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF ST. ANTHONY AND GROUP W CABLE Motion carried unanimously. Mr. Childs indicated the proposed assessment policy for funding future capital expenditure projects had been developed by Mr. Carlson following extensive research of past assessment policies and the way in .which other municipalities handled similar construction projects. The Manager said he perceived the document would serve as a tool in future financial planning and would establish an equitable method of assessing for future capital improvements in the City. No specific Council, action was required at this time but the general agreement was that the policy?' proposal should be referred as a matter of interest to the Planning Commis- sion. The Manager had given- a cursory report on the rationale behind some of the proposed policies dealing with street reconstruction, sealcoating and installation • of sidewalks and during the discussion of the sealcoating projects, Councilmember -9- Ranallo related an experience his family -had with the City crews who were repairing • the street in front of his home which the Councilmember indicated had really impressed him. He said his daughter's unsuccessful attempt to jump over a newly tarred section, which had landed her instead full length in the tar, had been witnessed by two of the blacktoppers, neither of whom were familar to him, who came to the door afterwards to inquire whether she was OK. The Mayor had a story which he perceived to be the other side of the coin. He said he had witnessed an incident where a resident had driven out of her driveway right onto fresh blacktop and had ruined a whole side of one street by the time the Public Works Director had stopped her to point out what she had done. This resi- dent was very resentful,.-about the City employee telling her how much it would cost the City to redo that roadway. The Council indicated how. p'leased they. were to learn that Lila Johnson would be _returning to her staff duties -after a serious_ il_1_ness.._ ._They_ also expressed their regrets that Joyce Melcher, who had worked for the City for over 10 years, would be leaving the City employment for a job closer to home next month. Mr. Childs reported`,Bill Myers had recently become a full time member of the City Fire Department. Motion by Councilmember Marks and seconded by Mayor Sundland to adjourn the meeting at 9:15 P.M. Motion carried unanimously. • Respectfully submitted, Helen Crowe, Secretary Mayor ATTEST: City C-1 e r k • CITY OF ST. ANTHONY COUNCIL AGENDA July 9, 1985 7:30 P.M. A. Call to Order/Pledge of Allegiance. B. Roll Call . C. Approval of June 25, 1985 Council Minutes. D. Licenses/Permits/Petitions. E. Presentation of Claims. 1 . League of Minnesota Cities - $3,286.00. 2. School District #282 - $6,000.00. 3. Adrian Helgeson and Company - $9,750.00. F. Reports. • 1 . Council . 2. Departments and Committees. a. Fire Department Monthly Report - June, 1985. b. Financial Monthly Report - May, 1985. c. Liquor Operations Monthly Report - June, 1985. 3. City Manager. G. Public Hearings. ' 1 . 7:30 P.M. - Program for Multifamily Housing; and 2. - Housing Plan (_regarding Chandler Residence) . H. New.Business. 1 . Resolution 85-031 , re: State Aid Funds (County Road D) . I. Unfinished Business. 1 . Ordinance 1985-003, re: Amendment to Cable T.V. Ordinance. J. Adjournment. •