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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC MINUTES 09101985 Meeting Sheet IIIIIIVIIIVIIIVIIIVIIIVIIIIIIIIIII 101803 Box: 21 Folder: CC MINUTES AND AGENDAS 1985 Document: CC MINUTES 09101985 • CITY OF ST. ANTHONY COUNCIL MINUTES - September 10, 1985 The meeting was opened at 7:30 P.M. with the Pledge of Allegiance led by Mayor Sundland. Present for roll call : Sundland, Marks, Ranallo, Enrooth, and Makowske. Also present: David Childs, City Manager. Motion by Councilmember Marks and seconded by Councilmember .Enrooth to approve as submitted the minutes of the Council meeting held August 27, 1985. Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilmember Marks and seconded by Councilmember Makowske -to grant the following licenses as listed in the September 10,. 1985 Council .agenda packet: Contractor Bor-Son Building Corporation, Minneapolis Corco .Construct_ion Co. , Inc. , Plymouth. • Heating Guaranty Heating Co. Riccar Heating. Motion carried unanii0usly.. . Motion by Councilmember Marks and seconded by Councilmember Ran Klo to approve pay- ment of all verified claims listed for August 31 and September 10, 1985 in the Sept- ember 10, 1985 Council agenda packet. Motion carried unanimously. The Manager answered several questions relating ,to the billings from Dorsey & Whitney. . and Briggs ,& Morgan l.aw firms. He explained that the reference in .the City Attorney's statement to the Teamster's "suit pertained to the union's filing for declaratory. .judgement, challenging the City'-s residency requirement, which Mr. Soth had indicated he anticipated he could easily handle. The Manager said he anticipated the Briggs & Morgan fees would stay well within the approximate , $5,000 they 'had estimated as costs when they agreed to represent the City and to initiate legal- action by the City in regard to the U.S. Army and others roles in the City's water contamination problems. The only exception might be .if the Army entered into extensive "discovery" actions. Copies of the proposed resolution authorizing the legal, consultants to file a notice of intent to file a suit against the Army had been distributed prior to the meeting and the matter was accepted as an agenda addendum under the City Manager's reports. • Motion by Councilmember Marks and seconded by Councilmember Makowske to approve pay- ments of the following as. listed in the September 10, 1985 Council agenda packet: -2- $950..65 to .Briggs & Morgan for legal services related to the litigation related to • the Army's responsibility for th.e City's water contamination problems; $17,39.8.25 to continue the assessing services by the Hennepin County Assessor's Office for 1985; $9,000 to Independent School District #282 for the City's use of the .Park View facilities during July, August, and September; and $8,000 to North Star Casualty Services, Inc. , as their service fee for the City insurance program. Motion carried unanimously. Lon Helgemo of the St. Anthony Kiwanis Club presented his organization's request that they be allowed to conduct their annual Peanut Day fund raiser on various City street locations and businesses Friday, September 27th. The organization representative indicated these funds would be utilized, as in the past, to fund various local youth activities, including hosting the Special Olympics again this year. Two of the youth, Madden and Ott, who had participated in that event this last spring and summer, as well as members of their families were in attendance and assisted Mr. Helgemo in taking donations towards the fund raiser from those who were present. Pictures were taken by the Bulletin reporter. The Kiwanis spokesman thanked those who had contributed, telling them that the club also gives scholarships to St. Anthony youths and devotes a great deal of time to other community projects, including their strong support of the Crime Watch program with the Kiwanians have been closely aligned and have made a monetary donation towards • the signs designating the Crime Watch neighborhoods in the Village. Both the Mayor and Councilmember Marks had attended the Special Olympic games held at St. Thomas College and indicated they had been very proud of young Madden's achieve- ments when he had won both gold and silver medals for the events in which he had participated. The meeting was recessed from 7:40 to 7:42 P.M. and resumed for a report from the Mayor related to the resolution signed by a good number of north suburban mayors requesting more careful consideration be given to dedicating state monies towards the support of the proposed mega mall in Bloomington. Mayor Sundland read aloud the statement from those city officials which requested an impact study be made by the Metropolitan Council as to just what effect such a project might have on the growth and economic development of the entire metropolitan area and perhaps even the state itself, if exemption from fiscal disparities program or sales taxes on construction materials, or utilization of all available state funds for the highway development around the project site, were made a part of that support. The Mayor indicated the feeling of most of the mayors had been that any such exemptions or use of highway construction funds should be decided on an equal basis for all developments statewide rather than at a special legislative session where the interests of all might not be represented in the final decision. He said some of the mayors perceived that to permit a sales tax rebate for this project might set a dangerous precedent for other projects and the processes should include input from citizens, businesses, and other forms of government to determine just what the impact might be for them if state support is given to the mall . • Mayor Sundland emphasized that the intent of the resolution had been to neither endorse or oppose the mall project, but rather, to request more careful study be -3- given to the type of impact the project could be expected to have on .other community • development projects. He indicated he would be circulating his copy of the Sept- ember 7th comprehensive planning study done by a member of the Metropolitan Council which the Mayor perceived might be a "real eye-opener". Councilmember Marks said a conversation he had recently with a person who knew a great deal about this kind of study, had raised some real doubts in his own mind about whether the proposed project could be expected to promote the economic growth for the state the proponents had claimed. The Councilmember indicated he supported the Mayor's signing the resolution and there were no statements of opposition from the other Councilmembers. Councilmember Makowske indicated she had attended a Ramsey County League of Local Governments Board meeting September 6th, where the Council 's suggestion that the RCLLG invite a Ramsey County judge and prosecutor to a future meeting was enthu- siastically accepted for the October meeting. The Councilmember also reminded the other Councilmembers that St. Anthony would be hosting the next RCLLG meeting in the City Council Chambers September 18th where Chuck Wiger and Mary Hauser of the Metropolitan Council would be giving an update on Council issues. Councilmember Makowske also reported the AMM Housing Committee, on which she serves, had turned out to be a very active body and she had been unable to attend their latest meeting at noon the same day. However, she said, she had circulated for the Mayor's and other Councilmembers' input the resolution formulated by the Committee several weeks ago. • Councilmember Enrooth. reported the Middle Mississippi Watershed District, a joint powers organization of six or seven cities and entities, which abut the Mississippi River C93% of which land belongs to Minneapolis) had met that same day. The Council- member indicated the City would be assessed $700 for its share of the state mandated study of the surface water runoff due December 31 , 1985 and he had been appointed to serve as Treasurer and to find a depository for those funds. The purpose of the study is to identify the storm waters which flow from each municipality into the river and to recommend policies for controlling that flow, he said, and he perceived there would be little or nothing St. Anthony could do to effect the water quality outside setting up holding ponds within the municipality which would have to be about the size of Lakes Harriet or Calhoun, since all the City water ends up in Minneapolis interceptors right now. Mr. Childs said he understood the intent of the study might also be to set up some broad policies which would suggest actions the cities could take to improve their storm sewer flow., including being careful about street sweeping and avoiding the .introduction ofcontaminants into the sewer system. He pointed out that one positive result of establishing the district had been to remove Gross Golf Course Minneapolis Park Board propertyl from St. Anthony's responsibility. Councilman Ranallo indicated he had received a number of calls and complaints from the neighbors near the former Johnson Greenhouse site about the trucks hauling dirt in rainy weather leaving a couple of inches of mud on the adjoining streets and the backhoe scraping the top off the newly laid sealcoating. He said many of those who called expressed concern about the purpose of those large piles of dirt. The Council- member said the City Manager had agreed to contact the developers and to let the neighbors know just what they can expect from that project. • Councilmember -Marks indicated he had learned from Dave Wilmes that the Youth Bureau Director would be contacting all the schools now that they are back in session and that he had an appointment with the St. Charles principal the following Friday. -4- As clarification of the August liquor sales summary, Mr. Childs had distributed copies of the report with the August 1983 figures written in which showed the 1985 figures • were actually equal to or a little above those for the same month in 1983. The Manager said he had done this because there could be no fair comparison made between the sales figures for 1984 because of the effect the tornado had on the liquor revenues that year with the Apache operation closed most of the spring and summer and the opening of the new liquor warehouse in the southern part of the City at the end of 1983. Councilmember Enrooth commented that he perceived the City has a basic draw for this operation which may shift from location to location from time to time but keeps the total sales figures fairly stable. Councilmember Ranallo indicated he was very pleased to get these comparisons which showed the City's liquor operation totals, unlike 93% of other liquor businesses, had actually gone up rather than down the last few years. He asked Mr. Childs to continue drawing these comparisons in future reports and asked if staff had any new recom- mendations related to Store #1 . The Manager told him that operation would continue to be evaluated on a month to month basis, but current figures certainly did not indicate a need for closure of Store #1 , especially when check cashing profits are added to the sales figures. The August Fire and June and July Police Department reports were ordered filed. Mr. Childs reminded the Councilmembers that the groundbreaking ceremonies for the Village Townhomes of St. Anthony would be held at 4:30 P.M. the following afternoon followed by the budget work session at 5:15 P.M. The Manager then indicated the Mayor and Councilmembers had been invited to join • the members of the School Board at a reception following the high school Homecoming game, September 27th. During the discussion of the September 3 staff notes, the Manager reported Carol Johnson was making a good recovery from her back surgery and should be back at work full time in a few weeks at which time Connie Kroeplin would be having facial surgery, which would keep her away from the office for several weeks. Councilmember Marks indicated he would accept the invitation from the Ramsey County Community Human Services Department to serve on the task force to study adult day care facilities in Ramsey County. The September 6th letter from Briggs & Morgan, which the Council had accepted as an agenda addendum, had requested ratification from the Council that the special counsel had been authorized to file an intent to file a claim against the Army, and Mr. Childs said, had been prompted by the Army request for official documentation of the City's intent. Motion by Councilmember Marks and seconded by Councilmember Ranallo to adopt Resolution 85-038. RESOLUTION 85-038 A RESOLUTION RATIFYING ACTION OF CITY MANAGER, MAYOR, AND SPECIAL COUNSEL IN PREPARING AND PRESENTING A CLAIM UNDER FEDERAL TORTS CLAIMS ACT • AND A NOTICE OF CLAIMS UNDER VARIOUS FEDERAL ENVIRONMENTAL STATUTES Motion carried unanimously. • -5- Councilmember Ranallo reported the Fire Department had gone ahead with the Council 's • suggestions for raising $10,000 for the Heart Aid equipment the Department had indicated they needed to have available for emergency use after learning that the machine they have been using as a demonstration project would have to be returned. He said they had tentatively scheduled a steak and shrimp fry fund raiser to be held in the St. Anthony Legion Club rooms, October 10th. It was explained for the benefit of the Northeaster reporter that the equipment the Fire Department wanted to conduct the fun raiser for was a heart defibrillator which the City had been testing for the last few years for North Memorial hospital . The value of the machine had been dramatically demonstrated several times with one example being its use three months ago to revive Rick Lundeen, a City firefighter, who had suffered a heart attack while fighting a fire, and who would be able to return to work shortly. Counci.l- member Ranallo indicated he hoped the event would be given a lot of publicity since, in addition to the fund raiser, the Fire Department also intended to contact the various St. Anthony service organizations for donations as well . Motion by Councilmember Enrooth and seconded by Councilmember Marks to adjourn the meeting at 8:16 P.M. for the meeting of the St. Anthony Housing and Redevelopment Authority which followed immediately. Respectfully submitted, Helen Crowe, Secretary • ay r ATTEST: �&,4-it el/ Q-Z, City Clerk