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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC MINUTES 07081986 Meeting Sheet IIIIII VIII VIII VIII VIII VIII IIII IIII 101730 - BOX: 21 Folder: CC MINUTES AND AGENDAS 1986 Document: CC MINUTES 07081986 CITY OF ST. ANTHONY COUNCIL MINUTES July 8, 1986 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. Before he convened the meeting, the Mayor related the adventures he and his seven year old niece, Michelle, had riding in a squad car Sunday evening on their way to meet the buses containing the members of the St. Anthony Band returning from-the Statue of Lj.berty..celebration .on the east-:coast i n which they had participated. Mayor Sundland said their mission had been waylaid when the squad car had to respond to two police calls. The Mayor reported he had eventually caught up with the band via a fire truck and had been able to present a proclamation to Roger Bjorklund, the band conductor. Motion by Councilmember Makowske and seconded by Mayor Sundland to approve the minutes of the Council meeting.held June 24, 1986 with the following changes: Page 3, para. 5: Correct the spelling of "now" in line 3. • Page 9, para. 2: Insert "Minneapolis and" before "St. Paul papers" in line 6. Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilmember Marks and seconded by Councilmember Enrooth to approve the minutes of the Special Council meeting held June 30, 1986 with the following changes: Page 1 , para. 3: Correct the spelling of "chosen" in line 3. Page 1 , para. 4: Substitute "informed" for "indicated" in line 1 . Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilmember Marks and seconded by Councilmember Makowske to grant the following licenses, as listed in the July 8, 1986 Council agenda packet: Contractors T & D Construction, Minneapolis Heaver Design & Construction, Inc. , West St. Paul Heating H. Conrad Manufacturing Co. Care Aire Conditioning • Geo. Sedgwick Heating & Air Conditioning Air Flow Systems, Inc. J. K. Heating Company Motion carried unanimously. -2- Motion by Councilmember Ranallo and seconded by Councilmember Enrooth to grant temporary 3.2 beer permits for the following activities: • To Carl Medin, 3609 - 37th Avenue N.E. , for a family picnic to be held in Central Park, Septemb-er.. 14, 1986; To Yvonne Kleis, 211-3 Dickens Lane, for a Honeywell sof tbal-1 tournament to be held in Central Park Friday, August 1 , 19.86; To Rick Lundeen, 3904 Fordham Drive, 'for a family picnic to be held in Central Park August 3, 1986; To Terri Clarkin, Activity Chairman for the Church of St. Charles Borromeo's annual steak fry to be held on the church parking lot, September 5, 1986. Voting on the motion: Aye: Ranallo, Enrooth, Sundland, and Makowske. Abstention: Marks. Motion carried. Motion by Councilmember Makowske and seconded by Councilmember Enrooth, as a point of clarification that "hard liquors" would not be covered by the issuance of temporary 3.2 beer permits by the City, to eliminate the words "of liquors, including. . ." from the application for such permits . Motion carried unanimously. In relation to the Briggs & Morgan billing in the verified claims for the services they had rendered in connection with the City's suit against the U.S . Army et al , the Manager told Councilmember Ranallo the attorneys had estimated the City had incurred $6,022 in legal costs through May 31, 1986 related to the water contamination litigation. Motion by Councilmember Ranallo and seconded by Councilmember Marks to approve payment of the following claims as listed in the July 8, 1986 Council agenda packet: $25,108.11 to the Metropolitan Waste Control Commission for June sewer service: charges; $1 ,825 to the Edward J. Hance firm for prosecution services from May 8 through June 4, 1986; and $485 to Briggs and Morgan for legal services in May. Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilmember Marks and seconded by Councilmember Enrooth to approve payment of all verified claims listed for June 30 and July '8, 1986 and submitted by the City Manager at the July 8th Council meeting. • Motion carried unanimously. Mayor Sundland reported members of .the City Police Department had told him that the recent carnival had caused "nothing but trouble" for them. According to that report, -3- there were people sleeping on the grounds even though the Apache Merchants Associa- tion had assured the Council that would not happen, and the Mayor said, he had also learned that one of a number of people the police had to arrest had a long history of serious offenses, including suspicion of murder, etc. in other states. The Mayor indicated he had requested a comprehensive report of all- such incidents be made to the Council just as soon as the Police Chief returns from. hi.s v,acati.o,n ;al:ong with his department's recommendations for changes in City policy related to regula- ting future carnivals in St. Anthony. Mayor. Sundland reported receiving a letter from Lena Lindquist, the. wife of the Mayor of Salo, Finland, St. Anthony's Sister City, that she would be coming to the City for a visit July 27, 28, and 29 and he and his wife, Ardelle, had invited Mrs. Lindquist to stay with them. The Mayor said he thought it would be nice to have the City and School officials meet Mrs. Lindquist at a "traditionally American" potluck picnic with hot dogs, potato salad, corn on the cob; and apple pie. He would get in touch with the members of the School Board, the Mayor said, and would also issue an invitation to Dave Abrahamson, the elementary principal who had instituted so many contacts between St. Anthony and Salo students last year as well as the other school principals . Mr. Childs informed the Council that an English teacher from Salo had contacted him to let him know he and his group were coming down from Duluth the following day to visit the City and the Manager invited any Councilmembers who might be available to accompany the Finnish delegation on a tour of the community, The Mayor related a "touching moment" he had experienced with the Finnish student who had visited him when the boy had presented. him with a carved tree ornament • representing a swan which is. the symbol .of peace in Finland. Mayor Sundland said Juha Joutsela had indicated the swan was "a token of peace and love from him and the people of Finland to you and the residents of St. Anthony". With the prospects of many more visitors from St. Anthony's "Sister City" in mind, the suggestion was that it might be good for City officials to have some little. keepsake to give out to the visitors and that .i:t .might be also necessary to have a budget category set- up from which those costs could be paid, with perhaps, some help from the Sister Cities 'Association. Mayor Sundland said his young student guest had been "delighted" with the tee shirt and hat with the City's emb.lem on them he-had given him. Councilmember Ranallo commented that the American flags had been a "big hit'.' with the ,people he and his wife had given them to in Austria and suggested that, if as Councilmember Marks had suggested, . "a flag for St. Anthony incorporating the City's emblem on a field of blue was in order", th_at;iflag-might:-,oe developed through a contest for the best flag design to be held in the schools and the winning design selected by the Council . Councilmember Enrooth -asked Mr. Childs to see if the picnic could be held at the Salvation Army Camp and preparations were made for the event to be held at 6:30 P.M. , July 28th, Councilmember Makowske reported having attended a meeting of the Board of Directors_ of the Ramsey County League of Local Governments the previous day where there had been a great deal of discussion ab-out the amount and type of chemicals being sprayed on residential lawns and the possibility that some regulations of the industry • might be necessary. In relation to the carnival at Apache, Councilmember Makowske said she had gotten a call from a resident who questioned just how liable the City might be for allowing -4- the carnival to operate at all and had expressed the opinion that the carnival "had brought a low life element into the City which was unnecessary". Mr. Childs • reminded her that the request from the Apache Merchants Association had assured the City that the event was licensed, bonded, and insured. Mayor Sundland commented that he perceived all such complaints should be lodged with the sponsor merchants, many of whom he understood "were not too happy with the carnival either". Council- member Marks indicated he had been present when the St. Anthony police had to call for Mutual Aid assistance from New Brighton to deal with a fight which had broken out on the carnival grounds. The Manager had distributed copies of the letter he was sending to Ken Weltzin, Director of the Ramsey County Highway Department "strongly protesting" the delays on .the County-Road D reconstruction project and the unsafe conditions City residents have been exposed to during those delays. Councilmember Enrooth said he had relayed the same concerns to Ramsey County Commissioner Salverda who had promised to contact Mr. Weltzin about the matter- and to report back .to the Councilmember during the Commissioner's next- "coffee/breakfast" meeting, July 18th. Both Councilmember Ranallo and Mayor Sundland acknowledged how difficult it had been to convince residents that with the contract the county had written with the contractors, there was little or nothing the City officials could do to rush the project along. Councilmember Marks ' observations were that "there was .incredibly little work being done on the project; no provisions had been made for pedestrians who walk to Apache, and the potential for hazards from uncovered catch basins continues" . The Councilmember next reported a grant application had been submitted by the St. Anthony Chemical Abuse' Information Committee to the Emma B. Howe Foundation to make appropriate programs and materials available to the City 's schools and library, and the Councilmember indicated he and other Committee Board members were structur- ing a program to utilize those materials when they arrive. Mayor Sundland announced Councilmember Ranallo had been elected to the Board of Directors of the League of Minnesota Cities, which the. Mayor said, he considered to be an honor for the City to have one of its elected officials named to such a responsible job. Councilmember Ranallo accepted congratulations from the other Councilmembers and commented that he perceived it was very unusual for a state organization with only 14- or 15 members on its Board of Directors to have two of' those members from adjoining communities like St. Anthony and New Brighton. A "very complete" report from the City Prosecutors was ordered.filed as informational after Councilmember Ranallo had indicated he had assumed "the arresting officers named in the two dismissals at the end of that report had explained the omissions on the citations which had resulted in the dismissals of charges by the judge". The June liquor operations sales summary was ordered filed without comment. In relation to an item in' the July 3rd staff meeting notes, the Manager assured Councilmember Makowske that negotiations for the new lease for the City facilities in the Parkview building would exclude the space being vacated by the Developmental ,Learning Center in Septemb'0 . In reference to. the request for partial occupancy • of Chandler Place, Mr. Childs also told the Councilmember, as with any other new project, staff would be determining that space met 'all applicable State and City codes and statutes. The Manager indicated he anticipated preliminary plans for the Stonehouse addition would be ready before the next Council meeting , -5- Motion by Councilmember Marks and seconded by Councilmember Ranallo to approve the second reading of Ordinance 1986-0.06. • ORDINANCE 19.86-006 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ST. ANTHONY BY PROVIDING A, TWINKOME CLASSIFICATION Motion carried unanimously. The Manager informed the Council that the District #282 School Board had designated Peter Cartwright and John DuRand to represent them in negotiating a new lease for City use of Parkview facilities, but Mr. Cartwright would not be available for a meeting until the week of August 11th . Councilmember Marks, who along with Council- . member Enrooth would be representing the City in those negotiations, said he would be out of town that week. The Manager was requested to schedule the first negotia- ting session for the week of August 18th. Mr. Childs was then given Council direction regarding a personnel matter concerning the Public Works Department. In reference to the response to the Interrogatories Briggs and Morgan were filing with the U.S. Army, the Manager reported the attorneys had only listed the documen- tation which would be available to the Army in that regard. In addition to providing the Mayor and Councilmembers with copies, Mr- . Childs indicated he would be sending copies of the City's counsel 's eight page letter to Senators . Durenberger and Boschwitz, Representatives Sabo, Sikorski , Stangeland, and Vento, as well as State Representa- tive Rose and Attorney General Humphrey. Also in relation to the City's water contamination problems, the Manager then quoted from the preliminary draft he had of the review of the Camp, Dresser, McKee (_CDM) study the Council had authorized Rieke, Carroll , and Muller (RCM) to develop. He said the City's consultants had basically looked. at the 13 water supply alternatives which the CDM study had considered and proposed others which RC1%4, believed also deserved consideration. The alternatives which the CDM study had dismissed as not feasible were also addressed. The Manager indicated the RCM study had suggested a Minneapolis water connection should have been looked at in greater detail , and he said RCM had suggested in their report that the option of digging deeper wells should not have been categorically dismissed because the City's consultants had gotten a differing opinion in that regard from the hydrologist they had conferred with who had said deeper wells could be positioned so they wouldn't affect each other while they provided the City with an adequate water supply from a deeper aquifer, at a cost fromia maintenance stand- point, much lower than carbon filtration. The RCM study did not agree with the EPA study conclusion that the Roseville connection would be a proper backup for the City's water supply if the carbon filtra- tion and air stripping systems they had suggested went out and, instead, suggested only carbon filtration be provided on Wells #3 and #4 near the school with a deeper well dug next to the City's iron removal plant to be utilized if levels of contamin- ants increase in the ground water or the City wants to use less carbon in the • shallower wells when the contaminants reach a lower level . The Manager pointed out areas in the RCM report where the study had questioned the CDM study computations and engineering and told the Councilmembers that although -ti- the preliminary report from RCM had not estimated the capital costs .of' the alterna- tives they were suggesting, he perceived the consultants ' intention had been to • provide the City with some justifi.cati.on for requesting further Environmental Protection Agency consideration of these alternatives for "getting the City's water supply back .to the point where it was before it was contaminated". Mr. Childs said he understood the Department' of Natural Resources had somewhat modified their original position related to digging deeper wells by indicating that if that was the most reasonable alternative which was selected for the City and the economics were there to support the selection, the DNR might allow the City to dig into the Mount Sinai/Hinkley aquifer in this instance. Rieke, Carroll , and Muller had also pointed out in their comments on the CDM study that the EPA consultants had failed to estimated. the cost of dismantling the City's iron treatment plant, had failed to address emergency power, or standby sources and their study had contained no documentation of the air stripping design or calculated the costs of that alternative. Mr. Childs .said the consultants had perceived the CDM report had not accurately computed the energy costs for the alternatives they had proposed nor the costs of the carbon absorption system because RCM had checked and found the costs of carbon purchase and disposal would actually be twice as high as the CDM study had suggested. The Manager said the RCM study had also indicated the costs .of carbon would be governed by the types of contaminants which had to be treated, a fact that had not been addressed in the EPA study, which had only estimated the capital costs of a temporary system rather than the costs which the City could incur with a 30 year permanent system which RCM figures could cost an additional $150,000. • Mr. Childs indicated that historically the MPCA had refused to pay for standby costs such as digging new wells in addition to what is needed for basic supply, but the Manager suggested that it would be a cost which could be recovered from the Army. The Manager also indicated he perceived the City's needs would have a higher priority for EPA funding Of such funds are ever available). than New Brighton's because the contaminated wells are St. Anthony's basic water supply while the New Brighton well is only a standby. Mr. Childs said he would research Councilmember Ranallo's infor- mation that New Brighton was getting their funding but he was more inclined to believe that what that city 'had actually gotten had been advance authorization to dig the well if funds are ever available for the project. When the Council was asked for their reaction to the RCM study, Councilmember Ranallo said he perceived there would be a great deal of resident opposition to having Roseville water substituted for the high quality drinking water St. Anthony now enjoys. That perception was sheared by Councilmembers Enrooth and Makowske and the Mayor said he believed "the City would have to give back to our citizens what they had before the contamination, even if it meant carbon filtering the two wells and sinking a deeper well as the study had suggested" . He said the first mistake St. Anthony had made had been to allow New Brighton to dig into the Mount Sinai/ Hinckley aquifer and the Mayor -said he had always assumed the DNR wouldn't let anyone else do that again. Mr. Childs read the portion of the RCM report which quoted the DNR's new position that "the deeper aquifer could be used as an alterna- tive source of water for St. Anthony if that can be shown to be the most feasible of all possible alternatives" . The Manager then compared the costs of the proposed systems saying it would cost • the City about $400,000 to dig the deeper well or provide carbon filtration on the third well , but the cost of carbon and maintenance on the system could run those costs much higher than the ongoing cost of the deep well . He also indicated that because Well #5 is not yet at the point,-where the .City-wouldhave to'shut it down, it might be possible;to wait -to drill until such -time as the :costs. are r: recoverableJf,om 'the'Army. .Councilmemb:er',Marks speculated further that the. Army might, also be required to rebate the extra rate charges the.-res.idents had to pay in the"interim- for the-use of Roseville`water'and the interest on that rebate might- help to' offset the additional .---operating costs "of the contamination remov - -ing,system . Mr. -Childs suggested the Council might want to. tour .the permanent' . carbon- filtration plant which is just .going on- Iinejn St:. Louis Park. Motioh,-by _Council,member Enrooth and seconded by,:Councilmemb'er.. Ranallo to .,adjourn the meeting at 8..:40 P-X Motion carried unanimously: Respectful ly. submi-tted, _ Crowe, Secretary May or :ATTEST: City- Clerk