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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC MINUTES 08121986 Meeting Sheet 11111 VIII 11111 VIII VIII VIII loll IIII . 101726 BOX: 21 Folder: CC MINUTES AND AGENDAS 1986 Document: CC MINUTES 08121986 CITY OF ST. ANTHONY COUNCIL MINUTES • August 12, 1986 The meeting was opened at 7:30 P.M. with the Pledge of Allegiance led by Mayor Pro Tem Ranallo. Present for roll call : Marks, Ranallo, Enrooth, and Makowske. Absent: Sundland. Also present: David Childs, City Manager. Motion by Councilmember Makowske and seconded by Councilmember Marks to approve the minutes of the Council meeting held July 22, 1986, with the following changes: Page 6,. para. 4: Substitute "Replatting the property to resite" for "In siting" in Finding #1 . Page 8, para. 5: Substitute "median" for "media" in line 5. Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilmember Enrooth and seconded by Councilmember Makowske to grant the following licenses as listed in the August 12, 1986 Council agenda packet: Heating • Kumar Mechanical Fred Vogt & Company Cigarette Mr. Hobo Restuarant Contractors D & D Improvement, Fridley R. J. Peterson & Sons Construction, Columbia Heights Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Mayor Pro Tem Ranallo and seconded by Councilmember Enrooth to grant temporary 3.2 beer permits for events to be held in Central Park to the following: Patricia Fagerlee, 3407 Croft Drive, for the Barna Guzy law firm picnic and softball tournament August 19th; Robert C. Davies, 3001 - 29th Avenue N.E. , for the Village Originals reunion September 7th; and. Lyle and Marion Studt, 77 Oakwood Drive, New Brighton (in School District #282) for • the Luckinger family picnic August 17th. Voting on the motion: Aye: Ranallo, Enrooth, and Makowske. -Nay: Marks . -2- Motion carried. • Before the vote on the verified claims listings was taken, the Manager told Council- member Makowske check #11706 for $157.60 was paid to the Town and Country Store for the food and beverages served at the Mutual Aid meeing hosted by the St. Anthony Fire Department July 29th. He also indicated check #11679 was written to Union Oil of California. Motion by Councilmember Marks and seconded by Councilmember Makowske to approve pay- ment of all verified claims listed for July 31 and August 12, 1986 in the August 12th Council agenda packet. Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilmember Makowske and seconded by Councilmember Marks to approve pay- ment of $5,000 to Rieke-Carroll-Muller Associates for consulting services related to the review of-the Camp, Dresser and McKee study of water supply alternatives for St. Anthony through July 26, 1986. Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilmember Enrooth and seconded by Councilmember Makowske to approve payment of $1 ,875.35 .to the Dorsey & Whitney law firm for legal services during June, 1986. 'Motion carried unanimously. • In reference to the statement from Briggs and Morgan, the Manager indicated he would be discussing the additional expenses he anticipated would be incurred in connection with the City's lawsuit against the U.S. Army et al related to St. Anthony's water contamination problems during the executive session with the law firm's representa- tive later that evening. Motion by Councilmember Marks and seconded by Councilmember Makowske to approve pay- ment of $2,198.51 to Briggs and Morgan for legal services through June 30, 1986. Motion carried unanimously. Mayor Pro Tem Ranallo and Mayor Sundland will serve as the Council committee who will negotiate the 1987 employment contract with the City Manager. Councilmember Makowske reported attending a meeting of the Association of Metropolitan Municipalities Housing .Committee on July 29th where the uncertainties surrounding the effect the proposed federal tax legislation might have on rental housing were explored at length. The Councilmember reported the next meeting, of that group was scheduled to be held at noon, August 26th, the same day as the MPCA meeting the Council would probably be attending. The Manager said the- Council members would be getting more detailed informati.on on the MPCA meeting as well as the tour.of New Brighton and St. Anthony the MPCA Board members would be invited to make August 21st before they tour the Twin Cities Army Ammunitions Plant. Councilmember Makowske gave the. Manager her copy of the "Metro -East Strategic Option" • prepared by the Humphrey Institute planning team which she said had again been discussed at the last meeting of the Ramsey County League of Local Governments and indicated that during that meeting she had learned a counterpart of the Ramsey County -3- action group was being formed by Hennepin County for the north Hennepin suburban • municipalities. The Councilmember indicated she perceived a real need for St. Anthony to actively associate itself with either one or the other of these efforts. Mr. Childs said he was familiar with the strategic plan being developed by the association of mayors from the northern tier of municipalities for the northeast suburbs including St. Anthony and New Brighton but, if this was an entirely new group, he would be very interested in seeing any information Councilmember Makowske had on it. The Mayor Pro Tem indicated he could see .a real value with having St. Anthony included in the grouping with Roseville because he perceived there might be a direct correlation between the Metro East study and the resurrection of a proposal to site a hazardous waste disposal facility on Rosevi`lle's boundaries with St. Anthony which he understood some of the City's neighboring officials were now saying "might not be too bad after all ". The RCLLG would be conducting a tour of Ramsey County regional parks which would include a dinner August 20th, according to Councilmember Makowske. Councilmember Marks assured Councilmember Makowske the "expensive looking" brochure put out by the Youth Service Bureau had been printed gratis by some large company and not paid for from funds from sponsoring cities. He said he would recommend the benefactor be identified in future printings. Councilmember Marks reported that during the planning process for the Chemical Abuse Information Committee, top priority had been given to the issue of whether the • boundaries for Committee membership should be extended to include all of New Brighton because that municipality and St. Anthony, are both part of the same school district. He said the private conversations he has had with New Brighton .residents and School Board members seemed to support this concept, the perception being that the chemical abuse problems are so severe, a joint effort might prove to be more effective. The Councilmember said* the only problem New Brighton Mayor Beneke had with the proposal was that the Committee might be duplicating- Youth Service Bureau or District #621 efforts which Councilmember Marks said he knew would not be true of the Bureau and intended to verify with the school district soon. Councilmember Enrooth said he perceived the large attendance of residents at the dedication ceremony in Trillium Park the previous evening had surprised even the event planners. Mayor Pro Tem Ranallo reported hearing from at least four City residents who were quite unhappy because the St. Anthony High School marching band had knot participated in the Aquatennial this. year with some questioning "just where residents had to go to. see the band they support if the band never appears at local functions for which they are not paid". The Mayor Pro Tem said he had reported those complaints to the person responsible for coordinating the band programs and she had promised to discuss the matter with Roger Bjorklund, the band leader. It was during a discussion of the transportation of hazardous materials at a meeting of the League of Minnesota Committee to study federal legi.slation related to funding of the Superfund, etc. that the Mayor Pro Tem said the possibility of constructing a hazardous waste facility near St. Anthony had been brought up again and he suggested staff and other Council.*members be on the alert to catch similar remarks in the future. He also said he perceived the quest ions related to the transportation of • hazardous waste might become very relevant to the City if the City wells are carbon filtered and St. Anthony has to .seek federal funds for the disposal of the large quantities of waste which would result. -4- Councilmembers Marks and Enrooth both indicated an interest in serving on the • Transportation Advisory Board for which nominations were sought in ,the AMM;'Bulletin. The former said he would appreciate the Council supporting his appointment to the Transportation Advisory Board and the latter said he just wanted to be considered to serve the community in some capacity on a committee. Mr. Childs indicated he had always been very impressed with this Council 's willingness to donate their time outside the City. He said the St. Anthony City officials were more active on state and national committees, than any other municipality he knew of, including the largest metropolitan cities where only staff members attend meetings. The Mayor Pro Tem said � it, was certainly true that the Council might never have realized the issue of the hazardous waste facility had never really died if he had not heard the "rumblings about it" at the LMC commission meeting. In regard to the listing of proposed primary election judges, the Manager confirmed that the judges did not have to reside in the precinct to which they are assigned and have to be evenly divided between the two major parties. Motion by Councilmember Marks and seconded by Councilmember Makowske to approve the listing of judges provided in the August 12th agenda packet for the September 9th primary elections. Motion carried unanimously. ' The liquor sales summary for July and six month profit report- he---had - distributed eport he haddistributed to the Council members indicated the liquor operat.ion' returns were making a steady improvement after the tornado, according to Mr. Childs. • Several items in the .August 6th staff notes were explored with the Manager who said � `he personally perceived the new white squad cars "were less imposing" than the dark blue and white. He reported it had also cost less to stripe them. . ,, .•It was noted that the St.--Anthony Rb ulevard; reconstruction -project was on schedule without any of the resident complaints received about the County Road D project. Mr. Childs commented that no trees had been killed and the curbs were left right where they were before the project. The Manager said Brighton Development is care- fully observing what is happening with the .,proposed federal tax legislation related to the tax advantages for low income senior projects. "Before .discussing the correspondence from Mounds View related to the Williams Company pipeline rupture, Mr. Childs told the Council members he and Mr. Hamer had met the previous day with representatives of Amoco Oil whose pipelines cross Silver Lane in the northeast section of the City, pass under Highcrest and Mirror Lake Manors and enter Roseville near Wilshire School in Highcrest Road, to discuss the safety of that line.. The Manager said they .had learned that the highest pressure point carry- ing from 1 ,200 to 1 ;500 pounds .per square inch, is near Moorhead, Minnesota with the lowest pressure at this end of the line, carrying about 150 pounds of pressure per square inch. Mr. Childs said he and the Public Works Director had been very impressed with Amoco's safety record as well as the oil company's practice 'of inspect- ing and testing the pipeline for corrosion each month. Staff had found the Amoco representatives "very .cooperative" and had been "very comfortable" with the oil company assurances that any emergency would get a quick response from Amoco and the shut off .procedures which would be employed. The Council concurred with the Manager • ,that neither the ordinance nor. resolution Mounds View was requesting the City pass was necessary when it came to the pipelines under St. Anthony or would "add to the strength of Mounds View's position". -5- , Mr. Childs reminded the Council that Representative Rose, who serves on the Governors pipeline commission, had requested all questions- about the pipeline under St. Anthony • be referred to him and the Manager concluded his .report with his own opinion that "in terms of millions of gallons of hazardous materials being moved through the City each day, pipelines like Amoco's are much safer than truck transportation". Motion by Councilmember Marks and seconded by Councilmember Enrooth to start the regularly scheduled September 9th Council meeting at 8:00 rather than 7:30 P.M. to conform to state regulations governing elections. Motion carried unanimously. The Manager said he would be getting in touch with Council members towards the end of August to set up the budget work sessions some time after Labor Day. He had passed out copies of Alan Kaeding's August 9th letter of resignation from his .services as the City's representative on the North Suburban Cable Commission because Mr. Kaeding is moving to Shorewood. The- Council concurred with Mr. Kaeding's suggestion that by naming the alternate representative, Dave Mikkelson, to serve in his place, the City would be retaining continuity on the Commission, which is now considering changes in cable ownership which might not 'benefit the City. The Mayor Pro Tem asked the Manager to invite Mr. Mikkelso.n to come to one of the next Council meetings and also to arrange to have a plaque made indicating the City's appreciation of Mr. Kaeding's excellent service on the Commission the last eight. years for presentation at' a future Council meeting. Motion by Councilmember Marks and seconded by Councilmember Makowske to appoint Dave • Mikkelson to succeed Alan Kaeding as the City's representative on the North Suburban Cable Commission. Motion carried unanimously. Copies of the proposed resolution requesting the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency to require the parties responsible for the City's water contamination problems to immediately investigate remedial action to remedy those problems had been distributed by Mr. Childs, who reported similar action would berequested of the New Brighton Council that evening. Motion by Councilmember Marks and seconded by Councilmember Enrooth to adopt Resolution 86-029. RESOLUTION 86-029 A RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE MINNESOTA POLLUT-ION CONTROL AGENCY .(MPCA)- TO ISSUE THE FOURTH AMENDED REQUEST FOR RESPONSE ACTION (.RFRA.) REQUIRING THE ARMY, FEDERAL CART- RIDGE CORPORATION (.NOW KNOWN AS FEDERAL HOFFMAN) , AND HONEYWELL TO CONDUCT REMEDIAL INVESTIGATIONS OF SOURCES OF CONTAMINATION AND CONTAMINATED GROUNDWATER OFF SITE FROM THE TWIN CITIES ARMY AMMUNITION PLANT (.TCAAP) Motion carried unanimously. Action on the proposed Resolution 867029 and the agreement for the Hennepin County Assessors Office to assess a quarter of the City property each year for four years • would be deferred until the City Attorney had completed his negotiations with the County, the Manager indicated, and he said the County's charges had been raised almost $3,000 to reflect the costs of assessing .the 150 units the City has added to its housing stock this year. Councilmember. Makowske said she would like to see the -6- wording of #1 of the proposed agreement modified to require the City be notified • "in a timely manner" about any "practices and procedures changes the County assesses necessary, in -the-f uture". Copies of a -bid submittal from the Belair Companies to provide a canopy roof, doors and windows on the east side and doors on the north side of the new Apache SAV Liquor Warehouse #2 store for $19,111 had been distributed and was the only bid received, the Manager said, although several other vendors had picked up the bid papers. The bid had come in less. than originally estimated, and there might be more demolition cost savings on the project, according to Mr. Childs, because the Liquor Manager had decided to utilize the window space on the north side for doors. Motion by Councilmember Enrooth and seconded by Councilmember Makowske to accept the bid and award the contract for doors, canopy, etc. for the SAV Liquor Warehouse #2 project to the Belair Companies, 443 - 8th Avenue N.W. , New Brighton, for $.19,111 .00. Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilmember Marks and seconded by Councilmember Enrooth to recess the meeting at '8:25 P.M. for an Executive Session with the .Briggs and Morgan law firm, the attorneys representing the City in its lawsuit related to the water contamination problems. The meeting was reconvened at 8:45 P.M. for the motion�.,whieh resulted from that session: Motion by Councilmember Marks and seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Ranallo to accept the proposal from Bruce-Liesch Associates to pay half of the costs of the consultants' review of state files related to the City's water .contamination problem, not to exceed $5,000.00. Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Councilmember Makdwske and seconded by Councilmember Enrooth to adjourn the Council meeting and to reconvene the Executive Session at 8:50 P.M. Motion carried ,unanimously. tted, Helen rowe, Secretary May Jr ATTEST: City Clerk