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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC MINUTES 03101987 Meeting Sheet IIIIIIVIIIVIIIVIIIVIIIVIIIIIIIIIII 101676 Box: 21 Folders CC MINUTES AND AGENDAS 1987 Document: CC MINUTES 03101987 � r . • C I TY OF I= . ANTHONY COUN C I L M 2 NUTE S MARCH 1 0 , 1 9 8 7 The meeting was opened at 7: 30 P.M. with the Pledge of Allegiance led by ten girls who are members of the St. Anthony Girl Scout Troop #10. Present for roll call: Marks, Ranallo, Sundland, Enrooth, Makowske. Also present: David Childs, City Manager William Soth, City Attorney Before the City Manager presented the 1986 Service Awards to the employees who were present, Mayor Sundland told the recipients that he spoke for all the Council when he said "although you might not realize it, your services to the community over the years have not gone unnoticed or unappreciated. " Pins, bracelets, and other selected items were presented to the recipients who were present in accordance to the years they had served. Awards were to be made later to those who were absent ( indicated by * in the following) : Five Years Pat LaValley, Liquor Operation since November, 1981* JoAnn Pommier, Liquor Operation since February, 1981* Ten Years John Memorich, Liquor Operation since October, 1976* Harry Werlein, Public Works Department since September, 1976* Fifteen Years Ben Lonsky, Fire Department Reserves since April, 1971 Twenty Years Ray Nelson, Liquor Operations Manager since May, 1966* Dick Engstrom, Police Captain, August, 1966 Carol Johnson, Finance Director/City Clerk, June, 1966 Diane LeClaire, Assistant Liquor Operations Manager, June, 1966 Joe Sturdevant, Police officer, July, 1966* Jerry Piper, Stonehouse bartender, June, 1966 • -2- The Mayor then presented a five year service pin to Mr. Childs, who had started his service as City Manager, August 17 , 1981. March 7 - 14th Proclaimed Girl Scout Week in St. Anthony Mayor Sundland read the proclamation he proposed to issue declaring the above observance of the 75th year of Girl Scouting in America "its beneficial presence in St. Anthony. " Council Action Motion by Sundland, seconded by Marks to authorize the Mayor to sign the proclamation he had just read aloud. Motion carried unanimously. Brownies Thank City for Its Support Ten Girl Scout Brownies, their leader, Sue Sorenson, 120 Windsor Lane, and some of the other parents were in attendance for the following: Robin Sorenson -read the Certificate of Appreciation Troop 1040 was presenting to the City "in recognition of its sup- port of Scouting. " Stephanie Smith -made the presentation. Crystal Clear -presented the Mayor with a birthday bouquet of balloons Mrs. Sorenson -gave the Councilmembers a poster advertising the cookie sale the Scouts were conducting in St. Anthony at that time. Marks -reported he had been among the 36,000 persons who had attended the Scouts Birthday Party at the Metrodome the previous Saturday; and -later reported his wife, Florence, had served as the Volunteer Coordinator for the event. Mrs. Sorenson -said all the members of her Brownie troop had been there as well. FEBRUARY 27, 1987 COUNCIL MINUTES Motion by Makowske, seconded by Enrooth to approve the above with the • following changes: Page 5, para. 3 : Substitute "Rule" for "Title" before "29" , line 4. • -3- Page 5 , para. 6: Insert "by Councilmember Ranallo" between "asked" and "for" , line 1. Motion carried unanimously. LICENSES/PERMITS/PETITIONS Before the following motion was voted on, Mr. Childs reported all the cigarette machines for which licenses were being renewed had been checked out by City staff . The machine at the Apache Bowl had been moved to a location where it could be better supervised to assure no minors bought cigarettes, he reported. Council Action Motion by Ranallo, seconded by Marks to approve the following licenses and permits as they were listed in the March 10, 1987 Council agenda packet: Contractors Sussel Corporation, St. Paul • Richard Hastings Co. , Fridley Suburban Lighting Inc. , Stillwater Kraus-Anderson Construction, Minneapolis Day' s Construction and Remodeling, Arden Hills Joe Nelson Stucco Co. , Inc. , Coon Rapids Hage Construction, Edina Cigarettes The Alternative Apache Bowl Apache Liquor Store St. Anthony Liquor Store Speedy Market, #7 St. Anthony Lanes Clochie' s Coffee House (Apache Medical Building) Dick' s Amoco On-Sale Beer St. Anthony Lanes Pizza Hut Juke Box Advance Carter for: • The Alternative Apache Liquor Store St. Anthony Liquor Store • -4- Vending Machines Minneapolis Bowl-O-Mat, Inc. (Apache Bowl) St. Anthony Lanes Bowling Alley Minneapolis Bowl-O-Mat, Inc. (Apache Bowl) St. Anthony Lanes Service Station - Dick' s St. Anthony 66 Dick' s Amoco Amusement Devices Advance Carter for: The Alternative Apache Bowl Apache Liquor Store Pizza Hut • St. Anthony Liquor Store St. Anthony Lanes Motion carried unanimously. CLAIMS Motin by Marks, seconded by Makowske to approve payment of all the City accounts payable listed for March 10, 1987 in the Council agenda packet of the same date. Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Ranallo, seconded by Marks to approve payment of $1 ,215. 00 to the Dorsey & Whitney law firm for legal services during January, 1987 . Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Makowske, seconded by Marks to approve payment of $12,800. 00 as the bid price, to Layne Minnesota Company for the modification and rebuilding of Well #4 motor and shaft. Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Enrooth, seconded by Marks to approve payment of $8 ,132 . 88 to Bituminous Roadways for the reconstruction of St. Anthony Boulevard. Is Motion carried unanimously. • -5- Motion by Marks, seconded by Makowske to approve payment of $24 ,896. 08 to the Metropolitan Waste Control Commission for February sewer services. Motion carried unanimously. Recess Councilmember Ranallo suggested a ten minute break be taken during which the Council could participate with the employees who had been honored with service awards for the specially decorated cake and coffee provided as a token of the Council' s appreciation of the recipients ' service. The meeting was recessed from 7 : 50 P.M. to 8: 00 P.M. AGENDA ADDENDUM Resident Reports on Silver Point Park Problems Arthur Johnson, Sr. , 3100 - 29th Avenue N.E. was present to discuss the problems his family is experiencing when the toilets in the warming house are closed. He identified his home as being almost part of the • park and suggested the City either keep the toilets open or provide satellites for the use of the youngsters who use the park in the summer. Mr. Johnson also reported many of the young people also want to use his phone and indicated his family had even had to report two accidents in the park because there was no other phone available to call the rescue squad. The resident was concerned about what would happen if another emergency should occur when no one was at home at his house. Mr. Johnson suggested a pay phone in the park might alleviate a potentially bad situation in the future. The Council response was: Sundland -indicated he thought Mr. Johnson had made a good point; -recalled a pay phone in the park had been removed because of vandalism; but -said since most of these phones are now alarmed to the police, it might be possible to have that service rein- stalled; -concurred that even though there might be some vandalism of the toilet facilities, the City should keep the warming houses open; and -it would be cheaper to keep the warming houses open than to rent a satellite. Enrooth -perceived a satellite would be very expensive. Ranallo -said that could also be vandalized. Makowske -thanked Mr. Johnson for bringing this problem to the atten tion of the Council because that was the only way they could be aware of the problems. Mr. Childs -promised to take care of the matter. REPORTS COUNCIL Mayor' s Report on National League of Cities Conference, Washington D.C. , February 28 - March 3 , 1987 Mayor Sundland reported he and Councilmember Marks had attended the above conference and information on the policies the League would be supporting had been given to the other Council members. The Mayor indicated that during the continuation of his discussions with Senator Durenberger and Congressman Sabo and their staffs related to the City' s water contamination problems, he had been assured that events were moving along in the proper direction. He said he had urged both • legislators to continue to do whatever they could to prevent "glitches in the bureaucracy" which would prolong a solution to those problems any further. Mayor Sundland said he had asked both legislators to let the City know about any changes which might hurry the process along. . In talking to other municipal officials about their concerns, the Mayor said he had again been struck by the similarities of problems experienced all over the country. He said he had come away again reassured that some of the actions taken by the City after "brainstorming" closely resembled the response other cities had made to the same problem. Enrooth Suggests a Tour of the City Might Reinforce the Need for the Proposed Ordinance Changes The Councilmember said he had driven around the City to see what' s going on when it came to parking and number of vehicles parked in the residential areas of the City in relation to the Ordinance being developed to address the problems in. these areas. He said his research had uncovered a "fair number of properties which could use some encouragement to clean things up a bit. " City' s Efforts Result in Unacceptable Business Not Going in Roseville Site on St. Anthony' s Boundary Line Councilmember Ranallo said he and some of the other Councilmembers had • received a number of calls reporting residents ' concerns about a "Food and Fuel" station being erected at the corner of 33rd Avenue N.E. and -7- Old Highway 8. He said because this would result in a 24 hour, seven day a week, operation just across from the new townhomes, he had been relieved to learn from watching the Roseville Council meeting on Cable T.V. that the proposal had been withdrawn. The Councilmember attributed this in part to the pressures applied by St. Anthony officials and residents against the project. Councilmember Makowske said she hoped the Roseville Planning Commission would now be taking a second look at that piece of property with regard to their Comprehensive Plan for that area. Mayor Sundland told her he would expect that would be exactly what would happen now. He reported having dinner with Roseville Mayor Don Wiskie and Councilmember Bob Mattson the previous Saturday night where there was a lengthy discussion of the issue. The Roseville officials seemed to appreciate St. Anthony' s alerting them to a potential problem with one of their properties, the Mayor said, to the same degree St. Anthony officials had been appreciative of Mr. Johnson' s report that evening. He added that he perceived Roseville now shared the same type of concerns about how that ' particular property might be developed as had been expressed at St. Anthony meetings for years. • Marks Reports on His Attendance at the League Conference The Councilmember assured the other Councilmembers that Washington hadn' t changed much when it came to traffic congestions and accidents. He reported he had gone to Washington one day early and stayed an extra day beyond the conference close. His early arrival had enabled the Councilmember to attend a conference on drug abuse the day before the official League activities started, which he had found very informative. Included in that conference had been a Justice Department report on its efforts to interdict drug traffic with the use of balloons to track planes and ships to intercept vessels carrying drugs into this country. The latter had been intended to be carried out by the 500 Coast Guard agents Congress had authorized be hired for that purpose, but, the Councilmember said, had been stalled because the Administration had failed to hire a single agent. Councilmember Marks reported on another drug program under which the gambling casinos and hotels which the drug dealers own in this country can be confiscated to pay fines when drug dealers are convicted. He added that the revenues from the sale of these properties are shared with the states for their participation in the law enforcement efforts. In spite of the fact that many of the drug fighting programs "were in jeopardy because of the Administration' s priorities" , the Councilmember said there were a number of community based programs which seem to be succeeding. Included was the program under which both parents and students are -encouraged to sign pledges not to be involved with drugs. • • -8- In regard to the City' s water contamination problems, Councilmember Marks reported meeting with both Congressmen Vento and Sabo as well as Senator Boschwitz on the last day he was in Washington. DEPARTMENT AND COMMITTEE The following were noted briefly and orderd filed as informational: *City Prosecutor' s report on matters conducted at the Hennepin County District Court on February 8 , 1987 ; *February Fire Department Report. CITY MANAGER March 4 , 1987 Staff Meeting Notes The Council had no questions about this report and it was ordered filed. City to Get Half of Sale Proceeds for Unused Property at 37th and Silver Lake Road • In its March 2nd letter to Larry Hamer, the Hennepin County Department of Transportation had informed the City that the portion of land which remained after the 37th Avenue Reconstruction Project would be put up for sale now that the project had been completed. Mr. Childs indicated sealed bids would be taken for the property and St. Anthony would be getting half of the proceeds. Certificate of Appreciation to be Given Officer Puffer The Manager indicated he certainly agreed with Chief Hickerson' s February 27th recommendation that Officer Richard Puffer deserved a Certificate of Appreciation/Commendation for his 30 years of service to the City. Council Action Motion by Ranallo, seconded by Marks to request staff to prepare a Certificate of Appreciation to be presented to Officer Richard W. Puffer at his retirement party, March 28th. Motion carried unanimously. Additional Newsletters to be Issued At the request of the Council, staff had prepared an estimate of the high and low costs for preparing a special Newsletter. Mr. Childs ' estimates had been based on staff ' s own experience preparing the Newsletter which went out with the water bills. The costs ranged from $985. 00 to $1,210.00 and included $380.00 for postage which might be reduced if the Newsletters were hand delivered by service groups such as the Boy Scouts. Mr. Childs indicated the water billing schedule could probably not be altered so it would seem that four extra Newsletters could be issued yearly if the Council wanted them to go out on a six week basis. The following were Council reactions: Makowske -said she was in favor of the extra Newsletters; -suggested the Manager check with Falcon Heights about their experience with having service groups make the deliveries and the cost of screening print shots for pictures. Sundland -agreed if the costs could be gotten down to reasonable levels this would be good vehicle to use to contact the residents between water billing mailings; -suggested the Chamber of Commerce might be interested in • being associated with this project. Ranallo -said he was very interested in the City getting a better method of communicating with its residents because "we sure aren't getting it now" ; -perceived a great number of residents are looking to the water bill enclosure for news of what's happening in the City. Childs -reminded the Councilmembers that they had agreed to help write the articles; -indicated ideas for articles were the most important; -said the way he understood it now, there would be a mailing going out April 15th and one every six weeks after. Presence of Bloomington Councilmember Acknowledged Mayor Sundland noted that Neil Peterson had come in with John Arkell and welcomed the Bloomington Councilmember to the meeting. City Realizes $6,464.72 in 1986 Franchise Payments from Cable TV North Central • Mr. Childs had included the February 26th letter from the North Suburban Cable Commission Administrator illustrating the above in the agenda • -10- packet as a point of information. He pointed out that the net figure had to be spent on cable related activities and suggested fixing up a cable room where the equipment, etc. could be stored, as a part of the remodeling of City Hall. The Manager said some of the high school students expressed an interest in keeping the character generator going and to update the community billboard on the television and suggested some of these dollars could be dedicated to that purpose. .Councilmember Ranallo indicated he understood the cable penetration had gone -back to 16% in St. Anthony and he had noticed all the community access programs, including Roseville's program the previous evening were on Channel 16. Mr. Childs said he understood that problem might be solved this week,. Mayor Sundland said Councilmember Schmidt of New Brighton, who was very active on the Cable Board, indicated the presence of Alan Kaeding, St. Anthony' s previous representative on the Board, was sorely missed. Councilmember Schmidt had also indicated that the Cable Board had been in contact with Brown Institute regarding the use of interns to help communities put together their programs and would be providing the City with that information in the near future, the Mayor said. Councilmember Marks said when he had a video studio he had students from • South Campus of Hennepin Technical Center contacting him about coming in under the same conditions. However, he perceived the City would have to provide some supervision in such instances. Mayor Sundland said he understood the Cable 'Board was considering using some of the money they had accumulated to hire. a few people to coordinate the credit-seeking students who were working, for the various communities. He indicated the centralization of the programs certainly made sense to him. City' s Policy Related to Fiscal Disparities is Formulated Mr. Childs said he would be representing the City at the special Association of Metropolitan Municipalities meeting the next evening and needed some guidance related to the City' s position on the above issue. He indicated he had gathered some figures together to indicate what the AMM proposed legislative policy would do for the City. The Manager said the effect would be different for the Hennepin and Ramsey County portions of St. Anthony, but the new formula would helpthe City when the .total picture is seen. Councilmember Ranallo said_ it was apparent that the City' s vote should be "yes" . Councilmember Peterson agreed to give his perspective from Bloomington' s standpoint and his own as Vice President of the AMM and Chair of the committee which had reviewed , the issue. He added that Bloomington had been a loser under the current formula and he had not gone to the Board position "without an agenda. " • -11- The Councilmember said he thought everybody agreed with the initial purpose of the Fiscal Disparities Law that all communities should share the wealth when commercial industrial growth takes place in the metropolitan area. The phenomena the bill' s writers had not expected had been that most of the commercial/industrial growth would only take place in 17 communities, leaving the other 111 communities in the metro area to become the basic benefactors. It was the Bloomington official's contention that the growth experienced by those 17 communities had been derived principally from the fact that they were located where they were and everything those growth communities realized from commercial/indust- rial growth had gone into fiscal disparities to be paid to other communities. Councilmember Peterson indicated this had caused Minneapolis to switch from a receiver to a payer which had changed the whole picture and caused the AMM Board to determine there was going to be a Fiscal Disparities bill before the legislature this year. The Board had also perceived it was better for the AMM to participate in the inevitable legislation and at least provide an arena for everybody to participate in the discussion rather than to have Minneapolis do whatever they wanted to do, he said. • Under the new formula, the contribution rate would be reduced by 2% per year for five years and any pre-1971 commercial/industrial base would start paying. The Bloomington Councilmember said his city would be a large benefactor of the bill and would be paying more in fiscal disparities than Minneapolis in four or five years. He couldn' t provide a defense for the 111 communities not sharing in the benefit except to say there would be more industrial growth and the 17 larger beneficiaries would be continuing to contribute to the program. Minneapolis would be lobbying extra hard for the new formula, but St. Paul was providing the main opposition, according to Councilmember Peterson. He said he agreed with both cities that many of the low income housing and welfare problems were being exported to both of their cities and that they need the industrial base to pay for them. He also said he agreed the outer circle suburbs need the inner cities if they are to grow stronger, which gives some credence to Minneapolis' arguments. The Bloomington Councilmember said he didn't know how the detrimental effect of the new formula could be alleviated for St. Paul. Mr. Childs said the difference in the potential effect for Hennepin and Ramsey County sides of St. Anthony is accounted by the larger commercial areas, principally Apache Plaza in the latter, which vastly overshadows the little commercial area on the other end. • • -12- Council Action Motion by Marks, seconded by Makowske to indicate St. Anthony' s concurrence with the proposed changes in the fiscal disparities formula and direct Mr. Childs, as St. Anthony' s representative, to vote "yes" at the AMM meeting. Before the vote on the motion was taken, Councilmember Pewterson told Councilmember Makowske the majority of the St. Paul suburbs would gain from the new formula and the Hennepin County suburbs would be the paying losers because of the 17 communities who would be paying the majority of 2. 6 billion dollars to the fund, 14 would be from Hennepin County. Ramsey County would be a substantial net benefactor, he added. Both the Mayor and Councilmember Makowske said they had failed to find a correlation with the new formula and the North Suburban Mayors attempt to get more development for their areas. Councilmember Peterson said he perceived the contention had been that the northern suburbs had been penalized by having the major roadways being developed in the southern areas. He contended that might not be accurate, citing the recent article on Coon Rapids which indicated that area had experienced • substantial growth without the highway system being finished in that area. The Mayor said he still perceived Bloomington' s growth had to a great deal been the result of the highway system which was installed there to accommodate the airport, etc. However, he added, he no longer doubted the growth would be spread more evenly as the highways in the northern circle are completed. Motion carried unanimously. AGENDA ADDENDUM Arbitrator for Upcoming Union Contracts Selected After a brief discussion of the matter, there was general concurrence that Cy Smythe had the best experience with the public sector and should be hired to handle the City' s arbitration with the Fire and Police Departments for which the mediation would be scheduled soon, according to the City Manager. Councilmember Ranallo told Mr. Soth he perceived John Zackman of Dorsey & Whitney should be complimented for considering the City' s welfare over the larger costs which would be incurred if that firm did the arbitration. NEW BUSINESS Approval of Supplemental Engineering Services by Columbia Heights • Motion by Marks, seconded by Enrooth to direct the execution of the supplemental engineering services agreement with Columbia Heights, as approved by the City Attorney. • -13- Motion carried unanimously. 491ers Contract Approved as Negotiated by MAMA Mr. Childs confirmed that no demands on the local issues had been received to date but that would be a separate issue from what was negotiated by MAMA. Council Action Motion by Ranallo, seconded by Marks to adopt Resolution 87-013. RESOLUTION 87-013 A RESOLUTION RATIFYING THE AMENDMENTS TO THE 1987 AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE METROPOLITAN AREA MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION, REPRESENTING THE CITY OF ST. ANTHONY, AND THE INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS, LOCAL 49, AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE AGREEMENT ON BEHALF OF THE CITY • Motion carried unanimously. Quotes to be Taken for Stonehouse Remodeling Project Two sets of specifications had been submitted for the portion of the above project which would be bid at this time in order that the Council would have a better idea of how much money would be left over for the kitchen project, Mr. Childs said. The Manager explained to Councilmember Ranallo that the memorandum he and the Council had gotten from Ray Nelson had only been intended to illustrate that the area which staff had talked about in the off-sale store for a kitchen would not be feasible. He said plans are being drawn to put that in the spot originally talked about in the southeast side and to move the doorways so a better entrance could be provided. This would be bid out separately, he said. When the Manager said he didn' t have the specs for the kitchen yet, Councilmember Ranallo said he couldn' t understand the specs which had been provided for the audio anyway and wondered if the kitchen bids couldn't be included in the motion that evening. The Councilmember said he hadn' t expected the audio/disco to be as big as it appeared from the specs. Mr. Childs said that was why it was so important to get the quotes back so the Council can determine whether any cuts have to be made for the kitchen. Those specs would be ready in the near future, he added. • -14- Council Action Motion by Ranallo, seconded by Enrooth to authorize staff to call for bids for the remodeling of the City' s Municipal Liquor Bar and Lounge according to the specifications presented at the March 10th Council meeting. for: A. audio, lights and video system; B. bars, furniture and equipment. Motion carried unanimously. UNFINISHED BUSINESS Gambling Ordinance Amendment Adopted Motion by Marks, seconded by Makowske to approve the third reading and adopt Ordinance 1987-001. '- ORDINANCE 1987-001 AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO GAMBLING; , AMENDING THE 1973 CODE OF ORDINANCES' BY ADDING X SECTION 445 Motion carried unanimously. ADJOURNMENT Motion by Marks, seconded by Enrooth to adjourn the meeting -at 8: 50 P.M. for' the St. Anthony Housing and Redevelopment Authority meeting which followed at 9: 00 P.M. Motion carried unanimously. Respectfully submitted, Helen Crowe, Secretary May r ATTEST: City Clerk :cjk