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Folder: CC MINUTES AND AGENDAS 1987
Document: CC MINUTES 06031987
• C 2 TY OF S T _ ANTHONY
C OUN C= L M=NUTS S
.TUNE 3 1 9 8 7
1 The meeting, which had been rescheduled from June 9th because of a
2 conflict with the League of Minnesota Cities Conference the same week,
3 was called to order at 5: 28 P.M. by Mayor Sundland.
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5 Present for roll call: Sundland, Marks, Ranallo, Enrooth, Makowske.
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7 Also present: David Childs, City Manager.
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9 LICENSES/PERMITS/PETITIONS
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11 Motion by Ranallo, seconded by Marks to grant a contractors license to
12 Metropolitan Improvement, Inc.
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14 Motion carried unanimously.
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16 CLAIMS
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18 Motion by Marks, seconded by Enrooth to approve payment of $89,500.00 to
•19 Carlson' s Lake State Equipment for the new motor grader for which bonds
20 had been issued in January.
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22 Motion carried unanimously.
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24 Councilmember Makowske commented that she was certainly relieved that
25 the City did not have to pay $5,500 in sales tax which would be imposed
26 on future purchases since a 6% sales tax on local governments
27 legislation had passed this session.
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29 There were no verified claims included in the agenda packet.
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31 REPORTS
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33 COUNCIL REPORTS
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35 St. Anthony Given Award of Honor for Traffic Safety in 1986
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37 Mayor Sundland displayed the plaque the City had received that afternoon
38 from the Minnesota Safety Council which commended the City for
39 "exceptional action, prevention, performance, and traffic safety" during
40 the previous year. Councilmember Ranallo commented that 1985 had been
41 the only year he could recall when the City had not been a recipient of
42 this award.
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44 RCLLG Report on Quality of St. Paul Water Provided Little Hope that
•45 Roseville Water Quality Would be Improved
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47 Councilmember Makowske reported the. special meeting she and Public Works
48 Director Larry Hamer had attended, May 20th, had done little to provide
49 hope that the odor and smell St. Anthony residents have complained about
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3 in the Roseville water they have had to drink the last three years would
4 be corrected. She said although the cause of the poor quality of St.
5 Paul water had been identified as too much nitrate and phosphorous
6 loading (over 3-1/2 metric tons removed within a very short test time) ,
7 no real solutions for removing these elements from the water had been
8 advanced that evening. The Councilmember promised to continue to
9 monitor future follow-up meetings on the subject.
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11 Councilmember Marks Reports on Remarks Made by General Haig
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13 Councilmember Marks reported his own impressions of Presidential
14 candidate General Alexander Haig' s talk at the luncheon he attended, May
15 29th, saying he had gathered from that speech "that it was rather clear
16 that President Reagan knew exactly what he was ' getting into with the
17 Iran/Contra affair. "
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19 DEPARTMENTS AND COMMITTEES
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21 The following were ordered filed as informational:
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23 *April Financial Report
24 *May 26th report from the Edward J. Hance law firm related to
25 matters conducted at the Hennepin County District Court, May 20th,
26 in which the law firm had represented the City as Prosecutor.
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•28 NEW BUSINESS
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30 Low Bidder Accepted to Begin Conversion of Well 45 to Electricity
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32 Staff
33 report: Mr. Childs clarified Mr. Hamer' s May 28th memo to mean that
34 $23,000 would remain to be paid towards the conversion of
35 Well #5 in 1988 if the money saved on the conversion of
36 Well #4 were used to purchase the control panel this year;
37
38 -indicated Well #5 has a diesel motor now, but, with the
39 conversion to interruptible electric service, the pump
40 could be switched back to gas or propane whenever NSP needed
41 the electric power with lower rates charged because of this
42 ability;
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44 -said he would check with the Public Works Director to
45 see whether the switching was done automatically and not
46 manually.
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48 Council Action
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50 Motion by Ranallo, seconded by Makowske to accept the lowest bid of
51 $5,300.00 from the Layne Minnesota Company to pay for a Nema, size 4-1/2
52 furnace pump control for Well #5 out of the 1987 budget and to complete
�53 the conversion of that well to interruptible electricity in 1988.
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3 Motion carried unanimously.
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5 First Reading Approved for Amendment Changes to Sections 1010 and 1100
6 of the 1973 Code of Ordinances
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8 The changes related to animal impounding and establishing a $100 fine
9 for ordinance violation had been proposed by Police Chief Hickerson in
10 his May 22nd memorandum included in the Council' s agenda packet.
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12 Mr. Childs added the following about the proposed changes:
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14 -said the Police Department perceived they would be better able to
15 handle complaints related to animal control than either the City
16 Clerk or Health Officer and having the Police Department handle
17 those complaints would provide the convenience of one department
18 processing and follow-up on the complaints;
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20 -told Councilmember Makowske the existing ordinance addresses the
21 destruction of all domestic animals but primarily speaks to dog
22 handling because only dogs and not cats are licensed in
23 St. Anthony;
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25 -added that he would anticipate the City to experience the same
26 level of public resistance to licensing cats as Minneapolis and
027 other communities who have attempted such licensing in the past.
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29 Council Action
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31 Motion by Marks, seconded by Enrooth to approve the first reading of
32 Ordinance 1987-003 .
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34 ORDINANCE 1987-003
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36 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 1010 AND 1100
37 OF THE 1973 CODE OF ORDINANCES
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39 Motion carried unanimously.
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41 UNFINISHED BUSINESS
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43 Final Plat and Drainage Plan Approved for Evanson Subdivision
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45 Council action on the application for the subdivision without platting
46 of the above four unit subdivision located in Gardena Acres, 3500 blocks
47 of Silver Lake Road and Belden Drive had been tabled during the
48 Council' s May 26th meeting to give staff time to review the above
49 documents.
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51 Manager' s
• 52 report: said the final plat was ready for approval subject to the
53 City Attorney' s review;
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3 -indicated the Public works Director had looked at the
4 drainage plan and had no problems with it;
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6 -drew the Council' s attention to the fact that there was a
7 swale between proposed Lots 3 and 4 which would carry runoff
8 west to Belden Drive and another between Lots 1 and 2 to
9 drain east to Silver Lake Road;
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11 -reported he had checked the tape of the May 19th Commission
12 had intended that "substantial conformance with the grading
13 plan had meant within 1 to 2 feet of final grade except for
14 the northeast lot for which 5 feet, and not 3 feet as recol-
15 lected by the applicant, would be required;
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17 -added that because the Larwick property adjacent to that
18 particular lot had not yet been developed, he assumed that
19 parcel grade would also have to be cut down.
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21 Mr. Childs' statement that between 8 ,000 and 10,000 yards of dirt would
22 have to be removed from the existing hill on the Evanson property and
23 that it appeared only one tree along the south side might be saved,
24 evoked the following response:
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26 Ranallo: -wondered if some of the trees could be moved to the City' s
•27 tree farm;
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29 -was told by Chris Paidosch, who is interested in develop-
30 ing the lot in the southwest corner of the parcel, that most
31 of the trees were "scrub" , which had been well pruned and one
32 of the most substantial was a cottonwood tree "which no one
33 wants. "
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35 Marks -said one of the bushes is one of a few like it in that area
36 which gives off "incredibly sweet aromas" for about a week
37 each spring;
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39 -expressed his own disappointment to see that, with the level
40 of grading called for in this plan, the possibility of in-
41 novative housing like earth sheltered homes or multi-level
42 dwellings, which could take advantage of the existing view
43 of the Minneapolis skyline, had been foreclosed;
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45 -was told by Mr. Childs, strenuous objection to retention to
46 the hill could be expected from both the neighbors to the
47 north and south of this parcel who have been waiting about
48 20 years for that hill to be cut down.
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50 Kurt
51 Mathys -indicated he wanted a "flat lot" and was interested in buy-
52 ing the northeast lot on Silver Lake Road next to the
53 Larwick property.
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3 The applicant, David Evanson, arrived after the Council had approved the
4 revised documents he had provided in compliance with Commission
5 direction. He indicated satisfaction with the Council action and
6 acceptance of the Manager' s report on the tape version of portion of the
7 Commission' s motion, which he had questioned.
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9 Council Action
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11 Motion by Ranallo, seconded by Makowske to approve the final plat and
12 grading plan included in the June 3 , 1987 Council agenda packet for
13 subdivision without platting for Gardena Heights, a four unit
14 subdivision located in the 3500 block between Silver Lake Road and
15 Belden Drive, contingent on:
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17 1. No building permits being issued until grading is completed in
18 substantial conformance with the grading plan ( substantial de-
19 fined as within 1-2 feet of final grade, except that within 5
20 feet will be required at the northeast property line) ;
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22 2. Erosion control to be provided by silt fence or hay bales to City
23 standards;
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25 3 . The applicant acquiring necessary slope easements from adjacent
26 property owner on the northeast;
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28 4. Maximum of 3 to 1 slop on this property to include especially the
29 northeast adjacent property and Dr. Osterbauer' s property on the
30 southwest;
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32 5. Approval of final plat subject to review by the City Attorney.
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34 Motion carried unanimously.
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36 ADJOURNMENT
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38 Motion by Marks, seconded by Enrooth to adjourn the meeting at 5: 56 P.M.
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40 Motion carried unanimously.
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42 Respectfully submitted,
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44 Helen Crowe, Secretary
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49 Mayor
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•52 ATTEST:
53 City Clerk
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