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• C 7 TY O F S T . ANTHONY
C"OUNC= L M=NUTES
.?ULY 28 , 1987
1 The meeting was opened at 7 : 30 P.M. with the Pledge of Allegiance led by
2 Mark Soldatow, a St. Anthony Cub Scout, who was taking notes on the
3 meeting to fulfill badge requirements.
4 Present for roll call: Marks, Ranallo, Sundland, Enrooth. Makowske
5 ( arrived at 7 : 34 P.M. ) .
6 Also present: David Childs , City Manager; William Soth, City Attorney;
7 and Larry Hamer, Public Works Director.
8 JULY 14 , 1987 COUNCIL MINUTES
9 Motion by Marks, seconded by Ranallo to approve the above with the
10 following changes:
3.1 Page 3 , line 14: Insert "St. Anthony Kiwanis" delegate "whose
.12, attendance fees had been paid by that organi-
13 zation" as clarification before "the previous
14 week" .
05 Page 3 , line 37 : Insert "Decisions" after "Personnel" .
16 Motion carried unanimously.
17 LICENSES/PERMITS/PETITIONS
18 Motion by Marks, seconded by Enrooth to grant the following licenses as
19 listed in the July 28, 1987 Council agenda packet:
20 Heating
2.1 Gusk Heating and Air Conditioning
22 Contractors
23 James C. Miller, Minneapolis
24 Motion carried unanimously.
25 CLAIMS
26 Motion by Marks, seconded by Ranallo to approve payment of all liquor
27 accounts payable listed for June 30 and July 14 in the July 28 , 1987
28 Council agenda packet.
•29 Motion carried unanimously.
2 Motion by Ranallo, seconded by Enrooth to approve payment of $1 ,825..00
3 to the Edward J. Hance law firm for services rendered in connection with
4 St. Anthony prosecutions from June 4 through July 1 , 1987 .
5 Motion carried unanimously.
6 Councilmember Makowske arrived at 7: 34 P.M.
7 Motion by Marks, seconded by Ranallo to approve payment of $93 ,609.00 -in
8 premiums to the League of Minnesota Cities Insurance Trust Fund for
9 coverages listed in the July 28 , 1987 Council agenda packet to be paid
10 from both General and Liquor Operation Funds.
11 Motion carried unanimously.
12 Motion by Enrooth, seconded by Marks to approve payment of $3 ,041 . 92 to
13 the Briggs and Morgan law firm for professional services provided in
14 conjunction with the City' s law suit against the U.S. Army et al as
15 related to St. Anthony' s water contamination problems.
16 Motion carried unanimously.
17 Motion by Makowske, seconded by Marks to approve payment of $972 . 80 to
48 the Higgins Insurance Agency for volunteer firefighters blanket accident
9 policy coverage.
20 Motion carried unanimously.
21 Motion by Enrooth, seconded by Makowske to approve payment of $839. 00 to
22 WCCO Television for the City' s share of costs for the marketing video
23 for St. Anthony, which Councilmembers viewed as a "real bargain" .
24 Motion carried unanimously.
25 Motion by Ranallo, seconded by Marks to approve payment of $2, 500 to the
26 Dorsey & Whitney law firm for legal services to the City related to the
27 issuance of $690 ,000 in Liquor Store Revenue Bonds for the Stonehouse
28 remodeling and warehouse construction project.
29 Motion carried unanimously.
30 REPORTS
31 JULY 21, 1987 PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES - COMMISSIONER JOHN WINGARD
32 Transfer of Land Within Johnson Manor Subdivision A2proved
33 Application: from Rick Johnson, 3306 Belden Drive for
34 subdivision without platting which would allow the
�5 transfer of approximately 1 , 580 square feet of
6 left-over property not utilized by the tennis
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2 courts from the common area in Outlot A to Outlot
3 B, which is the property owner' s own back yard.
4 Staff report : Childs reiterated July 24th memorandum advice that
5 the request represented a simple lot split for which
6 every thing appeared to be in order; and
7 had included in the agenda packet the survey which he
8 had also provided the Planning Commission.
9 Hamer indicated the Public Works Department had the
10 problem with erosion around the sewer line west of
11 Mr. Churilla' s home at 2608-34th Avenue N.E. , on its
12 project schedule, which had lengthened considerably
13 with the heavy rainfall the previous Thursday night.
14 Commission
15 recommendation: Council approval.
16 Council Action
17 Motion by Makowske, seconded by Marks to approve the request from Rick
18 Johnson, 3306 Belden Drive, for subdivision without platting to allow
409 the transfer of a parcel of land approximately 22 feet X 72 feet in size
0 from Outlot A to Outlot B of Johnson Manor Subdivision as indicated in
21 the survey in the Council' s July 28 , 1987 agenda packet. The purpose of
22 the transfer is to transfer unused land from the parcel the owner had
23 dedicated for a tennis court common area to his own back yard.
24 In granting approval, the Council finds, as did the Planning Commission,
25 that:
26 *Mr. Johnson initially owned all the property in this subdivision and
27 this transfer would only allow him to take back a piece of land not
28 needed for the tennis courts constructed in the common area he had
29 dedicated for that purpose;
30 *Staff reported receiving no letters or calls objecting to the transfer
31 either before or after the July 14th hearing or the July 28th Council
32 consideration and no one appeared at either meeting to voice an objec-
33 tion to the proposal.
34 Motion carried unanimously.
35 Council Perceives Supreme Court Rulings Preclude Denial of Variances to
36 5evelo2 Substandard Lot on Corner of 37th Avenue and Roosevelt N.E.
37 Application for variances for:
18 -lot size of 5 ,648 square feet where 11,000 square
9 feet are required by Ordinance for a single family
40 home and 14, 000 square feet for a duplex;
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2 -a 988 square foot house where the Ordinance requires
3 1 ,000 square feet;
4 -a 14 foot setback from 37th Avenue N.E. where 30 feet
5 are required on both sides of corner lots.
6 Commission
7 recommendation: Commissioner Wingard indicated that the Commission was
8 only recommending the Council grant the lot size
9 variance and permit the house to be constructed 16 feet
10 from the property line because:
11 -they perceived the layout of the house could be re-
12 drawn for a longer, narrower structure which would
13 move the house two feet further back from the street
14 and reduce the setback variance to less than 50% of
15 what the Ordinance requires;
16 -indicated the Commission had accepted the clarifica-
17 tion of ownership provided by the deceased owner' s
18 attorney; and
9 -concurred with the City Manager' s perception that case
0 law seemed to indicate the City could not prevent this
21 property from being developed at all.
22 Staff reports: Childs had included a copy of his June 12th memorandum
23 to the Commission in the agenda packet which, gave a
24 history of the substandard lot which he had
25 nevertheless perceived to be "a lot of record" and
26 "buildable" ;
27 cited the variances which had been requested;
28 explained how case law appeared to indicate the City
29 would be "taking" the property if the lot were not per-
30 mitted to be developed at all.
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32 Soth affirmed Councilmember Marks' assumption that a
33 court would probably view the City' s denial of the vari-
34 ances necessary to build a house on the property as
35 "taking without compensation" ;
36 added that he perceived such denial might be considered
37 to be one of the clearest cut cases of "hardship"
38 because the City would be creating the "ultimate" hard-
39 ship for the land owner because he would be unable to
40 make use of his property altogether;
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2 told Councilmember Makowske he did not believe the fact
3 that the neighbors might want to buy the land to keep it
4 from being developed would justify further tabling of
5 action on the proposal; but
6 advised that an exception to the Supreme Court ruling
7 would be that, if the property owner owned the adjoin-
8 ing lot, the City would not be required to grant these
9 variances;
10 added that Council' s approval that evening would cer-
11 tainly not preclude the neighbors' negotiating such a
12 purchase later on, but the above would be true of that
13 ownership as well;
14 reiterated his belief that, with their June 22nd letter,
15 the attorneys for the deceased property owner "had
16 joined in the variance application" ;
17 recommended the Council take action on the variance
18 requests that evening.
19 Proponent: William Campbell, of Campbell Construction Inc. , 12409
20 Drake Street N.W. , Coon Rapids, MN.
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21 indicated he opposed any further delays on his request;
22 questioned whether the fact that the "neighbors might
23 give me trouble" was a viable reason for denying the
24 variances;.
25 replied to the question of whether he was going to live
26 in the house he proposed to construct by saying "that
27 depends on the neighbors. "
28 Jake Cadwallader of Cadwallader Realty, 3901 Silver Lake
29 Road, was present but did not speak.
30 The neighbors ' opposition to a house being built on that small lot was
31 again stated by Kenneth Hoxmeier, 3657 Roosevelt who:
32 -drew the Council' s attention to the copy of the petition against
33 the City' s allowing a house on this lot which had been included
34 in their agenda packet;
35 -reiterated the concerns he and his neighbors shared related to
36 problems with drainage, snow storage, and sight distance ob-
37 struction for drivers ' on Roosevelt if a house is built on this
38 lot;
09 -pointed out that in some instances the City was being asked to
40 grant variances which were 50% more than the Ordinance allowed;
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2 -said even if that could be corrected by changing the shape of
3 the house the homeowners who had signed the petition would per-
4 sist in their opposition;
5 -indicated, however, at the conclusion of the discussion, that he
6 understood the Council' s conclusion that "their hands were tied" ,
7 even though they shared the neighbors' concerns about such a
8 small lot being developed.
9 Expressions of frustration with having to grant such excessive variances
10 fore the project had been expressed individually by the Mayor and each
11 of the Councilmembers.
12 Enrooth: indicated he couldn' t see the City spending the money which
13 would be necessary to try to win "an indefensible issue in
14 the courts" .
15 Marks: told Mr. Hoxmeier he also hated to see the undeveloped pro-
16 perty next to him which the neighborhood kids had been using
17 for a playground for years built up but had to accept the
18 property owner' s right to use his property.
19 Makowske: reported she had stepped off the property and had a hard time
40 visualizing a house fitting into such a small space;
21 wanted to delay the decision if there was any chance of the
22 neighbors buying the property;
23 Mr. Soth told her "selling the land not to be used" would
24 probably not be considered by the court to be a legitimate -
25 use of the land.
26 Sundland: indicated he concurred with the City Attorney that there
27 appeared to be no legal basis for not acting on the request
28 that evening.
29 Ranallo: agreed that the City would be "fighting a losing battle by
30 denying the variances; but
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32 told Mr. Campbell after the motion to grant the variances had
33 been passed that:
34 *the decision had not left a good taste in the Council' s
35 mouth or a sense of cooperation with his neighbors;
36 *it might be good for him to try to work out some
37 arrangement with his neighbors to buy the property.
38 Council Action
•39 Motion by Ranallo, seconded by Makowske to grant a variance to the City
40 Ordinance requirement for 11,000 square foot lots for single family
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2 residences, which would allow a home to be constructed on the 5,648
3 square foot lot on the southeast corner of 37th Avenue and Roosevelt
4 Street N.E. and a setback variance to the Ordinance requirement for 30
5 foot setbacks on corners which would allow a reduced size house to be
6 constructed 16 feet from the 37th Avenue property line. The Council
7 further agrees with the Planning Commission that the following
8 conditions be imposed on the granting of these variances:
9 1 . that, in response to the neighbors' concerns about drainage,
10 a 20 foot drainage easement be maintained on the east side
11 of the property;
12 2. that- the easement papers and information on the title be
13 submitted for the City Attorney' s review;
14 3 . that no vegetation higher than 3-1/2 feet be planted along
15 37th Avenue from Roosevelt Street to the eastern edge of
16 the house; and
17 4. that no curb cut off 37th Avenue N.E. be allowed.
18 In granting these variances, the Council finds, as did the Planning
19 Commission, that:
00 *other uses of the lot seem to be limited;
21 *the extent of the variance request presented at this time differs
22 greatly from the variances for a duplex which were denied in
23 1979;
24 *all three conditions required by statute to be satisfied affirma-
25 tively before these variances can be granted have been satis-
26 factorily addressed"by_:the applicant " in his-.petition.
27 Motion carried unanimously.
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29 Commissioner Wingard was thanked for his report. He remained for the
30 discussion of damage to basements, which had resulted from the inability
31 of the City' s storm and sanitary sewer systems to handle the 9 inch
32 rainfall which fell in a short time during the storm the metropolitan
33 area had experienced the evening of July 23 , 1987 .
34 Residents ' Complaints Are Heard
35 Allen and Cris Kremer, 2829 Coolidge reported they had installed a
36 waterproofing system on their home which "had worked beautifully." during
37 the storm, but had sewage backing up into their basement and ruining
38 that newly decorated area. Mr. Kremer reported his wife had canvassed
39 the four blocks around their home and found 21 of the 30 homeowners
0 whose names appeared on the listing the Kremers presented, had
1 experienced sewage backup into their basements. The homeowner
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2 suggested a study be made to see what could be done to remedy the
3 situation before the next storm occurred. Mrs. Kremer said none of her
4 friends in other communities had experienced problems -like those she had
5 with sewage.
6 Councilmembers responded to the Kremers as follows:
7 Makowske: -indicated it had to be recognized that a great deal of the
8 problem had resulted from homes with drain tiles connected
9 to the City' s sanitary system which she viewed as being
10 cases of "neighbors causing problems for neighbors."
11 Sundland: -reported a study done after what had been termed "a hundred
12 year" rainfall in 1978 , had estimated there were dozens of
13 homes in the Village at that time which had their drain
14 tiles and even some had their downspouts connected with
15 their sanitary sewer lines;
16 -indicated he perceived there were many second or third
17 owners of homes today or first owners who were not aware
18 what their contractors had done who were not even con-
19 scious of such connections;
0 -perceived that, with carpeting or tiles installed after the
1 house was built, it would be very difficult for those home-
22 owners or the City to know these connections were made in
,23 particular homes;
24 -added that the potential for problems had not even been
25 recognized until long after the community had grown when
26 new standards for building codes had been instituted;
27 -indicated the Infiltration & Inflow study developed by a
28 task force of concerned residents and City staff after the
29 problem in 1978 had suggested one way of remedying the pro-
30 blem of sewer backup would be for the City to help defray
31 the costs of purchasing check valves which would close off
32 individual home sanitary sewer systems during heavy periods
33 of rainfall;
34 -reported few of the homeowners who had experienced sewer
35 backup in 1978, including some of those on 29th Avenue who
36 had experienced problems this time, had indicated an inter-
37 est in the City' s offer ten years ago.
38 Ranallo: -told Mrs. Kremer the entire metropolitan area had exper-
39 ienced similar problems to St. Anthony' s with their sani-
40 tary sewer systems and that it had been so bad in Edina
41 that the City had to mandate all private wells in that
02 City be shut down because there was sewage in the drinking
3 water;
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2 -said he perceived there were a lot of people in St. Anthony
3 who had experienced the same problems with the rain last
4 Thursday night because both the sanitary and storm sewers
5 had been overloaded with 9 inches of rain falling on the
6 City in such a short period of time;
7 -reported his own drain tile is correctly connected to a
8 sump pump which directs the ground water around his home out
9 into his back yard; but
10 -said the water was seeping into his house from the front
11 yard and running down his floor drains;
12 -had concluded if this was true of a lot of homes in the
13 Village, it certainly would have helped to overload the
14 entire sanitary sewer system that night.
15 Mr. Hamer agreed that many homes had experienced surface water inflow
16 which had nothing to do with sanitary sewer backup from incorrectly
17 connected drain tiles . He also said there had been infiltration from
18 the overloaded storm sewer system into the sanitary sewer system.
19 The Public Works Director said the City had done two things prior to the
•20 July 23rd storm which had helped the situation considerably:
21 *a bypass had been installed on Downers Drive through Wilshire
22 Park which directed sewage into the Lydia Street connection with
23 Roseville; and
24 *a second bypass was made on Anthony Road and Roosevelt Street
25 which directed sewage into the Minneapolis system..
26 Mr. Hamer said, because of these bypasses, there had been less pumping
27 time on Wilson Street but when the sewage reached the Lydia connection,
28 it was overloaded and the sewage was forced down 29th Avenue and into so
29 many basements on that street that his department couldn' t keep up with
30 all the calls for assistance which came in. He added that many persons
31 whose basements had been damaged had failed to let the City know about
32 it until the next day.
33 Mr. Kremer said he perceived the Public Works and Fire Department had
34 nothing to apologize for after the way City crews had tried to do
35 everything they could to help after the crisis. However, the resident
36 said he wondered what the City could do to force disconnection of drain
37 tiles into the sanitary sewers.
38 Mr. Hamer told him it had not only been the sanitary sewers which had
39 been overtaxed. He said the amount of rain the City had received had
40 been demonstrated by the fact that the five or six acres of holding
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2 pond known as Mirror Lake, had overflowed by at least six inches in an
3 hour' s time and the inability of the storm sewers to handle the downpour
4 had caused infiltration of storm water into the sanitary sewers.
5 The Public Works Director suggested it might be necessary to contact the
6 City of Minneapolis to see if they could handle a larger line coming off
7 Wilson Street, but cautioned that option might be very costly for St.
8 Anthony.
9 Councilmember Enrooth commented that within the last ten or fifteen
10 years St. Anthony had experienced two "rainfalls of the century" as
11 well as the one the previous Thursday night which had been termed as one
12 which "would occur only once every five or ten thousand years. " He
13 indicated he didn' t perceive the City could have done anything at all
14 about the amount of rain which fell that night because, even tripling
15 the size of the system, would probably have not been enough.
16 Check Backflow and Gate Valves Discussed
17 Hamer: -explained that such valves can be installed at the point
18 where the house pipes enter the main sanitary system and
19 prevent sewage from entering the structure during overflow
20 conditions;
01 -cautioned that the gate valves which prevent flow either
22 way can cause more problems for the homeowner if toilets,
23 showers, or faucets are used while the valve is closed;
24 -also said the system would not work where drain tile are
25 connected to the sanitary sewer system.
26 Sundland: -recalled the Council at one point years ago was seriously
27 considering imposing penalties on homeowners who had non-
28 conforming connections but "people went wild when they heard
29 about that. "
30 Jack Farenholz, 2836 Silver Lake Road, indicated he had water in his
31 basement during the last storm and had concluded from watching the water
32 flow out of the storm sewer in the intersection of 29th and Silver Lake
33 Road that it was not the drain tiles connected to peoples' sewers which
34 had caused the most problems but rather the storm sewer system itself
35 which could not handle the excess rainfall. He said the water in his
36 own basement had started to go down the minute the intersection had
37 started to drain.
38 In reference to the check valves, Mr. Farenholz pointed out they could
39 only provide "temporary, rather than a permanent" solution to the
40 problem because sewage which is prevented from entering one home would
41 then enter the next house on the line which did not have a preventive
�2 system. It was his contention that the City had to get some control
3 over the storm water before future problems could be avoided.
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2 Mr. Hamer responded by saying:
3 *he perceived both the storm sewer and sanitary sewer systems had
4 been overtaxed, but
5 *he did not believe infiltration from the storm sewer system had
6 been the overriding reason the sanitary sewer system had backed
7 up;
8 *he thought a more extensive study of the two systems would have
9 to be made to solve the problem; but
10 *when the state had reconstructed Highway 88, they had taken St.
11 Anthony' s inflow into consideration and had built pipes large
12 enough for a man to walk through and he guessed that main line
13 had been "purged" , which meant no matter what capacity storm
14 sewer the City might build, the lines into Roseville and Minne-
15 apolis they would probably never be big enough to handle the
16 City' s run off in extreme situations like the storm the previous
17 week.
18 John Brostrom, 2800-29th Avenue N.E. , said he had lived in the Village
19 for 37 years and, in spite of the fact that. his drain tile was connected
4 0 to a sump pump, he had ended up with 8 inches of sewage in his basement.
1 Mr. Brostrom said he had been gone last Thursday, but his daughter had
22 done everything she could to get everything up off the basement floor,
23 but he had still experienced a tremendous amount of loss. The homeowner
24 asked if the City could inspect basements and force the disconnection of
25 drain tiles from the sanitary sewer. system.
26 Mr. Hamer: -indicated the current City Ordinance absolutely requires
27 all drain tiles in new structures to be diverted outside the
28 house and not into the sanitary sewers;
29 -told Councilmember Ranallo it would almost be impossible to
30 tell whether older systems were incorrectly connected
31 because the non-conforming connections are buried under
32 floors or around the foundation;
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34 -added that his department could identify those systems by
35 the clear water running out of homes during a heavy rain-
36 fall which appear on the screen when his men are televising
37 for cracks in the underground sewer systems;
38 -indicated there might be some legal problems connected with
39 blowing smoke through the sewer lines as some communities
40 have done;
41 -agreed that the charges from the Metro Waste Control Commis-
2 sion proved the City has a problem with too much rainwater
3 passing through the sanitary sewer system resulting in the
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2 City having to pay more to have clean rain water
3 treated as sewage.
4 Councilmember Marks commented that he perceived the conversation that
5 evening was almost identical to the one in 1978 which had led to the
6 establishment of a task force whose Inflow and Infiltration (I and I )
7 study had concluded that, "after the ' rain of the century'" which had
8 occurred that year, there was little the City could do to prevent
9 similar problems when a rainfall of the same extent hit the City the
3.0 next time.
11 Mr. Farenholz persisted in his claim that the problem was caused more by
12 the storm sewer system than drain tile connections because he had
13 perceived the people who resided on the City hills had not had the
14 problems that the ones at lower .levels had during the storm Thursday.
15 He suggested the City' s engineers be directed to look into that
16 possibility.
17 His observations were challenged by several Councilmembers who told Mr.
18 Farenholz he would see how wrong his assumptions were if he drove around
19 the City and saw for himself how much damaged material there was piled
20 near the street awaiting pick up, irrespective of the topography of the
21 area. He was also told the City already had the kind of engineering
�2 study he had suggested, which had been made after the 1978 storm and
�3 which had been the basis for the task force' s conclusions at that time.
24 Mr. Farenholz ' claim that the water in basements along 29th Avenue had
25 receded as soon as the intersection had cleared was countered by the
26 Public Works Director who told him there was still sewage in the Surface
27 basement just down the street from him most of the following day.
28 Mr. Childs reminded everyone that the City' s storm sewer system had been
29 designed to handle only the type of rainfall which was expected to fall
30 every five or ten years and not century or thousand year downpours which
31 are way beyond the design capacity of a feasible system. He agreed the
32 sanitary sewers presented a separate problem. Mr. Childs clarified that
33 the 1978 I & I study had concluded that it would not be cost effec-
34 tive in terms of fees and costs to attempt to force disconnection of all
35 such non-conforming drain tile connections in the City.
36 The City Manager, on the other hand, suggested the City might consider
37 offering some monetary incentive program to encourage disconnections,
38 recognizing the costs the homeowner would incur making those
39 corrections. He said it would also be quite costly to install either
40 backflow check valve system. Mr. Childs then indicated some of the
41 reasons the southern portion of the City experiences the most problems
42 with sewage backups is because the uphill drainage goes north to about
43 36th -Avenue on the west side of Silver Lake Road and past 33rd on the
44 east side of Silver Lake Road.
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2 Mayor Sundland responded to the latter statement by saying it was for
3 that very reason the City had made the diversions into Minneapolis and
4 Roseville which Mr. Hamer had discussed. The Mayor recalled that when
5 29th Avenue was being rebuilt, the project engineer had commented that
6 the biggest sanitary sewer line in the world could be put in that street
7 and there would still be backup problems because when the sewage
8 ultimately leaves the City it has to pass through the pipe size provided
9 by Minneapolis and Roseville.
10 Mr. Farenholz responded by saying he knew the City of Minneapolis had
11 been involved for the last forty years in trying to separate its
12 sanitary sewage flow from its storm sewers. He was told the two
13 systems are already separated in St. Anthony and that the sewer pipes
14 along St. Anthony Boulevard had been enlarged when that street was
15 rebuilt to provide additional capacity at some future time when the
16 Wilson Street line might be enlarged.
17 Commissioner Wingard reported St. Paul had undertaken an incentive
18 program to encourage its residents to disconnect drain tiles and
19 downspouts which are connected to the sanitary sewer system. He asked
20 what could be done to keep storm water from infiltrating the sanitary
21 sewer lines and was told any type of plug in the manhole cover might
22 result in an explosion of sewer gas. He was also told there was just not
3 enough vacant land left in the City to provide much more ponding area,
4 although a holding pond was planned for the last phase of the Kenzie
25 Terrace Redevelopment project. Mr. Childs told the Commissioner it had
26 been evident from the eruption of water in the 32rd and Edward
27 intersection during the last storm that there had not been the drainage
28 across the higher Johnson Manor property which had been assumed.
29 Councilmembers Suggest Public Education Attempt
30 Enrooth: -acknowledged that many of the issues had been thoroughly
31 examined in 1978 but perceived the Council wanted to get
32 the same issues before the residents, especially those
33 who are new to St. Anthony, so they can be fully apprised
34 of their options.
3.5 Ranallo: -suggested the City should encourage those residents with
36 apparent illegal connections to .disconnect and advise those
37 whose connections are not easily discernible that they are
38 causing problems for their neighbors.
39 Makowske: -was told, even though the City has access to any house in
40 the City, it would be very difficult for non-conforming con-
41 nections to be seen; however,
42 -those connections could be logged when the lines are tele-
43 vised so there would be a record which could be used if the
4 City decided to mandate disconnections. whenever a structure
45 is sold.
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2 Mr. Brostrom said he had been told by realtor friends that other
3 communities had been able to force owners of wells to cap them off even
4 though it cost between $500 and $1 ,000 to have that done properly. When
5 he inquired whether it might be a good idea for him to install a backup
6 valve system, Mr. Hamer said that might be the best way of protecting
7 his own property as long as he remembered not to use any of his
8 facilities while his pipes are closed off.
9 Mr. Farenholz was told that although little could be done about the type
10 of storm experienced the previous week, that didn' t mean some of the
11 remedies suggested that evening wouldn' t help to alleviate some of the
12 problems. He was encouraged to examine for himself all the data on the
13 subject developed over the years which was available at City Hall.
14 Mr. Childs indicated staff would be bringing in a budget proposal for
15 Council consideration to pay for an educational program for next year.
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17 Councilmember Marks Requests Further Information on Bench Warrants
18 During the consideration of matters conducted July 1, 1987 at the
19 Hennepin County District by the City Prosecutor, the Edward J. Hance law
20 firm, Councilmember Marks commented that it seemed to him there were an
21 awful lot of these type of warrants issued when the defendants failed to
2 appear for arraignment on which the Council had no way of knowing
3 whether the defendants were ever caught. Mr. Childs said many of these
24 arrests appear as "outstanding warrants" in the police logs. He agreed
25 to see if the Council could be provided with some way of tracking these
26 arrests in the future.
27 Invitation to Meet With Congressman Sabo Issued by Mayor
28 Mayor Sundland indicated the Council had been invited to meet with the
29 Congressman in his office in the Federal Courts Building at 9: 30 A.M. ,
30 August 11th, for a follow-up on the Army' s agreement, with the State of
31 Minnesota to conduct a clean up of contaminated water emanating from the
32 Twin Cities Arsenal.
33 Councilmember Makowske to Attend Government Service Training
34 The Councilmember indicated she would be in Brainerd the next two days
35 for the above which would be conducted by Brian Lee from Canada. She
36 would therefore be unable to attend the Ramsey County League of Local
37 Governments conference on St. Paul water quality the following evening.
38 CITY MANAGER
39 July 21, 1987 Staff Meeting Notes
40 *Chief Hickerson to Give Council His Views on Police Reserve Program
041 The Police Chief had indicated he wanted to discuss the above program
42 with the Council before he proceeded any further with it. Mr. Childs
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2 said he would either have the Chief attend the next Council meeting or
3 prepare a listing of his concerns for Council reaction. The Manager
4 gave a listing of services he perceived other communities had their
5 reserves perform.
6 Councilmember Marks stated he perceived there had been unanimous Council
7 agreement that such a program had been mandated for the City.
8 *Firefighter Bob Lee Suffers Serious Leg Injury from Fall at Home
9 Mr. Childs described the seriousness of the firefighter' s injury which
10 he sustained off-duty but which had required hospitalization and would
11 probably prevent him from returning to work for six weeks. The Manager
12 said this would leave the Fire Department somewhat short-handed but so
13 far, with the exception of one full time fill in it had only been
14 necessary to use reserves for fill in.
15
16 Street Light Approved for 2500 Block Between Roosevelt and Murray
17 Motion by Ranallo, seconded by Enrooth to grant the petition signed by
18 the homeowners in the above area to have NSP install a street light on
19 the existing light pole in the alley behind 2524 Roosevelt Street,
20 concurring with the petition assertion that the subject area needs more
*1 lighting.
22 Motion carried unanimously.
23 City to Participate in Second Year Study of Silver Lake Upon Receipt of
24 1986 Study
25 Councilmember Enrooth indicated that as the City' s representative on
26 the Rice Creek Water Management Committee, he had been invited to attend
27 the meeting where Terry Noonan, a lake management specialist, had
28 proposed a second sampling of the lake as a basis for drafting and
29 implementing a lake management plan. The Councilmember said he had
30 informed Doug Jones of the Silver Lake Residents Association, who had
31 requested City participation again this year, that he thought the City
32 should have a copy of the data already gathered before it puts out any
33 more money for further study. Mr. Childs indicated he understood
34 Columbia Heights was also going to make its participation contingent
35 upon that city receiving a copy of Mr. Noonan' s first year study.
36 Council Action
37 Motion by Ranallo, seconded by Makowske to authorize the payment of
38 $378. 62 as the City' s share of costs of making a second year study of
39 the water quality of Silver Lake contingent upon St. Anthony' s getting a
40 copy of the results of the 1986 monitoring of the lake.
41
�2 Motion carried unanimously.
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2 Army' s Agreement to Submit to State Supervision of Water Contamination
3 Clean Up Should Benefit St. Anthony
4 Mr. Childs gave the reasons he perceived the above action announced at
5 the July 21st press conference would be of value to St. Anthony.
6 However, he also reported the fact that the standards for water quality
7 had been lowered made it even more imperative that the carbon filtration
8 system be installed on the City' s water supply as soon as possible
9 because, under the new standards to be implemented in 18 months, one of
10 the City wells would be above and one below the limit of contaminants
11 allowed. The MPCA is applying pressure on the EPA to release already
12 approved funds for the carbon filtration system so St. Anthony will be
13 able to meet those standards when they are implemented. Mr. Childs
14 indicated it would be up to the City to encourage Congressman Sabo and
15 other Congressmen to apply further pressure to get the money for the
16 system freed up.
17 The City Manager indicated MPCA had helped move the project schedule up
18 by convincing EPA that they should go along with a pressurized system
19 rather than waste time studying other systems. He said barring further
20 red tape in getting the money, and with from six to eight months needed
21 to design the facility and around 3 months to get the design approved
22 and to take bids, construction should start some time next spring.
03 First Budget Planning Session Scheduled for August 26th
24 The above work session was set for 7: 00 P.M. that Wednesday evening and
25 the Manager promised to send reminders in advance.
26 NEW BUSINESS
27 NEW COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT CONTRACT AUTHORIZED WITH HENNEPIN
28 COUNTY
29 A copy of the proposed resolution authorizing the execution of a new
30 three year joint cooperation agreement which qualifies the City for
31 participation in the County' s CDBG program had been distributed before
32 the meeting.
33 Council Action
34 Motion by Marks, seconded by Ranallo to adopt Resolution 87-025.
35 RESOLUTION 87-025
36 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND CITY MANAGER
37 TO EXECUTE THE JOINT COOPERATION AGREEMENT
38 WITH HENNEPIN COUNTY TO ESTABLISH THE URBAN
39 HENNEPIN COUNTY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT
•40 PROGRAM ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF ST. ANTHONY
41 Motion carried unanimously.
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2 ASSESSMENT ROLLS REAPPORTIONED FOR APACHE COURT TOWNHOME SUBDIVISION
3 Motion by Marks, seconded by Ranallo to adopt the resolution which
4 apportions new assessments for the Blanske property lot split.
5 RESOLUTION 87-024
6 A RESOLUTION RELATING TO THE APPORTIONMENT OF
7 SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS FOR LOCAL IMPROVEMENTS
8 Motion carried unanimously.
9 COMPLAINTS ABOUT CABLE SERVICE TO BE REFERRED TO NORTH SUBURBAN CABLE
10 COMMISSION
11 Mr. Childs reported he refers the many calls he gets to Bootsie
12 Anderson, the Commission' s staff person who is responsible for St.
13 Anthony' s service. He added that from the calls he receives from
14 persons he has referred to her, Ms. Anderson has done a good job taking
15 care of the complaints she has received from the City.
16 ADJOURNMENT
&7 Motion by Marks, seconded by Ranallo to adjourn the meeting at 9: 30
18 P.M. for the St. Anthony Housing and Redevelopment Authority meeting
19 which followed at 9: 35 P.M.
20 Motion carried unanimously.
21 Respectfully submitted,
22 Helen Crow Secretary
23
24 May
25 ATTEST:
26 City Clerk
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