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• C 2 TY OF S T . ANTHONY
C 2 TY C OUN C 2 L M 2 NUTE S
MARCH 2 8 1 9 8 9
1 The meeting was called to order at 7:30 P.M. with the Pledge of
2 Allegiance led by Mayor Sundland.
3 ROLL CALL
4 Present for roll call: Marks, Ranallo, Sundland, Enrooth, Makowske.
5 Also present: David Childs, City Manager
6 Sue VanderHeyden, Assistant to the City Manager
7 MARCH 7, .1989 COUNCIL MINUTES
8 Motion by Marks, seconded by Makowske to approve with the following
9 changes:
4? Page 5, line 19: Change "it" to "is" before "most" .
1 Page 8, line 23 : Strike "s" on "takes".
12 Page 9, line 26: Insert "residents including" between "from" and
13 "several" .
14 Motion carried unanimously.
15 LICENSESJPERMITS/PETITIONS
16 Motion by Enrooth, seconded by Marks to grant the following as presented
17 in the March 28, 1989 agenda packet:
18 Bowling Alley
19 St. Anthony Lanes (renewal)
20 Amusement Devices
21 St. Anthony Liquor (renewal)
22 C. G. Rein (Apache Plaza) (renewal)
23 St. Anthony Lanes (renewal)
24 Bono's Malt Shop and Arcade (renewal)
25 Slick's Alternative (renewal)
26 Gary Fey Diversified Enterprises (renewal)
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1 Retail Off Sale Beer
Red Owl Stores, .Inc. (Red Owl Country Store) (renewal)
3 Speedy Markets, Inc. (Speedy Market) (renewal)
4 Retail On Sale Beer
5 Gross Golf Course, Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board (renewal)
6 Minneapolis Bowl-O-Mat, Inc. , Apache Plaza Shopping Center (renewal)
7 Pizza Hut of the Northwest, Inc. , Pizza Hut, 3801 Stinson Boulevard
8 (renewal)
9 St. Anthony Lanes, 2654 Kenzie Terrace (renewal)
10 Cigarette
11 Clochie's Coffee House (renewal)
12 St. Anthony Lanes (renewal)
13 Minneapolis Park &Recreation Board (renewal)
14 Apache Mobil Service (renewal)
15 Town & Country Foods (renewal)
16 Contractors
17 DuAll Service Contractors, Inc. , Columbia Heights, MN (renewal)
18 Arrow Sign Co. , Cedar, MN
19 Four Seasons Construction Co. , Fridley, MN (renewal)
Karkela Construction Co. , St. Louis Park, MN
Stennes Shade Tree, Inc. , New Brighton, MN (renewal)
22 The Chuba Company, Elk River, MN
23 Nedegaard Construction, Inc. , Coon Rapids, MN (renewal)
24 Kraus-Anderson Construction Co. , Minneapolis, MN (renewal)
25 VPM Corporation, St. Anthony, MN
26 Jack H. Brown DBA Signgraphics; Dallas, TX
27 Juke Box
28 Bono's Malt Shop and Arcade (renewal)
29 Slick's Alternative (renewal)
30 Laundry Vending
31 Manor Wash n Dry (renewal)
32 Rubbish Removal
33 Larry's Quality Sanitation, Ramsey, MN (renewal)
34 Vending Machine
35 St. Anthony Lanes (renewal )
36 Dale Hauger (Apache Laundry)
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1 Motion carried unanimously.
Motion by Marks, seconded by Enrooth to renew the service station
3 licenses for St. Anthony Unocal, Inc. and Apache Mobil Service as listed
4 in the March 28, 1989 agenda packet.
5 Voting on the motion:
6 Aye: Marks, Ranallo, Sundland, Enrooth.
7 Abstention: Makowske.
8 Motion carried.
9 Mr. Childs agreed with Councilmember Makowske that the listing of the
10 St. Anthony Liquor Store under Amusement Devices had been unnecessary
11 since the Council had recently excluded by ordinance all City businesses
12 from seeking such licenses which the vendor was apparently not aware of.
13 CLAIMS
14 Motion by Marks, seconded by Ranallo to approve payment of all City
15 accounts payable for January 31 and February 28, 1989 and all liquor
16 accounts payable for February 28 and March 10, 1989 as listed in the
17 March 28, 1989 agenda packet as well as the City accounts payable for
18 March 20, 1989 which were distributed that evening.
4WMotion carried unanimously.
20 Motion by Ranallo, seconded by Makowske to approve payment of $670. 33
21 to Rieke-Carroll-Muller Associates, Inc. for engineering services from
22 January 29 to February 25, 1989 related to the cost feasibility study
23 of City MSA roads.
24 Motion carried unanimously.
25 Councilmember Enrooth Concerned About Condition of Lift Station Site
26 Mr. Childs assured the Councilmember that although the lift station
27 itself was functioning, the contractors were by no means through with
28 the project and staff was working closely with NewMech to make sure the
29 sodding and pavement is restored. He also pointed out that a percentage
30 of the contractor's fees would not be paid until that work is
31 satisfactorily completed.
32 Motion by Ranallo, seconded by Enrooth to approve payment of $58,729.00
33 to NewMech Companies, Inc. for contracting services for the period
34 ending February 28, 1989 on the replacement of the Foss Road lift
35 station.
36 Motion carried unanimously.
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1 Motion by Enrooth, seconded by Marks to approve payment of $3 ,024.00 to
2 Calgon Carbon Corporation for servicing the City's carbon filtration
facility during February, 1989.
4 Motion carried unanimously.
5 Motion by Makowske, seconded by Marks to approve payment of $19,627.86
6 to the Metropolitan Waste Control Commission for April sewer services.
7 Motion carried unanimously.
8 Motion by Marks, seconded by Sundland to approve payments of $8,319.00
9 for windows and $2, 000.00 as partial payment for installation to Val Pro
10 in conjunction with the City Fire Station remodeling project.
11 Motion carried unanimously.
12 Motion by Marks, seconded by Makowske to approve payment of $2,049..06
13 to Short-Elliott-Hendrickson, Inc. for engineering services from January
14 22 through February 18, 1989 in conjunction with the replacement of the
15 Foss Road lift station.
16 Motion carried unanimously.
17 REQUESTED PUBLIC APPEARANCE
6 Human Services Planners Tell Council How Proposed Licensing Changes for
Residential Facilities Could Affect Suburban Communities
20 Susan Smith, Planning Manager for Ramsey County Human Services and Nancy
21 Homans, Human Services Planner from the City of St. Paul, informed the
22 Councilmembers:
23 •They had been working on the issue for about two and a half years and
24 were making similar presentations to explain the possible changes to
25 other suburban officials, having already made a presentation to the
26 Ramsey County League of Local Governments, as they understood
27 Councilmember Makowske had reported to the Council.
28 •These presentations have addressed the responsibilities all 87
29 counties in Minnesota already have under state law related to their
30 own vulnerable populations of the mentally ill and retarded, children
31 and minors, including adolescent parents; the homeless for which the
32 counties like Hennepin and Ramsey have already been providing some
33 shelter; the elderly and other vulnerable adults like the chemically
34 dependent (lists of these provided prior to the meeting) .
35 •Facilities are no longer confined or isolated; the facilities and
36 their residents have become much more visible. This has resulted in
37 the cities and people in the neighborhoods desiring to have more land
38 use control over the location of the facilities which serve them as
39 well as having some control over the size of those facilities.
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-Over the years the counties have gained increasing legal
responsibility for integrating those populations into the areas where
3 they live, work, or have recreation provided during the day.
4 -Counties have understandably been resistant to some of the changes
5 because they have to pay the room and board for these individuals and
6 those costs are very dependent on the type of building or control
7 cities impose on the land.
8 -Large concentrations of vulnerable population facilities in certain
9 areas of Minneapolis and St. Paul have resulted mostly because of
10 lower costs of housing especially older housing which is more
11 available.
12 -The availability of good transportation and service delivery to their
13 clients has also been a factor in the housing of these populations in
14 the inner cities.
15 However, the planner said, as more persons moved from state hospitals
16 and institutions into smaller and smaller living arrangements throughout
17 the metro area, those vulnerable populations became more noticeable to
18 residents and neighborhood activists, particularly in St. Paul where
19 residents went to their respective city councilmembers and told them
20 they perceived the neighborhoods needed more control over where the
21 vulnerable populations lived.
0 In late 1986 or early 1987, the St. Paul Council established a task
23 force to look at the problem. Recommendations of the task force were
24 submitted to the St. Paul Planning Commission in January, 1988, and in
25 turn have become the basis for the proposed legislation.
26 Ms. Smith related the problems Ramsey County would be facing in
27 implementing those changes with a budget in 1989 of $180,000.00, part
28 of which has to pay for room and board and income support programs for
29 a whole variety of vulnerable and poor people. She said she anticipated
30 with smaller units of housing at higher prices there would be an
31 immediate impact on property taxes. However, the St. Paul Human
32 Services Planner said both the Ramsey County Board and the St. Paul City
33 Council were avid supporters of the proposed legislative changes
34 particularly because the County feels that the more normal the living
35 arrangements can be made for vulnerable populations, the better. She
36 said it is also perceived that some of these persons may even become
37 able to live independently without public assistance.
38 Councilmembers had been provided with a listing of some of the policy
39 issues which had prompted these presentations so as to answer concerns
40 about some of the issues. Ms. Smith reported some of those policies had
41 come from judicial decisions which had affected both the County's and
42 the City's way of doing business. The effect of federal financing of
43 some of these facilities was also explored particularly the Chavez bill
44 which, although it had never gotten beyond the hearing process, had
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1 nevertheless resulted in the downsizing of facilities, particularly
2 those for the mentally retarded.
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3 Ms. Smith then addressed the portion of the proposed bill which she said
4 had language dealing with community correction facilities (halfway
5 houses) which tended to make neighborhoods very uneasy. Ms. Homans
6 addressed that concern by telling the Council her own experience of
7 living with a child in kindergarten on Lake Street only half a block
8 away from a correctional facility which she perceived was much easier
9 for the neighbors to deal with than a mentally ill facility because the
10 residents of the correctional facility were gone all day to work and
11 were behind locked doors at 10:00 P.M. every night.
12 Under the proposed legislation, residential facilities for correctional
13 clients would be permitted uses in zoning districts which permitted
14 hotels and motels. There could be up to 50 beds in such districts-
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istricts15 subject to at least 750 foot distance from any residential use. The St.
16 Paul planner told the Councilmembers that she saw the Ramsey County and
17 St. Paul Human Services Departments as having been acting as proxies for
18 St. Anthony's interests in the proposed legislation and she and Ms.
19 Smith were present that evening to get Council reaction to those
20 efforts.
21 She reiterated that the proposed legislation had its roots in St. Paul's
22 efforts to update; bring rationality to; and discuss and resolve issues
23 relating to the placement and regulation of community residential
facilities. Ms. Homans indicated the objective of the proposed
legislation was to enhance the quality of care offered to people with
26 mental illness or retardation or chemical dependency by insuring that
27 they obtain normal residential community surroundings, a right which is
28 already recognized by state policy, but which can never happen as long
29 as there are concentrations of facilities as there are in St. Paul.
30 Concentrating 4% of this type of vulnerable population in one
31 neighborhood in 109 and 175 bed facilities for the mentally ill; a 40
32 bed facility for correctional clients; and a 30 bed facility for
33 chemical dependency clients doesn't create a normal residential
34 surrounding for those who need the benefit of county care.
35 She said providers of such care in the past have followed the path of
36 the least resistance by going into neighborhoods which are poorly
37 organized, leaving it up to the next guy to worry about too much
38 concentration. The planner added that there had been a lot of
39 resistance from local governments because they didn't want to go through
40 the public hearings and the stress that's involved with the possibility
41 of these facilities locating in their own neighborhoods.
42 Ms. Homans pointed out that corporate providers of services to mentally
43 ill and retarded clients have taken advantage of the lack of distance
44 restrictions in the existing licensing laws by establishing clusters of
45 from 10 to 12 four bed homes with split staffs that are operated more
46 like group homes rather than foster homes. The new law proposes a token
47 450 foot distance between such small facilities to remove the economic
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1 incentive for these concentrations. It also proposes an absolute
2 concentration level of only 1% of the population of any planning
0 district or city for all human service residential facilities. The St.
4 Paul Planner told the Council that state law now mandates that human
5 services for six or fewer persons are to be permitted uses in all single
6 family zoned districts. She also said St. Paul would be able to
7 distance those residences 1,320 feet apart but smaller communities would
8 not at this point be permitted to require that much distance.
9 The existing laws permit residences for 16 persons or fewer in multi-
10 family zoning districts but riders which attached conditions dealing
11 with the health, welfare and safety of the residents have been
12 effectively used to block the placement of those types of facilities in
13 many of those districts. The proposed bill is written to eliminate
14 those conditions and to clean up the distance and concentration issues
15 in the existing law by requiring different types of facilities to be
16 located certain distances from each other, requirements which the large
17 and suburban cities had never had before.
18 In regard to local governments, Ms. Homans reported the new legislation
19 perceives a need for planning concentrations on a county-wide basis and
20 therefore requiring the planners to return for discussions with the
21 Council related to what the needs are for the northern suburban areas
22 and how suburban cities can meet those needs. She emphasized that she
23 believed people within a community who need these type of services
24 should not have to move away from their home surroundings to get them.
Councilmembers had been provided copies of a book which contained
listings of licensed facilities in Ramsey County by Commissioner
27 District which Ms. Smith acknowledged was somewhat outdated and needed
28 revising.
29 Some of City Concerns Addressed
30 Councilmember Marks reported that during his campaign for the
31 legislature, he had found talking to different people in his legislative
32 district that a lot of them perceived that the state had more or less
33 just walked away from its responsibilities for the vulnerable just to
34 save money rather than to provide the quality of care these people
35 - required and deserved. He said he perceived that under that arrangement
36 some people got better care than others and he hoped the new legislation
37 would provide more equity than in the past.
38 When questions were raised about how the County would be monitoring
39 these. suburban facilities, Ms. Homans indicated that in the case of the
40 mentally ill who, of course, can legally refuse treatment, the County
41 now requires a caseworker who would be responsible for dealing with
42 questions the City might have related to a particular client. However,
43 because many of these are not wards of the state, they would therefore
44 be free to come and go as they chose and she said such monitoring would
45 not involve locking up those persons or keeping them busy 24 hours a
46 day.
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1 The St. Paul Planner confirmed that parts of the proposed changes would
2 preempt the St. Anthony Ordinance, including that section which allows
no more than three non-related persons to a residence. Under the new
4 law six "protected persons" would be allowed in a single family zoned
5 district. She added that St. Paul's law which allowed only four such
6 persons would also be preempted. Persons with family members in the
7 protected classifications would not have to comply with the distance or
8 number restrictions, she added. There would be no requirement for
9 licensing a home where a family hires someone to take care of protected
10 family members.
11 The Council was assured that all local governments would be given a 45
12 day notice before a license for any of these facilities is issued which
13 would include the name and address of the provider as well as the name
14 of the Ramsey County person responsible for that contract. The City
15 would therefore know who to contact about any complaints from neighbors
16 about such facility.
17 There was a short discussion of day care, with the planners telling
18 Councilmember Ranallo there would be a mixture of both state and county
19 monies supporting such services.
20 Before the planners were thanked for the insight they had provided the
21 Councilmembers, Ms. Homans told the Council the proposed changes had
22 been described as "having a chance just because everybody's miserable
23 with the way things are going now. " She said she personally preferred
to think the legislation had a chance because "everybody involved dug
a little deeper into their own consciences and perceived a need to
26 remove some of the barricades they had erected to prevent the state from
27 reaching these goals a long time ago. "
28 The St. Paul Planner said she perceived people with special needs were
29. put in hospitals and institutions in the 501s, placed in large group
30 homes in St. Paul and Minneapolis in the 60's and 70's and in the 80's
31 they ended up in treatment ghettos in the central cities. She said she
32 thought the time had now come for them to be brought back home hopefully
33 on such a small scale as to be welcomed by the neighbors.
34 REPORTS
35 COUNCIL
36 Councilmember Pleased to Learn Historical Society and VillageFest
37 Meetings Announced on Cable T.V.
38 Councilmember Makowske said she was really surprised when one of the
39 persons who attended the Historical Society meeting the previous evening
40 indicated knowledge of the meeting had come through this media.
41 Historical Society Willing to "Pursue with Caution" Suggestion That
42 Their Organization Become a Committee of the St. Anthony Chamber of
43 Commerce
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Councilmember Makowske reported that reservations about how the above
could be accomplished led to the direction she had received from Society
3 members during their previous meeting to proceed slowly. She also
4 reported there had been a great deal of interest in having the Society
5 sponsor a booth at the VillageFest and in having an article in the next
6 Newsletter which gave suggestions on how residents should go about
7 writing their own family histories which they could turn in at the booth
8 with family photos attached or to which they cquld attach photos taken
9 at the booth. The perception was that by talking to residents who come
10 to the booth the Society would be able to get a good feel for the kind
11 of residents who live in St. Anthony. Councilmember Makowske told the
12 Councilmembers the Society perceived their booth might even be a draw
13 for people who might otherwise not care to participate in the Fest.
14 The Councilmember then drew attention to the document Mayor Sundland had
15 obtained which indicated the Village had celebrated its 100th birthday
16 in 1948 although there had been some question whether St. Anthony was
17 actually a township rather than the Village which had been established
18 that year.
19 The Councilmember indicated that a "trial run" had been made of the
20 transcription of one oral history which had been taken by Ruth Harris
21 for which the transcription costs had been only $35.00. She said she
22 had submitted the bill to the City but realized the Society would have
23 to begin some fund raising efforts to defray future costs of this
Wnature.
25 One of St Anthony's First Mayor's Grandsons Developing Slide
26 Presentation of Photos Relating to Early History of Village
27 Councilmember Makowske reported spending an evening with Russell Pahl,
28 whose grandfather was Theodore Pahl, after whom one of the early
29 streets in the Village was named, where she saw photos of 32nd Avenue
30 which early in the community's existence was called "Roller Coaster
31 Road. " She also mentioned that at one time marijuana grew freely in St.
32 Anthony and kids used the stalks as spears during play. A video tape
33 of Mir. Pahl's presentation has been given to the Society, she said. A
34 similar tape of photos Frank Gregory had in his possession had also been
35 donated to her committee, she said. These illustrate Village history
36 during the era -from 1938 to 1943 .
37 Sue VanderHeyden and Councilmember Makowske Attend March 15th RCLLG
38 Meeting on Rubbish
39 Both attendees were in agreement that they had learned little more than
40 had already been presented to the City although they had heard more
41 about what other communities are doing concerning the hauling of solid
42 waste and recyclables.
43 Village Cleanup to be Conducted by Waste Management Weekend of April
44 29th
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Councilmember Enrooth indicated that in the absence of a recycling
&1 program and because of the appearance of some properties in St. Anthony,
3 the above would again be held this year. This led to a discussion of
4 whether the City's ordinance against vehicles being parked on dirt
5 surfaces was being enforced. Staff was requested to get a report from
6 the Police Department on the number of tags which had been issued to
7 violators. There was also a suggestion that the existence of "For Sale"
8 signs on vehicles parked for long periods of time around the Village
9 should also be investigated.
10 Waste Management's Recycling Container Seen as "Best Buy Around"
11 Ms. VanderHeyden presented the recycling bin from that hauler,
12 indicating it had not been hard to draw such a conclusion after seeing
13 quotes from other sources for the same type of containers. She reported
14 Waste Management's price of $5.54 a piece for orders of 2,000 or more,
15 with delivery to the City not the individual households. This price was
16 not contingent upon that hauler being chosen as the prime hauler for
17 recyclable materials when the program goes into effect. The Assistant
18 to the City Manager indicated this was a one container system into
19 which a week's worth of a residential household's glass, cans and paper
20 could all be collected for one pick up a week which was preferable in
21 the interest of both limiting the need to carry wastes and recyclables
22 to the street by residents and providing safer conditions..
The price, which included the Village logo and was at least half of what
other containers would cost, seemed to appeal to the Councilmembers but
25 it was decided that a final decision should not be made until after the
26 proposed Recycling Ordinance is adopted.
27 It was also agreed that the City would be able to furnish each of the
28 1,800 households in the Village with a container with the money coming
29 from the County for that purpose and a supply would be kept at the City
30 offices from which households could purchase more if needed.
31 St. Anthony to Observe Arbor Week April 24th through 30th and Year of
32 the Young Reader in 1989
33 A copy of the first proclamation had been included in the agenda packet
34 that evening and the copy of the second distributed prior to the
35 meeting. Mayor Sundland requested Council support by motion for both,
36 informing the Council that the St. Anthony Library planned a special
37 celebration of the latter.
38 Council Action
39 Motion by Marks, seconded by Makowske to support the Mayor's
40 Proclamation of April 24 through 30, 1989 as Arbor Week and 1989 as the
41 Year of the Young Reader in St. Anthony.
42 iMotion carried unanimously.
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1 Clarification of His Own Position on Continuance of Community Services
•2 in Community Center Offered by Councilmember Ranallo
3 Because several people had evidently misread the recent Bulletin report
4 of the March 7th work session with the architects on the renovation of
5 the community center for which no minutes had been taken, Councilmember
6 , Ranallo said he wanted to set the record straight regarding his own
7 comments on the issue by saying he had stated during the meeting that
8 he personally perceived the City had "more than a five year commitment
9 to continue those services. " The Councilmember reported meeting with
10 Larry Jones, who had written the article, and the newswriter had assured
11 him that the article which might have been read several ways, certainly
12 had not been intended to leave the impression that the Councilmember
13 opposed the continuance of community services in the center.
14 Councilmember Ranallo said he thought he had been able to clear the
15 point up with several people who had brought up the subject at the last
16 VillageFest Committee meeting as well as with another resident he met
17 at Apache Plaza who had gotten the same impression from reading the
18 article.
19 City Manager's Newsletter Article to Inform Residents About the Use of
20 $3,000,000 Army Settlement
21 Councilmember Ranallo indicated he had relayed the queries he had
22 received from residents about how such monies would benefit them
23 directly to Mr. Childs, who had told him he was already working on the
above article which he hoped would clear up any questions about where
those funds would be spent.
26 St. Paul and Golden Valley Mayors Being Considered for LMC C.C. Ludwig
27 Award
28 Councilmember Ranallo alerted the other Councilmembers to the fact that
29 he had found out at the meeting of the League of Minnesota Cities Board
30 that the name of Mayor Mary Anderson of Golden Valley had been added to
31 that of Mayor George Latimer of St. Paul for consideration for the
32 award.
33 National Conference of Cities March 13-15 Reported by Conference
34 Delegates Ranallo, Marks, and Sundland
35 Changes in the conference format which were perceived to have resulted
36 in smaller attendance of Congressmen and their staffs at the Minnesota
37 delegation reception were discussed at length.
38 Councilmember Marks reported that Councilmember Ranallo had been
39 selected to chair the Minnesota delegation's meeting with Congressman
40 Sabo, where Councilmember Marks indicated, he had been glad to have the
41 opportunity to personally thank the Congressman for the help he had
42 provided St. Anthony in reaching a settlement with the Army. The
43 Councilmember said he was somewhat disappointed not to be able to have
44 the opportunity to compare different legislators' responses to questions
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I about issues at the reception but could see the value of having steering
102 committee meetings with their own congressional representatives on
3 specific issues of interest to each delegate.
4 Councilmember Ranallo indicated that during a meeting with Senators
5 Boschwitz and Durenberger, the latter had questioned holding the
6 conference during the busiest time of the year for Congressmen as was
7 evidenced by the fact that the discussions with both were interrupted
8 by votes on the floor. He said Councilmember MakoWske's suggestion that
9 it might be more productive to invite all the Minnesota Congressional
10 Delegation to attend the League of Minnesota conference in the summer
it was already being considered by the LMC Board. The Councilmember then
12 told the Bulletin newswriter, Larry Jones, he had press releases of the
13 meetings he, the Mayor and Councilmember MarXs had participated in with
14 regard to the Human Development Steering Committee he served_ on, the
15 National TransportationPolicyCommittee, Mayor Sundland was involved
16 with and the Human Development Policy committee on which Councilmember
17 Marks served.
18 St. Anthony Quite Extraordinary When It Comes to Conference Delegates
19 Councilmember Marks commented that he thought the fact that the majority
20 of the St. Anthony City Council had gone as delegates to the Conference
21 was quite extraordinary for a conference to which cities normally only
22 send their mayors or at the most one other city official. Councilmember
23 Marks indicated that as usual he had come away from this meeting in
184 Washington with a sense of frustration of how hard it is for government
5 to get anything accomplished, but an evening stroll down the mall
26 between the site of the Minnesota delegation reception and the Lincoln
27 Memorial had improved that perspective somewhat. He and Councilmember
28 Ranallo then recounted the exciting plane trip they had home when it .
29 appeared at first they wouldn't be able to land in Minneapolis because
30 the airport had been closed due to bad weather.
31 DEPARTMENTS AND COMMITTEES
32 The following were ordered filed following brief discussions of each:
33 -March 3 and 21 reports from the Hance & LeVahn law firm reporting
34 cases the City Prosecutors had handled in Hennepin County District
35 Court March 1 and 15, 1989;
36 -February Fire Department Report.
37 CITY MANAGER
38 March 7,, 1989 Staff Meeting Notes
39 In reference to Ms. VanderHeyden's report on the placement of a phone
40 booth outside the Police Department offices, Mr. Childs explained that
41 the phone replaced the one which had been near the Council Chambers
42 inside the center, which was moved to the new location in hopes of
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1 providing a way for people coming to the Police station after the
•2 offices are closed to get in touch with the police.
3 NEW BUSINESS
4 E. H. Renner & Sons to Repair Well #5
5 In his March 10th memorandum, Public Works Director Larry Hamer had
6 identified the above company as having submitted the lowest bid for the
7 project and had therefore recommended the contract be awarded to them.
8 Several Councilmembers said they thought they had not been provided
9 enough information to determine whether that bid was the lowest but
10 agreed to follow the recommendation when the City Manager reported he
11 had seen the supporting documentation on which Mr. Hamer's
12 recommendation had been based.
13 Council Action
14 Motion by Ranallo, seconded by Marks to accept the recommendations of
15 the Public Works Director and award the contract for repairing Well #5
16 to the lowest bidder, E. H. Renner & Sons.
17 Motion carried unanimously.
18 City to Purchase Water Department Supplies for 1989 From Water Products,
19 Inc.
00 The Council perception was that the Public Works Director had provided
21 better documentation that the above firm's low bid was the lowest that
22 had been provided for the well repair.
23 Council Action
24 Motion by Enrooth, seconded by Marks to purchase Water Department
25 supplies for 1989 from Water Products, Inc.
26 Motion carried unanimously.
27 Lowest Bid of $15,290.00 From Hayden Murphy Equipment Accepted for Skid
28 Mounted Hydraulic Drill Machine
29 Mr. Hamer's March 23rd memorandum advised that the City had received
30 three bids for the above and that Hayden Murphy Equipment's bid had been
31 the lowest and therefore should be accepted by the Council for this
32 equipment. The Public Works Director had also acknowledged in his
33 memorandum that all the quotes had come in above the $14,000.00, which
34 had been budgeted for this purchase, but pointed out there was money
35 available to cover the difference because his department had been able
36 to purchase the mower the previous month at a price which was $4,000.00
37 under the amount budgeted for that item.
38 Council Action
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•1 Motion by Marks, seconded by Makowske to accept the lowest bid of
2 $15,290.00 from Hayden Murphy Equipment Co. for the purchase of a
3 hydraulic operated drill machine, which will be skid mounted.
4 Motion carried unanimously.
5 ADJOURNMENT
6 Motion by Ranallo, seconded by Marks to adjourn the Council meeting at
7 9:00 P.M. for the meeting of the St. Anthony Housing and Redevelopment
8 Authority which followed immediately.
9 Motion carried unanimously.
10- Respectfully submitted,
11 Helen Crowe, Secretary
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13 Mayor fA4
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5 •City Clerk
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